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Oh, Chicago! With its scenic skyline and riverfront, the Windy City is must-see destination for grandparents and their families. From visiting local museums and the popular Skydeck Chicago to enjoying a Super Dawg meal with a 1950s drive-in, your grandkids will enjoy the old-school meets new-school attractions in this amazing city.
The James Chicago
55 East Ontario, Chicago, IL
(312) 337-1000
Price: Rooms starting at $180/night
The James Chicago has a prime location in the city and is one of the most stylish and modern hotels in the area. However, what sets the James apart from the rest is their kid-oriented service. The James has teamed up with artist Paul Frank to offer kids a Julius the Monkey welcome. They'll receive a selection of books and games, as well as their very own Paul Frank pajamas and coloring pages.
Key Lime Cove Waterpark Resort
1700 Nations Drive, Gurnee, IL
(866) 797-2563
Price: Rooms starting at $170/night
This indoor waterpark is a little removed from Chicago, but with all the dining and entertainment options and games there's very little reason to want to go anywhere else. Key Lime Cove Waterpark Resort is a Florida Keys-inspired hotel with over 400 rooms and suites, tons of water slides, and live entertainment for your families to enjoy.
Chicago South Loop Hotel
11 West 26th Street, Chicago, IL
(312) 225-7000
Price: Rooms starting at $170/night
The Chicago South Loop Hotel is a different experience from the rest. Located in the historic Bronzeville District, famous for being the center of African-American culture, it offers families a unique side of Chicago. You and your grandchildren could take advantage of the educational packages available, such as the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Package or the Field Museum All Access Package.
The Drake Hotel
140 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL
(312) 787-2200
Price: Rooms starting at $159/night
To capture the luxury and glamour that encapsulated Chicago in the 1920s, you and your grandchildren only need to book a night in the Drake Hotel. This National Landmark is not only a great sight to see, but a great place to stay. Young girls in particular will love the hotel's American Girl Place package, which comes with a personalized welcome letter, an American Girl doll-sized travel bed, and access to the hotel's library of American Girl books.
Silversmith Chicago Hotel
10 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL
(312) 372-7696
Price: Rooms starting at $180/night
Although it occupies the historic Silversmith Building, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, don't consider the Silversmith Hotel & Suites your typical boutique hotel. With great amenities and facilities, including the in-house Ada's Famous Deli & Restaurant, the service and space provides you and your grandkids with the comfort you need during your stay. Silversmith also offers a Chicago family vacation package, which includes breakfast for two adults and two children at Ada's and a tin of Garrett's Popcorn.
Super Dawg Drive-In
6363 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL
(773) 763-066
Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 11am-1am, Friday and Saturday: 11am-2am
Price: $
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
You might go for the hot dogs, but you and your grandkids will surely stay for the 1950's drive-in, food ordering style at Super Dawg. Since 1948, this family-owned business has maintained the culture and delicious food that originally made it a success. It's been listed as a landmark in the bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, and has even received great recognition in the Food Network's Unwrapped and Emeril Live.
605 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL
(312) 787-1501
Monday-Thursday: 11am-9:30pm
Friday: 11am-10:30pm
Saturday: 11am-11pm
Sunday: 11am-9pm
Price: $$
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
If your visit in Chicago starts to get a little too ordinary, you can brighten things up by visiting the Rainforest Café. With a wildlife theme that's sure to drive your grandkids wild, the Rainforest Café offers a creative menu full of dinosaur-shaped chicken, sparkling volcano dessert, and a showcase of some of the jungle friends, Tuki, Nile, and Iggy.
The Choo-Choo-Hamburgers on Wheels
600 Lee Street, Des Plaines, IL
(847) 391-9815
Hours: Saturday-Wednesday: 10:30am-3pm, Thursday-Friday: 10:30am-8pm
Price: $
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
With their hamburgers on wheels and tracks service, the Choo-Choo Restaurant gives fast food a new name. This Chicago favorite serves up patrons their favorite dishes from a toy train set. Your grandkids can choose from hot dogs, hamburger, cheese burger or a grilled cheese from the customized Kids' Menu.
Eli's Cheesecake
6701 West Forest Preserve Drive, Chicago, IL
(773) 736-3417
Monday-Friday: 8am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm
Price: $
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Who can deny a good slice of cheesecake? This is especially true if it's an Eli Cheesecake original. What originally started as a marquee dessert at Eli's The Place for Steak spiraled into a franchise of its own as Eli's Cheesecake. Since its debut in 1980, this rich and creamy dessert has been a hit with local restaurants and retail outlets.
1001 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago, IL
(312) 850-2663
Monday: 7am-3pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 7am-9pm,
Friday: 7am-10pm
Saturday: Brunch: 8am-3pm, Dinner: 5-10pm
Sunday: Brunch: 8am-3pm
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
At Wishbone, there's a sense of folklore and fun that derives not only from the delicious menu, but the artwork as well. This unique restaurant features the oil portraits of Chicago favorite, Lia Nickson, who was the restaurateurs' mom.
Chicago Children's Museum (CCM)
700 East Grand Avenue Chicago, IL
(312) 527-1000
Hours: 10am-5pm (daily)
Summer Hours: May 25-September 3
Sunday-Wednesday: 10am-6pm, Thursday-Saturday: 10am-8pm
Price: Children & Adults (ages 64 & under): $12, Seniors (ages 65+): $11
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
The Chicago Children's Museum has come a long way since it was first established in 1982, in response to the general cutbacks to the city's public schools. Now, it's one of the top attractions in Chicago and the second most visited children's museum in the country. Your grandchildren will enjoy seeing their inventions come to life in the Inventing Lab, as well as experience life in their own size in Kids Town.
Skydeck Chicago
233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL
(312) 875-9447
April-September: 9am-10pm (daily)
October-March: 10am-8pm (daily)
Price: Youth (ages 3-11): $11, Adults (ages 12+): $17.50
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
What better way to view Chicago than from 1,343 feet above the ground? That's the Skydeck Chicago experience. What's more is that on a clear Chicago day your grandchildren can see across four states: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. You can also see if you could get them to stand on The Ledge, a glass box that extends 4.3 from the Skydeck on the 103rd floor.
Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
(312) 939-2438
Memorial Day-Labor Day: 9am-6pm (daily)
Labor Day-Memorial Day: Monday-Friday: 9am- 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays: 9am-6pm
Price: Children (ages 3-11): $6, Adults (ages 12+): $8
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
In Chicago, the opportunity for your grandchildren to explore the ocean is just a short drive away. We're talking about the Shedd Aquarium on Chicago's Museum campus. With their amazing Aquatic Show, featuring soaring dolphins and dancing belugas to their 4-D experience with special FX seating (think strange smells, bubbles and wind), kids will dive into all the fun and learning.
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
(888) 463-0214
Summer Hours (June 1-September 3): Sunday-Thursday: 10am-10pm, Friday-Saturday: 10am-12am
Fall Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 10am-8pm, Friday-Saturday: 10am-10pm
Winter Hours: Monday-Thursday: 10am-8pm, Friday-Saturday: 10am-10pm, Sunday: 10am-7pm
Price: Free
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
What's a day like by Lake Michigan? You and your grandchildren can visit Chicago's Navy Pier to find out. There are fine restaurants, retail shops, the popular Family Pavilion, and a 15-story tall Ferris wheel to top the experience. Several cruises are available to explore beyond the lakeshore from the pier's Dock Street.
Buckingham Fountain
Columbus Drive (301 East) and Congress Parkway (500 South), Chicago, IL
(312) 742-7529
Hours: April-October: 8am-11pm (daily)
Price: Free
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Chicago does everything big, including building the largest water fountain in the world. Dedicated in 1927, Buckingham Fountain is considered the city's front door as it's located in Grant Park, the intersection to the main parkways. Families will enjoy regular water shows and evening color-light shows.
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Children's Theatre
1464 North Milwaukee Avenue, Second Floor, Chicago, IL
(773) 227-0180
Hours: Call ahead for show times
Price: $36 per person
Age Range: Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Children's Theatre is a great stop for the little performer in your family. Since 2006, this great organization has engaged and inspired young theater-goers with their professional theatre programming and productions, such as Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Jane Addams Hull House Museum
The University of Illinois at Chicago, 800 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
(312) 413-5353
Monday, Saturday: Closed
Tuesday-Friday: 10am-4pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm
Price: $5 (suggested donation)
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Jane Addams was a pioneer in the woman suffrage movement, social reformer, author and of course, founder of the first settlement house in the U.S., Hull House. This beautiful, historical and recently renovated foundation houses a library, salon and several collections of books, including 19th century titles that inspired Addams' movement.
Robot City Workshop
3226 North Sheffield, Chicago, IL
(773) 281-1008
Hours: 11am-7pm (daily)
Age Range: Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
From R2D2 to Wall-E, kids have always been fascinated with robots and likely your grandkids aren't an exception. Robot City kicks into high-gear the imagination and drive to create something that's out of this world with their fascinating workshops, summer camp, and even after-school program for local Chicago students.
Broadway Armory Park
5917 North Broadway, Chicago, IL
Hours: 7am-9pm (daily)
Price: Free
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Broadway Armory Park is Chicago Park District's largest recreational building, with over five gym facilities, newly completed elevated track, and other recreational activities. What's more, your grandkids can also try to tackle the awesome 35-foot tall climbing wall! Before becoming a haven for active families and community programs, the armory was home to the Illinois National Guard and was used the building for drilling and training.
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, Chicago, IL
(312) 744-6630
Monday-Thursday: 8am-7pm
Friday: 8am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-6pm
Sunday: 10am-6pm
Price: Free
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
It isn't the "People's Palace" for nothing! As the nation's first free municipal cultural venue, the Chicago Cultural Center is home to hundreds of free international, national, regional artists, musicians and performers each year. This landmark, which was established in 1897, houses the Chicago Office of Tourism and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Brash former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., who ran a once-respected health care network, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for looting the taxpayer-subsidized clinics to pay for children's pony rides and other extravagances.
U.S. District Judge Frederic Block immediately jailed Espada rather than let him report to prison, citing evidence that he defied a court order to stay away from jurors after his trial. The judge also ordered him to forfeit more than $368,000.
Espada, who has called the case a "witch hunt," expressed no remorse at the sentencing in federal court in Brooklyn on embezzlement and tax fraud charges. He instead talked about Soundview Healthcare Network's legacy of providing medical care to needy New Yorkers.
"What I created was not a piggy bank but a lifeline to the community," he said.
Soundview closed last year after more than 30 years.
Espada, who had been out of bail, blew a kiss to supporters as deputy U.S. marshals led him out of the courtroom.
Outside court, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch labeled Espada, 59, a "selfish man. A small man."
The sentencing culminated Espada's dramatic fall from prominence. After growing up poor in Puerto Rico and the South Bronx, he earned a law degree, founded Soundview and launched a successful political career as a Democrat with a reputation as a bold manipulator of Albany's old-boy power structure.
While still in the Senate in 2010, Espada was arrested on federal charges that he stole more than $500,000 to pay for lobster dinners, vacations and pony rides at a granddaughter's birthday party while letting Soundview's clinics go into decline.
A jury convicted Espada last year on four counts in the embezzlement case but deadlocked on four others. Espada later pleaded guilty to a separate tax fraud charge after prosecutors agreed not to retry him on the undecided counts.
The judge began Friday's sentencing by dismissing Espada's motion for a new trial. The defendant had based the request on a sworn statement he obtained from a juror at his trial, despite the judge's warning last week to stay away from jurors. The juror had claimed he was "100 percent" certain that the judge had entered the jury room to goad jurors into reaching a partial verdict.
The judge produced court and swipe card records showing that he wasn't in the courthouse at the time the juror insisted he had sought to influence deliberations. The judge called the allegations against him "absurd" and encouraged prosecutors to consider bringing a perjury case against Espada and the juror.
"There's simply no way I would have spoken to jurors," the judge said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who as attorney general had helped investigate Espada, said in a statement on Friday that the sentence "sends a clear and direct message that those who defraud this state's taxpayers will be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."


