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Computerized Tests Pose Challenges for Mo. Schools
KANSAS CITY (AP) - Missouri school districts say they are facing challenges while students transition from taking state tests on computers instead of with No. 2 pencils and bubble sheets.
Missouri districts will be required to use computer-based assessments by the 2014-15 school year.
The Missouri Association of School Administrators said Tuesday only 13 percent of districts said the switch would not pose obstacles. The state says 358 of Missouri's 520 districts participated.
Bandwidth and hardware issues are among the concerns. With state tests given to students as young as third grade, some administrators fear young students' test scores will reflect their lack of computer skills rather than their knowledge of the content.
The school administrator association's executive director, Roger Kurtz, says schools need more money for technology upgrades.


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As Bayern Munich and Arsenal walked out at the majestic Allianz Arena on another glittering European night in Munich, the Bavarians were destined to sail through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League while the Gunners had their white flags ready in hand, or so it would seem. If there was a script, Arsenal had no intention of playing along but sadly, despite their heroic efforts that saw a twist in the plot, the predetermined ending of this particular story remained unchanged as Bayern progressed to the next round by the skin of their teeth.
Within three minutes of kick-off, Olivier Giroud thumped in Theo Walcott's cross from close range to give Arsenal the lead and a glimmer of hope to go along with it. The home support was stunned into silence but what's more worrying from Bayern's point of view is that there was very little in that first half to help their fans find their voices again.
Hope restored early on
The rest of the opening period meandered on with the hosts playing at an uncharacteristically slow tempo that Arsenal were all too comfortable with. Perhaps Bayern missed their midfield general, Bastian Schweinsteiger who has the ability to take hold of games and dictate their play but then again, the visitors were made to cope without the services of the equally influential Jack Wilshere.
With Bayern still unable to score in the second half, Laurent Koscielny headed in with five minutes of normal time remaining to give Arsenal an unlikely life-line and guarantee a few nerve-racking moments for the German outfit.
However, it proved to be too late for the London based club as the hosts were able to hold out in uninspiring fashion to go through on the away goals rule. Ultimately, it was déjà vu for Arsenal who came ever so close to completing a remarkable comeback last season as well.
|Déjà vu? They nearly pulled it off against Milan as well
Following a disappointing 4-0 thumping away to AC Milan last year, they nearly turned things around in the return leg when they plundered three goals before half time. On that occasion as well, they were unable to finish the job as the Italian club shut them out in the second period to progress 4-3 on aggregate.
Like last year, the players have been lauded for their bravado and fight. They are allowed to exit the tournament with their heads held high having earned the respect of their fans, peers and critics alike. However, just like a game is not won at half time, these European fixtures aren't won over a single leg and Arsenal's shoddy display in their home game has cost them dearly.
Arsene Wenger and his troops have every right to feel proud of their performance in Munich and nobody can blame them for it but if they harbour true ambition, they'll focus more on the way they got themselves in what proved to be an irretrievable position in the first place. It's all well and good to say, "Well, we gave it a shot and came mighty close" but their attempts to recover the situation is not what's in question here.
Their defending was erratic in the first leg and Bayern may even have scored more than the three goals they did. They were utterly dominated at home but somehow gave a much better account of themselves away. So why have they only showed up in the second leg where all is nearly lost for two seasons in a row?
Arsenal need more than moral victories
Perhaps it has to do with their inability to manage pressure and expectations. In the first legs between Bayern and Milan, they started on even ground with their opponents and had all to play for. That's when they appeared to freeze in the headlights and were taken to the cleaners. Their defeats rendered the second legs mere formalities and there were no longer any expectations to live up to or pressure to contend with and that clearly worked in their favour.
Arsenal have always been able to show their best when freed of any pressure, if they could do so with that pressure then they'd be consistently winning trophies. In other words, when they've had nothing to lose, they've been able to compete and salvage their pride.
Take nothing away from the Gunners, it was a stunning win against arguably the strongest team in Europe on paper and it does bode well for the rest of their season and indeed for the future. However, let's not be blinded by a fantastic performance that ultimately yielded nothing. The fact is, Arsenal have now officially gone eight years without silverware and are left to make a final dash to qualify for next season's Champions League yet again. Sooner or later, something's got to give. How much longer will these fleeting performances feed the appetite of a club that surely deserves more than just the occasional moral victory?
|What do you make of Arsenal's win? Leave your comments below or discuss with the writer on Twitter @BrendonNetto.
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Four Sugar Bowl Participants to be Inducted Into College Football Hall of Fame park
Four former Allstate Sugar Bowl participants are among the 14 members of the 2011 College Football Hall of Fame Class as announced by Archie Manning, the chairman of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Manning, himself, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame as well as the Most Outstanding Player of the 1970 Sugar Bowl. He is also a member of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee.
The Sugar Bowl now has 44 former coaches and 81 former players who have been enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
All-Time List of Sugar Bowlers in the College Football Hall of Fame
The four former Sugar Bowl participants gaining induction to the College Hall of Fame are Marty Lyons (Alabama, 1975, 1978 and 1979 Sugar Bowls), Russell Maryland (Miami, 1990 Sugar Bowl), Deion Sanders (Florida State, 1989 Sugar Bowl) and Jake Scott (Georgia, 1969 Sugar Bowl).
The 2011 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Class will be inducted at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner on December 6, 2011, at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. They will be officially enshrined in 2011.
A consensus All-American in 1978, Lyons enjoyed considerable success under College Football Hall of Fame coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. The Crimson Tide compiled a 42-6 mark and finished 24-2 in SEC play during Lyons' tenure in Tuscaloosa. Lyons was a member of four bowl winners, including the 1975, 1978 and 1979 Sugar Bowls, helping the Crimson Tide win their 10th national title in 1978. For his career, Lyons compiled 202 tackles, 20 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries. In addition to earning All-America honors as a senior, he was a two-time All-SEC player and was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 1978. Lyons was also placed on the SEC All-Decade Team and the Alabama Centennial Team.
