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This month, several dozen University of Rochester faculty, staff, and students will meet with leaders of the Native American community to discuss the needs of Native American students pursuing higher education. A first for the University, the summit, which will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., is designed to educate the Rochester community about Native American heritage and culture, and how to best support students on campus.
"Rochester-area Native history already offers extraordinary insights about today's biggest problems such as sustainability and intercultural dialogue," said Jonathan Burdick, dean of admissions and financial aid at Rochester. "To maximize everyone's benefit from that strength, the University is seeking greater collaboration with today's local Native students, educators, and leaders."
The summit will include a lecture on the history of Native American education, performances by local dance troupe the Ganondagan Spirit Dancers, a keynote address by Stephanie Waterman, professor of educational leadership at the University's Warner School of Education, and a panel presentation given by members of the six Iroquois Nations. In addition, college officials from Cornell University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and SUNY Fredonia will discuss the initiatives, programs, and resources available to Native American students on their campuses.
The summit is part of a larger effort to recruit and retain Native American students; Native Americans currently make up less than 1 percent of the student population at Rochester. In spring 2010, the University began a partnership with College Horizons, a nonprofit organization that designs pre-college programs aimed at preparing Native American students for higher education.
The University participated in three College Horizons summer programs this year, sending representatives to the University of Hawaii in Hilo, Hawaii, Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., and the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. Each program introduces students to different colleges and universities, offers workshops on writing admissions essays and personal statements, and conducts sessions on standardized tests including the SAT and ACT. The University successfully earned a bid to host one of the five-day programs in summer 2011.
"It's great that the University wants to build a closer relationship with a community that is such an important part of this area and this country," said Christopher Bethmann, a sophomore majoring in international relations and Spanish at the University. "The Summit is a wonderful way for the University to start cultivating Native American culture on campus and to learn from the many voices represented."


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Set on a 100-acre grassy campus just a few miles from Gettysburg's historic battlefields, the Wyndham Gettysburg gives a nod to the past while offering amenities firmly rooted in the present. The Federal-style architecture harks back to the 1860s, and the decor is at once elegant and modern, with subtly patriotic touches such as blue carpets emblazoned with white stars. Unique offerings include a stylishly designed indoor pool and an onsite movie theater screening the latest Hollywood hits.
The $30 daily dining credit included with this Groupon can be used toward meals at either of the hotel's two restaurants, 1863 and Lounge. The family-friendly 1863 is helmed by French-born executive chef Claude Rodier, who trained under several Michelin-rated chefs. The eatery is open for all meals and serves a variety of American favorites including burgers, steaks, and herb-roasted chicken.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Civil War Battlefields Set in Rolling Hills and Valleys
A little more than 100 miles west of Philadelphia, Gettysburg lies in the scenic hills of the Cumberland Valley and is best known as the site of the Civil War's most famous—and bloodiest—battle. Each year, throngs of visitors flock to the 20,000-acre Gettysburg National Military Park, where Union soldiers defeated General Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops and turned the tide of the war.
The hilly landscape makes a picturesque backdrop for any number of seasonal outdoor activities, such as golf at The Links at Gettysburg, hiking, and skiing at Liberty Mountain Resort. Day trips to Harrisburg and Washington, DC, are easy—both capital cities are only 75 minutes away by car.

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in t ii o il P n ee J i' ?!■ I OfflOJEWl miQMCLE HaO* Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Communlry for Over 50 Years \\7/\R fisRArlY, pHlO HiSTOftJOAL S0Gf,£7rrj 1982 VCLMrt, AVE. ' /cou*. o, 43211 exch VOL. 55 NO. 18 MAY 5,1977-1YAR17 Carter Says Without Success Assurances Geneva Talks May Not Be Held This Year N.Y.C. Holocaust Services Held NEW YORK. — Participants carry candles in memorial service for 6 million Holocaust victims on April 24 at New York's Temple Emanu-El. Gideon Hausner, Israeli cabinet minister,' who successfully prosecuted Adolph Eichmann for crimes against the Jewish people, was the principal speaker at the service. "RELIGIOUS NEWSSERVICE PHOTO WASHINGTON (WNS) - After completing two days of talks with King Hussein of Jordan. President Carter told newsmen April 26 that it would be better not to hold a Geneva conference this year if. there were no assurances of a Middle East peace settlement. "Unless we see some strong- possibility for sub¬ stantial achievements before the Geneva con¬ ference can be .convened, unless we see that prospect, then I think it would be better not to have the Geneva conference at all," the President said.'But, he stressed he was not "more Publicity Upsets Community Ku Klux Klan Found In Rockaway t" By William Saphire NEW YORK, (JTA) - Leader of Far Rockaway's Jewish community said April. .21 that they were caught <jqjHpletely" by. sur¬ prise by the disclosure of the existence of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in the Rockaways, made by the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League April 20. Officials of the predominantly- Orthodox, middle-class community of 35-40,000 told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that they did not feel "menced" by the presence of the racist organization in their vicinity. But they said they were angry that the ADL had failed to inform or consult with the local community, which includes four B'nai B'rith lodges, about its in¬ vestigation before the story broke in the New York Post. Sidney Lipstein, president of. the Jewish Community Council of Far Rockaway, said he had expressed a "strong protest" to Howard Weinstein, New - York regional director of the ADL. The Rockaways comprise a seashore peninsula in the. borough of Queens with an' overall population of about ■ 144,000. Jewish sources estimated that as much as 8 per cent of the poplulation is Jewish but Jews are now concentrated at the eastern end of the peninsula, near' the Nassau County line. Irwin Suall, director of the Domestic • Fact-Finding Department of the B'nai B'rith Ant£Defamation League, told the ,'Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the ADL had "good, sound reasons", for not informing the Jewish community in Far Rockaway in advance of its investigation that Ku Klux Klan chapter was active in the Rockaways. But he explained that if the ADL had gone-to .the com¬ munity first it would have jeopardized its probe of the racist KKK in the Rockaways which, he said, is only part of a national round-up of Klan activities now being prepared by the ADL.. ' Suall said the local . community, would have asked for a discussion of the effects of the disclosure on the reputation of the Rockaways and would have debated whether or not it should be made public. Suall said the ADL and the Far ■Rockaways. community looked at the issue from different points of view. The community is un¬ derstandably anxious to preserve itself and stem the flight of Jews to otherareas. The ADL, Suall said, is primarily concerned with exposing anti-Semitic organizations such as the (CONTINUEDON PAGE III Center Stage Will light Up' Beginning This Saturday Night "Light Up the Sky," Moss Hart's Broadway hit comedy about show business, will open on the Gallery Players' stage1 at The Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave., on Saturday eveningrMay 7. Performances will also be shown on May 8,10,11,12,14 and 15. This is the laugh hit that.tells a behind-the-scenes : story of what goes on when the greasepaint comes off. Called "comedy dynamite" by a N.Y. Mirror reviewer, .'