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|Me (in my Brownie sweater) and my sisters with our dog, Scottie #2
I never wondered why we didn't have a real tree when I was little. We just didn't. I accepted that and assumed that everyone did. My father would take HOURS putting up that darn tree! Every branch was color coated at the end and they had to go in specific holes or it just didn't work out. Problem was we had one tree my entire life. So after decades of use you can imagine how little color at the end of the branches remained. There was much profanity involved in the assembly of our Christmas tree! :)
I don't think badly for my father about that though. I'm sure if I had to put together that wicked little thing there'd be some less than lady-like phrases spewing from my mouth! In fact when hubby and I first married and looked to purchase our first artificial tree (he's allergic to the real thing so this was a no brainer!), we got one and it was just like assembling the tree my dad used to put together. After almost an hour (if that long) of attempting to erect this monstrosity, the hubby packed it back into the box and back to K-Mart we went to exchange it for a pre-lit deal that only had three pieces to put together...and the branches were on hinges to boot! :) But this isn't about now it's about then so....
Our tree stood on a platform that my father built. About 4-inches tall, 7-feet long and 4-feet wide, the tree sat on the back portion of the platform and train tracks were set down in a large oval with an inner, smaller oval. We kids loved playing with the trains each year and decorating the platform was as exciting as decorating the Christmas tree!
|My baby sister (baby then, not now!). You can see the baby's breath in this close up
When I was a teenager I went to live with my mom (divorced parents) and she had a real tree. She would put baby's breath on some of the branches and it would look like the tree had snow on it!


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Because I have no photos of it. Nothing's displayed nicely anyway right now. I'm trying to get things done up nicely first... even then I'm so lazy I doubt I'd photograph it anyway. I don't consider it that great. I'm not much of a super collector I guess as I really only buy figures for the most part... Nothing real special in my room to show off I suppose.
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The jockeying to fill Mel Martinez's U.S. Senate seat is so intense that one might forget Martinez is still in it.
Not only that: The Orlando Republican has nearly two years left.
And now that he doesn't have to spend time running for re-election, raising money and currying support, he's free to go out on his own terms.
So we caught up last week — in advance of this weekend's exclusive black-tie fundraiser for the Mennello Museum of American Art, where Martinez will be honored. Here's a quick-hit rundown:
•On serving out the rest of his term without running for re-election: "It's incredibly liberating," he said. "Before, whenever I could find a group of five or more people with checkbooks, I was there." Martinez said he always tried to vote his conscience, but acknowledged that everyone in Washington considers the political consequences of their votes. "Now," he said, "I don't have to worry about that at all."
•On voting against the stimulus: "It was more spending than stimulative spending." Still, he liked the portion of the bill dedicated to helping people avoid foreclosure.
•On immigration reform: Martinez called the debate "unpleasant" and "uncomfortable," but said he still feels a desire to deal with this thorny issue. When Martinez, a Cuban immigrant, previously tried to craft a bipartisan compromise with the likes of John McCain and then Sen. Barack Obama, members of his own party revolted. "I was basically doing what I thought was right," he said, adding that, instead of compromise, the nation got nothing — "which is really de facto amnesty."
•Most interesting people he met recently: The king and queen of Spain, who were visiting Miami.
•On Cuba: He's still not in favor of ending the embargo. But, because Martinez is the only Cuban-born member of the Senate, the White House may look to him for advice. He's already spoken with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the topic.
•Top priority for his last two years: "Housing," replied the nation's former Housing Secretary. "We need to stop foreclosure ... and draw down the immense inventory of unsold homes." He favors tax credits for home buyers.
•On what he won't miss about the Senate: "We're posturing more than we're getting things done."
•His future: He says he's not sure, but he may stay involved in public policy, even if it's in a non-elected fashion. It also sounds as though board seats (which can be lucrative and usually come easily to former senators) may be part of it.
The gala event
Saturday's gala — which will both honor Martinez and raise money for the Mennello Museum — is noteworthy for a couple of reasons:
First of all, it attracts the region's power elite. (Aside from both of Florida's U.S. senators, the crowd will include CEOs, politicians and philanthropists aplenty.)
But there is also the ticket price, which appears to be a record for local fundraisers — $625 a seat. Most seats, though, are actually sold to local companies and donors in blocks as tables for $5,000 or $10,000.
As for why the event is still able to attract such a crowd, the Mennello is generally viewed as one of Orlando's cultural gems — responsible, for instance, for a national tour of paintings by the museum's featured artist, Earl Cunningham, that included the Smithsonian. (Plus, Michael Mennello is a master at courting guests and their wallets.)
And hey, even if you can't afford a ticket to the fundraiser this weekend, the traveling Cunningham exhibit is slated to come back home to the Loch Haven museum on March 13 for all to see. More info at mennellomuseum.org.
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Hometown comedian Billy Gardell reports that he's reprising his role as the bumbling Officer Hoyne in NBC's unique (and funny) sitcom,
My Name is Earl
. Gardell, a graduate of Winter Park High School, said he is slated to appear in all three of the show's final episodes this season — and return to his old stompin' grounds at Bonkerz in Altamonte Springs for two shows March 27 and 28. More info at Bonkerzcomedy.com.
•Track Shack owners Jon and Betsy Hughes are already well known on the local running scene. But they recently earned attention on the national level as well, being inducted into the Running USA Hall of Champions. The couple has been staging races around Central Florida for three decades — and running for even longer. In fact, Betsy said Thursday that, even after three foot surgeries: "I still love it."