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New MCW Champions; BreakThrough 1/20; Horsemen Anniversary 2/17
MCWProWrestling.com - MCW Pro Wrestling's "Seasons Beatings" this past Friday saw the crowning of a new MCW Pro Wrestling Heavyweight and Tag champions!
See results for "Seasons Beatings" at bit.ly/mcwsb, including how Bruiser became the new MCW Pro Wrestling Heavyweight champion, ending months of Joey Mercury's chaotic reign and The Cartel's Dante Caballero and Joe Keys defeating Guns 4 Hire to win the MCW Tag Team Titles.
MCW fans also brought hundreds of new toys for Toys for Tots!
Tickets are on-sale now for "Breakthrough" on Saturday, January 20 and for "Horseman Anniversary" on Saturday, February 17 (featuring Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, JJ Dillon, and more), both at the MCW Arena, 1000 Joppa Farm RD in Joppa, MD!
Purchase tickets at MCWProWrestling.com or, day of, at the venue.
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SOURCE: Merchant Warehouse
October 11, 2012 09:00 ET
Industry Leading Educational and Networking Conference Designed for Payments Professionals
Industry Leading Educational and Networking Conference Designed for Payments Professionals
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 11, 2012) - Merchant Warehouse®, a leader and innovator in payment and program acceptance solutions and merchant account services, announces INNOVATE 2012, a conference designed exclusively for agents and ISOs specializing in payment solutions and merchant services. The two-day conference, which features industry presentations, interactive working sessions and networking, will be held November 5th and 6th at The Omni Parker House in Boston, MA.
INNOVATE 2012 will focus on the future of payments with sessions centered around the current state and future direction of the payments ecosystem and, more specifically, how sales professionals can capitalize on new opportunities presented by the advent of mobile payments and mobile commerce. Featured speakers, including a special keynote presentation from Ty Bennett on The Power of Influence, and industry leaders from LevelUp, First Data and Merchant Warehouse will provide attendees with proven strategies to take advantage of the paradigm shift taking place in payments. In its third year, momentum and interest continue to build making this year's event the largest the company has hosted to date.
"In today's payments environment it's critical that agents and ISOs be armed with the education and sales strategies to ensure that they are at the forefront of the industry and the new offerings entering the marketplace," said Jim Fink, vice president, business development and third party acquiring, Merchant Warehouse. "INNOVATE 2012 is designed to be an educational forum and deliver incremental value to our agents and ISOs by revealing the opportunities presented by mobile payments and mobile commerce."
What: Merchant Warehouse INNOVATE 2012
When: Monday, November 5th - Tuesday, November 6th
Where: Omni Parker House, Boston, MA
For more information, including registration details, please visit: http://conference.merchantwarehouse.com/
About Merchant Warehouse
Merchant Warehouse is a recognized leader in payment acceptance solutions and merchant services. The company enables merchants, agents, POS developers and VARs to achieve strategic business advantage through the delivery of current and emerging payment, offer and program solutions and merchant services that dramatically enhance the merchant-customer experience. With Genius, Merchant Warehouse is helping agents, POS developers and merchants by preparing them for the payments future with a single solution that accepts any NFC, EMV, QR codes as well as loyalty, gift, and rewards programs. Merchant Warehouse is one of the fastest growing and innovative payment solutions companies in North America. For more information about Merchant Warehouse, please visit merchantwarehouse.com.
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2012 GMC Yukon Hybrid Values
Select a 2012 GMC Yukon Hybrid trim level
2012 model year changes
Only a few changes found their way into the 2012 Yukon. Fog lamps are standard on across the lineup as are rear-seat audio controls. 22-inch wheels are now available on the SLE and SLT and the SLT now comes with heated seats.
Competitive comparison
Towing and hauling ability; ride and handling; quiet, refined interior; available luxury features; available seating for up to nine; hybrid drivetrain available
Special features for 2012
The Yukon and Yukon Hybrid are all sturdy full-size SUVs, oriented toward carrying heavy loads of passengers or cargo and towing large trailers, such as those used for boats or horses. Both available V8 engines provide strong performance, while the Yukon and its big brother, the Yukon XL handle much better--even around town--than their mammoth size might suggest. Ride quality and interior refinement are other high points. In addition, the Yukon Hybrid remains one of the most efficient full-size SUVs yet fully capable of heavy loads and tow duty.
Developed in the wake of more environmentally conscious driving, the 2012 GMC Yukon Hybrid preserves the large sport utility capabilities while achieving better fuel economy. Powered by a Vortec 6-liter V-8 gasoline engine, the 2012 Yukon Hybrid combines with a very unique 4-speed automatic gearbox. Called a two-mode transmission, the two electric motors are employed to either a rear or all-wheel drive system. Amounting to a total power production of 332 horsepower, the 2012 GMC Yukon Hybrid grants fuel efficiency of 20 miles per gallon city and 23 mile per gallon highway. Sporting a heavy duty rear differential, this efficient large utility vehicle can also effectively tow up to 6,200 pounds. Apart from the gasoline/electric powertrain, the 2012 Yukon Hybrid impresses with a wealth of standard features including OnStar, tri-zone climate control, XM NavTraffic and Bluetooth connectivity. A Yukon Denali Hybrid model is also available providing 22-inch wheels and other luxury appearance items.