.'Light Up the Sky" shows what happens to an idealistic young playwright at the hands of a group of exhibitipnistic and emotional show people who undertake to turn his poetic play from a $300,000 flop into a Broadway gold mine. Joe Hietter will be seen as ■ the lowbrow producer who's gone in for the'higher art and Linda Wasserstrom will play his ice-skating wife. Lil Strouss .will- portray the unpredictable star who does as much performing off¬ stage as on, Roger A. Masten will play a whining director and Irene B'raverman will be seen as the star's gin-rummy playing stage mother. Others in~ the Gallery Players' cast include George .Cappell, Jfm Nelson, Larry Samuels and Joan Twiss. The production has been directed by Harold M. Eisenstein and the setting, the Ritz Carlton suite in Boston of the leading lady, has, been designed by Herb Snouffer. Few dramatists are more familiar with, the foibles and temperments of Broadway than Moss Hart, author of "Ught Up the Sky." Hart will be remembered as the co-author, with George S. Kaufman, of such other smash hits as "The Man Who Came to Dinner,"'"George Washington Slept Here" and "You Can't Take It With You." For times and ticket in¬ formation, call the .Gallery Players'pffipe, 231-2731. pessimistic" than before Hussein's visit. However, he warned, "To raise expectations too high, I think would be potentially very damaging." He said ■ that after his meetings with, all Middle Eastern leaders "we will have a much clearer conpept of what can be done." The Hussein visit followed meetings here with-Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Carter is scheduled to meet Syrian President Hafez Assad in Geneva-May 9 and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd May 25 in Washington. In addition, it was an¬ nounced that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will meet Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon in London May 11 to bring him up to date on the President's discussions with Arab leaders. Carter's words after the conclusion of his talks with Hillel Announces Annual Meeting Will Be On May 12 The B'nai' B'rith Hillel Board of Trustees will hold their annual meeting on Thursday, May 12, 8 p.m., at the Hillel Foundation, 46 E, 16th Ave. The evening's agenda will include the election of of¬ ficers and board members, the directors annual reports, recognition of volunteers and staffj and a skit and discussion ,led by Sally Fox, dramatist. Nominations for the election of officers and board members will be, presented by B. Lee Skilken, chairman, and Dr. Malcolm Robbins, president, nominations committee. Nominations for officers are Malcolm Robbins, president,- Sandra Resler* vice president; Howard Fink, vice president; Karen Moss, secretary; Joe Paul, treasurer; and Sylvan Frank, past faculty advisor. Present board members are Eydie Garlikov, Benson Wolman, Fred Weil, Samuel Rosen, Sally Wasserstrom, Jerry Keller and Sarah Schwartz. Also serving on the Hillel Executive-Board are Professor Milton Ain, past faculty advisor and B. Lee Skilken and Sanford Shapiro. . New board members are Saul Seigel, Roger, Klein (Rabbi), Nelson Glenshaft, Fran Rothman, Jerald Weiner, Alan Hackel, Carol Singer and Barry Golden. Hussein somewhat echoed his words when he welcomed the monarch on the White House lawn April 25. "This year 1977 is a special time," the President said. "We face possible opportunities for major strides; toward per¬ manent peace in the Middle East. It will be a mistake to be too optimistic because of i the serious nature of divisions that, have long separated one people from the other in the Eastern Mediterranean!" Newsmen . immediately reported that the President sounded more pessimistic than he had in the past about the chances for a Mideast settlement. This in-, terpretation was acknowledged later in the day by White House Press Secretary Jody Powell who said "It will be a mistake to read into the" remarks this morning that there is a change of feeling.1" After Carter's statement to newsmen April 26, the State Department stressed .&eJtf^aa§£§till extremely interested" in a ^Geneva conference. A Department' spokesman emphasized that "at this moment the U.S. government is in no way backing away from its strong commitment to a major effort to reconvene the Geneva conference in the latter half of this year. The president's meetings with all the Middle East leaders have underlined our determination on this score." This was underlined in a message Carter sent to the American-Israel Public " Affairs Committee (AIPAC) which was holding its 18th annual policy conference coincidentally as .the President was meeting with Hussein. Carter said he will be "devoting much of my personal energies over the next year to assist Israel and her Arab neighbors" reach a peace settlement. ' He stressed that this will require "the wholehearted support of all our citizens and, in • particular, of Americans like you for whom peace in the Middle East is such* a special *' priority." He described AIPAC as "a powerful force in shaping of public opinion in our country." The Palestinian question loomed large in the Carter- Hussein talks. However, neither' Carter nor Hussein mentioned.Palestine or the Palestinians in their public"*"""" remarks', during the welcoming ceremony. But , after the two days of talks were concluded newsmen asked the President to clarify whether Palestine Liberation Organization representatives or non-PLO Palestinians would par- (CONTINWEDON PAGE 13) AMSTERDAM (WNS) — Dutch newspapers have raised the possibility that a $10 million art collection donated recently to the University of Pretoria in South Africa by a Dutch national, Jacob A. Van Tilberg, may be loot taken by the Nazis from Jewish families during World War II, Former members of the Dutch resistance in Dordrecht, south of Rotterdem, have brought charges against Van Tilberg who lived in that town during World War II and served on the municipal council. ~ Meanwhile, the Netherlands Ministry of Justice- has agreed to reopen' the case against Van Tilberg. JERUSALEM (WNS) — Israel was urged to legalize prostitution by a government committee headed by Tel Aviv District Court judge Hadassah Ben-Ito. The committee which consists of sociologists and legal experts proposed "discreet'.' advertising by prostitutes and prostitutes be allowed to receive customers in certain hotels. It also recommended that. sexual relations be allowed in cars if it did not constitute a public nuisance. JERUSALEM (WNS) - The~ Ministry of Finance announced April 28 that it has received evidence from former Deputy Finance Minister Zvi Dinstein and others that former Foreign.Minister Abba Eban did receive permission to hold bank accounts in the United States in 1967. "Eban has furnished the Ministry with a.' copy of his application for a permit but neither he nor the Ministry has been able to find the actual permit. ,The Ministry said it will continue with its investigation ofEban's finances abroad. .if*
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1982 VCLMrt, AVE. '
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Carter Says Without Success Assurances
Geneva Talks May Not Be Held This Year
N.Y.C. Holocaust Services Held
NEW YORK. — Participants carry candles in
memorial service for 6 million Holocaust victims on
April 24 at New York's Temple Emanu-El.
Gideon Hausner, Israeli cabinet minister,' who
successfully prosecuted Adolph Eichmann for crimes
against the Jewish people, was the principal speaker at
the service.
After completing two days of
talks with King Hussein of
Jordan. President Carter
told newsmen April 26 that it
would be better not to hold a
Geneva conference this year
if. there were no assurances
of a Middle East peace
"Unless we see some
strong- possibility for sub¬
stantial achievements
before the Geneva con¬
ference can be .convened,
unless we see that prospect,
then I think it would be
better not to have the
Geneva conference at all,"
the President said.'But, he
stressed he was not "more
Publicity Upsets Community
Ku Klux Klan Found In Rockaway
By William Saphire
Leader of Far Rockaway's
Jewish community said
April. .21 that they were
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Citing disappointing sales, Sears, Roebuck and Co. has instituted a hiring freeze and is cracking down on discretionary spending to reduce costs.
The nation's largest department store chain asked workers in a May 14 memo obtained by the Tribune to minimize travel, defer training, streamline projects, eliminate off-site meetings and refrain from hiring consultants.
The company is even asking workers to delay moving their offices from one part of its Hoffman Estates headquarters to another.
"This is not a layoff initiative, but a spending adjustment in response to our recent performance," Chief Executive Alan Lacy said in the memo.
In April, Wall Street expected that Sears would post a 1 percent gain in revenues at stores open at least a year. Instead, Sears shed 1.8 percent. Sales fell in apparel, footwear, paint and tools, among other categories.
Sears expects second-quarter sales to be flat or slightly higher. But including April's numbers, sales are down 0.2 percent year-to-date. If the pattern holds, 2004 would mark the fourth straight year of lower same-store sales.
"We're asking that headquarters staff carefully evaluate discretionary expenses to minimize second-quarter spending and review second-half expense plans with the goal of further reducing costs," Lacy said.
The hiring freeze announced Friday applies only to Sears' headquarters, not to its stores.
Last December, Sears announced a restructuring called Project Sharp to make the company more efficient.
In March, it farmed out 260 information technology jobs, but most were expected to be hired by the new IT provider, Computer Sciences Corp.
The restructuring hasn't yet resulted in any layoffs, though Sears hasn't ruled them out. "We've said all along that was a possibility but never the intention of that program," spokesman Chris Brathwaite said Monday.
No projections on savings
Sears did not say how much it expects to save through the measures announced in the memo Friday, but at least one analyst said Wall Street has not been impressed by Sears' cost-cutting measures. "Current restructuring efforts have failed to show significant benefits," Joseph Beaulieu, Morningstar senior stock analyst, said in a May 10 report.
Also in the May 14 memo, Sears distanced itself from comments made by a Sears executive last week at a meeting of the National Association of Retired Sears Employees. Bill White, general manager for full-line stores, commented that Sears sees the potential of as many as 500 Sears Grand locations.