•Locals making
magazine's "Heavy Hundred" list of influential talk-radio hosts include 104.1 FM's Monsters in the Morning and Jim Philips, Daytona Beach 1150 AM's Marc Bernier and (semi-local) Bubba the Love Sponge out of Tampa.
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FRANKENMUTH (AP) -- A national organization has asked the city of Frankenmuth to take down a 55-foot cross erected in the late 1970s in a public park.
According to coverage reports from Monday, Washington D.C.-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State first sent a letter seeking the cross' removal from Cross Park to the city in July. A response is expected by the end of this week.
The organization says the cross in the park across from Bronner's Christmas Wonderland violates the U.S. Constitution.
MLive reports that the Frankenmuth Parks and Recreation website states the white cross "is a tribute to the religious background of the Frankenmuth community."
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About methodology. At a job interview, part of it is knowing a) what kind of methods the school might espouse and then giving a reply which is diplomatic and thoughtful with this in mind. b) not being too specific, just vague enough, with the accent always on "student centered" and "structure". This is what most admins want to hear.
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The Village of Lewiston will begin the new year in a familiar place: New York State Supreme Court.
Lewiston businessman Jerome Williams, and Lewiston Management Group, a limited liability company he manages, filed an Article 78 lawsuit Monday against the municipality's Board of Trustees and Niagara Gorge Jet Boating Ltd. (aka Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours). Williams is contesting the board's Nov. 15 decision to deed over a 197.23-foot-long parcel of land to WJBT for the sum of $1.
The lawsuit seeks to nullify what it describes as an "illegal transfer" of property. It presents three causes for such an action.
The first is an alleged constitutional violation. "By transferring the Property to Jet Boat," the lawsuit reads, "the Village violated the Gift and Loan clause of the New York State Constitution, which provides that no village shall give property to or in aid of any individual, private corporation or association (taken from Article VIII, Section 1, of the state constitution)."
It continues, "The transfer of the Property from the Village to Jet Boat constitutes an illegal gift.
"The nominal sum of $1.00 paid to the Village by Jet Boat for the (1,966-square-foot) property is not valuable consideration."
The second cause of action is an alleged public trust doctrine violation.
"The Village may not permit property held for public use to be diverted into possession or use exclusively private without authorization from the State Legislature," it reads.
Trustees did not submit the land transfer to the State Legislature for approval.
Cause No. 2 continues, "immediately prior to the Village's transfer of the Property to Jet Boat, the Village held the Property for public use.
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"The official act of the Village Board adopting the resolution concerning transfer of the Property to Jet Boat constitutes waste of public property and imperils the public interest of enjoyment, use and protection of the waterfront in violation of General Municipal Law §51."
Williams' lawsuit is rooted in the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, which was adopted by the Village of Lewiston in 1989, and approved at the state and national level in 1991.
In part III-17 of the LWRP, the plan reads, "Given the limited availability in the lower Niagara River of public facilities providing specific water-related recreational activities and the limited opportunities for developing such facilities to meet an increasing demand, access to publicly-owned lands adjacent to the river's edge should be provided, whenever practicable, for activities and pursuits which require only minimal facilities for their enjoyment. Where access to such lands cannot be provided or is not needed at this time, such lands shall nonetheless be retained in public ownership to ensure future opportunities for providing public access and/or developing needed public recreational facilities."
Now, at Monday's Village of Lewiston Planning Board meeting, Edward Jesella, counsel for the municipality and its board members, issued a statement that read: "All actions taken to date by the Village Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board are within the legal parameters of the Planning and Zoning Regulations and are not arbitrary, capricious or unconscionable and are supported by the substantive evidence that has been presented.
"Furthermore, the applicant's request falls within the guidelines of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program and is consistent with its revitalization plan."
Niagara Falls attorney John Bartolomei, who represents WJBT and its president, John Kinney, said Williams has "misquoted badly" the LWRP. He said the waterfront plan's "purpose was to encourage and attract private investment. ... To increase public access to the Niagara River."
Moreover, in written correspondence to the Village of Lewiston, Renee Parsons, a coastal resources specialist with the state Department of State, said the proposed jet boat headquarters expansion was in keeping with the LWRP.
"Thank you for sending the Whirlpool Jetboat Tours proposed renovation plans and photos," she wrote. "As you know, new development (within) the waterfront area needs to be consistent with the Village's LWRP. That is, a new project cannot impair or negatively impact waterfront resources, or diminish the objectives or purposes of the LWRP policies. From the information that you sent me, it appears that this project will further LWRP Policy 1 by enhancing an existing water-dependent use, and Policy 25B by improving an existing structure and enhancing the overall visual quality.
"The proposal also appears to have considered the existing public access, which is important. The project proposal should not diminish or block public access to the waterfront, i.e., the existing road/pedestrian pathway should remain open. If possible, the project should enhance or increase public access."
As of press time, no judge is assigned to preside over the Article 78 hearing, and no court date has been selected.
Planning Board Approves Expansion Concept
At the Planning Board meeting, members unanimously approved the first official submission presented by WJBT. This action means the board conceptually approves of the expansion plan, which calls for a two-story, 2,700-foot addition to Water Street Landing, the U.S. home of WJBT.
Before the board would consider final approval, members said they want to see some revisions to the plan (including bathroom locations, outside lighting, green space, roof pitching, color and siding samples).
Moreover, the proposal needs approval from the Niagara County Planning Board (meeting Monday) before the Village of Lewiston Board of Trustees could sign off on it.