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Hey T,Awesome, thank you for your reply, it's kind of my feeling as well.Just curious, what did you sell your 9000 for?Best,G
Firstly, Congratulations on your fine choice of MF system, Hasselblad V Now, on scanners:Personally, I'd recommend an Epson V750 and also the BetterScanning film holder for it: http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/models/vseries.html Epson didn't do a very good job when designing the film carriers, hence the recommendation of the B-S holder.There is also a wet-mount kit for the V750, and IMHO, taking a 6x6 neg/chrome past 12x12, I'd recommend a wet scan.But for starters, I'd get the V750 and the BetterScanning holder for it.And if you decide to take something BIG(say, past 16 x16), get a drum scan made by a quality operator/service. -Dan
The Minolta is great, but the bulb is hard to source.
Tmark,Just saying from MY experience comparing drum scans and V750 files, I'd much rather print from a quality drum scan at that size than from a V750 file. A wet-mount V750 scan can yield smoother tones and color gradation, but a drum scanner has a way of rendering film differently than CCD-based scanners. There are still a few quality operations/labs out there that are willing to furnish quality drum scans for less money than most people think they cost. And when you compare the cost of a V750+the betterscanning holder vs. the cost of a used Nikon 9000 or the new Plustek, you'll have a lot of $$$ left over, and you can dedicate that to drum scans of the best shots, or ones you plan to go large with in printing.For 12x12 prints, the V750 is more than capable of handling the job. As long as the film was exposed well, and doesn't have too much density(aka over-exposure), the V750 can deliver really good results.But definitely budget some for drum scans. They DO have a different level of quality to them, as I'm sure you're aware of -Dan
I don't have the Plustek 120.Anyway, this is a 100% crop from a 35mm scan prepared for an A3+ print (I think it's 13"x19" ?).Minolta 5400-II (at least as good as the Plustek 120... maybe quite better) vs. Epson V700 with Betterscanning holder.
I own nikon ls8000 and scanned lots of 6x7 bw delta 100 film. Film flatness is a problem and anti newton rings glass holder does not solve the rings problem, so wet mounting will be a better option. I found a dirty workaround against the newton rings while using the anti-rings glass holder is with a very faint sprincle of baby powder... ugly, but fast and not messy. The powder can be cleaned with infrared on color film (I did not try this, but imagine it should work, just as cleaning off hair/dirt, etc.) or a photoshop action when using BW film, as infrared will not work on it. If using CS6, select powder particles and use content-aware fill. Powder can be applied using a fine brush, where necessary-mount film first, see where rings occur, then treat that area, gently. Powder comes off easily with air blower and a brush.Nikon is only useable with Vuescan (which I highly recommend). Besides tif and other types of output, Vuescan can also output dng files which can be processed in various raw processors. Other useful options using Vuescan with almost any scanner are multisampling and multipass scanning. Multisampling shows some improment at great expense of time. Multipass works only if scanner can reposition film for the second pass exactly. Nikon 8000 actually can, most of the time. Another option is to scan with exposure (via scan time) compensation two frames, save as tiff and align/superimpose using another HDR software. Nikon8000 easily handles latitude of any bw film negative in a single pass without need for multisampling. While scanning slides, multi options can be useful to expand dynamic range (which is already decent here) and to reduce noise in shadows.
I use a Nikon LS-9000 (previously LS-8000) for anything up to 6x17 with the glass carrier, and the V700 for 6x17 (and hopefully soon) 4x5.The LS-9000 is definitely better but it can only scan up to 6x9. I'd recommend it though if you want to make your prints sing from your MF negs.
Professional quality film and photo scanning.Get professional quality results from virtually any photographic original with the Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner. With groundbreaking 6400 dpi resolution, this powerful scanner consistently delivers precision color and detail, whether scanning slides, negatives or medium format film, and with a 4.0 Dmax, it offers exceptional image quality, excellent detail in shadow areas and remarkable tonal range.The Epson Perfection V700 Photo represents a breakthrough in flatbed scanning by offering the highest optical scan resolution (6400 dpi) available for photo studio applications. This powerful performer gives you the industry's leading scanner technologies, all right at your fingertips.
Specialized fluid mount capabilities.Enjoy unparalleled performance when scanning negatives, slides or prints, with the Epson Perfection V750-M Pro, the first flatbed scanner with groundbreaking 6400 dpi resolution and unique fluid mount capabilities for photo studio applications.With amazing 6400 dpi resolution, this powerful performer consistently delivers precision color and detail. An enhanced optical system (High-Pass Optics) consisting of anti-reflective lens coatings and a high-reflection mirror provides the highest level of image quality and helps you achieve faster scans. In addition, the Dual Lens System from Epson optimizes each scan, automatically selecting from two lenses for the desired scan resolution.
Find the plane of sharpest image. Cumbersome and lengthy process. To go higher with the plane is easy. You can add spacers to the 4 screws that hold the top chassis of the scanner. To go lower is more complicated. You have to add spacers to the glass mount. If you do so, you avoid additional glass holders/surfaces. I optimized mine for 8x10. If you optimize for 6x6, you don't have to lower the scanner glass. Finding the right hight is enough.


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Research Grant Application Process and Timeline
Hundreds of talented scientists worldwide apply for grants from the Alzheimer's Association International Grant Program to fund investigations of new treatment methods, accelerate drug development and identify prevention strategies.
This page lists key dates for all research programs and outlines procedures and processes common to all research grant categories.
Below is a summary of steps for applying for a research grant. Please refer to our complete Program Announcement for more information, including information on areas of focus and background information.
The first step in applying to the Alzheimer's Association for any research grant is to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) through the proposalCENTRAL on-line application system at proposalcentral.altum.com. Applications will not be accepted without an approved LOI. First-time users must register and fill out a Professional Profile in proposalCENTRAL to begin the application process. The Alzheimer's Association requires that all applicants must be registered as a reviewer with the Association to submit a letter of Intent. If you submit a letter of intent/application and are NOT currently registered as a reviewer, you will be automatically added to the Alzheimer's Association reviewer roster. Additionally, it is required that you review at least one grant proposal within your area of expertise, outside the grant competition to which you are applying.
The LOI and completed application must be submitted by a single principal investigator (PI). A PI cannot submit an LOI that has been approved or rejected during a previous grant cycle. All LOIs must be approved or rejected in the current grant cycle. Hard copies of the LOI will not be accepted. LOIs will not be accepted after the deadline date — no exceptions.
Once research proposals are submitted, the Alzheimer's Association uses a network of Alzheimer's scientists worldwide who voluntarily serve as peer reviewers. For each proposal, the Association assembles a specialized panel of three to four scientific and technical Alzheimer's experts to evaluate the project.
Reviewers use an online system for their reviews to discuss their assessment of a particular proposal and read the commentary of peers evaluating the same project.
The peer review process results in a ranking of proposed research that is presented to the Alzheimer's Association Medical and Scientific Advisory Council (MSAC), a group of nationally and internationally recognized experts with long and distinguished careers in Alzheimer's disease. MSAC uses the peer review commentary and scoring to guide it in ensuring fairness and equity in the initial review process and to make funding recommendations to the Association.
This two-stage review process is central to the Alzheimer's Association award decisions and is designed to ensure both scientific rigor and fairness to all submitted applications. If you are interested in being considered as a reviewer for the Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program, please submit your CV to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Applicants are notified of grant awards via email provided in application.
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apktool 0.0.2
It is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to debug smali code step by step. Also it makes working with app easier because of project-like files structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc.


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JAR Signing
We are working towards signing Eclipse builds for the 3.2 Callisto release. The goal of signing is to allow users to verify that the content they obtain from eclipse.org and subsequently execute does indeed come from that source. Signing in a nutshell works as follows:
- Eclipse builds produce content in various forms (zips, update JARS)
- The Eclipse Foundation produces a signature of the build content using its private key (signature = private key + content)
- User downloads build content and signatures from eclipse.org or from mirrors
- The Eclipse Foundation makes available a public key for verifying signatures
- User consults some trusted authority to verify that the public key does indeed belong to the Eclipse Foundation
- Verification is performed on the user's machine (signature + public key = hash of content)
Open problems
What gets signed?
The two principal outputs from the build process are update site JARs and stand-alone zips.
Signing stand-alone zips
The problem with stand-alone zips is that there is no opportunity to perform verification at download time. The user would need to take a manual step to run verification on the zip before unzipping and using it. Note that signing only the JARs within the stand-alone zips is not sufficient verification. For example, the eclipse executable is not within a JAR, and a compromised executable would negate the value of any other signing. Possible approaches for signing stand-alone executables:
- Do nothing. If users want to obtain verifiable content, they must obtain it from an update site
- Sign only the JARs within the stand-alone zip. This has no authentication value in itself, but might be useful raw material for others in the community who want to tackle complete authentication of an Eclipse-based application
- Create a signature of the entire zip file, and make the signature available in a separate JAR file. The user would then have to perform verification manually
Signing update site content
Signing of content on Eclipse update sites is slightly easier. All executable content is contained in JAR files, so the traditional Java JAR signing mechanism can be used.
How is signing done?
There are several ways we could sign update JAR content:
- Traditional Java JAR signing. The JDK comes with a tool called jarsigner. This tool signs JARs by producing a separate signature for every file in the JAR. The signatures are put in the MANIFEST.MF file and in a separate signature file in the META-INF directory. For optimization purposes, the signature of the MANIFEST.MF with all embedded signatures is also computed and placed in the signature file. The pros of using this approach are that the jarsigner tool is already available, and the signed JAR can also be used for runtime verification. The cons are that producing signatures for every file adds bulk to the download (about 3MB for the Eclipse SDK), and it is very slow to run (about an hour for the Eclipse SDK).
- Compute a single signature per JAR file. This should be much faster and have negligible size, but would require a custom signing tool. The signature would be placed in a separate JAR signed using jarsigner (either one signature JAR per update JAR, or one signature JAR per update site).
- Nested JARs. A sneaky way to get a single signature per JAR is to put each JAR in a wrapper JAR, and sign the wrapper. This would allow using the jarsigner tool, but would require significant changes to the structure of update site content, and changes to the update code to remove the signed wrappers


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Join the Koshland Science Museum at the DC Mini Maker Faire, organized by the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows. Bring your friends and family to learn about making and engage in activities where you create and innovate! Make a simple circuit using everyday household supplies at the Koshland's booth.
The DC Mini Maker Faire follows in the footsteps of recent mini maker faires in Silver Spring and Northern Virginia. The goal of the DC faire is to Show (and Tell) the world about the diversity of makers in the local community.
Maker Faire is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. It's a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.
Activities are being organized by various community organizations, including the federal and local government, non-profits, and other organizations. The Faire will be held outdoors at the Yards Park, 355 Water Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003.