The format, Sears' answer to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and other more conveniently located off-mall retailers, sells everything from milk to appliances.
So far, Sears has committed to opening only five Sears Grand stores, but it told shareholders at last week's annual meeting that it considers the format to be its biggest opportunity for expanding its store base. The number of Sears' mall-based stores has stagnated at about 870.
"Customers love the convenience, assortment depth and product mix they can't find anywhere else under one roof, and the format is drawing customers who have not shopped recently in a regular full-line store," Lacy told workers in the memo.
Nonetheless, 500 stores won't happen in the near term, Lacy said.
"It's roughly an 18-month cycle from choosing a site to opening the doors," he said. "We will grow in a quality manner as fast as resources allow."
Sears' real estate department has already "identified dozens of possible locations" for future Sears Grand stores, Lacy said.
At last week's retiree meeting, White also noted that Sears has the cash to expand now. Sears, in a conference call last month with Wall Street analysts about first-quarter results, mentioned it will have about $1.2 billion in cash after another round of buying back stock and retiring debt.
New stores are costly
Store openings don't come cheap. One of Sears' rivals, Home Depot Inc., said in January that it planned to spend $3.7 billion this year, of which 57 percent is earmarked for the construction of 185 new stores and 22 percent for the sprucing up of existing stores.
Lacy also told workers in the e-mail that Sears' total return--stock-price appreciation plus dividends--has outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 by 45 percent since Lacy became CEO in late 2000. Over the same period, Sears' stock also has outpaced such rivals as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Best Buy Co., Circuit City Stores Inc. and Kohl's Corp.
"Having said that, I recognize our challenges and that our recent performance does not build on the momentum you helped to create," he said to the workers.


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BAE begins layoffs in southern New HampshireBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 05. 2013 1:46PM
NASHUA - Local layoffs totaling nearly 200 people at BAE Systems facilities in southern New Hampshire started Monday as the multi-national defense contractor, based out of London, England, began layoffs across the globe due to what company officials call "a downturn in defense."
With 200 jobs expected to be cut in New Hampshire and a plan that calls for a total of 300 positions worldwide to be reduced, the Granite State is bearing the brunt of the worldwide layoffs.
The defense contractor has been contracted to build submarines, aircraft carriers and fighter jets and is one of the largest private employers in the state with multiple locations in Nashua and Hudson.
"The layoffs are not specific to one division, discipline or area, but are happening across all job types in BAE locations across the globe. In total, 23 facilities were affected by the layoffs, including facilities in New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Texas," said Kristin L. Gossel, BAE director of external communications.
BAE Systems' electronic systems sector, which is headquartered in Nashua, employs about 4,600 people in southern New Hampshire.
Gossel said employees who are losing their jobs will receive a severance package, adding that the cuts could be the tip of the iceberg. She said the company might be forced to layoff thousands of American employees if Congress is unable to come to a compromise over looming sequestration cuts.
Despite the fact that BAE has announced that sequestration cuts could force the company to lay off 10 percent of its 37,300 U.S. employees, Gossel said, "The (current) layoffs have nothing to do with sequestration, they are a result of the downturn of defense."
BAE Systems employs 83,600 people worldwide, operating in markets in Australia, India, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, along with America.
"We at BAE Systems, like military leaders, most national security experts and defense and aerospace industry workers, urge Congress to act immediately to reverse the automatic and across-the-board cuts to defense spending from sequestration which occurred on March 1. If these dire warnings are not heeded and sequestration is permanent, the indiscriminate nature of these cuts will have a devastating impact on our national security strategy and the strong industrial base needed to support our armed forces now and in the future," Gossel said.


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Mechanical Marvels or Steampunk Sporks?
Stanley No. 45 and No. 55 combination planes are put to the test.
by Roy Underhill
pages 35-39
It took 2,000 years of fine-tuning for woodworking planes to reach their peak of subtle perfection – each plane elegantly adapted to its niche in the grain. Then, in a coal-fired flash, they were gone, struck down in top-hat times by the cast iron asteroid of the new machines. Toothed with high-speed rotary cutters, the machines could spit out stock mouldings fast and cheap – and they were good enough. The old wooden warriors that survived took shelter in dank chests as new creatures arose to fill the short-run, on-the-job-site niches where the rotary machines could not (yet) roam.
The creature first emerged in 1884 as the Stanley No. 45 Combination Plane. It was joined in 1897 by the even more versatile and complicated No. 55 Universal Plane. Cast iron and machined itself, the No. 55 was compared by its creators not with the perfection of the earlier planes, but with, as they stated, "a planing mill," and it too, was good enough.
So what about today? These tools now evoke curiosity if not respect, novelty if not snob appeal. Enough of them survive that one might consider, "Should I get a bunch of planes – or one of these things?"
We'll test the maker's claims for these beasts, but first let's think about planes – not just about how a plane works, but also why a good plane works well.
Set a sharp cutter in a wooden or metal stock, adjust the cutter to take a fine shaving, and you have a plane that works.
But for a plane to work well – in real wood – you need more. The mouth in front of the cutter must be narrow to hold down the wood until the instant before the sharp edge shears and lifts it. The cutter must be fully supported from behind to prevent chatter. The shavings must have a clear escape path to prevent clogging. For clean work across the grain, the cutter must be fitted at a skew angle to make a shearing cut. And, if there are fences and stops, they must to be dead secure against slipping.
The combination planes skimp on all of these attributes. But that does not keep them from serving as…
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In our store: Find vintage episodes of "The Woodwright's Shop" on DVD in our store, as well as many of Underhill's books.
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It's hard to tell whether Christina Hoff Sommers, stumping for the Young America's Foundation and its kid sister, the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, is the darling of the far right or whether she is doing penance for some great sin committed against her conservative brethren.
As gale-strength winds whip and rattle the windowpanes of a small lecture hall, she is hunkered down behind a podium talking to a half-dozen professors and a smattering of students–fifteen by my count–in the nether reaches of Long Island at a college no one has ever heard of.
She talks about her latest book–The War Against Boys–and she talks about her old book–Who Stole Feminism?–and she explains to these Dowling College students that she is a feminist, or anyway was a feminist until she realized that feminists today have gone too far. "We've had a decade of antimale propaganda like the world has never known," she insists. It troubles her. "We are pathologizing maleness," she says.
Hoff Sommers carefully explains to the students that much of the fault for this unfortunate phenomenon lies with women's studies departments. There, "statistically challenged" feminists engage in bad scholarship to advance their liberal agenda. As her preliminary analysis of women's studies textbooks has shown, these professors are peddling a skewed and incendiary message: "Women are from Venus, men are from Hell."
Her lecture is a dance of some delicacy. She deftly twists and turns her narrative to weave in the big conservative Talking Points: the need for school vouchers, school uniforms, school discipline, schools with sex-segregated classrooms; the need for male role models ("to help a young man become, this is a slightly Victorian term, but, a 'gentleman'") and thus the essentiality of the two-parent, role-model-providing family; the need for a return to the three Rs; a quick deification of standardized tests; and finally, as she winds down, a call to celebrate the obvious triumph of nature over nurture. We must revel in the many "hard-wired" differences between boys and girls, like their differing intellects. Her concluding gem? She smiles: "As the French say, 'Vive la différence!'"
Notably absent from her list–perhaps too much of a turnoff for this crowd?–is any mention of abortion or women's return to the home.
Instead, hers is a carefully scripted yet lighthearted romp through the issues of the day, colloquialized with a liberal sprinkling of anecdotes. Did you hear the one about the school that, thanks to the feminists, wanted to ban freeze tag as too aggressive? What about the one where feminist researchers tried to make boys play with dolls? How about that boy who was raised as a girl? She goes for Reader's Digest quotable quotes: "We're so unaccepting of boys and their simple high spirits. If Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer were alive today they would be put on Ritalin." And finally, formulaically, she invokes that neighborly, over-the-fence standard "common sense" to pit us against those wacky liberal intellectuals. Just the other day, she tells us, she was complaining about all the malarkey those women's studies professors generate. (This marks the fifth time in the hourlong lecture that an anonymous friend is invoked to offer pithy advice.) "And you know, that friend of mine said to me, 'Don't worry about this. Americans don't listen to intellectuals; they have common sense.'"