The Planning Board also approved combining WJBT lots five and six (which includes the deeded parcel) into one taxable lot. Members called the resubdivision "housekeeping," and said municipal law prohibits building a project across property lines.
Williams questioned how the board could move forward in light of his lawsuit.
"I don't know how we move ahead with a planning meeting ... when we filed a suit believing that it was an unconstitutional gift and your waterfront development program doesn't allow for it," he said. "I don't know how, today, we move through this motion until we know that it's right or not."
"Why don't we wait until we know if it's his (property)?" Williams asked.
Giusiana said his board was "acting on instructions from our legal counsel saying that we can interpret that as property that has been conveyed, and that we can amalgamate it into the larger whole. Our board is acting on legal counsel's instructions."
A Village Divided
About 125 people attended the Planning Board meeting, which was held in the Red Brick Municipal Building gymnasium. It appeared as if the audience was split on the topic, with one half cheering when anti-jet boat sentiment was raised, and the other applauding when the tourism company was defended.
"A lot of people are using this as a platform to attack Whirlpool Jet Boat. ... If we shut down all tourist attractions, all of the things that happen here like Whirlpool Jet Boat, then our taxes are going to go up - and go up a lot," said village resident and Artpark & Co. President George Osborne. "I didn't move here to get higher taxes."
He said the village benefits from sales and property taxes generated by WJBT.
"The addition has zero impact on the environment," Osborne said. "I really, really don't understand what everybody is opposed to."
Former Village of Lewiston Mayor Bill Geiben said Kinney is a good community neighbor. He said WJBT contributes to festivals, charity drives and auctions.
"I support the project - I support John Kinney - and I hope he continues to be successful," Geiben said.
Lewiston resident Paul Saya described the jet boats as a noisy nuisance.
"I can't sit in my yard and have a conversation," he said.
The bigger problem, he continued, is "every time I come to these meetings, we're changing the laws, we're changing the rules ... for businessmen."
Williams asked where it all ends.
"Are we coming back in another year to expand it?" he said. "It's going to force and it's going to push the public out. And it's going to allow the tourism in."
Ultimately, Giusiana said the meeting was "about the physical addition to the building, itself, on the parcel that is on Water Street, and not the operation of the boats, specifically, in the water."
Future Meetings
The Planning Board's next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Red Brick. At that time, it is possible the board could approve the expansion plan - though the same could be said of all future Planning Board meetings.
As of now, the Village of Lewiston is moving forward as if the lawsuit hadn't been filed. The Village Board is not expected to take any action on the jet boat proposal at this Monday's regular board meeting (which begins an hour early, at 5 p.m.). Unless trustees decide to take action regarding the lawsuit, they have nothing to approve or disapprove until the Planning Board makes a final decision.


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The 1910 film Looking Forward, directed by Theodore Marston, imagines a crazy dystopia where women rule the world. Because, as this film accurately predicted, women naturally became a political majority after getting the vote.
The description below of Looking Forward is excerpted from Eric Dewberry's paper, "A Happy Medium: Women's Suffrage Portrayals in Thanhouser Films, 1910-16." [pdf]
The comedy Looking Forward (1910) centers around Jack Goodwin, a chemistry student who discovers a liquid compound which allows people to fall asleep for a determinate period of time without the pitfalls of aging. One day, Jack drinks the potion and wakes up in the year 2010. In addition to the marvels of futuristic "rapid transit facilities," Jack is shocked to discover that men are in the social and political minority, and do not have the right to vote. In an attempt to "restore order," Jack becomes a 'suffragehim' and is sent to jail for his activities. The female mayor of the city falls in love with Jack and offers to free him from prison if he will marry her. Jack wishes to restore "the rights of men," however, and refuses to leave prison and accept the proposal unless the mayor signs a decree giving men their liberty. Upon signing, the end of the film shows Jack correcting the bride during the wedding ceremony, leading the Mayor down the aisle instead of vice versa and transferring the veil from his head to her head.
The image above is from the January 30, 1911 Centralia Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA).
Previously on Paleo-Future:
- Women of the Year 2011 (1911)
- Courtship in the Year 2015 (1915)
- The Air-Ship or One Hundred Years Hence (1908)
- The Air Ship: A Musical Farce Comedy (1898)


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (September 29, 2011) – The ETSU men's tennis team will compete in its fourth tournament of the fall season, when they travel to Chattanooga Tenn. for a weekend tournament at the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic.
Tournament play will begin on Friday at the Champions Club, wrapping up with finals play on Sunday.
In its 28th year, the Steve Baras Fall Classic will host over 120 different competitors from 15 different schools throughout the country.
Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and Roger Ordeig (Gurb, Spain) are slated to compete in the blue singles flight, with Ramirez, the draw's No. 2 seed, facing Belmont's Rodrigo Armaral, and Ordeig tabbed to compete against Kennesaw State's Simon Jarik in opening round play.
Rogerio Ribeiro and Jorge Varon (Valencia, Venezuela) are set as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, in the singles gold flight. Both Ribeiro and Varon will receive first round byes, with Ribeiro taking on the winner between Chattanooga's Manuel Barroetavena and Belmont's Fernando Mussolini, while Varon is set to face the victor between Lee University's Richard Gamble and Kennesaw State's Alex Pena.
Ribeiro and Varon will team up in doubles play, taking on Belmont's Rodrigo Armaral and Rafael Matos in the first round of the blue doubles flight. Ramirez and Ordeig will play as ETSU's other doubles squad in the gold doubles flight, with a first round match against Kennesaw State's Pena and Alex Spencer.