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A Confederate States Army camp near Hopkinsville during the Civil War
I've mentioned before that Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is the final resting place of about 300 Confederate soldiers who died of measles, dysentery, tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid, and other illnesses while camped at Camp Alcorn during the Civil War.
I was quite interested when I stumbled across some correspondence to, from, and about Camp Alcorn in an old book that has been digitized by Google.
The book is The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. It was published in 1902 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, with input from many authors and sources, including the United States War Dept, United States Congress. and the United States War Records Office.
I've written the following brief history of Camp Alcorn based mostly on Confederate letters that are recorded in this book...
How Camp Alcorn was established
After a number of skirmishes with Union troops in this part of Kentucky, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston and Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer took Bowling Green in the fall of 1861. Meanwhile Confederate General Simon Buckner occupied Hopkinsville.
These victories led to a Confederate plan to create a "Kentucky Line." The idea was to stop the Union forces in Kentucky, and thus to prevent the Union from gaining control of rivers and railroads that led to Nashville, Tennessee, and beyond. Also, there were iron furnaces of importance to the Confederacy along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers of western Kentucky.
Shortly after taking Hopkinsville, General Buckner was promoted and moved to Central Division of Kentucky headquarters to Bowling Green. Buckner left Brigadier General J. L. Alcorn in camp near Hopkinsville with a brigade of Mississippi volunteers and two small regiments. Alcorn had brought these troops from Mississippi as part of a response from that state to a request for 10,000 men for sixty days service in Kentucky.
Alcorn was supposed to defend the Cumberland River and the railroad bridge over it at Clarksville, Tennessee, from an overland attack from the north/northeast. However, widespread illness among his soldiers limited his ability to do this job.
General Alcorn returns to Mississippi after escorting the troops to Kentucky and setting up camp at Hopkinsville
On October 19, 1861, Alcorn wrote to General Buckner, to give a scouting report and to inform him of the health situation in camp.
My command, after furnishing nurses for the sick, is reduced to a battalion. It appears that every man in my camp will directly be down with measles. The thought of a movement in my present condition is idle. I am not more than able to patrol the town.
Source: Letter from Alcorn to Buckner, Oct. 19, 1861 (pp. 464-465)
At the end of the letter, he requested to be relieved of command at Hopkinsville so he could return to Mississippi.
[T]he cause for my continuance no longer exists in force sufficient to detain me. I wish to leave for Mississippi; and ask your permission to fix the 27th instant as the day for my departure. This post is an important one, and should not be commanded by one who has not the confidence or is distasteful to the Government at Richmond. My service as brigadier-general of Mississippi is due that State only. If the Confederate Government wished me, I would be appointed. This not being done, I am an intruder. My self-respect, my own honor, is dearer to me than country or life itself. The hope of being able to make an early movement has lured me; that hope dissipated, common decency requires me to leave this command. Besides, to stay here and labor and toil as I do, struggling with disease and death, to be superseded presently, or, if continued, to be a mere interloper, a nondescript, every impulse of my nature says, "No; death first," My command will complain, but this will soon be hushed, for now they are bound. I shall leave with them my son, a captain of a company, as hostage that my heart is with them.
In conclusion, I thank you most sincerely for the kind manner in which you have treated me since my return to my native heath, and beg that you will have some one to take my command, if not before, on the day indicated. Do not neglect this, I beg you.
Source: Letter from Alcorn to Buckner, October 19, 1861 (pp. 464-465)
My research leads me to believe that General Alcorn survived the war and later became a U.S. senator from Mississippi.
General Tilghman assumes command and learns of conditions at Camp Alcorn
Shortly after Alcorn requested permission to go home, Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman was assigned to command the troops at Camp Alcorn. Tilghman was a West Point graduate from Baltimore, Maryland, and a civil engineer by trade. He had served in the Mexican War and had helped to build the Panama railroad. Railroad construction brought him to Paducah, Kentucky, and in the 1850s, he built a home there that you can still visit today.
When General Tilghman took over Camp Alcorn, the men were apparently living in very sad conditions. He wrote to General Johnston at Bowling Green on October 27, 1861:
I have been detained here [at Clarksville, Tennessee] to-day, preparing matters to aid my organization at Hopkinsville, where I learn a vast deal of suffering exists, owing to the exposed condition of men. I have made arrangements to put 200 women to work on clothing, and hope for a contribution of blankets and clothing from the society at this place. I regret deeply to hear of the condition of things at Hopkinsville, but hope to overcome them. I am sorry also to hear of the inefficient condition of things at Fort Donelson [along the Cumberland River, west of Clarksville, Tennessee). I fear our interests there are well-nigh beyond our control.
Source: Letter from Tilghman to Johnston, October 27, 1861 (p. 479)
Reports from Hopkinsville by General Tilghman
By the 29th of October, General Tilghman had arrived in Hopkinsville. He reported the following to Bowling Green:
I had hoped that the picture, sketched to me of matters here might not have been realized, but I am compelled to think it not too highly colored. Under all the circumstances, 1 doubt not General Alcorn has made the best of things, his camp being merely one large hospital, with scarce men enough on duty to care for the sick and maintain a feeble guard around them, with insufficient pickets at prominent points. Over one-half the entire command are on the sick list, with very grave types of different diseases. Those remaining and reported for duty leave not enough really well men to do more than first stated. The Kentucky Battalion of Infantry, numbering 547, have only 45 cases reported sick. The measles have made their appearance, and the battalion will average 20 new cases per day, judging from to-day's report. The morning brigade report, herewith inclosed, shows only 716 for duty out of a total of 2237.
Source: Letter from Tilghman to Col. W. W. Mackall, October 29, 1861 pp. 485-486
On November 2, General Tilghman wrote again to Bowling Green:
You will have some idea of [the situation in Hopkinsville] when I tell you that in endeavoring to get up a little command last evening to move on Princeton, 1 found that the First Mississippi had 151 for duty, the Third 128. Out of these, guards and pickets had to be taken, giving me only 100 men from each regiment, half of whom were really unfit for the night march (raining in torrents). I managed, however, to get together 400 men and two pieces of artillery, the poorest clad, shod, and armed body I ever saw, but full of enthusiasm. I soon found that half the infantry were so unfit, that the surgeon stated that humanity demanded they should not go. I was relieved by a courier from my embarrassment and delayed until this morning, when a second courier relieved me entirely, by stating that the enemy had turned off from Princeton and [were] making northward. This morning I learn again that they have retired again (as their gunboats have done) towards the mouth of the river. You may therefore consider me relieved of the pressure for a few days.
Source: Letter from Tilghman to Buckner, November 2, 1861 (p. 500)
On November 7, 1861, reinforcements arrived -- volunteers from Texas led by John Gregg. They were partially armed and not yet organized into a regiment. Gregg wrote the following to command in Bowling Green:
Except a number of sick men on the road our nine companies are all here. The number is 749. Five of our number died on the way. From exposure to cold and wet on our journey we have more coughs and colds than I ever saw among the same number of men. Under General Tilghman's direction we will organize and elect our officers to-day or to-morrow. We have the consent of the Secretary of War to that purpose.
Source: Letter from Gregg to Mackall, November 7, 1861 (p. 524-525)
Health at Camp Alcorn improved under General Tilghman's command
By November 11, 1861, General Tilghman was a bit encouraged about the health of the camp. He wrote the following along with a long report of scouting and skirmishes north of Hopkinsville:
I am glad to be able to report "improvement" in my whole command, and the gradual assuming of form and energy in every department. A thorough change in my entire hospital arrangement, by the use of appropriate buildings and the procurement of proper supplies, aided by thorough police, has produced the results usually attainable through such means. The cheerful and able assistance rendered me by those of my own staff, as well as many of the regimental officers, is deserving of high commendation. The command, however, is yet very insufficient for the objects I know you would desire to have attained, and as it seems my only hope is in a patient waiting for re-enforcements, I can only hope I may now be allowed a little respite from the constant danger, real, that has surrounded me for the last ten days.
Source: Letter from Tilghman to Mackall, November 11, 1861 (p. 535-537)
At the end of this letter, he asked that funds for clothing be allocated immediately for the troops under his command.
The First Presbyterian Church of Hopkinsville was one of the sites used as a hospital during the winter of 1861-62, according to a historic marker at the church (corner of 9th and Liberty.)
General Tilghman's letter of November 13 to Bowling Green contained a mixture of good and bad news. A batallion of Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry had arrived from Fort Donelson. The forested area around the river was not good for cavalry maneuvers and furthermore, there wasn't enough food for the horses. General Tilghman had already sent out a joint cavalry and infantry group to prevent Union theft of a large herd of pigs that had been purchased by the Confederate agent in Clarksville. Tilghman also wrote, "My command still improves; are getting into their new hospitals." Source: Letter from Tilghman to Mackall, November 13, 1861 p. 549)
General Tilghman transferred to Forts Henry and Donelson
On November 14, orders were issued by General Buckner in Bowling Green, transferring Brigadier General Tilghman to the Cumberland River. He was given command of Forts Donelson and Henry, where a dangerous lack of discipline and organization existed, even as the Union was getting new and better gunboats. A Brigadier General Charles Clark was put in command of the two Mississippi batallions at Hopkinsville.
This is the end of the Camp Alcorn paper trail I've been following. I can add that General Tilghman did his best in December, 1861, and January, 1862, to get the troops and fortifications at Fort Henry and Donelson ready for battle. The Union attack came in February, 1862 -- 15,000 Union troops and seven Union gunboats -- and both forts fell into Union control, opening the way to Clarksville, Nashville, and beyond. It was the first big Union victory of the war.
General Tilghman surrendered with his men and was imprisoned for about six months. After he was released in a prisoner exchange, he rejoined the Confederate forces in Mississippi. He died in battle at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1864, and it is reported that his men wept when he fell.
The end of Camp Alcorn
As for Camp Alcorn, some of the sick were sent to a Confederate hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in November due to the likeliness of a Union attack upon the camp. 53 of Camp Alcorn's volunteer Texans died in Clarksville, and I am not sure how many others.
A historic marker at Riverside Cemetery states that Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest lived in a log house in Hopkinsville with his wife and daughter during the winter of 1861-62 and withdrew from Hopkinsville to Tennessee when the CSA left Bowling Green. Kentucky's historic markers document a busy winter of raids and reconnaissance by Forrest in the area around Hopkinsville, though many of his men fell sick while camped here.
Camp Alcorn was apparently broken up when all its able-bodied troops were sent to the defense of Fort Donelson in February of 1862. As far as I know, the only remaining evidence of its existence at Hopkinsville is the Camp Alcorn cemetery.
A local Sons of Confederate Veterans group (Jefferson Davis Birthplace Camp # 1675) has worked hard to honor these fallen Confederate soldiers by compiling records, providing individual tombstones for each known soldier, and faithfully placing flags for them.
Related articles on this blog
Civil War Graves at Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, KY
A Walk In Riverside Cemetery
More About Riverside Cemetery
Letters sent from Camp Alcorn
From a Confederate soldier to a lady he admired
Description of the sickness at Camp Alcorn and the weather, Winter of 1861-62 (Scroll down to "Letter from the 'Bass Grays'.")
A description of the housing at Camp Alcorn
Additional related material:
That Dark and Bloody Ground: The Kentucky Campaign of 1861
One Camp Alcorn soldier's history
Tribute to General Lloyd Tilghman
Norwegian reenactment group for the 7th Texas Infantry, includes a list of all soldiers who died at Camp Alcorn
Lloyd Tilghman at Wikipedia
Tilghman monument at Vicksburg
Another photo of Tilghman monument
Captain J. M. Sparkman's Tennessee Light Artillery Company
My Civil War, Before, During, and After -- Memoirs of a Union soldier who fought in this part of Kentucky with the 5th Iowa Cavalry