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How Higher Education Is Going Digital [INFOGRAPHIC]
People are talking about digital tech's opportunity to improve the classroom. Much of the discussion has been focused on digital textbooks. Apple's recent announcement of iBooks for education has caused a stir over whether texts delivered on an expensive and propriety device like the iPad are really feasible.
Meanwhile at the university level, many schools are dipping their toes in the promise of a digital future, and it's not just about textbooks. The folks at OnlineUniversities.com have compiled the infographic below that explores the pros and cons of various platforms and technologies that have found their way into the halls of higher ed.
Is your college or university dabbling in digital texts or online coursework? Let us know what's working in the comments below.
Infographic courtesy of OnlineUniversities.com.


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What Does Your Forum User Name Mean?
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:05 PM
amtrak miles-133,508
great northern miles-876
northern pacific miles-28
via rail canada kilometers-8,848
bnsf miles-62
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:13 PM
Tom, I (being a pilot) thought you maybe had some connection with a Flight Service Station. Oh, well..
Trainboy, I wonder if y'all had anything to do with the huge model train setup at Cypress Gardens years ago? That was probably 15 years ago if not more. We've been through Lake Wales lots of times, including last week on the way back from Naples. Landed a C-172 there once to wait for a squall line of thunderstorms to pass by.
And Mrs. Spot is raising a stink about hair color, huh?
Let's see.... AKA: I once played the Thanksgiving Day church service aboard AGF-3 USS LaSalle at Manama, Bahrain. That would have been.... 1973? Now, as to the ships, AKA.. hmmmmmm. Attack Cargo Ship? Most of the AKA's I find references to were all converted to Charleston class LKAs, Amphibious Cargo Ships. It appears that AKAs 113 CHARLESTON, 114 DURHAM, 115 MOBILE, and 116 ST. LOUIS were all converted to LKAs (the hull numbers stayed the same). AKA 47, Turandot, later became ARC 3 (undersea cable repair ship), AEOLUS. AEOLUS was sunk 22 miles off Beaufort inlet, NC as an artificial reef. I think that CHARLESTON and MOBILE are in inactive storage in Philadelphia, DURHAM and ST. LOUIS are in inactive storage in Pearl Harbor. And one more, USS VANADIS, AKA 49, was later converted to USS THOR, ARC 4 (another undersea cable repair ship) Decommissioned, then part of Military Sealift Command, currently stored at National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, Calif.
How's that?
And, Every Day Matters.
Amen, and God Bless.
Edited by AmtrakWPK, 20 June 2007 - 09:15 PM.
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:38 PM
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:43 PM
Alan, Anthony, is it possible to simply change the screen name, or reregister with a new one? Might just keep the old one, but it is worth a shot to explore options.
Formerly OBS........
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:48 PM
Alan, Anthony, is it possible to simply change the screen name, or reregister with a new one? Might just keep the old one, but it is worth a shot to explore options.
As I noted back on page one in my reply to The Metropolitan, you cannot make any changes, but I can. If you decide that you do want to change things, just drop me a PM or an email and let me know what you want to change. Remember that there is a display name, which is what shows up with your posts, and then there is a login name that you use to log into the board. They don't need to match, so you can just change the display name, while leaving your login name the same. That means you don't have to teach your computer a new name and password to remember.
And I would recommend changing your name, and not rejoining, as doing that means that you loose control over your old posts. Changing your name means that you are still associated with your many helpful posts.
Take care and take trains!
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:55 PM
AKA --not also known as.--Any Navy people out there? It was a ship designation. Lets see if anyone can come up with the answer. My first user name was APA. Got lost in a misfire in the forum some how. Same deal, a ship designation.My member number would be lower if I had not lost the APA. I thought some one might pick up on the letters and make the connection. I guess my shipmates are not train people. or none of you guys where my shipmates. You will have to go back a few years to find the APA AKA desingnation. If anyone does find the answer, be kind about my age. Hint Viet Nam
HA, I found it! AKA is Attack Cargo Ship, and APA is Attack Transport. Neither designation is currently in use. Googled "Navy Ship Designations" and looked around.
Great stories, folks. My handle probably needs no explanation, but What's on second, and I Don't Know is on third.
Anchors aweigh, AKA!
Edit: Oh yeah, and the 999 comes from the New York Central locomotive that was the first machine to break 100 mph. It's on display at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry.
Edited by WhoozOn1st999, 20 June 2007 - 10:08 PM.
Posted 20 June 2007 - 09:56 PM
Posted 20 June 2007 - 10:09 PM
I work in the Oil and Gas industry up here in Tuscaloosa Al. I wasnt really use to the place when I signed on as S I T. After being here for some months now, I really enjoy it. It isnt home, but its the next best thing.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 12:31 AM
Hate to admit it, but I always HOPED someone would initiate a topic like this.
My name was actually chosen prematurely. I live a short distance from what was once the "other" PRR Main Line (the old Northern Central) in the Northeast, running between Baltimore and Harrisburg. I first became intrigued by this line as a child in the late 70's, when it was just a disconnected freight line, and finally rode it in 1992 when our Light Rail line opened.
And back in the 60's I was involved in running excursions on the NCR to York, Harrisburg and Altoona.
Although the B&O is my #1 railroad, still enjoyed riding the Light Rail along Lake Roland.
Oh, and JAC are my initials.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 01:16 AM
...and it stuck. jamesbrownontheroad became the tag for my blog, first on Blogspot and now on Wordpress. It may even make it onto other things as time passes.
As you'll see from this page, there are quite a few of us out there... these are just the more famous ones
USA/Canada trains traveled: Adirondack, California Zephyr, Canadian, Capitol Limited, Cascades, Coast Starlight, Corridor (VIA), Crescent, Hudson Bay, Lake Shore Limited, Northeast Regional, Ocean, Maple Leaf, Vermonter
Posted 21 June 2007 - 05:58 AM
Retirement is great. I tell folks I get up in the morning with nothing to do and by the time I go to bed at night I've done about 1/2 of it!
Very unglamorous. It is the user ID I was given at work before I retired. For simplicity, I kept it. Now that I'm retired (7 years now), I don't do complicated.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 06:42 AM
Oh- I get it! "Dread Pirate Roberts!" I love that movie!
The source of my name is pretty typical for most internet forums- it comes from a movie. In this case, one of my favorites, "The Princess Bride". I just like it because it sounds like it might be my real name, but it's not.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 06:42 AM
However, several months later I was looking through an old PRR timetable. Turns out my memory had been faulty. The westbound General was PRR Train 49, not 60. PRR #60 was the eastbound Pittsburgher that was an overnight trip between Pittsburgh and New York (all Pullman for at least a while). I guess it was a nice train, but I definitely never rode it. I might have seen the westbound version in my train watching days, but as far as I can recall, I never saw #60, the eastbound Pittsburgher. However, by the time I realized my error, I was PRR 60 in too many places to change. So PRR 60, Mr. Pittsburgher, it is.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 09:19 AM
Agreed! After breakfast with some other retired buddies (don't they realize they serve breakfast at 10:00 too?) this morning, I have no plans until a golf outting tonight. What a life!Retirement is great. I tell folks I get up in the morning with nothing to do and by the time I go to bed at night I've done about 1/2 of it!
Very unglamorous. It is the user ID I was given at work before I retired. For simplicity, I kept it. Now that I'm retired (7 years now), I don't do complicated.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 03:43 PM
Posted 21 June 2007 - 05:36 PM
Had a roomette and saw lots of interesting towns, trains and people. In spite of its leisurely schedule (two nights to get to the palmland) it had very fast running through the carolina low country. It was even more enjoyable with the good food and cold beer fromt the heavyweight grill car and suberb Seaboard crew. Couldn't beat standing at the dutch door with the warm breezes and well maintained jointed rail after a cold winter. My home in retirement is now on the route of the Palmland in SC.