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The Blu-ray arrives courtesy Cohen Media Group, a label batting 100% with this reviewer so far. The transfer is strong and includes, among other things, an interview with director Doueiri.
Wealthy, non-practicing Muslim Dr. Amin Jaafari (Ali Suliman) receives a career-capping award from his Israeli colleagues, but his wife of 15 years, Siham (Reymond Amsalem), an Arab-Christian, is conspicuously absent. Moments before he's to take to the stage and receive his prize Siham rings his cellphone but he tells her he can't talk just then and hangs up.
The next afternoon a terrorist attack on a Tel Aviv restaurant brings dozens of mangled bodies to Jaafari's emergency room. Of the seventeen innocent civilians killed in the Palestinian terrorist attack, ten are children who were attending a birthday party. He returns to his empty home, falls asleep and is awakened by a call to return to the hospital. He thinks it's another emergency patient, but instead it's Israeli security authorities asking him to identify what's left of the body of the suicide bomber. Nothing remains below the sternum, but it's unquestionably Siham, her dead eyes placidly staring at the ceiling. (In a clever, disturbing touch, Jaafari had coincidentally encountered the sheet-covered remains earlier in the day, in a cramped elevator.)
An intimidating, Lawrence Tierney-like detective (Uri Gavriel, very good) grills Jaafari using harsh interrogative techniques, including blasting his tiny cell with heavy metal music and keeping him awake for more than three days, but eventually he's fully exonerated.
Jaafari, however, is certain there must be some mistake. His gentle wife would never commit such a horrific act and even if she were planning something, surely he'd have some inkling about it.
The Attack is about many things at once. Partly it's about trying to rationalize the irrational. As Jaafari begins to accept that Siham was indeed the suicide bomber, he looks for reasons, for a long time believing Muslim extremists must have targeted her because of her position in Israeli society, taking advantage of some undetected-by-him vulnerability and corrupting her mind. He travels to Nablus, in the northern West Bank, asking relatives about the trip she took there just before the bombing, hoping to track down the radical Muslims who provided her with the means to carry out the attack.
In Nablus, Siham has become a celebrated martyr; posters of her (the Arabic words on them go untranslated, alas) are all over the city. But Jaafari is viewed with great suspicion. Everyone clams up, worried that this Arab Uncle Tom may be deliberately or inadvertently leading Israeli authorities to them. The Attack then is also a story of national and religious identity. Jaafari is an Arab thriving in Israel. Nearly all his friends and colleagues are Jews, he's not religious, and until the bombing he assumed neither was his wife.
After the bombing his friends, particularly Kim (Evgenia Dodina), provide emotional support, despite official threats by the right to revoke his Israeli citizenship and after anti-Muslims vandalize his home, spraying graffiti everywhere (also not translated). But Jaafari's friends stand by him because they know he was completely oblivious to Siham's actions and would not have condoned them if he did. Late in the film, after Jaafari confronts one of Siham's coconspirators, Kim pressures Jaafari to give him up. After all, she argues, doesn't he have a duty to protect his adopted country? Where's his gratitude for their magnanimity?
Is Jaafari merely being used by liberal Israelis, sponsoring a token "good Muslim" to painlessly alleviate guilt for not taking substantive action that might bring Jews and Muslims closer to a more peaceful, equitable understanding? Is Jaafari, not Siham, the one being used, enjoying wealth and freedoms that the Palestinian relatives he keeps at arms length cannot?
The Attack raises many interesting questions but wisely offers no easy answers. Even the motives behind Siham's radical decision to become a suicide bomber while keeping this secret from her husband are never fully made clear. The movie impresses in the way it balances vehemently opposing Israeli and Arab positions, expressing each with observant understanding without taking sides. Ultimately neither comes off unscathed, nobody does, though in subtle ways the Israelis come off worse because they're in a position of power to affect change where the Arabs are mainly angry and desperate.
It's ironic, then, that The Attack was released in Israel but banned in nearly all of the Arab world, its exhibition to date apparently limited to a festival screening in Morocco.
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The Attack was shot in high-definition video but presented here in its original 2.35:1 'scope theatrical aspect ratio. It's a handsome looking production that makes extraordinary use of locations most of us are only used to seeing on the evening news. The DTS-HD Master Audio is also excellent, with a good surround mix and full of life generally. The film is in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. As noted above, some fairly important onscreen text is, frustratingly, not translated.
Extra Features
Supplements are light, limited to a short video interview with director, moderated by Columbia University film professor Richard Peńa; a photo gallery, and a trailer.
Parting Thoughts
An excellent, complex drama, The Attack is Highly Recommended.
Stuart Galbraith IV is the Kyoto-based film historian and publisher-editor of World Cinema Paradise. His credits include film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features.


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Last weekend, it was what I suspect was Norovirus. It all started with The Lorax horking up his dinner in the middle of the night (all over himself) and then falling peacefully back to sleep. Yes we did clean him up. He did this two nights in a row.
Any doctor would tell you to be careful with handwashing after events like these. According to the New England Journal of Medicine it requires "Herculean efforts" to contain the spread of Norovirus. But let's just say my efforts could not qualify as Herculean. I was kind of hoping to lose a couple of extra pounds from a little friendly gastroenteritis (did I just admit that?). So after I was done swimming on Friday, and I started to get sick, I kicked back and hoped for the best. And what started out as tolerable nausea turned into one of the worst experiences in my life with step-daughter and I puking right and left. The worst part was there was never enough warning to get to the toilet in time. SR became our poor, little drudge. Depite trying to count all of the calories (or approximate them) in my vomit, I don't even think I lost a pound since I made up for it (and maybe more) the next day. Let's just say, I wish I would have been more Herculean. It's way more fun to run and burn calories than to puke. Not a big surprise, I guess.