A highly decorated player from Miami's national championship teams in 1987 and 1989, Russell Maryland left a wake of victories during his storied collegiate football career, including a win over Alabama in the 1990 Sugar Bowl. A unanimous All-American as a senior in 1990, Maryland took home the Outland Trophy as the nation's best interior lineman. He was a Lombardi Award finalist and was named the College Football Lineman of the Year by the UPI. He completed his Hurricanes career with 279 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 20.5 sacks. Miami's Jack Harding Most Valuable Player Award winner in 1990, Maryland helped the Hurricanes to two national titles, four bowl wins, a perfect home record and a 44-4 overall record in his four seasons in Coral Gables.
A two-time unanimous All-American, the electrifying Deion Sanders stands among the top Seminole players in history, and he became a critical force in Florida State's historical run under Hall of Fame Coach Bobby Bowden. Sanders won the Thorpe Award as the nation's best defensive back and finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting in 1988 and also led the nation in punt returns that season. He is tied for third in school history with 14 career interceptions (including the game-clinching interception in the end zone in the 1989 Sugar Bowl) and shares the school record with four interception returns for a touchdown. Sanders remains the most prolific punt returner in school annals, holding the career records for punt returns and punt return yardage and sharing the record for punt return touchdowns. He helped the Seminoles to four bowl wins and led Florida State to the first two of 14 consecutive AP top five finishes.
A consensus All-American in 1968, Jake Scott was a record-setting safety that led Georgia to an SEC championship and the 1969 Sugar Bowl as a junior. In addition to making numerous All-America teams as a junior, Scott was named the SEC's Most Valuable Player by the Nashville Banner. A two-time First Team All-SEC pick, he led the conference in interceptions in 1967 and 1968. Scott's 16 career interceptions remain a school record, and he is one of three players in SEC history to return two picks for touchdowns in the same game. He led the Bulldogs to the league crown in 1968 by intercepting 10 passes (tied for second-most in school history) and compiling 440 punt return yards, which ranks fourth in school history.


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Prior to the championship game, the girls from Sacred Heart defeated St. Adalberts, St. Ann's, and St. Francis Desales. In between was a loss to Hope, but the squad battled back from the losers bracket in this double elimination tourney to take the trophy.
The St. Francis Desales game was exciting, as a shot with 20 seconds left in the game by Alyssa Siess gave Sacred Heart a 26-25 lead. The defense held, as a last second Desales shot was off the mark. Credit must go to the defensive play all game long by Geraldine Scatyrro, Kayla Lides, Sarah Kuqi, and Jillian Morris. Exceptional ball movement was also key as Giovanna Bonilla and Sam Billera moved the ball with efficiency.
The championship game was against Hope but this time Sacred Heart was up to the task. Although led by Alyssa's 4 first half points, the wildcats were still fit to be tied at the half 7-7. However, the team stepped up their play in the second half, led by Sam Wagner's 5 points and all around exceptional tournament play. Additionally, Kristen Nichols game high 9 points, including 6 from the charity stripe in the second half, was instrumental in the win.
Congratulations to the entire Sacred Heart squad and special mention to the aforementioned Sam Wagner, named tournament All-Star, and Kristen (if they foul me, I will make them pay at the free throw line) Nichols, who was named tournament MVP for her all around great play.
Congratulations as well to coaches Mike Billera and Rich Bonilla on a job well done.


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Shriners Shine at One Rhodes Place
We had our first meal at "The Shriners" over 40 years ago, when Cranstonian Ken Fawthrop ran quarterly blood drives and fed the donors a hearty breakfast.
We have been dining there ever since, and now in an attractive building that sits on the corner of Broad St. and Rhodes Place, home to that wonderful fraternal organization with a charitable goal of operating 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children.
You have seen them in parades, with their colorful vehicles and clown costumes.
They also run a restaurant, banquet hall and catering service that is open to the public, serving quality food at reasonable prices.
Joyce has lunch there a few times a year with the retired nurses from the Scandinavian home. I've attended dinners for the Food Bank, Cub Scout Blue and Gold Dinners, a Game Dinner, this year's St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef Dinner, and a variety of other functions over the years.
Their Sunday breakfast and buffet, served 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., has also been a destination after church.
We also do take-out fish 'n' chips frequently on Fridays.
The staff is mostly local people who know everybody who has been there more than once, and treat all of their customers royally.
The Imperial Room atmosphere is first class, giving the feeling of dining in a fancy hotel or upscale restaurant, complete with high, cushioned chairs, white linens and chandeliers.
A large adjoining room accommodates larger groups and is available for rental for any occasion.
The restaurant and banquet facility have undergone some recent changes, hiring a talented executive chef, Christopher Kutzo, and assuring high food quality and consistency.
Director of Sales Hillary Williamson has been there for 18 years, and knows how to treat her clients. The kitchen can successfully handle an event for 200 people, serving meals hot and efficiently, while not neglecting their customers in the intimate Imperial Room.
Dinner at The Imperial Room
Living within walking distance, the Imperial Room is frequently a last-minute choice when Joyce doesn't feel like cooking.
My brother-in-law said the Yankee Pot Roast reminded him of his mother's recipe, tender with delicious gravy ($11.99). And you can get Beef Liver, Bacon and Onions for only $9.99.
They have gluten-free chicken dishes for $10.99, a variety of pasta selections, beef and veal, chicken, and seafood, with prices running a few dollars less than most restaurants. The most expensive entrée on the dinner menu is an 8 oz. filet for $19.99; the least expensive is Pasta Primavera (Bow-tie pasta tossed with fresh seasonal vegetables in a light garlic, olive oil, and white wine sauce for only $8.99. I've had it; it's great.)
We've been to so many functions at the Shriners, but have never gotten around to officially "reviewing" it. It is like an old friend whom you never properly acknowledge.
Joyce and I decided that the time was right to recognize our old friend (besides, she didn't feel like cooking), so we went to the Imperial Room for dinner last Thursday evening.