Posted 21 June 2007 - 06:06 PM
Comm. USS Paul Revere (APA-248), '58, at Long Beach
Redesig. Amphib Transport (LPA-248), Jan '69
Decomm. Jan '80
Sold to Spain, Jan '80,
became the Castillia (L-21)
Retired (Spanish Navy), 6 Jun '98
Posted 21 June 2007 - 06:07 PM
Posted 21 June 2007 - 07:16 PM
If you guessed Yamaha YZF1000 you're correct!!
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
celebrity Sanskrit tattoos
Just how wrong are these famous Sanskrit tattoos?
Beckham's tattoo is sometimes described as Sanskrit and sometimes described as misspelled, but it is neither.
Rihanna's Bhagavad Gita tattoo is reported to contain misspellings, but as far as I can see any mistakes are very small - although it is missing some words.
Gillian Anderson's wrist tattoo is the only serious mistake I've found. She says it means "every day", but it looks to me like प्रत्याहार pratyāhāra "Drawing back, marching back, retreat; Keeping back, withholding; Restraining the organs; Dissolution of the world" etc. I think it was meant to be प्रत्यह pratyaha "every day".
Jessica Alba's ink looks fine, altho it's upside down in all the pictures: पद्म padma "lotus".
Esha Deol has the gāyatrī mantra on her back - with added pluti.
Katy Perry and Russell Brand recently got the same Sanskrit tat on their right arms. Everyone is saying it's "Anuugacchati Pravaha", which apparently means "go with the flow".
However, the tattoo is actually अनुगच्छतु प्रवाहं anugacchatu pravāhaṃ. Let's look at the words separately.
The first word is the third person singular imperative of anugam "to follow" - etymologically "to go after" (anu is "after" and gam is "go"). anugacchatu might translate as "let one follow". I guess "let one follow the current" is a good translation of "go with the flow". This writer says the word should be अनुगच्छति anugacchati, but that's third person singular present - "he follows". It seems to me that anugacchatu "let one follow" is better.
It seems to me that the second word is a mistake, albeit a very small one. It should be प्रवाहम् pravāham, the accusative form of pravāha "stream, current". प्रवाहम् pravāham becomes प्रवाहं pravāhaṃ only if there is a following word that triggers sandhi. There is no following word, so I think the phrase should be अनुगच्छतु प्रवाहम्.
(anugam "to follow" is related to juggernaut, come, adventure, acrobat.)
14 comments :
- Glen Gordon said...
I guess it's high-time we create a decent Sanskrit-English iPhone app then. That will settle things... or maybe not.
- 21 June 2011 at 20:43
- displayname said...
You're right, प्रवाहम् would be better than प्रवाहं, but in practice the two are read identically, and the rule about when to use the anusvāra (as in प्रवाहं) is not strictly maintained today. I'd say अनुगच्छतु प्रवाहं (as tattooed) is acceptable, at least orthographically. Whether "follow the flood" is idiomatic Sanskrit or translationese is another issue. :-)
Modern writing even of Sanskrit (but especially other languages) tends to use the anusvāra wherever possible. Thus today one sees पंडित much more often than पण्डित, and मंदिर much more than मन्दिर, similarly शङ्कर is very unusual relative to शंकर, and चंचल more common than चञ्चल, to pick a few random examples. And of course, since Hindi drops the final a in words, forms ending in म् and the like are uncommon. One should be thankful the tattooist didn't write प्रवाहम and expect it to be read as प्रवाहम् / प्रवाहं as in Hindi. :-)
- 22 June 2011 at 10:03
- Lynz said...
I want to get the same Sanskrit tattoo that Katy Perry has, so what would you suggest? अनुगच्छतु प्रवाहं or अनुगच्छतु प्रवाहम् ?
- 25 June 2011 at 16:17
- displayname said...
As an aside, putting the phrase in the verb-at-the-end order more typical in Sanskrit, would give प्रवाहमनुगच्छतु, pravāham anugacchatu. This has 8 syllables which fit the common śloka metre, so it's very tempting to "complete" it to a verse, like (to use the first thing that comes to mind):
शान्तिमिच्छन्नरःप्राज्ञो प्रवाहमनुगच्छतु ।
यद्यद्भव्यम् भवत्येव चिन्तया किम्प्रयोजनम् ॥
śāntim icchan naraḥ prājño pravāham anugacchatu.
yad yad bhavyam bhavaty eva cintayā kim prayojanam?
A wise man who wishes peace of mind
ought to go with the flow.
Whatever will be will be;
what's the use of worry?
- 27 June 2011 at 08:27
- goofy said...
Lynz, I'm not a Sanskrit expert. But you can see my opinion and displayname's opinion.
displayname, that's awesome.
- 28 June 2011 at 18:07
- Lynz said...
That's alright. I'm not any good at all. Thanks though. :) Much appreciated.
- 28 June 2011 at 18:20
- Nicole & Fady said...
What can you do to ensure that the words you are putting on your body mean what you think they mean?
I wanted to put: faith, trust, loyalty, duty.
So far this is what I have found.
श्रद्धा विश्वास निष्ठा
I cannot seem to find a word for duty.
Can anyone help?
- 10 April 2012 at 21:50
- goofy said...
Nicole, I'm not comfortable helping you with your tattoo. My advice is to get a tattoo in a language you understand.
- 10 April 2012 at 22:39
- Pranesh said...
Very good analysis of the tattos. Here is my two cents from my Sanskrit education:
- Your reading of the tattoo "Pratyaahaar" is not correct. In the photo it looks like प्रत्याहार (pratyaahaar) but if you look closely, it actually reads प्रत्यान्हम (pratyaanham meaning every day).
- अनुगच्छतु प्रवाहं is absolutely right because it means "(You!) Flow with the flow". It is imperative in nature, sort of instructing. If you make it अनुगच्छति प्रवाहं, then it means "(He/She) Flows with the flow", which is a sort of description of what one does.
- Both प्रवाहं and प्रवाहम् are acceptable in Devanagari written for Hindi. But प्रवाहम् is correct for Devanagari written for Sanskrit. In Sanskrit writing system, a word never ends with the dot on top of a consonant. It has to be written completely with a bar at the bottom.
- There is a great Sanskrit app for iPhone. It is called the Sanskrit Primer.
- When using google transliterate for typing into Devanagari, you should choose "Sanskrit" as the input language and not "Hindi" or "Marathi" or "Nelpali". Because they all use the Devanagari script, but have different spelling systems.
I would be glad to answer any other questions.
- 26 February 2013 at 06:06
- goofy said...
Pranesh, I looked closely at Anderson's tattoo, and I still think it's प्रत्याहार. I don't see how it can be प्रत्यान्हम.
- 26 February 2013 at 06:15
- Pranesh said...
- @Goofy: I looked at the tattoo closely too, and I have to admit that you are right and I was wrong. It indeed reads "Pratyaahaar". Good job correcting me!
I think she must have wanted "pratyaahnam", and the "ahn" cluster looks very much simple "h", so the tattoist must have made the mistake.
Great blog you have here!
- @Nice and & Fad: Duty would be कर्त्तव्य , i.e. Kartavya (or more correctly Karttavya, literally meaning 'that which should be done').
- 27 February 2013 at 05:45
- Riannaht said...
Hi everyone,
it looks like there are a lot of experts here, so I have a question:
What is the Sanskrit sentence for: Be Yourself ?
I found one on the internet but I'm not sure if it's spelled correctly.
thanks in advance!
- 17 March 2013 at 10:04
It's kartavya for duty
- 28 May 2015 at 13:26
- Abhishek Chauhan said...
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य् गलार्निभवती भारत
अभियुत्थानामधर्मस्य् तदातमानं र्सजामयं ।।
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No really. I did.
(This blog is all about honesty, and true to that spirit, I'm going to tell this story as it happened. I know I'm not perfect so PLEASE don't jump down my throat for jumping to inappropriate conclusions. This post is an admission of guilt. Thank you.)
Last night was the first time I've ever stepped foot into Ground Zero Nightclub. It's the "pansexual" BDSM bar, dance club, and demo pit. I've lived in Minnesota for four years now and I've never been! It was just time to start a new adventure.