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NHIAA Roundup: Two hat tricks power Central boys
October 21. 2013 11:36PM
Blaise Mesumbuko and Sam Binogono both recorded hat tricks to lead the Central boys' soccer team past visiting Dover, 7-1, Monday.
The Little Green improved to 13-2, winning their 13th straight.
Justin Reno scored the other goal and Mesumbuko added an assist. Central goalkeeper David Gagnon made two saves in the win. Dover got its goal from Ayalew Binette late in the game.
Pembroke 6, Manchester West 1: At Pembroke, Austin Sartwell and Justus Turk scored two goals each and Jeremy Caruso and Aaron Locke added single tallies to pace the hosts. Nick Lawrence scored in the 79th minute for West.
Hillsboro-Deering 0, Fall Mountain 0: On Saturday in Hillsborough, goalies Dylan Mix of Fall Mountain (four saves) and Connor Lane of Hillsboro-Deering (six saves) kept their opponents off the scoreboard.
Hollis/Brookline 1, ConVal 0: On Saturday, Sam Whitaker scored midway through the first half on an assist from Cole Owens. Michael Pattelena had three saves for the win. Hollis/Brookline improved to 12-2 led by efforts from Ben Lombardi, Jack Barbour, Nate Rocco and Matt Claire.
Girls' soccer
Pembroke 5, Manchester West 0: Pembroke improved to 9-6 led by goals from Celia Sartwell, Lexi Duclos, and Emilee Harlow. Assists were registered by Emma Foss and Maddie Bardier. Kristin Kezar had the shutout win in nets.
Pinkerton 2, Concord 1: At Southern New Hampshire University, Mel Roberge scored a first-half goal for Pinkerton and Katyann Grochmal scored the game winner at the 48:25 mark. Erica Parent and Julie Murray each had an assist for the Astros. Pinkerton goalie Sammy Mitchell had eight saves.
Hollis/Brookline 2, Oyster River 1: At Durham, the Cavaliers (9-5) survived a road game at Oyster River (6-7-1) thanks to goals from Sarah Mauser and Hannah Modelski.
Trinity 3, St. Thomas 1: At Manchester, Trinity of improved to 5-9-0 with the win win over visiting St. Thomas of Dover.
Trinity led 3-0 on goals from Hannah Brewitt, Kendal Elithorpe (who assisted on Brewitt's goal) and Ashley Brenner. St. Thomas (5-9-0) scored in the 84th minute on a penalty kick goal from Shanley King.
Trinity junior goalkeeper Jenna Arcand made four saves. Kelliann Banaian made six saves for STA.
Hopkinton 1, Hillsboro-Deering 0: On Saturday, Hopkinton scored 14 minutes into the game. Sarah Ingalls and Breahna Savoy anchored the defense for Hillsboro-Deering. In the loss, keeper Emma Moore had 14 saves.
Dover 3, Pinkerton 0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-23): In Derry, Lexie Verreault had 16 digs for the Astros. Molly Wotten led Dover with 12 kills and teammate MacKenzie Geppert added 22 assists.
Campbell 3, Trinity 1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15): At Manchester, Jessica Tremblay (10 service points), Kayla Tremblay (six blocks) and Amanda Cole (22 assists) led Trinity.
Epping 3, Portsmouth Christian 1 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 25-15): At Dover, Epping improved to 7-7, led by Eliza Kucera (seven 7 aces, seven kills, 10 digs), Katie Pettis (19 digs) and Olivia Goodrich (11 digs, five kills, 20 assists).
Campbell 3. John Stark 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-11): On Saturday, Brianna Hardy (8 kills, 10 digs, 2 blocks), Alex Trevains (7 kills, 1 block, 11 service points, 7 aces), Olivia Martinage (6 kills, 1 block) and Sophie Scafidi (16 assists) each led the 12-2 Cougars. John Stark is 8-6.
Merrimack 3, Nashua North 1 (24-26, 25-11, 25-16, 25-15): Merrimack was led by Jen Coffey (20 kills, 3 blocks and 13 digs), Jo Coffey (22 service points, 18 digs and 43 assists), Christie Roy (4 blocks, 10 digs and 13 kills), Elise Jolly (5 blocks, 7 digs and 11 kills) and Caitlyn Paulson (17 service points and 14 digs).


text: dannygregory July 22, 2004 Drawing, Exhibits Fishing in Manhattan It's late and I'm exhausted from a long day which culminated in something a little tedious but exciting: revising a new piece I've done for the Op-Ed page of the NY Times. It'll run this Sunday. Share this:FacebookPinterestTwitterTumblrLinkedInGoogleEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related


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JAMES CITY — With three fourth-quarter touchdowns, Smithfield pulled away to a 42-7 victory over Warhill on Friday at Cooley Field. The triumph kept the Packers in a three-way tie for first place in the Bay Rivers District with York and Lafayette.
Smithfield got on the board early as quarterback Jermaal Wells dashed a quick 4 yards into the end zone. Jacob Anderson made the extra point with 5:59 to play in the opening quarter.
The Packers (7-1, 6-1 district) extended their lead with a 7-yard run by Marquis Childress just two minutes into the second quarter. But the Lions (4-4) answered with their lone touchdown as Devonte Dedmon scored on a 47-yard run. Evan McCoy kicked the extra point to cut Smithfield's lead to one touchdown before the half.
A pair of long passes sparked the Packers to a bigger lead in the second half. In the third, Bruce Cypress hauled in a 62-yard pass from Wells and Anderson added the extra point.
Wells then completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to Marcel Curry with 10:02 remaining in the contest. Less than three minutes later, Kyon Croker ran 17 yards for another Packer touchdown and a 35-7 advantage.
A running clock took effect after Tyrone Gardner rushed 9 yards for the final Smithfield touchdown.
Croker had 11 carries for 90 yards for the Packers. Wells amassed 178 passing yards on just six completions.
Dedmon had 16 carries for 120 yards to lead the Lions.
Smithfield 7, 7, 7, 21 — 42
Warhill 0, 7, 0, 0 — 7
S: Jermaal Wells 4 run (Anderson kick)
S: Marquis Childress 7 run (Anderson kick)
W: Devonte Dedmon 47 run (McCoy kick)
S: Cypress 62 pass from Wells (Anderson kick)
S: Curry 55 pass from Wells (Anderson kick)
S: Kyon Croker 17 run (Anderson kick)
S: Tyrone Garland 9 run (Anderson kick)
First downs 17 9
Rushes-yards 38-162 31-124
Passing yards 178 41
Comp-Att-Int 6-11-1 3-11-2
Penalties-yards 13-100 5-45
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1


text: Are you hunting for the best iOS games to download? Do you even know what games managed to break a leg this 2013? Whether you have an iPad, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 or 5C, there's no doubt that the current iOS 7 is absolutely mind-blowing in terms of video gaming. If you're tired of . . . → Read More: Highest-scoring Games Released On iOS In 2013


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The grand prize went to four students from Columbia Missouri for
their submission Æther, A plan for
human colonization of space. All are students of Fred Thompson
at Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri.
Congratulations for an outstanding research project.
Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team/(consisting of 2-6 students) and large group (from 8-18 students) and Classroom awards for two groups: 6-9th grade and 10-12th grade. Team names are listed by submission.
Note: Awards and certificates mailed out 4/22/2002.
Space Settlement home page
Contest home page


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I'm a recent MBA grad taking a 30-day vacation. I had a sudden urge to hit the road on a whirlwind adventure trip looping around the western states' most scenic areas. Beginning and ending in Los Angeles, here is my planned itinerary:
1. Los Angeles, CA
2. Zion Nat'l Park, UT
3. Santa FE, NM
4. Roswell, NM
5. Austin, TX
6. Denver, CO
7. Estes Park, CO
8. Grand Teton Nat'l Park, WY
9. Yellowstone Nat'l Park, WY
10. Salmon-Challis Nat'l Forest, ID
11. Glacier Nat'l Park, MT
12. Spokane, WA
13. Portland, OR
14. San Francisco, CA
15. Los Angeles, CA
Yes, it's ambitious, so I might change the route or travel time slightly depending on what opportunities present themselves.
I might be open to sharing the trip (or portions of it) with one other person. Must be a calm, easy-going, clean and sane, non-rambunctious type with a flexible travel schedule. Preferably a grad student or professional.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 2, 2004) - The East Tennessee State women's tennis team concluded competition in the 14th annual ETSU Fall Collegiate Tournament this afternoon at the ETSU tennis courts. ETSU women's team saw success in singles and doubles action throughout tournament play.
The doubles portion of the tournament was able to finish up play before rain delayed the tournament for a little over an hour. In the Doubles A bracket ETSU newcomers Sandie Knight (Adamstown, Australia) and Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) defeated teammates Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) and Mariia Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) to win the bracket.
In the second tier, the team of Jewel Aldea (Charleston, S.C.) and Gemma Halim (Jakarta, Indonesia) defeated Western Carolina's Cotton and Harris 8-3 for the championship title.
In singles action, Ziolkowska defeated Appalachian State's Lindsey Free 6-3, 6-1 and Knight defeated Appalachian State's Salem Kirven 6-0, 6-1 in the Singles A bracket.
Freshman Volobueva advanced to the finals of the Singles B bracket with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Victoria Moody of Appalachian State. In the finals she defeated Maria Nevarez of Tusculum College by a score of 6-2, 6-1. Nevarez defeated ETSU's Ilina 7-5, 6-1 to advance. Ilina then played a consolation match against Victoria Moody of Appalachian State where she won 6-3, 6-0.
In the Singles C bracket, senior Halim, advanced to the finals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Nancie Gruber of Mars Hill College. She then faced Appalachian States Frances Blanton and won the bracket with a final score of 6-1, 6-1.
Aldea competed in the Singles D bracket and advanced to finals with a win over Esther Mbugua of VI 7-6 (8), 6-2. She then fell to Kristen Cotton of Western Carolina University in a 6-3, 6-2 final score.
"I'm happy with our play in this tournament," commented head coach Steve Brooks. "Everyone played a lot of matches and gained some good experience. We played a total of 24 matches and only lost two of those matches to non-ETSU opponents. We now know what we need to work on this fall to get ready for the spring."
Up next in fall tournament action for the Bucs is a trip to Blacksburg, Va. to compete in the Virginia Tech Tournament on Friday, Oct. 8.