A political fundraiser was going on in the banquet room, and there were about five tables filled in the dining room.
I like it when the hostess invites us to "sit wherever you like," and we did.
The basket of rolls was immediately brought to our table, along with water and menus. Kayla, our friendly waitress, took our drink order, which is our test of the bartender. The martini and Black Russian came as requested and were blended perfectly.
We are in a rut, usually ordering the calamari appetizer as our first test of the kitchen. Chef Kutzo passed with flying colors. The calamari was gently breaded, hot, tender, and enhanced with garlic butter, white wine, lemon, hot peppers and diced tomato ($8.99).
Joyce ordered a cup of "Our Famous Baked Onion Soup" ($2.99 cup; $3.99 a bowl). Topped with a crouton and blended Swiss and Provolone cheese, it was dark, sweet and famously delicious.
Joyce chose the Shrimp Scampi ($15.99) for her entrée. Five large shrimp were sautéed in a garlic white wine and lemon butter sauce with basil and fresh tomatoes, served over linguine. She loved it, and even gave me a taste.
I chose the Scrod Creole ($12.99), a generous piece of Pacific Cod topped with peppers, onions, spinach, tomatoes and basil in a garlic white wine sauce. Fresh string beans cooked in garlic, plus sweet potato fries added to the enjoyment of this great choice, spotlighting the ability of the chef to create not only a colorful plate, but a delicious combination of ingredients.
We usually don't order dessert, but a sinful chocolate dessert and tiramisu seemed perfect to top off a delightful dinner. And it was.
Whether you are interested in lunch, dinner, a banquet, or a catered meal, the Shrine Club and Restaurant delivers. Kids eat free on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5 to 9.
Closed Mondays and Saturdays, and open for lunch Tuesdays through Fridays. Check their website for special events and times at www.rishriners.com, or call 467-7102.


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Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2010) Reviewed: Shaking the CPU/GPU Balanceby Anand Lal Shimpi on June 9, 2010 12:15 AM EST
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What About the new MacBook?
Last month Apple introduced the new MacBook. With a 13-inch 1280 x 800 display (not sure about panel quality), the new MacBook looks a lot like the 13-inch MacBook Pro but at a $200 cheaper price tag. In fact the only differences boil down to 2GB vs. 4GB of memory, plastic vs. aluminum chassis, a backlit keyboard, SD card reader and Firewire port.
The battery life and performance should be identical between the two given they're using the same hardware.
Based on specs alone, the 13-inch MacBook Pro appears to be worth it. The standard MacBook ships with 2 x 1GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs. In order to upgrade to 4GB you need 2 x 2GB modules, which will set you back around $130. You could sell the leftover modules for about $40 on eBay which makes the MacBook $110 cheaper than the 13-inch MBP. But you do get a thinner, lighter and better looking chassis, not to mention the backlit keyboard which is very nice for late night writing or on an airplane.
I haven't reviewed one yet but the price difference seems small enough where the 13-inch MacBook Pro is worth it.
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Johnmcl7 - Thursday, June 10, 2010 - link"Care to mention a model number? I can only find the 13-inch Vaio VPCZ1190X on Sony's website, which comes with NONE of those features, except for a disclaimed 7.5-hour battery life. If you halved pretty much all of those specs and got rid of the GT330m, that matches the Vaio VPC1190X.
The model in the UK is the VPCZ11Z9E/B (probably a different number in the US) and has the spec I mentioned above:
Core i7-620m @ 2.66Ghz (3.33Ghz maximum)
6GB ram
256GB quad SSD (4 x 64GB)
DVD+-RW (BD-R/RW drive optional)
13.1in 1920x1080 screen
Nvidia GT 330M + Intel integrated graphics
Onboard WWAN
1.4kg carbon fibre chassis
Having read through the article I can't see what innovations this Macbook brings at all, in fact it inherits many of its features from older Vaio machines (although people tend to falsely credit Apple as Sony simply don't market their innovations well enough). The Vaio Z11 on the other has a specification which exceeds even the 17in Macbooks yet remarkably it's smaller and a kilo lighter than the 13in Macbook which has a signficantly lower spec. To be able to produce such a small and lightweight machine in itself is impressive but to be able to pack in features such as discrete graphics cards and quad SSDs is extremely innovative particularly when you compare it to the competition.
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Tros - Thursday, June 10, 2010 - linkThat model is quite different, and far more impressive. To be fair though, Sony UK either has to loan this machine to AT, or AT pays some 2,400 British Pounds (~3,500 USD) out of their own pockets.
And yeah, both this article and Sony's UK site doesn't pronounce a lot of the neat things that make either laptop more usable. I think those kinds of reviews come with something completely different though (IE, aluminum unibody, or OS-upgrade), or absurdly better specs compared to everything on the market. They don't fit for a casual review. I mean, Ars Technica covered the changes from OS X 10.5 to 10.6, and that took some 23 pages. And I think that was the "primer" version.
Anyway, that laptop is a beast of a 13-inch machine, but I think it's in a direction Apple's not interested in. IE: A 1080p screen might be too much DPI for some, and the OS would have to implement resolution independence to appease all users (No OS and set of popular applications does so yet). The reduced battery (58 WHR) is also a direction they can't go (the lunatics throw tantrums when a spec goes down in number). I'd also bet the reason for avoiding the strongest processors, is because x86 is not the right architecture to do heavily threaded tasks on. At least, not the kind you'd want a laptop to do (non-server).
I will still hold though that machine is doing something wrong though, because of the diminishing returns after one good SSD. Having four tells me that you have four mediocre ones, and need to compensate with brute force. It kind of defeats the gained battery life by having 1 SSD over a mechanical HDD if you instead use 4x the power. That machine deserves a dissection over a review to see what's so awesome about it. Reply
JPForums - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - link
Another rather irrelevant review of an outdated, expensive, fruit-themed, fanboi toy that still cannot convince me to try it over an ASUS or CLEVO notebook.