So I harrassed as many of my friends via text message as I could at the last second, pulled on my rubber chaps, and drove over there. Two problems arise: 1)The parking situation is terrible, so I had to walk the gauntlet with my ass hanging out across 4th Ave to get to the bar, and 2)Ground Zero is situated right betwen two other vanilla straight bars and a restaurant. So once I walked across the street, I then had to dive into a sea of vanilla people wearing cotton to get up to the door! *facepaw*
Ground Zero is a "pansexual" bar. I don't know what that means to you all as readers from other parts of the country and world, but in Minnesota? "Pansexual" means "straight men and women, oh yeah, and women who do it with women because that's hot". Gay men have their own leather/BDSM community - hell, we have our own bar. It's not surprising I felt kind of awkward going in there, but I suppose it's a nice gesture by the management to call the place "pansexual".
Straight bars in Minneapolis usually mix pretty crappy drinks; NOT Ground Zero. The drinks were STRONG! Perfect.
The bar is divided up into several different areas; there's a side bar, a dance floor, and then the performance space where there was a Pro-Domme (Mistress Mara) working over volunteers. There's a whole bunch of chairs set up in front of the stage for people to watch the various acts. So I'm puttering around a bit with my friends having a few drinks, watching the Domme perform on her subs. Most of them are women. Until the 2nd to last one.
Up walks to stage this buff guy with huge muscles, tanned skin, long hair, washboard abs, and a huge upside down triangle tattoo across his shoulders. He tips the Domme as his friends make fun of him (and awful tragedy which shouldn't be tolerated) and proceeds to get cuffed to the restraints hanging from the ceiling! Mistress Mara flogs him a few times and then scratches him some and does something else with an ice cube....
....and in my head, I fell into the slippery slope of discompassion. What I SHOULD have thought to myself was "Maybe it's his first time!" "Maybe he needs her to go light." "Maybe he injured himself already today!" There are any number of infinite possibilities that could explain why this Domme wasn't lashing out on those buldging muscles with every last ounce of her strength. All of them are probably legitamate too. But as I stood there watching, the rum in my drink took over my thoughts. My mind darted around all the other times I've been flogged. The only logical conclusion my tipsy mind could come to was simply that the guy was a PUSSY. I can do better than that.
Move over, Fabio.
I marched up to that stage and asked Mistress Mara what her rates were. I tipped her appropriately (side note: gay kinksters don't tip in our community. I THINK I tipped her appropriately, but I've never had to do that before. Hope she doesn't hate me now) and asked her, "Can you flog a gay-boy, Mistress?"
"Hell yes! How hard can you take it?"
I gritted my teeth, half expecting to regret saying it but also determined to show Fabio what a gay boy can take. "I've been flogged until I've bled before."
Mistress Mara just SMILED and secured my wrists to the shackles in the ceiling.
Being that it was the end of the night, it was a pretty fast flogging. But that doesn't mean she went light on me. It was tough to remember to yell "Thank you MISTRESS" as opposed to my usual "Thank you SIR" or "Thank you MASTER". It hurt, but like I said, I was determined to demonstrate what this gay boy is made of.
At a certain point I felt Mistress Mara slap a couple strips of duct tape against my back. "Just a little blood! No worries!" she said.
I didn't break. I didn't care. That wasn't the point. Before I even knew it it was over. I said thank you to Mistress, and walked out of the bar, euphoric, and proud.
This morning I wake up, look in the mirror, and realized what happened last night. I let my ego overtake the rational components of my brain, and I thusly paid the price. By getting hit. By. A. Girl.


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"Blurred Lines" has jumped to become Robin Thicke's first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
The song, featuring T.I. and Pharrell, jumped six spots. The funk-heavy hit reached the top of the Digital, Airplay and Streaming Gainer charts.
Billboard introduced the other charts in March 2011, and "Blurred Lines" has become the first song to top all three at once.
The original unrated version of the video was banned from YouTube for nudity, but the slightly-less-NSFW version is still up.
YouTube took down the Unrated version of #BLURREDLINES because it was too hot! You can still view it here on @vevo vevo.com/watch/robin-th…— Robin Thicke (@robinthicke) March 31, 2013
Thicke said he wanted the song to embody the same spirit as his favorite song, "Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye.
"We felt like maybe it was something special, but it was so different," he said. "We didn't know it would be this big."


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The ultimate fate of the 84-year-old Milford Middle School building could be determined by the time school lets out for the summer.
The ultimate fate of the 84-year-old Milford Middle School building could be determined by the time school lets out for the summer.
The Milford school board voted unanimously Monday to shutter the city's oldest operating school house at the conclusion of the current school year.
The decision followed a recommendation by a 40-member committee of parents, business leaders, community members and school staff that examined the building's deteriorating condition and considered whether to close the school.
What has not been determined, however, is what the district will do with the building once it is no longer in use.
School board president Patrick Emory said this week he believes that decision will be made in the next five months.
"The one option in most people's minds is demolition, but we don't want to go down that road," he said. "Mainly, that's a costly option, at more than $1 million, and all of that (financial) burden would fall on the school district."
Emory said the board is hoping to find another organization that might be interested in taking over use of the school, if not ownership.
"If we can save and use the building for another purpose, that's what we want to do," he said. "And I'm not talking about a private entity, either. I also can tell you there is no interest in selling the property to a private developer or anything like that."
Emory said any proposal regarding the future of Milford Middle School would be publicly vetted before the school board makes a final decision.
"I think there are a couple of viable options out there, but we're not ready to discuss them just yet," he said.
The board's vote Monday means students in the sixth through eighth grades will attend Milford Central Academy next year, while students in grades 9 through 12 will attend Milford High School.
Superintendent Phyllis Kohel said that transition will likely mean students at the Central Academy will start their school day at 7:30 a.m. while students at the high school start at 8:30 a.m. to accommodate the increased number of buses heading to the schools' shared campus on Buccaneer Street.
Kohel said space at the two schools would be tight and could necessitate the use of one modular classroom at the academy and two modules at the high school in the short term.
She and Emory said the district has begun the initial steps toward seeking a referendum that could include building additions at the high school and/or the academy.
Kohel said she also is working to ensure that no staff members at the middle school or central academy will lose their jobs as a result of the consolidation.
"We're hoping to keep as many people as possible in the same positions they have now, so there isn't a lot of turmoil and frustration" she said.
To date, no plans have been made to formally commemorate the Milford Middle School's closure this spring.
"We haven't gotten that far yet," Kohel said. "Our focus has been on getting to this point."
Assistant Principal Mark McDaniel said the impending closure has left some longtime staff members with a tinge of sadness.
"It doesn't seem to have affected our sixth graders and our seventh graders would be heading on to the Central Academy anyway so I'm not sure if it matters to them all that much," he said. "But as for the staff, while we've all known this day is coming, some of our teachers have been here for decades, and I think it's a little sorrowful for them. There's a lot of historic significance here in this building and to see it go, I think, is going to be difficult for some of us."
It took two votes and a closed-door meeting, but the Milford school board was able to break a deadlock Monday and hire a new supervisor of building and grounds.
Glen Stevenson, the district's current athletic director, was publicly named to the post Tuesday. His one-year contract is slated to begin Feb. 28.
Stevenson has served in the position on an interim basis since the death of the district operations director Heinz Retzlaff on Oct. 4. The position has since been downgraded to a supervisor position.
On Monday, the school board was presented with two candidates for the job, but deadlocked in a 4-4 vote over which to hire. At the time, the job candidates were identified only as Candidate A and Candidate B.
Following a closed-door meeting, the school board reconvened and voted 5-2 to hire Candidate B, later identified as Stevenson.
School board members Barry Fry and Paul Faulkner cast the two dissenting votes, while Herman Cohee abstained.


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While I certainly consider myself a pretty tech-"hep" individual, I usually refrain from writing about the latest gadgets, gizmos, and internet trends because let's face it, there's barely any readership for that kind of thing.
After all, what kind of jerks are going to argue about the silly differences between cellular phones?