In other news, I now have Influenza A, or at least I think so, and I am between fever spikes (an hour ago was up to 101 F). So, in order to brighten my mood, I looked up how many calories one burns because of a fever. It turns out you can add about 7% to your basal metabolic rate per degree F above normal. Great news since I'm not quite feeling up to running. But one must admit, it is a small consolation.
Of course, I am exaggerating about all of this... and it royally sucks being sick all of the time.
Completely unrelated, The Lorax loves reading books with animals. Of course, this is no surpirse. But every time we get to this picture (I can't believe I found the exact picture on the internet)
he screams, lays back and looks away. Every time. I know some of you other moms out there have young ones about the same age as The Lorax (21 months). I invite you to participate in a little study: show them this picture and see what happens. I'm excited to learn the results.


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Nostalgia is a weird beast — one that bubbles up and gets excited for the most random things. If this trailer is any indication, Matador is giving my inner PC gaming child a run for its money.
Matador has a lot of things going for it: The isometric angle, the fact that it's chock full 'o mechs, the gritty industrial backdrop. It also helps that it has a soundtrack that harkens back to Bullfrog's Syndicate or the original X-COM. The game also promises random, roguelike action with no saves and no XP, for that brutal difficulty curve that so many of today's games lack.
Matador is scheduled for release sometime in the summer of 2014 for PC, Mac & Linux. For more info about the developer, go here. You can also vote for Matador on Steam Greenlight, if your inner PC gaming child compels you.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—America sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on a cruise through the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) on Saturday, projecting its power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point of its strategic rivalry with Beijing.
The USS George Washington's mission could raise hackles in China, which is locked in disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam and other governments over ownership of islands in the region.
It will likely reassure the jittery smaller nations of Washington's support in their tussles with China, whose growing economic and military might is leading to a greater assertiveness in pressing its claims in the West Philippine Sea. The United States is building closer economic and military alliances with Vietnam and other nations in the region as part of a "pivot" away from the Middle East to Asia.
China is also locked in an unexpectedly fierce dispute with American ally Japan over the ownership of islands in the nearby East China Sea. On Friday, Beijing staged military exercises near the islands to demonstrate its ability to enforce its claims.
China claims nearly all of the West Philippine Sea, where the US says it has a national interest in ensuring freedom of navigation in an area crossed by vital shipping lanes. Vietnam, the Philippines and several other Asian nations also claim parts of the sea.
The US Navy regularly patrols the Asia-Pacific region, and the trip by the George Washington off the coast of Vietnam is its second in two years.
A second aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, is also conducting operations in the western Pacific region, according to the US Pacific Fleet.
"China will take this as another expression by the United States of its desire to maintain regional domination," said Denny Roy, a senior fellow at the East-West Center in Hawaii. "The US also wants to send a message to the region that it is here for the long haul …. and that it wants to back up international law."
Vietnam is pleased to accept help from its one-time foe America as a hedge against its giant neighbor China. It has reacted angrily to recent moves by Beijing to establish a garrison on one of the Paracel islands, which Vietnam also claims. The United States also criticized the move by Beijing.
"Vietnam requests China to respect the sovereignty of Vietnam and refrain from taking any other similar wrongdoings," the Foreign Ministry said this month.
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The revelation that NBC News altered the recorded 911 call that George Zimmerman made to police before he fatally shot Trayvon Martin has brought down heavy criticism on NBC – and points up the dangers of a case being tried outside the legal system, say media and legal analysts.
"This guy looks like he's up to no good.... He looks black," is what the edited version of the tape presents Mr. Zimmerman as saying. It aired on the "Today" show last week. But it was edited in such a way that suggests Zimmerman was racially motivated. The actual conversation is: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. Or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about," Zimmerman said.
The dispatcher asked, "OK, and this guy – is he black, white, or Hispanic?" Zimmerman replied, "He looks black."
NBC has apologized for the editing and launched its own investigation into what happened. "During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret," says a statement released by NBC spokeswoman Lauren Kapp. "We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers."
The full 911 recording doesn't necessarily exonerate Zimmerman of any wrongdoing, media experts note. But they add that before conclusions can be reached, authorities need more time to carefully go through the details of the Trayvon Martin case.
"The NBC/'Today' show problem is just one example of the confusion and rush to judgment which has been at the forefront of this case," says Richard Goedkoop, professor of communication at Philadelphia's La Salle University, in an e-mail. "The larger problem here is that the news media as a whole and the punditry class, in large measure, feel that they need to analyze and 'solve' this case before the authorities have finished a full investigation."
Professor Goedkoop adds, "It is time to give it time and to withhold our judgment, as difficult as that might be."
Some media experts have taken direct aim at NBC.
"The incident serves as a reminder about some basics of journalism: check your facts, curb your preconceptions, and don't distort other people's words through selective editing," says Jack Pitney, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in California, in an e-mail. "The story undermines public confidence in the mainstream news media, which is already pretty low."
In a recent Pew Research Center study, Professor Pitney notes, 77 percent of respondents perceived the press as lacking fairness. Seventy-two percent said the media were unwilling to admit mistakes, 66 percent cited inaccurate reporting, and 63 percent saw political bias.
Still, the potential legal case involving Zimmerman is not altered one whit, say legal analysts.