I'm no fan of MACs, but I would say this crosses the line from negative comment to not useful.
1) If this review is irrelevant, then how can you use it to come to the conclusion that ASUS or CLEVO is a better option.
2) I'll agree that the notebook in question is underpowered in some respects, but the model is new and similar models are still being sold be ASUS. I wouldn't call that outdated, but rather aging.
3) Expensive, ..., I've got to agree with you there, but it is apparently worth it to many people.
4) "Fruit-themed", "fanboi toy" I don't know about everyone else, but when I hear labels like "Fruit-themed", I get the feeling I'm listening to a PC "fanboi".
This review is relevant for the very reason you think its irrelevant. Comparing reviews of Apples offerings to similar offerings from ASUS and CLEVO tells you exactly why you should get one versus the other. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to get a MAC. However, they don't apply to me. You have to concede that some people value form over function. For these people, MACs are hard to beat. Another example is the professional video industry. For instance, despite the latest and greatest features of Adobe's Master Collection coming to PC first, MAC has the established ecosystem and they have the features that matter. It's the same kind of legacy following that x86 in general has.
What I do get frustrated about is when people buy into the MACs just work mantra. I've seen quite a few problems with MACs (screens with gradients, low quality motherboard builds, etc.) and in some cases the customer service won't even admit there is a problem to fix. However, exempting critical hardware issues, I can say fairly confidently that the biggest difference between a system "that works" and one that doesn't is the end user, not the OS. The end user has to make the decision on the quality and performance of the hardware hardware purchased, what type of software to use, browsing habits, ect. Apple just seems to want to make more and more of those decisions for you. Note what happens when they make the wrong decision.
To be fair, many of Apple's problems exist for some of the largest PC manufacturers as well, however, they don't have massive ad campaigns trying to tell people otherwise. Reply
JesperL - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkI've been a reader af Anandtech for many years now. Ive been coming here since shortly after it started, from what i can quickly figure out it must be more than 10 years. Probably closer to 11.
I have never signed up to say anything here, but just now i did.
But im about to leave. If Anand wants to just spend his time on Macs, there is not much reason for me to be here. The guy writes some of the best tech articles around, but the subject does matter. Fact is, this used to be PC, its now turning into Mac. No hard feelings, but i feel obliged to post a note saying this.
Some people dont mind this turn, im sure, but i do. Reply
Ratman6161 - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkFor example if you go to the mobile area ( http://www.anandtech.com/tag/mobile ) you have to go a long way down the page to find an article on an Apple product. Lots of stuff on Acer, Asus, HP, gateway, nVidia, Intel etc. before you get to the first Apple article.
Personally I can't stand Apple or Mr. Jobs for a variety of reasons I won't go into here. But I don't think it's fair to accuse AnandTech of some kind of pro Apple bias.
Note that even in the Macbook pro article he points out that the machine gets 50% better framerates in games in Windows than it does in OSX. Reply
Ratman6161 - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkHere is another example: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3759/mac-os-x-steam-...
It's a whole article on how gaming is slower under OSX than under Windows. Does that seem like a pro-Apple bias to you? The Apple fanboys are probably screaming that it's an anti-apple bias. There is just no way to win with the angry finger pointers on either side of the issue. Reply
bji - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkI've been reading Anandtech for a long time too.
I don't own and never have owned a Macintosh computer but I enjoy reading about a variety of technologies so I would have the opposite opinion as JesperL.
Please keep reviewing different technologies regardless of their company of origin. Reply
Tros - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkI for one am grateful for Anand's review, for taking a PC-like scrutiny to something that wasn't quite a PC six years ago. And for Anandtech, for taking that extra step, beyond comparing numbers from synthetic benchmarks, to pay attention to how the machines interface with people. That last step is really why I can't visit TH, with all their ad-crap and mal-scripts, and only visit AT now. Reply
Ninjahedge - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkAgreed.
PC World is just Fanboi Flamebait Central (on both sides) and rarely has an article that is more than press release or opinion on what is happening in the world of fruits and transistors.
TH lost my vote when they trimmed/amputated the "other" section where tech diehards like myself used to wander freely into the depths of depraved 1st and 2nd generation tech hounds that were tired of reading the same RTFM questions and ill-informed rantings.
As JPF listed, I think the main problem with Apple is not necessarily the product, or even the price they sell it at, but their denial of any problems in their ads (sometimes quite insulting, "I'm an Apple"......)
I think it is good that Apple is starting to use some higher end graphics on its machines as most of us will not be transcripting video, doing large scale PS'ing or complex Finite Element Analysis on a smaller laptop anyway. Laptops this size are meant for general workload, multitasking, and entertainment. The needed attriobutes for that are memory, resolution, battery life and GPU.
Do I think that this makes these Apples into Pie? Nope, but it looks like they are starting to try to merge a bit more into the fold as their sales in this sector move(d) ahead of its compeditors.
Aside: You think that, just maybe, Dell could come out with a line of machines called "Orange"?
I think it would be funny as hell if we could compare Apples to Oranges. Reply
hybrid2d4x4 - Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - linkRE: "for taking a PC-like scrutiny"
For the most part, I'd agree with you, but I got the impression that he treated the mac with kid gloves in the gaming section. If you look at a typical laptop review by Jarred, Vivek, et al, they usually include the results for the panel's native res (unless the lower 8x6 result is abysmal). I thought this was seriously lacking in the WoW benchmark. If I got a good framerate at 800x600, I`d step the res up to native and if it wasn`t playable, I'd turn down the shader quality,etc. This is especially true when you're talking about running a res with a different aspect ratio than the display, causing nasty stretch-induced loss of image quality.