Having said that, I recently discarded my Samsung "slidey-phone" for an iPhone. Suspect punctuation aside, I have to say, this iPhone is quite remarkable. I'd really like to take a moment to explain what a great piece of technology this is, and how it will aid your day-to-day experience in all kinds of ways.
First of all, this is nothing against the Samsung slidey-phone. It was a brilliant piece of technology that allowed me to make phone calls, store numbers, send text messages on a well designed qwerty keyboard, and even take pictures. Don't even get me started on the number of ring tones either—I'd be here all day.
However, the iPhone puts the Samsung slidey-phone to shame. You really have to check this thing out. First of all, it has these apps, which, as far as I can tell, are nearly limitless. They do all kinds of things: tell you the weather, send you reminders, play music. Heck, there's even an app that tells me sports scores of just the teams I like. I can easily foresee a time in our culture when we will answer each other's queries on just about any topic with the witty riposte, "Hey, there's an app for that."
Oh Lord, Jay Leno of "The Tonight Show" you will have fun with that one!
However, that's only the beginning of what's possible with the iPhone. Dare I say, the iPhone functions nearly—nearly!—like a miniature personal computer. Wherever you go, as long as you have "signal" your provider's "3G" "network" will allow you to connect to the internet where you will be able to "surf the web" almost as if you were sitting in the comfort of your own home.
Want to look up a recipe at a friend's house? No problem.
Need to check the front page of The New York Times? Just a touch away.
Do you need to answer an e-mail from the boss, but you're caught at dinner with the in-laws? No prob, Bob! Just slip away to the bathroom and punch out a reply in seconds.
Before, I'd have to lug a book and an iPod around just to listen to music and read, but now I travel considerably lighter on my train ride because the iPhone does both!
What I find so incredible, however, is that given all this technology you'd think the iPhone would be this big, hulking two-by-four of a phone, but it is remarkably svelte. It fits right in your pocket, and ladies, that clutter drawer you call a purse will surely have room for it!
All in all, we really must applaud Apple and its late founder Steve Jobs for giving us a truly special piece of technology that is sure to give us all a helping hand in this hectic thing we call life.
Also, don't worry, the iPhone does take pictures. Almost forgot to mention that.


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Katy Perry to Take Stage at 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards
Good news for Canadian KatyCats! Katy Perry is set to perform at the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Perry will appear on the June 17 show in Toronto, just in time to promote her 'Part of Me' 3D documentary, which hits theaters July 5. The 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards will air on MuchMusic in Canada, but U.S. fans can catch the show on Fuse.
Other performers are still under wraps for now, but will be revealed in the next few weeks. We wonder if Florence + the Machine — and Perry's new beau — will join her at the show!
Considering Perry's recent theatrical performance at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards — and the fact that she rolled up to the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards in an ice cream truck — we can only imagine what the spectral-haired starlet has in store this year.
Perry fans won't have to wait too long to see her on the small screen, though. She will perform on 'American Idol' tonight (April 26) on the elimination show, which will also serve as the second part of a two-part tribute to her favorite band, Queen.


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A federal bankruptcy judge last week properly gave Stockton some breathing room when he ruled two lawsuits against the city will have to wait until the city's complex bankruptcy process is complete.
A federal bankruptcy judge last week properly gave Stockton some breathing room when he ruled two lawsuits against the city will have to wait until the city's complex bankruptcy process is complete.
But Judge Christopher Klein was hesitant to immediately rule on a third case that involved a much smaller amount of money but a much bigger issue. Klein wants more information so he can rule, he said, "with my eyes wide open and get it right."
Former Fire Chief Ron Hittle cites religious discrimination and retaliation for his firing - claims the city denies - and seeks undetermined damages. Salvador Benavides, 26, claims the city is to blame for his April 2011 motorcycle accident that left him with permanent brain damage and large medical bills.
Both cases may be settled as part of the bankruptcy process, Klein said.
In both cases the city fought for the delay. Proceeding without the umbrella protection of bankruptcy potentially could put the city's other creditors on the hunt for settlements - meaning money - outside bankruptcy.
But oddly the city argued to proceed in a third case in which Christopher Hallon claims he was roughed up by Stockton police during his Jan. 15, 2010, arrest.
The city claims it makes more sense to proceed with a $55,000 settlement than to pay attorneys and tie up police officers during court testimony. The $55,000 essentially is go away money where the city pays up so the plaintiff will shut up.
City creditors aren't about to shut up. They see this as a special side deal that they aren't being allowed to make with the city.
City attorneys argued last week that Klein can't tell the city how to spend its money. Indeed, that's the grounds used earlier when he sided with the city by ruling that Stockton had the right to stop paying for the health care of its retired workers.
Obviously, Klein was not pleased about being cast in the role of Solomon, "but," he said, "that's why I made the big bucks."
If the earlier ruling on retiree health care payments was correct - and city retirees certainly believe it was not - and the ruling is precedent, then the court should step aside in the Hallon case.
But it is not hard to understand how the city's Hallon case request might irritate other city creditors. From their standpoint, either all the creditors are forced to the settlement table during bankruptcy of none should be.
That's not an unreasonable position.


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NEW YORK -- Shane Victorino homered and drove in three runs - including the winning tally in the 10th inning - as Boston rallied after squandering a five-run lead to claim the opener of a critical four-game series, 9-8, againg the Yankees in the Bronx.
The Yankees rallied to take an 8-7 lead when Lyle Overbay capped a six-run seventh inning with a two-run single, but Mariano Rivera was unable to make it stand up in the ninth.
Mike Napoli kept the inning alive with a two-out single, pinch runner Quintin Berry stole second and took third on a wild throw and Stephen Drew knocked him in with a looping single to right.
Jacoby Ellsbury singled with one out in the 10th against Joba Chamberlain (2-1), then stole second and scored on Victorino's single to right.
Will Middlebrooks also homered as the Red Sox increased their American League East lead to six games over Tampa Bay and the Yankees slipped nine games back in the division and three behind the Rays for the second wild card.
Robinson Cano drove in three runs for the Yankees. Ellsbury was 3-for-6 with an RBI and Ryan Lavarnway added two hits and two RBIs for Boston. Craig Breslow (5-2) walked one and didn't allow a hit over two innings for the win.
Koji Uehara retired the Yankees in order in the 10th for his 18th save. Uehara's 35 perfect relief appearances of one inning or more are eight more than any other pitcher in the majors.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The blown save was Rivera's sixth of the season, his most since 2003. ... Yankees starter Ivan Nova, who on Wednesday was named the AL Pitcher of the Month for August, lasted only four innings - allowing three runs on five hits. His Red Sox counterpart, Jake Peavy, was charged with four runs on six hits in six-plus innings, snapping a string of four straight starts allowing two or fewer runs. ... Cano's double in the third was his 30th of the season, making him one of four players in major-league history to begin his career with nine consecutive seasons with 30 or more doubles. The others are Albert Pujols, Earl Averill and Paul Waner.


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Microsoft just released Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2), bringing it one step closer to the final release. In my December commentary, 'Tis the season for CTPs: PerformancePoint Server 2007 CTP1" (InstantDoc ID 94693), I talked-up the first CTP of Microsoft's performance management application server, Office PerformancePoint Server 2007. In the commentary, I peeled back the onion a bit and explained exactly what PerformancePoint Server is and how it integrates with SQL Server, SharePoint, and the Microsoft Office System. Microsoft is aiming the final release of PerformancePoint Server for around September. Until then, techies should understand Microsoft's business-user goals.
Because PerformancePoint Server is a performance management application, it helps to understand what Microsoft is shooting for with this kind of product. In its October 2006 article "Understand Performance Management to Better Manage Your Business," Gartner describes performance management:
"\[A\] combination of management methodologies, metrics, and IT (applications, tools and infrastructure) that enables users to define, monitor, and optimize results and outcomes to personal or departmental objectives while enabling alignment with strategic objectives across multiple organizational levels (personal, process, group, departmental, corporate or business ecosystem)."
With this description in mind, Microsoft has forged PerformancePoint Server as a comprehensive product that aligns with an organization's performance management goals by providing Monitoring, Analytics, and Planning functionalities.