"Prosecution decisions are not made based on news clips; they're made based on the evidence available to the prosecution, which undoubtedly included the original 911 recording," says Caleb Mason, professor of law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, in an e-mail. "If there's a trial, it will be about what happened that night, as far as can be reconstructed from the recordings, eyewitnesses and forensics. Whether NBC got the story right or not means nothing for the trial."
It isn't unusual for a news organization to edit a tape, says Derede McAlpin, a vice president at Levick Strategic Communications.
"As quiet as it is kept, quite a few news organizations edit original content. It is a common practice," she says by e-mail, adding, "It is also important to note that what you see in the media is not necessarily admitted in a court of law."
Gordon Coonfield, professor of communication at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, sees parallels with the case of Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police was videotaped. [Editor's note: The original version of this paragraph named the wrong professor.]
"The nation felt quite certain it saw the truth of what happened to Rodney King. The public is similarly sure about this case," he writes in an e-mail. "The [district attorney] in King's case tried it as if the images spoke for themselves. Yet ... the defense won by offering a more convincing explanation of the images, focusing on what is by definition invisible – the officers' motives, reasoning, judgment, and feelings."
He continues, "The [acquittal of the police officers resulted in] one of the worst riots in our nation's history. You have to wonder if we are doomed to repeat a history we refuse to learn from."


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I'm not joking. This is a somewhat bizarrely-named drug-company sponsored educational event where doctors can (remotely) listen to lectures about migraine pathology and treatment.
Personally, I think this could have been better named something like "Migraine Symposium." Because the current name sounds like we should all be sitting in the dark with icepacks on our heads in solidarity. And I sure as hell wouldn't want to join that.
But it's for a good cause, so let's all break out the triptans and party (no red wine or chocolate)!
I suppose one has to grateful such events aren't held for Viagra, Detrol, or Imodium.


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That is beautiful.
And shared on my facebook... I hope some people will take a hint. O_o
9 Things Never to Say to a Woman Who Doesn't Want Kids
Preach it lady!
1. "That's so sad!"
The end of Where the Red Fern Grows — now THAT'S sad. My happiness with my life just as it is, on the other hand, is pretty great; no violins needed, thanks!
2. "How does your husband feel about that?"
Oh, dear. I knew there was someone I'd forgotten to tell.
3. "Don't you like kids?"
Very much, actually; I was a camp counselor for years, and I'm stockpiling storybooks for the kids my sisters plan to have. The fact that I'm not interested in having my own son or daughter means I can lavish my time, resources, and valuable life lessons on my friends' and family's offspring. That's quite it-takes-a-village and pro-kid, really.
4. "But you'd be such a good mom!"
I also could have been a good doctor, maybe, and I'd definitely be a good doorstop, but neither of those are things I want to be; aptitude isn't the same thing as inclination.
5. "You'll change your mind."
That's what I said to a friend who told me he didn't want a dog. It's amazing how little some people know about themselves.
6. "How selfish."
While it's true that my husband and I love our matching designer track suits and the creepy candlelight dinners we conduct in utter silence each night more than we could ever love another person, that's a pretty intense thing to say about us, don't you think?
7. "My life would just feel meaningless without my kids."
One of the loveliest things about modern civilization is that women can respect and support each other's progress along wildly differing life paths. We don't even have to compare ourselves to each other if we don't feel like it!
8. "That's just unnatural."
So are wearing clothing, getting vaccinated, shaving one's legs, being vegetarian, and almost everything about David Bowie, and I'm a huge fan of all of those things. There are more than 7.1 billion people on the planet right now — according to the Census Bureau, a baby is born in America every 8 seconds — and I am perfectly comfortable with ignoring my body's default settings and not making more. I think humankind will be OK.
9. "Who will take care of you when you're old?"
My friends and I are going to spend our golden years in a rambling mansion shooting the breeze over complicated old-timey cocktails; we childless DINK (Double Income, No Kids) types who didn't have to foot the bill for college educations or weddings will take care of the mortgage, and those of us who do have kids and grandkids will encourage them to stop by every once and a while to make sure we're all still alive. You're more than welcome to pull up a chair.
That is beautiful.
And shared on my facebook... I hope some people will take a hint. O_o
You don't have to do everything all by yourself.
I think this article (written by a mother) would be at home in this thread: Let's Stop Giving Shit To Women Who Don't Want Kids
2. Overpopulation
Seriously folks, before you start laying into people about how "they must experience children, for they are God's gift" -- try remembering that God has been a little too generous with the gifts when we consider what the planet can sustain. God is like the uncle who brings us a puppy and a drum set. They seem like a good idea, but we have no place to put the drum set and now we have to feed and care for the puppy. We need fewer gifts please, God.
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Re: that article - why is it that people who write these things spend so much time desperately assuring everyone that they JUST LOVE babies and children? Scared that someone will label you a kiddie-hater? Grow a pair woman, jesus effiing christ. The approval-craving is cowardly and obnoxious.
I personally can't stand babies and funnily enough, I've never been sent to jail for saying so - they're desperately boring, incontinent, deeply uncute 98% of the time and have no conversation. Older kids, it really depends on if they're brought up to be civilized individuals or not - if they are, I may well greatly enjoy their company as individuals, if not, I'm not afraid to state I absolutely bloody loathe them. There is little more offputting and unpleasant than a horribly-behaved, vile, stupid, bad-mannered child and there are plenty of examples of those about due to the sorry state of parenting out there.