Unless the system was too weak to handle it, I'd always run the native res, so I was baffled as to why not a single one of the gaming charts uses 1280x800. Sure, they are still useful to illustrate how it compares to the previous gen and the GT330 in the 15", but I don`t see why the tests weren't ran at the native res. That would seem to be the most practical/relevant demonstration of gaming ability on this laptop. Reply


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Character sheet for Kanan, the "cowboy Jedi." (Lucasfilm)Link
Computer graphic model of Kanan's head. (Lucasfilm)Link
Computer rendering of Kanan, the "cowboy Jedi," as he will appear in "Star Wars Rebels." (Lucasfilm)Link
Kanan, hero of the new "Star Wars Rebels" series, encounters the villainous Inquisitor. (Lucasfilm)Link
When "Star Wars Rebels" debuts this fall, fans will hear some very familiar sounds. Yes, the ever-present "Star Wars" fanfare will be there, but for the first time in a "Star Wars" TV series, the beloved John Williams themes featured throughout the original trilogy will be back — in slightly different form.
"I'm using a lot more of John's themes, but more importantly I'm using the little motifs he had," says Kevin Kiner, the man picked to score the new series. Fans are already familiar with his work as the longtime composer of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," but for "Rebels" he's digging back into the Lucasfilm audio vaults, using bits of music that will instantly conjure images of Han, Luke, the Death Star and more.
"I never used John's music before on 'Clone Wars' under specific instructions from George [Lucas]," says Kiner, whose participation in the series was announced at "Rebels'" Wondercon panel Saturday in Anaheim. "He wanted 'Clone Wars' to break new ground. In fact we had to beg him a few times to use John's themes."
The music of "Rebels" will be a mixture of the Williams themes fans know and love, and Kiner's original work. Though it's something Kiner has never tried before now, he says the melding of styles has become nearly seamless.
"I could play any part of the score of the first two ['Star Wars'] films in my sleep at any time of the day," Kiner says. "I don't want to be a mini-me John Williams, but this project needs to sound like 'A New Hope,' I need to have that in my bloodstream." And the merging has had some pleasant surprises for Kiner. "There was an incident where I thought I was using one of John's melodies, but I couldn't place where it was from. But everyone tells me, no, it's my melody. It really sounds like John." The music in question is the theme for Ezra, the Force-sensitive human character in the new series.
Kiner, whose nearly 30-year composing career includes such credits as the AMC drama "Hell on Wheels," the original "Leprechaun" film and the "Star" trifecta of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," "Star Trek: Enterprise" and "Stargate SG-1," will use a smaller ensemble for the "Rebels" score than Williams had for the films, but at 30 musicians, it's still larger than many all-electronic scores on TV today. "I'm using a similar size orchestra to what John used on 'Lost in Space'," he says.
"Star Wars Rebels" is set about five years before the beginning of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope," and follows the adventures of a group of heroes desperately trying to combat the all-consuming might of the Empire, the fascistic government arisen from the ashes of the Old Republic in "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."
The series, overseen by supervising director and executive producer Dave Filoni, whose work on "The Clone Wars" has made him well known in "Star Wars" fan circles, will premiere on the Disney Channel in the fall before it shifts to Disney XD for the rest of the episodes.
Filoni has said the look and feel of the series will recall the original trilogy of films, hewing to more action-oriented stories and a lighter, more fast-paced feel.
Williams' music has long been an integral part of the "Star Wars" series, and Kiner plans to return the music to the classic feel, which he describes as being reminiscent of Korngold. But Kiner says he's influenced by a whole different roster of composers, including Stravinsky, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and even Led Zeppelin. But though he's a self-professed rock guy, even he would feel intimidated by the idea of composing something like the Mos Eisley Cantina music from "A New Hope."
"It was such a great call," he says. "It's a great challenge, but it would take awhile to come figure out something new."
But for anyone worried that "Rebels" will be nothing but a nostalgia trip, the classic sound (and story) of the new series will only last so long. As Kiner describes it, the music will become very experimental at the end of the first season and into the second season, if it gets renewed.
He says this isn't just his personal taste, there's a very real story reason why the music will go that way. But don't expect any details yet. He'll only laugh.
"It's going to be really cool," he says.
— Patrick Kevin Day | @patrickkevinday
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Sept. 27, 2007
The Lady Bisons were out shot 22-1, but still managed to only lose 1-0 in the first Atlantic Sun Conference game of the season at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C.
Sasha Sack had the only shot for the Lady Bisons. They did not make a shot on goal.
Gardner-Webb was credited with 10 shots on goal. Angie Harvey and Lindsey Gladhill each had three shots on goal. Gladhill posted a game-high seven shots on goal.
Gladhill scored the game-winning goal with a quick kick to the lower left side of the goal on a pass from the corner by Bailey Stevens at the 14:26 mark of the first period. It was her fifth goal of the season.
Lady Bisons goaltender Katie Shelton made nine saves.
The Lady Bisons travel to Campbell Saturday for a 6 p.m. A-Sun game.


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A look at the Daytona Beach News-Journal's all-area girls basketball teams.
Simone Brown
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Senior guard/forward and Liberty signee was a major player in the Green Wave's Class 3A state title run … Had a game-high 19 points in the state semifinals and netted six points in the final 2:54 to help ice the title … Averaged 16 points, nine rebounds and three assists per game.
Shannon Cranshaw
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Senior point guard and George Washington signee led Green Wave in scoring (21 points per game), assists (five) and steals (four) … Finished sixth in Florida Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year voting after winning the Class 3A award … Made 86 3-pointers.
Ashley Folsom
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Senior forward/center and Southern Miss signee really upped her game during the Green Wave's title run and was named Class 3A Final Four MVP … Averaged a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds per game ... Also averaged three blocks and three assists per contest.
Tyisha Moore
Senior center averaged a double-double with 19.2 points and 13.2 rebounds per contest for the 25-4 Bulldogs and helped them reach the regional semifinals … Also averaged 2.7 steals per game … Reached the 40-point plateau once this season with 42 against Flagler Palm Coast.
Ronni Williams
Senior forward/center, University of Florida signee and McDonald's All-American earned fourth straight player of the year honor … Was second in Florida Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year voting and won Class 4A award … Led the Sharks to a state semifinal berth … Averaged 20.2 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.1 blocks and 3.2 steals per game.