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This nearly empty row of shops tells a story that could be told in almost any part of the city of Worcester, as buildings evolve to meet need or disappear, overcome by the pressures around them.
On this site in the late 1940s was a four-story building of the type that could be any corner in this busy city: Storefronts on the first floor, apartments above. The broad structure occupied the corner, with frontage on two of Worcester's busiest streets at one of its busiest corners.
When that building sold in 1940, plans were to raze it and make a home for one of the building's larger tenants, but by 1949, that plan had clearly changed: the building was merely reduced to the two-stories shown in this picture.
By 1966, the building hung on, but barely; its larger tenants were gone. In the 1970s, it finally went the way of many other abandoned buildings, and was razed.
One might surmise that the 1940s plans for the building were too ambitious for a world that was at war; later, other changes to the area took away much of the foot traffic to make way for trolleys and cars that whisked potential shoppers past its doors.
Hint: The national chain store that once occupied part of this corner shared a mission with the current occupant — although from a different angle.
— Melissa McKeon


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Amarillo, TX – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today praised the Mississippi legislature for passing a bill to outlaw most abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
"The evidence continues to mount that Roe vs. Wade has damaged the women it claimed to serve, not to mention the over 42 million children killed in the womb. Even the 'Jane Roe' of Roe vs. Wade, Norma McCorvey, now rejects that decision as a colossal mistake," Fr. Pavone explained. "The Governor's signature on this bill will be quite consistent with the current trend all across America."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Cross yourself and speak unto Jesus
And hope for the species that the people deceased
Are released from the pain and the suffering
Your faith is decreasing, the pages are creasing
In the only book you've been reading.
The idea is appealing, but somehow revealing
Of the fear that you're breeding.
And you're left needing…
You're only human.
A part of this species that does as it pleases.
If you do what they tell you then you will be free,
Dotting the I's and crossing the T's,
Putting crosses in boxes like a job application
Delivered not into temptation but redemption
And carry the cross on your chest like disease
The people beneath us will be recieved above,
And you will be there to receive all the love.
Still you cross your chest as you cross your fingers,
And cross your legs too for there's evil down there,
And preach the love as the hatred increases,
The cross on your chest, double-crossing the rest,
Treating others like feces.
As the crosses increase for the people beneath us
Crossing your chest as you cross your fingers
The hope that you'll be received
And haven't been deceived,
That the Jesus you speak of
Is real and forgiving.
You give up on living, your life is in pieces
Dashed against rocks, or stoned for your failings.
The bible tells you you'll go to heaven,
You've been told this since before you were seven,
But even now you have doubts,
The cross is a crutch to reassure you.
Crossing your fingers and crossing your chest, if you're good, and love Jesus, you'll see heaven with the rest.
See, he died for you
And when you leave the species you'll be with him too…
Cross your fingers…


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The foursome refuse to leave, and Sofia's parents show up and throw a fit, with Diego declaring he's gay, too, and kissing Gonzalo (just to make a point). The restaurant finally backs down and lets them stay, and later, Diego admits he doesn't really have a problem with Dani and Sofia's relationship so much as he is worried about Sofia's future if she's in a relationship with a woman. She reassures him she'll be fine, and then the show fast-forwards three months and shows Dani and Sofia still together and celebrating with the family the success of their vineyard.
Show: Los Hombres de Paco (Paco's Men) — Spain, drama
Show/Episode: Guiding Light — CBS, drama
Show: Suomen huippumalli haussa 2 (The Search for Finland's Top Model Cyle 2) — Finland, reality competition
What's next: The final three finalists continue competing in the Canary Islands with themes like party and death.
Show/Episode: The Duel II — MTV, reality
Show/Episode: Infidels — Spain, drama
Show: Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) — Germany, drama
Ansgar finds out Carla lied but is still worried about the delayed money transfer. Tanja makes an offer and he accepts: she will lend him the money, which can be transferred into Carla's account by an strawman, and in return he will make her a partner when he gains control of the family business.
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Tonight, I am sad. I'm sad because these past few days I have seen an enormous amount of sexism in the cycling world lately. I know that sexism exists all over society, but I don't think I've ever confronted it as much as I have in the cycling world. I'm not saying that cycling is more sexist than other areas of my life that I participate in, but nothing else I'm passionate about has aroused this much ire in me. And lately this ire is turning to sadness. A sadness that so many people don't recognize the sexism that exists in our society. Oh sure, women can vote, advance far up the career ladder, be a mom and a career woman, stay single as long as they like, etc. So what am I complaining about, you wonder? Clearly women are totally equal to men- they have all the same opportunities! Oh but it's not about the opportunities. It's about the deeper issues. Sure, on the surface women seem to be equal to men. And maybe with regards to opportunities, the sexes are equal. But what is not equal is how the sexes are perceived at a deeper level. Whether you realize it or not, sexism is so ingrained in our society, most people do not recognize it. Stereotypes are actually sexism disguised. Emotions, child rearing, home life, fragility= female. Strength, stoicism, the workforce, breadwinner= male. Words like "pussy," "girly," "sissy" are used to illustrate weakness. Expressions like "grow a pair," "balls to the wall," "man up" are used to illustrate strength. Notice a trend? Whether we want to admit or not, the male lists are given more weight and prestige in our society.
If you really looked into how society views men and women, can you honestly say that society sees men as exactly equal as men? Not just on the opportunities level, but on a perception level? I do my bit to counter sexism by trying to educate those I come in contact with on how they might be unintentionally sexist. And I feel I do a pretty good job. But when the Amgen Tour of California pulls stunts like making a women's TT payouts conditional on how they preform against the men and when pro cyclists Caleb Fairly cannot see how this might be offensive or demeaning towards female cyclists, I despair at such blatant disrespect for the female sex. If ideas like this are seen as a good idea, ideas so clearly discriminatory against women, how can we even begin to tackle the ingrained sexism of our society? It's hard work convincing someone that their knee jerk reactions and accepted truths are actually sexist stereotypes. It's even harder to accomplish this over Twitter. It's too easy to fall back onto sarcastic, hurtful statements, when well thought out, reasoned arguments require so much more than 140 character soundbites. In addition, because some have so many followers, they can become inundated with negative comments and become supremely defensive. This makes it impossible to have a civilized discussion.
It's not just the ToC story that has me worked up. It's been little things like the use of the word "girled," the Sea Otter Classic getting sued for having a female only day, someone using the phrase "boys will be boys." All of these things made me mad, then I got sad. I know what I do to help people understand how sexism is rooted in our society. But I don't know what else to do. Is that enough? Maybe. I'll do what I can and hope it's enough.
(I've written about sexism in cycling before, here)


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Kallis sees South Africa to T20 win over England
Jacques Kallis guided South Africa to a seven-wicket win over World Twenty20 champions England in the first Twenty20 international at Chester-le-Street today.cricket Updated: Sep 08, 2012 22:47 IST
Jacques Kallis guided South Africa to a seven-wicket win over World Twenty20 champions England in the first Twenty20 international at Chester-le-Street on Saturday.
The Proteas were in trouble at 29 for three, chasing a seemingly modest 119 for victory.
But opener Kallis, returning to international duty after being rested from the drawn one-day series between the two countries, made 48 not out of 44 balls with seven fours.
Together with left-hander JP Duminy (47 not out), he shared an unbroken stand of 90 in 91 deliveries as the Proteas, who won with an over to spare, went 1-0 up in a three-match series ahead of this month's World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
South Africa saw hard-hitting opener Richard Levi caught in the slips off Jade Dernbach and Twenty20 international debutant Faf du Plessis lbw to fast bowler Steven Finn.
De Villiers, who helped Hashim Amla add 172 in South Africa's seven-wicket win in the fifth ODI at Trent Bridge on Wednesday which squared that series at 2-2, was then caught behind by Craig Kieswetter, a former Proteas junior international, off South Africa-born seamer Dernbach for 10.
South Africa were now 29 for three and England, all but out of the contest at the mid-innings break, were now very in the game.
But if South Africa could produce one decent partnership bat they would win and in world class all-rounder Kallis and left-hander Duminy they had the men for the job in the absence of the rested Amla.
England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad, like Kallis rested from the one-dayers, brought back Finn in a bid to break the stand but to no avail.
Ultimately England's 118 for seven -- their third lowest total in this format -- did not give their bowlers enough of a score to defend.
Spin bowling, long regarded as the the Proteas' Achilles heel, accounted for four England wickets with off-break bowler Johan Botha (two for 19) and left-armer Robin Peterson (two for 27), striking after De Villiers won the toss.
Meanwhile ever reliable fast bowler Dale Steyn took one for 13 in his maximum four overs.
At 85 for seven, England were in danger of posting their worst Twenty20 total before an unbroken stand of 33 in 27 balls between Broad and Graeme Swann, who both finished on 18 not out, gave them a foothold in the match.
No England batsman made more than opener Kieswetter's 25. England's collapse started with a needless run out. Alex Hales, who made an England Twenty20 best 99 against the West Indies in June after replacing the still exiled Kevin Pietersen, charged down the pitch for a non-existent single and, turning back, was run out by Kallis's direct hit on the stumps.
Kieswetter then fell when he was plumb lbw to Botha's first ball. And Ravi Bopara, who averaged just 5.50 with the bat during the one-dayers fell cheaply in familiar fashion when he edged a good length Steyn delivery to Botha at slip.
Botha then struck again when he bowled dangerman Eoin Morgan for 10, after the former Ireland left-hander bottom edged a pull-sweep. Peterson bowled Jos Buttler before fellow young gun Jonathan Bairstow holed out off paceman Albie Morkel.
Then a well-judged catch by Kallis saw Peterson dismiss Patel. The series continues in Manchester on Monday.
First Published: Sep 08, 2012 22:41 IST