Dear Mother,
I'm 34 years old. Been with the same dude for seven years now. If IF we're going to have kids, you'll be the first to know, I promise.
Please stop asking. You got grandkids from not one, but two children already! Holy shit.
Love Soignee
PS: You mention this again in the two weeks you're staying here, there will be Words.


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The state's jobless rate in February was 6.2 percent, which is the same rate it was the two previous months.
The unemployment rate held steady even though the state gained an estimated 33,400 jobs last month. Only California and Texas gained more jobs in February.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, authored "Are Libraries Thriving? An Oxford Debate" published in Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference.
»Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, was recognized as a scholar with impact in an article titled "Scholarly Impact Revisited" published in Academy of Management Perspectives. Bauer was featured as one of the top influential scholars of the past
»Craig Epplin, World Languages and Literatures faculty, authored an article, "Sacrifice and Recognition in Carlos Reygadas's Japón," published in the journal Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 28, No. 2.
»Gerry Sussman, Urban Studies and Planning and International Studies faculty, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Sweden-based journal, Cognition, Communication, and Co-Operation.
»Tom Fisher, English faculty, authored "Acting Disaster" published in Celebrity Studies, Vol. 3, Issue 3.
»Meredith Farkas, Library faculty, presented an invited keynote, "Sustainable Transformation: Creating Lasting Change in Libraries," at the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Conference in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Sept. 24.
»Amy Hofer, Library faculty, co-authored "Troublesome Concepts and Information Literacy: Investigating Threshold Concepts for IL Instruction" in portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2012), pp. 387–405.
»Donald G. Frank, Library emeritus faculty, presented "Political & Economic Realities Associated with Major League Baseball in Portland, Oregon: The Soft Underbelly of Major League Baseball Exposed" at the Annual Conference of the Society of American Baseb
»Nathan McClintock, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, co-authored an article, "Toward a Food Policy 'First Step' in Oakland, California: A Food Policy Council's Efforts to Promote Urban Agriculture Zoning," published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food S
»Jay Gopalakrishnan, Mathematical and Statistics faculty, gave an invited lecture, "Best Test Spaces in Petrov-Galerkin Methods and DPG Methods," at the International Conference on Computational Mathematics, Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, during July.
»Eva Thanheiser, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, co-authored "Justification as a Teaching and Learning Practice: Its (potential) Multifaceted Role in Middle Grades Mathematics Classrooms" published the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2012. PSU gradua
»Tom H. Hastings, Conflict Resolution faculty, presented "Climate Chaos and Conflict Management" at the Peace and Justice Studies Association conference, Tufts University, Oct. 5.
»Liane O'Banion, Shoshana Zeisman, and Courtney Sandler, Student Affairs, presented at the International First-Year Experience Conference in Vancouver, B.C., July 19.
»Jason Jurjevich, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies and the Population Research Center, and Meg Merrick, Community Geography Project, participated in the National Science Foundation-sponsored Measuring People in Place Workshop that brought togethe
»Sharon Carstens, Anthropology faculty, gave a keynote address, "New Questions, New Directions in Malaysian Chinese Studies," at the First Biennial Conference on Malaysian Chinese Studies in Kuala Lumpur, June 10. Carstens presented the paper again at Mala
»Igor Lacan, University Honors Program faculty, presented "Urban Forest Governance in California (USA) cities: Legal, Fiscal and Political Aspects of the Private-Public Interaction in Managing Urban Trees" at the International Union of Forest Research Orga
»Jon Holt, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented a paper titled "Clanging Bells, Clanging Words: Iwate Dialect in Miyazawa Kenji's 'Changa-Chaga Umako' Tanka Poems" at the 21st annual meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies at
»Eva Nunez, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented an invited lecture, "The Most Asked Questions about the History of Spanish," at Reed College in Portland on Sept. 27, Lewis & Clark College on Sept. 28, and at University of Portland on Oct. 2.
»Meiru Liu, International Management and Confucius Institute faculty, presented "Case Study and Analysis of Three Chinese Language Teacher Training Models: The U.S. Federal Government's 'StarTalk,' Hanban's '5P,' and CIPSU's Task-Based Training" at the 11t
»David Percy, Geology faculty, presented a plenary session about Open Source GIS at the Field Technology Conference in Portland, Sept. 26.
»Jennifer Allen, Institute for Sustainable Solutions and Public Administration faculty, gave a presentation on the institute to the U.S. Academic Energy, Sustainability, and Environmental Centers at Northwestern University.
»Christof Teuscher, Engineering and Computer Science faculty, gave an invited plenary talk and led a plenary discussion session at the Frontiers in Natural Computing workshop in York, U.K., Sept. 10-12. The workshop aimed to highlight and discuss emerging
»J.J.P. Veerman, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, gave an invited lecture on a mathematical model for evolution and speciation at the International Workshop for Complexity at the Institute for Math and its Applications in Minneapolis during August.
»Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, and Il-Won Jung, former post-doctoral fellow in Geography, authored a paper titled "Climate Change Impacts on Spatial Patterns in Drought Risk in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, USA" published in Theoretical and Applie
»Paul Collins, English faculty, authored "Lost and Found" published in the Fall 2012 issue of Tin House.


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Children ask their parents hundreds of questions such as "Why is the sky blue?" and "What makes sound possible?" Curiosity is natural for children, but they need help making sense of what they see and relating observations to their existing knowledge. Parents can help their children turn curiosity into an understanding of science by encouraging their children to ask questions, make predictions, and explore in a safe environment. This support helps children become successful students and scientific thinkers.