Destiny Woodard
Junior guard had speed that was hard for opponents to match. When not scoring on or leading a fast break, she was running the offense and helping the Sharks earn a berth in the Final Four … Averaged 16.5 points, 4.5 assists and 3.9 steals per contest and made 64 3-pointers.
Brad Ridenour
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Earned award for second straight season after leading team to district, regional and state titles in Class 3A … Green Wave finished with a 27-5 record and were led by three Division I-bound seniors … Finished sixth in Florida Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year voting after earning the Class 3A top award.
Erin Graham, DeLand: Senior guard averaged 11 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.8 steals per game.
Jenna Hawkins, Spruce Creek: Senior guard averaged 17 points and six rebounds per contest and sank 86 3-pointers.
Jasmine Hill, New Smyrna Beach: Senior forward averaged 12 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game.
Grizel Rivera, University: Sophomore point guard scored 38 points against Pine Ridge.
Ashley Sauri, Trinity Christian: Junior center averaged 11 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks per game for the 19-9 Eagles.
Armani Walker, Flagler Palm Coast: Sophomore forward averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists and 5.7 steals per game for the 18-6 Bulldogs.
Ivana Boyd, Flagler Palm Coast: Freshman forward averaged 10 points, six rebounds, three steals and two assists per game for 18-6 Bulldogs.
Chasimmie Brown, Deltona: Sophomore center stepped up as a solid rebounder and shot blocker and averaged 10.2 points per contest.
Alicia Lewis, Warner Christian: Senior guard/forward averaged 13.2 points per game for the 8-9 Eagles.
Selena Lewis, Trinity Christian: Seventh-grade guard was key to Eagles' 19-9 regional quarterfinal season, averaging 15 points, 3.2 steals and five rebounds per game.
Shakaria Scantling, Seabreeze: Forward was a force for Sandcrabs and had a 34-rebound outing Nov. 30 against New Smyrna Beach.
Ateanna Stubbs, Mainland: Senior forward led Buccaneers in scoring.
Atlantic: Shantazia Howard, G, Sr.
DeLand: Sharae Cherenfant, F, Fr.
Deltona: Monaisa Crossin, F, Jr.
Father Lopez: Chanel Coco, F, Sr.; April Panaggio, G, Jr.
Flagler Palm Coast: Christina Aiello, G, So.; Princess Williams G, So.
Matanzas: Margaret Calhoun, F, Sr.; Shanteria Few, G, Fr.
Seabreeze: Zhamiria Bell, F, Jr.; Tatianna McCoy, G, Sr.
Spruce Creek: Ally Marcey, F, So.
Taylor: Emily Underwood, F, Sr.
Trinity Christian: Megan Hagy, F/G, Fr.
University: Stacy Jefferson, G, Sr.
Warner Christian: Amanda Boals, G, Jr.
2013: Ronni Williams, Atlantic
2012: Ronni Williams, Atlantic
2011: Ronni Williams, Atlantic
2010: Ronni Williams, Atlantic
2009: Jermisha McRae, Atlantic
2008: Cassie Peoples, Father Lopez
2007: Tonia Gerty, Spruce Creek
2006: Tonia Gerty, Spruce Creek
2005: Jessica Pressley, Father Lopez
2004: LaTochia Richburgh, New Smyrna Beach
2003: Larissa McDonough, Father Lopez
2002: Kim Manning, Atlantic
2001: Nitasha Brown, Mainland
2000: Michelle Bracker, New Smyrna Beach
1999: Ashley Clark, Seabreeze
1998: Athena Christoforakis, Atlantic
1997: Stacy Thompson, Spruce Creek
The all-area girls basketball team was compiled by staff writer Rob Ullery with input from the News-Journal sports staff and the area's head coaches.


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|TAAL VOLCANO BULLETIN 16 December 2012 8:00 A.M.
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Taal Volcano's (14.0000°N, 120.9833°E) seismic network recorded three (3) volcanic earthquakes during the past 24-hour observation period. Field measurements conducted on 11 December 2012 at the western sector of the Main Crater Lake yielded slight increase in water temperature of 32.6°C from 32.2°C, and decrease in water level of 1.17 meters from 1.26 meters. Ground deformation survey in the Volcano Island on 03-15 December 2012 denoted very slight changes at Calauit, Daang Kastila and New Eruption Site precise leveling lines. However, based from the cumulative changes from Calauit precise leveling line, a steady trend towards the March 1994 episode is evident. Values from Sukol and Alas-as lines indicated that the northern and northwest sector of the island is subjecting to slight inflation.
GPS data for the period of October 2012 to December 2012 show inflationary changes in ground deformation while the edifice is still slightly inflated in general compared to February 2011 baseline data. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission at the Main Crater Lake increased to 720 tonnes per day on 27 November 2012 compared to 627 tonnes per day last 07 July 2012.
Alert Level 1 remains in effect over Taal Volcano. This means that hazardous eruption is not imminent. The public, however, is reminded that the Main Crater should be strictly off-limits because sudden steam explosions may occur and high concentrations of toxic gases may accumulate. The northern portion of the Main Crater rim, in the vicinity of Daang Kastila Trail, may also become hazardous when steam emission along existing fissures suddenly increases. Furthermore, the public is also reminded that the entire Volcano Island is a Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ), and permanent settlement in the island is strongly not recommended.
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The University of Maryland is not yet financially able to restore any of the seven teams eliminated last year and must instead use limited athletic department revenues to fund other priorities — including some on the academic side, President Wallace Loh said.
With Maryland facing a $21 million operating deficit and a continuing legal skirmish with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Loh said in an interview that the school must focus on such concerns as paying off debt, improving student financial aid packages and increasing spending on existing athletes — a category in which it would rank among the lowest in the Big Ten.
Loh said Maryland's athletic department remains in a financial hole for now — partly because the ACC began withholding millions of dollars in shared conference revenues after the university announced last November that it was joining the Big Ten in July 2014.