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Mariano Rivera may make a debut on his final weekend before retirement: as a centerfielder.
The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said he'd like to play the outfield.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi says he's thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros.
Says Girardi: "In my mind, thinking that he's going to want to pitch, it would be a situation that I might bring him in (in) the eighth to play the outfield and close him out in the ninth if we have that opportunity."
Rivera missed most of the 2012 season after hurting his knee while shagging fly balls during pregame practice at Kansas City.


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VIA intros Nano 3000 netbook, notebook CPUs
Takes aim at Intel's Atom and CULV chips
VIA has introduced out its latest Nano CPUs, pitching the new 3000 family of low-power processors at makers of thin'n'light laptops and of all-in-one desktops.
The Nano 3000 series runs to six processors, clock at between 1GHz and 2GHz. They all sit on an 800MHz system bus. Four U3x00 models consume just 100mW of power when idling - the two L3xx0 Nanos consume 500mW at idle.
VIA touted the new parts' support for 64-bit computing, virtualisation and the SSE 4 media processing instructions. Like past VIA processors, the new ones have on-board AES and SHA encryption engine.
Despite the pitch at laptops and desktops, VIA was quick to stress the Nano 3000 series' performance over Intel's netbook-oriented Atom N270. It said a Nano 3000 running at 1.6GHz - such a chip isn't among VIA's list of SKUs - was 43 per cent faster than the 1.6GHz Atom N270 in PCMark05's CPU benchmark.
The Nano 3000 series is sampling now, but won't go into mass production until Q1 2010, by which time Intel's second-generation Atom chip, the 1.66GHz N450 should be out. It has a power envelope of 7W, more than its predecessor but still better because its on-board memory controller and graphics engine negate the need for a separate northbridge chip - which usually consume more power than the processor.
VIA didn't provide a TDP for the Nano 3000 series, though its 1.6GHz Nano L2200 consumed up to 17W. Clock-for-clock the 3000 series delivers 23 per cent more performance than the 2000 series, VIA said, but the two families' idle power consumption figures are much the same. VIA said the 3000 series is "20 per cent more energy efficient" than its predecessor. If it's to tackle Atom effectively, that will have to mean the CPU's TDP is considerably lower than 13.6W. ®


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the largest crew at lyman high. the most influential and represented group in longwood, fl. most of the parties one would attend in longwood, altamonte, and casselberry are D$C certified and hosted, and you probably don't even realize it. founded by blaine and brice.
holy shit dude, i didn't even realize that was a dolla crew party... that must explain all the hot chicks, and the fact that my lame ass couldn't get in! :
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second worker charged with setting a series of dry-ice bombs at Los Angeles International Airport has pleaded not guilty.
Miguel Angel Iniguez (in-EE'-gez) of Inglewood entered the plea Tuesday to one felony count of possession of a destructive device near an airplane.
The 41-year-old supervises workers at LAX for ground services company Servisair.
Prosecutors allege that Iniguez and another airport employee, 28-year-old Dicarlo Bennett, made a total of three dry ice bombs near airport terminals on Oct. 13, but only two of them exploded.
No one was injured.
Bennett pleaded not guilty last week and is being held on $1 million bail. Iniguez is being held on $500,000.
They are due to appear together at a bail review hearing Wednesday.


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UMass Boston has found another way to honor the memory of former student Krystle Campbell, who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings: a portrait that will hang on campus.
College officials and relatives unveiled the painting, which depicts a smiling Campbell wearing a University of Massachusetts Boston T-shirt, at a recent ceremony attended by the university community. The work was created by Cameron Bennett, an artist based in Britain, using photographs as inspiration.
The painting, first displayed in the Campus Center atrium, eventually will hang in a permanent on-campus location that will be chosen by the school's art committee, university officials said.
"It's just beautiful," her father, William Campbell Jr., said with tears in his eyes, according to remarks provided by the school. He thanked the university community and others for their outpouring of support since he lost his daughter seven months ago. "There really are good people in the world," he said, according to the college.
Krystle Campbell's mother, Patricia Campbell, also attended the unveiling, as did college Chancellor J. Keith Motley and UMass trustee Richard Campbell, who helped the family commission the painting.
Richard Campbell, who is not related to Krystle but is from the same town, Medford, also helped spearhead a UMass Boston scholarship fund in her memory.
"Krystle Campbell's cheerful spirit will continue to brighten life at UMass Boston," Motley said of the painting.
Jesse Wright, former student body president said: "How fitting that it is Krystle's smile that will be left behind."
Campbell, who was 29, studied sociology at UMass Boston from 2005-2007. She was awarded a degree posthumously at an emotional commencement in May.
In September, a gazebo on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor was named in her memory. For the past five years, Campbell helped manage the Summer Shack restaurant's catering and event operations on Spectacle and Georges islands.Matt Rocheleau can be reached at email@example.com.


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has called talks with Turkish officials aiming to halt a decades-long conflict a historic step and urged all sides involved to show "care and sensitivity."
His brief message was conveyed Saturday by three pro-Kurdish legislators who were allowed to travel to his prison island off Istanbul to confer about the peace process.
The government declared in December that it was holding talks with Ocalan with the goal of convincing the rebels to declare a cease-fire, withdraw from Turkey and disarm.
Legislator Pervin Buldan told reporters Ocalan also expressed hope officials and soldiers kidnapped by the rebels would soon be released.
Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, is fighting for self-rule in southeast Turkey. The conflict has killed tens of thousands since 1984.


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The New Forest National Park is a haven for cyclists and the 2013 edition of the Rattler promises to be the biggest and best yet. Following the successful introduction of the 'Rattler village' at the 2012 event, we will again be offering riders the opportunity to camp at the event HQ on the Saturday night. This will please many of you as camping and accommodation in the New Forest is of a premium during the Summer months and can be hard to come by. It will also be a great way to meet your fellow riders before the event and will no doubt further increase the Rattler's status as a friendly and accessible event.
Breakfast and a BBQ are included as standard as part of the entry fee. The feed stations will be stocked with Torq energy products - which we believe are the best on the market - and timing will be provided via Sports Timing solutions.