Today's children are growing up in an increasingly technological society that requires far more advanced instruction in science and technology than their parents received. The good news is that parents do not have to be scientists or have college degrees to help their children learn science. It is far more important for parents to nurture their children's natural curiosity and take time to observe and learn together.
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Children learn by doing. They try new ideas and challenge old ones. But learning does not just happen in school. You can help your child learn by providing him or her with safe, interesting learning experiences in a supportive atmosphere. Below is an example of such an activity.
Float or sink?
(kindergarten-first grade)
Learning to make and test predictions is a good first step toward formulating and testing hypotheses.
What you need:
- Block of solid wood,
- Plastic bottle cap,
- Two pieces of heavy-duty aluminum foil, and
- Sink filled with water.
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Tell your child to hold the wooden block in one hand and the plastic cap in the other hand. Ask him or her to answer the following questions:
- Which item feels heavier?
- Do you think the wooden block will float or sink? How about the plastic cap?
Have your child test his or her predictions by placing the wooden block and cap on the water. What happens? Next, have your child hold both items under water and gently release them. What happens now?
Give your child a piece of aluminum foil. Tell your child to squeeze it into a ball and drop it in the water. Does it float or sink? Give your child another piece of foil. Help him or her shape it into a boat. Have your child carefully place it on top of the water. Does the foil float now?
The foil ball sinks because it is squeezed into a small shape and only a small amount of water is trying to hold up its weight. When the foil is spread out, it floats because the weight is supported by a lot more water.
tips for working with teachers and schools
- Visit your child's school. During your visit, look for clues as to whether the school values science. Do you see science learning centers or displays? Are there plants, aquariums, or collections (of rocks or insects, for example) in the classrooms?
- Find out about the school's science curriculum. Ask for a school handbook. If none is available, meet with the school's principal and ask questions such as the following: What methods and materials does the school use for science instruction? Are the science teachers highly qualified? Are activities available that parents may use at home to support instruction?
- Meet with your child's teacher. Schedule an appointment and ask how your child approaches science. Does he or she understand assignments and do them accurately? If the teacher indicates that your child has problems with science, ask for specific things that you can do to help your child improve.
- Find out if the school has a Web site and, if so, get the address. School Web sites can provide you with access to all kinds of information, including homework assignments, class schedules, lesson plans, and test dates.
- Get actively involved. Attend parent-teacher meetings. If you are unable to attend, ask school staff to mail you notes from the meetings. You also may request that school staff post minutes and other handouts from the meetings on the school's Web site. If your schedule permits, volunteer to help with the science program.
This brochure was drawn from the larger booklet in the Helping Your Child series, "Helping Your Child Learn Science." The booklet provides parents of children ages three through 10 with information and activities to help their children develop an interest in the sciences. For more information on how you can help your child learn sciencein addition to a wide range of other topicsvisit the Helping Your Child series Web site at www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html.
For more information on how you can help your child learn science, take a look at the following resources from the U.S. Department of Education and other organizations:
- U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov or 1-800-USA-LEARN
- Parents Portal: www.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): www.ed.gov/free/index.html
- Parental Information and Resource Centers: www.ed.gov/programs/pirc/index.html
- American Competitiveness Initiative:
- National Science Foundation: www.nsf.gov
Note: This document contains information about and from public and private entities and organizations for the reader's information. Inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any entity, organization, products or services offered or views expressed. This publication also contains hyperlinks and URLs created and maintained by outside organizations and are provided for the reader's convenience. The Department is not responsible for the accuracy of information found in them.


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Petition asks Obama administration to target hunting rights
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
December 3, 2012
Animal rights activists have launched a petition demanding the Obama White House declare the National Rifle Association to be a "domestic terrorist group," while decimating the ability of Americans to exercise their hunting rights.
The petition, which features on the We The People section of the White House.gov website, states;
"Groups like Lobo Watch, Big Game Forever, Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, NRA, Safari Club, etc., are a menace in our midst. Not only do many of them want our native predators like bears, wolves, wild cats, and the like decimated to the brink of extinction, but some of them have the nerve to harass, threaten, and downright intimidate anyone who dares to oppose them, even the government."
"And they've got some powerful people in their corner, too. They throw their mammoth monetary weight around, and think they can buy their way into power in America and put down anyone who's got a backbone and might provide resistance. It's time to put these groups in their place and strike them down. Time to protect our carnivorous wildlife from those who seek to decimate them!"
The petition is being promoted by numerous animal rights activists on social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
The NRA is an ardent supporter of hunting rights, running a website devoted to the issue and regularly promoting hunting as "a vital part of American culture" and a cornerstone of the Second Amendment.
According to an NRA fact sheet on hunting, "The efforts of hunters as conservationists over the last century have restored America's game populations and enhanced the habitat of numerous wildlife species." The document cites polls that consistently show a clear majority of Americans support hunting.
"If we can't have the common decency to live and let live we are a waste of space, and its time to "Get Off The Earth," wrote George Sequoia in support of the petition.
"EXACTLY RIGHT! THESE EVIL NON-SOUL HUMANS ARE TERRORIST NEEDING TO BE GONE!," added Jacqueline Conquest.
The petition currently has 458 signatures and is a long way short of the 25,000 required to receive an official response from the White House.
The NRA has not been short of publicity in the last couple of days. After NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas blamedJovan Belcher's murder-suicide on the "gun culture," Kansas City sportswriter Jason Whitlock went further, claiming that "the NRA is the new KKK" because they are "arming….black youths" and "loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery."
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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