"They continue withholding revenues that are rightfully ours," Loh said.
Loh said Maryland's operating deficit would have been about $5 million or $6 million, but that it has increased to $21 million because of the ACC action.
"With a $21 million deficit, there is not a heck of a lot I can do," Loh said.
Asked about the commission's findings, athletic director Kevin Anderson said Tuesday that his department's goals have not changed.
"Will there be some short-term sacrifices? Yes. The expectations don't change. All my coaches know we're going to compete at the highest level for Big Ten championships and national championships," Anderson said.
The ACC has indicated in court that it is withholding the money because it has realistic concerns that Maryland won't pay the $52 million exit fee. The conference has said the withholdings amount to an "offset" against the exit fee.
Loh was interviewed this week following the release of a report by a university commission created last year to study, among other things, whether any of the eliminated teams could be reinstated. Maryland's shared conference revenues are expected to significantly increase once it becomes part of the Big Ten.
But the 22-member commission, led in part by regent and top donor Barry Gossett, said in the report that it could recommend only that men's outdoor track and field be fully restored.
Although that team was originally targeted for elimination, it was never disbanded. Rather, it was able to continue with the aid of a private fundraising effort.
Under the commission's recommendation — which Loh endorsed — men's outdoor track and field will be fully funded and its scholarships will increase from six to 12.6 next year.
Andrew Valmon, the team's coach, said in a written statement that he was grateful the team stayed afloat.
"Over the last two years, there were countless individuals who made significant contributions to our 'Save Our Sports' campaign and we will be forever grateful for their commitment to our student-athletes and our program," the statement said.
Loh had said late last year that the commission would review the eliminated teams "and recommend which ones should be reinstated, and on what timeline."
He didn't know then that the ACC money would not be available. Maryland has challenged the exit fee in court and has argued that the withholdings are illegal. The litigation is continuing.
The dropped sports were men's tennis, men's indoor track and field and cross country, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, women's water polo, and women's acrobatics and tumbling.
Maryland has projected that revenues will begin to exceed expenses in about five years. Loh said the school will revisit restoring teams when it becomes economically feasible.
"Restoring some teams down the road is definitely a possibility. There are a number of factors that have to be balanced," Loh said.
In the meantime, Anderson said that new Big Ten revenues will provide Maryland athletes with additional money for academic support, training and nutrition.
Loh also said Maryland plans to use some of the Big Ten revenue on the academic side rather than returning it all to athletics.
"I want to use some of the money to support student financial aid for students as a whole," Loh said. "We will be one of the very few universities in the country where you use athletic money to support the academic side of the house."
Most athletic departments lack the resources to provide significant support, if any, to academic programs. Among the exceptions are Iowa and Alabama.
Alabama, the defending BCS national champion in football, has provided money for academic scholarships.
Loh also said Maryland will use $500,000 per year in existing athletic department money to expand mental health counseling for all students.
Loh said he was influenced by a February incident in which a university student shot two other students, one fatally, before killing himself. At a vigil following the shooting, Loh had become emotional. "Each of us is asking, what do we need to change to prevent or mitigate the chances of something like this happening?" he had said.
Loh said this week that mental health "is the number one issue among students across this whole country. Everybody is scrambling to increase mental health resources. So here's an opportunity."
In addition to its operating debt, Maryland has about $80 million in capital debt from building Comcast Center and upgrading Byrd Stadium.
The school hopes to also build an indoor practice facility, primarily for football. The commission recommended that Big Ten money not be used for such a facility, and Loh agreed.
Rather, Loh said the school would embark on a capital campaign to raise the $50 million to $80 million needed to build the facility.


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Military widow honors late husband with Veterans Day baby gender reveal
HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (WSET) -- On Veterans Day, you usually see red, white, and blue, but one military widow only saw pink.
Cassie Lohrey hosted a baby gender reveal party at her home in Hampstead, North Carolina Saturday.
Surrounded by a group of Marine and Navy corpsmen who served with her late husband, Ryan Lohrey, they helped reveal their baby's gender.
Lohrey died in a military plane crash in Mississippi in July.
A few weeks after his death, Cassie found out she was pregnant. She's naming their baby Ryan Jo Lohrey, her husband's first name and her middle name.
Baby Lohrey is due in March.


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TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center will host a free educational seminar on bariatric weight-loss surgery at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at the hospital's multipurpose conference room, 707 E. Main St., Town of Wallkill.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center will host a free educational seminar on bariatric weight-loss surgery at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at the hospital's multipurpose conference room, 707 E. Main St., Town of Wallkill.
Obesity treatment options including nonsurgical approaches and gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric banding surgery will be discussed by one of Orange Regional's board-certified, fellowship-trained bariatric surgeons.
A Bariatric Support Group will meet immediately following the seminar, on the topic "Psychology: Learn Not to Sabotage Your Weight Loss, How to Avoid Bad Habits and Fear of Change."
For more information call 888-321-6762.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center will offer free mammograms from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Ray W. Moody, M.D. Breast Center, Orange Regional Medical Pavilion, 75 Crystal Run Road, Town of Wallkill.
Appointments are limited and must be made by Dec. 4.
The event is open to women without insurance who are not experiencing breast problems. They must be age 41 or older and have not had a mammogram within a year's time. Women who have had a mammogram within a year's time and are experiencing breast problems may still fit the criteria. They are encouraged to call for more information.
During the hourlong appointment, patients will receive a clinical breast exam and mammography, breast health education and self-breast exam training.
The screenings will be led by Dr. Howard M. Karpoff, surgical oncologist and chairman of the Department of Surgery.
Call 888-321-6762.
TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center's free Ostomy Support Group of Orange County will meet from 1-2 p.m. Dec. 7 at its new location, Community Health Education Center, 110 Crystal Run Road, Town of Wallkill.
Although December's meeting takes place on the first Saturday of the month, meetings in 2014 will take place on the second Saturday of the month, with no meetings in January, February, July and August.