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Dream_Polizzi wrote:
This is true. I had a few in junior high, and they hardly ever mess with you when they're alone unless they really think that low of you.
In high school, when there would be a fight, it was ALL ABOUT how many people you had with you. I would hear people saying that their 30 was fighting against their 14. Actual numbers. I always stayed away, but I saw one once or twice and it was as crazy as it sounds.
lol It was sort of the same at my schools. Some though didn't care how many people were around them when I was being harassed.
I know this one guy who got bullied at school for months about 6 years back, they came into the classroom when only he was there and started pushing him around one day, so he just grabbed a chair and smashed the ring-leader in the face It was amazing and we all congratulated him on standing up for himself, he didn't get suspended because he finally gave the bullies a taste of their own medicine and said that the ringleader fell on his face when he tried attacking him because he had been beating him for months and telling lies about him . So happy for him that day on top of that, he got all his self confidence back and lost a lot of weight since, he looks amazing!
and THAT is how you turn your life around and suck it to them. Play the game and wait for the right time to strike. The bullies never went near him again, I hope that fucker who was mean to him still has that squint in his nose from the chair.
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Why do I allow people to bully me sometimes? My answer is simple. Whoever they are they have their insecurities just like I do. When they bully and make fun of me it's because of their insecurities. School yard bullies are the precursor to internet trolls, all they want is for you to react. If you ignore them long enough they'll move on.
Another reason is that it's not worth fighting over. Why should I allow someone else to ruin my day with idiotic sayings? Fighting these people in any way, either verbal or physical, means that they've already won the moment you respond. But if they attack me physically... Well I'm an almost black belt in martial arts and I love fighting dirty. Knives are my specialty right now. So far I haven't gotten into a fight for several years now, and I hope to keep it that way.
A lot of times bullies only say what they say and bully others in front of their friends or people they want to impress. This normally happens more in middle school/junior high when the hormones start working. But it can happen anytime in life.
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I think, even if it gets you beat up, you should stand up for yourself...
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wowfood wrote:
I'm a skinny pale kid with glasses, people tried to bully me all the time at school. I'd always follow the same pattern when it hapened.
Start out following my mums advice, ignore them, tell a teacher, etc, which always did... nothing. If anything it made it worse half the time. Then I'd follow my dads advice.
My dads advice tended to stop bullying but get me into crap. Mostly because my dads advice was to kick the living crap out of them, even if i was a skinny pale kid with glasses I knew how to fight, and they never really expected it. I was a dab hand with choke holds too.
Bullying stopped with me in secondary school though. The people dumb enough to carry on trying to bully me went to a different school, and I quickly built up a reputation of not feeling pain somehow. I think one of my classmates was pissing about, turned and I caught a full fist in the face, but where i'd been so used to getting whacked I just laughed it off.
One thing I learnt from school was that teachers are useless, and to take things into my own hands. I know people disagree and say "oh you shouldn't" my response to them is "were you ever bullied? no? Then shut the hell up" or something more polite than that.
I know for a fact if i ever have kids I WILL be teaching them some basic self defense, and I probably will go with the "tell your teacher" approach first, who knows they may actually have decent teachers. But i'll also be telling them if the teacher does nothing to smack them in the nose and take them down, then not let them back up. Far as i'm concerned the only way bullies will learn is with a solid beating.
I'm not saying kick them while they're down either though, if they aren't getting back up then back the hell off. I just mean if they started it make sure its finished before you walk away from it. I've had too many whacks to the back of the head because I let them get back up while I was walking away.
Hmm... This seems to have raised a rant. nvm.
oh i understand what u say, yeh i've never been bullied but i understand that there are some annoying people who tries to take advantage of u sometime some people use to try to annoy me....lol some people disliked me because i was the type you never know what i might do...so i guess thats y i have never been bullied lol..but its great to hear that u defended your self...
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because once upon a time, I tried to fit in those people's standards...
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I got bullied once when I was 12, I don't know why.. but I did nothing, I dreaded coming to school and into class (worst part I had that class twice). She would always shake my chair, act innocent, and made fun of me. Till one day, when I was about to sit in my desk.. she push it and I almost fell out of it, the class and teacher saw everything since it was so loud. The teacher made her write a letter to me saying she was sorry... weird enough we became friends after that
I had certain people pick on me for little things. I used to dress bad, wear glasses, carry a big fiction book with me, I was on the swim team and wore a speedo. But it didnt bother me much, I looked way better in it then they could, I got a full ride to a decent college, and married a beautiful woman. All in all im way more confident and better looking then when I was in highschool, and the people that talked shit really havent gone anywhere in life.
I also tried to defend people who were picked on because some people wont/cant defend themselves in a way that would cause the bully to stop or even care. It got me into a few fights, I didnt win them all but the other guy didnt look so well either and normally left the kid alone so all was good afterwards...
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Oh well, I was bullied in middle school but that's just because I appeared unsociable and weak in front of everybody. I'd push my friends away because I want to know how it feels like to live alone. trololol. Pretty weird huh. Basically, I was the class's number one weirdo. And I thought I could put up with that. But its harder than i thought
It isn't a case of "allowing" it is a case of not having a choice. People who think that people have to "allow" themselves to be bullied are part of the problem.
I should mention the only people who ever "bullied" me did so on the bus, because I was smarter than them by a large margin, and they didn't like it.
Got bullied 4th and part of 5th grade due to not being able to defend myself and being a crybaby. (or in general, be rude plus I was a new kid)
I was bullied everyday till 12 getting beat up about 4 times a week. my life was hell until one day i just snapped during the middle of one of our usual fights ( there not supposed to be usual ) andd well the other guys around us just looked like they'd seen death after that fight, since i kinda went on a rampage broke the guy's nose, 3 ribs, and his arm which i snaped on my knee... well all in all they never fucked with me after that, but then again for yall who havnt been bullied and just say that u would beat them up its not that simple. when ppl are bullied like i was its usauly mutiple ppl ( for me around 30, 17 i can recal by name, ) not saying that many just 3 or more ppl can really mess someones life up. you dont even think about all the social discrimination about it like in my case they were the only ones in my nieghborhood, but i digres. for ppl who are bullied to the extent i was and even less for those who cant stand it can mean real dangers for everyone around them. If i didnt have a diffrent mind set when i was younger i could have ruined my life because hell i was a pyro in the actual terms i built bombs, dynomite, flash powder, ect... and i had enough supplies to well level some homes. And if i could find out that information years ago without so much new technology just imagine what a kid in that situation with the wrong mind set would find and do. So really ppl dont take bullying lightly its serious, i know i sound like some bullying panflet but it is important. In the end im now 6ft 7in 255lb muslce and no one messes with me lol.
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Well, I always try to avoid getting in trouble as much as possible now.
I remember beating up those two bullies. I got my revenge .. as well as detention and when I get back in class, I was the "bad guy". NICE.
I don't want to get detained again so if it's something small then I'd probably just let it pass.


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Only minor changes proposed for Manchester school redistrictingBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 29. 2013 11:14PM
MANCHESTER - Superintendent Thomas Brennan wants to focus his redistricting plan on establishing a central preschool, which will likely mean only minor changes will be made to school attendance zones in the fall.
Brennan made the proposal to the Board of School Committee at its meeting Monday, after public forums earlier this month at which he presented plans that could have resulted in nearly 400 students being shifted to different schools in September. The reassignments were to be the first phase of a long-range plan that included proposals for a central preschool and the conversion of Manchester High School West into a multi-use school facility.
The largest component of the fall reassignment plan - moving 138 students at Weston Elementary - is "off the table," Brennan told the board, who said he's still evaluating other street-by-street changes.
"The preschool is a big nut to crack," he said. "When you have 138 students on two streets, where are you going to put them, if not to a place where a preschool is? So I take full responsibility for this. I tried to make it work, and I was wrong."
Brennan said a plan for a central preschool was too complex to be put in place in the fall, and would have to wait until 2014.
The proposal to focus on a central preschool is the latest shift since Brennan was given unprecedented authority last fall to implement a redistricting plan.
Mayor Ted Gatsas, who has been a strong proponent of redistricting since he took office, was clearly upset by the pace of the process.
"I think this board sent you on a mission ... and are you telling me there are going to be no moves in September? How many are we talking about - 5, 6, 20 students? That's not redistricting, that's not what this board sent you to do," Gatsas said.
Gatsas was an early supporter of a plan proposed by Ward 8 board member Erika Connors, which Brennan had indicated was the most promising proposal for a central preschool.
Under the plan, Jewett Street Elementary School would house the central preschool facility, freeing up space at the three other elementary schools where preschool classes are held. Southside Middle School could be converted into an elementary school to take the Jewett students, and the remaining three middle schools could absorb the former Southside students.
Brennan said he was also focusing his effort on identifying some of the nearly 1,300 students who are not attending their assigned schools - a priority for parents at the public forums earlier this month.
"It's a lot of work," Brennan said.
Amid the debate over the direction of the redistricting plan, Ward 10 board member John Avard made a suggestion to eliminate the concept of attendance zones and look at school choice.
"Maybe it's time to look at allowing parents to choose their own schools," he said. "If we open it up to school choice, if parents could send their kids to where they went, where they would have less competition at West (High), where if they try out for sports they're actually going to be able to play, I think we might resolve some of these issues."
Common Core standards
In other business Monday, the school board approved spending $83,900 on a contract to bring the district's elementary and middle schools into compliance with the Common Core State Standards for math and English.
The board voted 11-2 to award the contract, which will be funded with federal Title 1 District Professional Development Set-Aside funds, to the Public Consulting Group.
There were two other bids for the contract, one for $270,000 and the other for $31,600. The Curriculum and Instruction Committee determined that the low bidder was not qualified for the job.
The consultant will work with teachers over the spring and summer to adjust the curriculum and train teachers in line with the state standards.
Ward 9 board member Art Beaudry cast one of the two votes against the contract. Quoting concerns raised by an opponent of the Common Core curriculum, he said it "replaces the classics with government propaganda."
Brennan and Gatsas responded that such concerns were unfounded.
Ward 1 board member Sarah Ambrogi, the chair of the C&I Committee, said Common Core would be further discussed by the panel.
$20,000 more for legal tab
The board also authorized the negotiations subcommittee to spend up to another $20,000 for legal services, as it continues contract talks with the unions representing teachers and other district employees.
Avard, who chairs the subcommittee, said it was making progress in the talks, but that more work needed to be done. The committee had spent $23,000 on legal bills, $3,000 more than had been budgeted, he said.
Mayor Gatsas, who raised concerns about costs when the board first opted to hire the negotiator, pressed Avard on how much more money would be needed. This resulted in the $20,000 estimate.


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Roosters Announce 2013 Captain & Vice-captains
The Sydney Roosters are thrilled to announce that experienced fullback Anthony Minichiello has been named Sydney Roosters Captain for Season 2013.
Minichiello, who joined the Roosters in 1997 and made his first grade debut with the club in 2000, has played 251 games with the foundation club and forged an outstanding reputation on and off the field for his tireless work ethic.
"I'm so proud to represent the Roosters. To be named captain of the club I love so much means the absolute world to me," Minichiello said.
"The Roosters are a club renowned for their tradition and history, and to look at names like Fittler, Messenger and Beetson, to join that list is an incredible honour.
"There's a great young talented squad here and the club has a bright future. To have the chance to lead us in our premiership campaign is a role I'm ready for and will never take for granted. This is definitely one of the biggest highlights of my career so far."
Roosters Head Coach, Trent Robinson, described Minichiello as the ideal candidate to lead the club on and off the field.
"Anthony is to be commended for his attitude to life and to training. He trains hard and is respected by the players," Robinson said.
"Mini goes above and beyond the call of duty, leads by example and his attitude rubs off on the younger players. He typifies what we want to be as a football club and where we are headed."
The Roosters also announced the appointment of Mitchell Pearce, Jake Friend, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Boyd Cordner as vice captains.
"There are a number of players in the team who lead - whether it by their leadership on field, at training or away from the footy field, and in appointing four vice captains, we are recognising members of our senior group identified for their natural leadership while looking ahead to their future and nurturing their development," said Robinson.
"Captaincy can be a demanding role, and while Anthony will lead from the front, having more than one leader is an advantage for the club as a whole.
"Mitchell, Jake, Jared and Boyd are leaders in their own right and will act in supporting roles to Mini on and off the field.
"In today's game, our players are competing at such a young age and it is important that we have leaders who are respected for the way they conduct themselves in all facets of club life."