PerformancePoint Server CTP1 was all about the integrated beta release of the next versions of Business Scorecard Manager (BSM) and the ProClarity analytic platform--the Monitoring and Analytics parts of the PerformancePoint Server platform. PerformancePoint Server CTP2 is all about PerformancePoint Server's third component (formerly known as BizSharp), the financial consolidation and forecasting piece aptly named Planning. The Monitoring and Analytics parts of PerformancePoint Server still seem like tools or the building blocks for applications, whereas the Planning sub-product is truly an application.
Microsoft describes PerformancePoint Server as a business-driven application that brings functionality and value to people (i.e., users at all levels within an organization). PerformancePoint Server Planning focuses on identified Planning, Modeling, Reporting, and Consolidation features.
With Planning and Modeling, business users define, modify, and maintain logical business models that are integrated with business rules, workflows, and enterprise data. Then, information workers can interact with and continuously contribute to the business processes of planning, budgeting, and forecasting from an Excel client.
With Reporting and Consolidation, business users define their own view of the business and distribute templates and forms in a timely fashion with greater accuracy. Then, users can combine operational data and financial data into the same report rather than stepping through painful manual data reconsolidation. Information workers can build, customize, and share production-quality reports from Excel while connected to a secure and centrally managed server.
For more information about PerformancePoint Server, see the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server sub-site. Or if you're a Microsoft partner, check out the portal for the new Information Worker Solutions competency Performance Management specialization. There you can grab the "PerformancePoint Server 2007 Customer Ready Presentation," which covers a lot of the information this commentary explains but in more depth. And finally, if you want to start working with PerformancePoint Server CTP2 you can download it from the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server Web page.


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During his three decades at the helm of Social Distortion, singer, guitarist and songwriter Mike Ness has repeatedly turned to the rich vein of his own hardscrabble life as a hell-raising teen and then a heroin-addicted rock musician.
But in putting together the band's new "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" album, the Orange County punk band's first studio collection in six years, Ness seems to have reached the "enough about me" stage in his ongoing efforts to keep his long-running band supplied with fresh subject matter.
So for the first time in the career of one of the small handful of still-active Southland punk rock acts born in the 1970s, Social Distortion has several Ness songs that aren't predominantly autobiographical. Not that the band's leader has by any means run out of things to say on that front.
"I can write about Mike Ness and hard times anytime," Ness, 48, said with a grin during an interview at a Burbank recording studio over the summer while he was at work on the new album, due Jan. 18. "I have plenty of memories and experience to draw from for that. There's also a lot that's happened in my life that wasn't negative or painful and I want to draw from that too."
For some songs on the "Hard Times" album, he's drawn on his life not as a punk roaming the streets but as a husband, and a father of two teenagers — not topics he's customarily addressed. Ness has also crafted several songs revolving around fictional characters and situations in which hard choices are necessary in the pursuit of a life of passion and authenticity.
The first single, "Machine Gun Blues," sketches a day in the life of a Prohibition era gangster and the live-fast, die-young road he's throttling down. "Bakersfield" is an uncharacteristically expansive, 6 1/2 -minute loping love lament set in the town that's both the heart of California country music and the gateway to the agricultural riches of the Central Valley. "Alone and Forsaken," a minor-key mystery about a vanished lover, gets a supercharged treatment from the band's signature, distortion-drenched guitars over a powerhouse bass-drum chugging rhythm track.
"The great thing is, I love writing fiction," he said while seated at the mixing board to play back some rough mixes for a visitor. "For me, it's literally an untapped source almost. I haven't done that in so long, but it's really my favorite genre, in film and writing."
He went back to one of the band's first singles,"1945."
"I daydreamed [in school] for 10 minutes and wrote a song about what it must be like to be in the plane over Hiroshima," he said. "In a way, this is nonfiction because it did happen. I wasn't there, but I can put myself in that position, similar to how Johnny Cash must have felt when he was writing 'Folsom Prison Blues.'"
A conversation with Ness never goes long without touching on Cash, or Hank Williams, or Chuck Berry, or Muddy Waters, roots-music giants who have been a wellspring of inspiration for him since long before he discovered the anything-goes forum that punk rock provided him when he was growing up in the tidy suburban surroundings of Fullerton in northern Orange County.
"The main thing in my mind is I don't want to do something I've already done," he said. "There is a certain continuity with every record we've had that the fans have liked. You have to decipher what's new and fresh, what's signature, but you want to evolve, obviously."
Darkness and light
Social Distortion's lineup has evolved with the recent additions of bassist Brent Harding and drummer David Hidalgo Jr., the son and namesake of one of Los Lobos' founding members, now joining Ness and Social D's guitarist of 10 years Jonny Wickersham.
Another part of the creative evolution involves a philosophical shift that gives the light equal time with the darkness that Ness has historically plumbed in his songs.
"It still has to be cool," said the man whose densely tattooed torso, slicked-back black hair and rusty chain-saw vocals have represented the epitome of punk cool to a couple of generations of fans now.
He's also a husband and father of two teenage boys for whom he has strived to avoid repeating the combative relationship he had with his own father. Living in Newport Beach, he's been actively involved with their school and extracurricular activities, which can present new hurdles when it comes to his music.
"You can't write about 'I was coaching my son's Little League baseball team, chewing sunflower seeds and it was great — we really bonded.' How do you write that and make it cool? It's possible," he said. "You just have to get creative."
Now that his sons have hit the teen years, Ness the dad is looking at the father-son dynamic from the other side of the fence.
"You think when they're born, 'I'm a dad, I've grown up now,'" Ness said. "As they get older, you really realize, 'Wow, I don't have all the answers….' It's forced me to grow up a little too."
One of the new album's most touching songs is "Writing on the Wall," which is universal enough to apply to a separation from any loved one, but which Ness said was written for his 18-year-old son, with whom he grapples over issues that face most fathers of teenage boys.
There was a time when you were proud
You looked up to me with big eyes
And I could do no wrong
But something inside is clearly tearing both of us apart….
Ooh, I can't let go
It's a dramatically poignant turnaround for a musician who has so strongly marked his territory as the voice of disaffected youth and who called his group's debut album "Mommy's Little Monster."
"Changing the old anger is the challenge for me," he said. "When I was 17, it was perfect, because I needed it. I needed it to defend myself against the attacking world, and I had plenty of it. Even in my 20s, it was great. Anger's great for writing. Like everything, some of these things that were survival skills turn into a double-edged sword in your adult life — they can affect your marriage, affect your relationship with your children, affect your relationships period.
"It's been a little turbulent," he said, adding with a twisted smile: "It's an interesting — and stressful — period in life, and that always does create a good record."
New beginnings
There's no producer at his side in the studio this time, because — also for the first time — Ness is producing the new Social Distortion record himself. In fact, 2010 was a year of many firsts for Ness and the band. He parted ways with longtime manager Jim Guerinot, who also manages No Doubt, the Offspring and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, and signed up with a longtime associate of Guerinot's, Shane Trulin, who opened his own management firm.
Social Distortion also signed for the new album with Epitaph Records, the label launched in the early 1980s by Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz to put out that group's records. Over the last three decades, Epitaph has built a sizable stable of punk, alternative, rock and even country acts and continues expanding at a time when much of the rest of the record industry is in retreat.
"I have a feeling it's the beginning of a very long relationship," Ness said, citing plans for a Social Distortion acoustic album to mark its 30th anniversary, a band documentary and a third solo album in addition to the group's always heavy touring schedule.
This week, the group launches a 24-show blitzkrieg through the West over six weeks. The run starts Wednesday at the House of Blues in Anaheim, and includes three nights, Jan. 27-29, at the Hollywood Palladium. The band then heads to Australia for a series of dates.
"It's just been a year of a lot of changes," Ness said. "We have the new label, and we really feel the label is behind us…. Ultimately, we're just a band that would like to sell some records."
During his three decades at the helm of Social Distortion, singer, guitarist and songwriter Mike Ness has repeatedly turned to the rich vein of his own hardscrabble life as a hell-raising teen and then a heroin-addicted rock musician.