For more information, call Carolyn at 986-3917 or Orange Regional at 888-321-6762.
CENTRAL VALLEY — A two-part "Express" Birth Matters class will begin from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in Central Valley.
The classes are offered by the Maternal-Infant Services Network of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties Inc. The final class will meet at the same time on Dec. 17.
Pregnant couples will learn about the stages and phases of labor as well as comfort techniques and strategies for birth and postpartum. Additional access to online resources is included with the registration fee.
For information on location and fees, call 928-7448, ext. 301.
NEWBURGH — Crystal Run Healthcare will present a free community health seminar at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at SUNY Orange Kaplan Hall, Great Room, 1 Washington Center, Newburgh.
Dr. Hal Teitelbaum, Crystal Run managing partner/CEO, and a team of health-care experts will present the seminar.
Topics include how to be your own health-care advocate, getting the best value from preventive care, understanding the Affordable Care Act, and what to look for in a health-care provider.
Free flu shots will follow the presentation. Register at crystalrunhealthcare.com/seminar or call 703-6342.
MONTICELLO — The Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless will host a discussion on navigating the new health-care system at 1 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Federation's 9 Monticello St. location.
Dan Desmond from Hudson River HealthCare will speak about the Affordable Care Act. The free event will be an informational opportunity and will also feature a question-and-answer session.
For more information, call Kathy Kreiter at 794-2604.


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Get your students ready for an imaginative ride through history. The Knotted Line uses interactive media and over 50 paintings—representing historic and future events from 1495 to 2025—to explore the relationship between freedom and incarceration in America.
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This weekend Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia is offering a city sightseeing tour especially for wheelchair users. If the demand is high, further dates will follow.
As you would expect, Germany's cities already offer tours in sign language and for visitors with visual impairments. Travel geared towards people with restricted mobility is well established and is getting easier all the time. Three quarters of German rail stations now have disabled facilities and companies such as Lufthansa, airberlin and Deutsche Bahn offer a special service for handicapped travellers. Holidays for all are a top priority in Destination Germany.


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How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder?
Because of software patents, we cannot distribute MP3 encoding software ourselves. Follow these instructions to use the free LAME encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity.
- Go to the external LAME download page.
- Under "For Audacity on Windows", left-click the link "Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe" and save the file anywhere on your computer. Do not right-click the link to the .exe file.
- Double-click "Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe" to launch it (you can safely ignore any warnings that the "publisher could not be verified").
- Follow the "Setup" instructions to install LAME for Audacity. Do not change the offered destination location of "C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity".
- The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask for the location of "lame_enc.dll". Navigate to "C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity", select "lame_enc.dll", then click "Open" and "OK".
- If you prefer the Zip option for the LAME download, save the zip file to anywhere on your computer, extract "lame_enc.dll" to any location, then show Audacity where to find it as in Step 5 above.
- In case of difficulty, please view our more detailed instructions on the Audacity Wiki.
Mac OS 9 or X
- Go to the external LAME download page.
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On Monday afternoon, Steve Reddick, co-president of the Oak Ridge Education Association, joined Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan and Oak Ridge Board of Education Chairman Keys Fillauer in their public denunciation of comments related to what Oak Ridge City Council member Trina Baughn has called "a culture of terror" in the Oak Ridge School System.
On Monday afternoon, Steve Reddick, co-president of the Oak Ridge Education Association, joined Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan and Oak Ridge Board of Education Chairman Keys Fillauer in their public denunciation of comments related to what Oak Ridge City Council member Trina Baughn has called "a culture of terror" in the Oak Ridge School System.
Baughn expounded on her recently published "school safety" concerns when she spoke for the better part of an hour on Monday morning's broadcast of the Knoxville-based Hallerin Hilton Hill Show on News Talk 98.7. As a result of the talk radio broadcast, Baughn said she also agreed to separate interviews with two Knoxville television stations Monday — prior to the 2 p.m. "press briefing" that she and some 65 others attended in the main lobby of the Oak Ridge High School, which was announced earlier in the day by the city's mayor and the School Board chairman.
In addition to some of the comments made by Fillauer and Beehan which were published in Tuesday's print edition of The Oak Ridger, the OREA's Reddick shared "a few words on behalf of our teachers" at Monday afternoon's 15-minute presentation that was attended by city and school officials, local educators and county politicos.
"For the past 71 years," said Reddick, "the Oak Ridge Schools have been the pride of this community and the school system to which much of the state has looked to as a paradigm for excellence and achievement. And today, despite relentless funding pressure and increased state and federal accountability scrutiny, this perception has NOT changed.
"We have very focused students, excellent and hard-working teachers, and a high-performing school system that continues to be a leader in the region and across the state. The vast majority of our students are learning, excelling, graduating and moving toward a productive future. That doesn't happen by accident, and it certainly wouldn't be happening if things were as bad as stated in last week's column."
First published as a guest column in the Wednesday, July 3, print edition of The Oak Ridger, Baughn's letter to recently hired Oak Ridge School Superintendent Bruce Borchers discusses the need to "shore up security within our schools" — a discussion started by Oak Ridge city and school officials shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of Dec. 14, 1012, where a 20-year-old man who would later commit suicide fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members in Newtown, Conn.
Relying heavily on a May 9 memo to Oak Ridge City Council from Oak Ridge Police Chief Jim Akagi, Baughn's letter cites several examples of how "Oak Ridge Schools staff has been reluctant at best — and in some instances obstructive — in their interaction with Oak Ridge Police Department personnel." Examples cited include information being denied to the ORPD regarding criminal concerns; school trespassing allegedly not being reported or pursued by school officials; an SRO (school resource officer) reportedly not being included in disciplinary hearing authority reviews of an SRO assault nor being advised of student readmission to school; and delays for obtaining information requiring formal "subpoena style" processes to be used.
In her original letter/column, Oak Ridge City Councilwoman Baughn contends that "a culture of terror has saturated our school system." Additionally, on the talk radio broadcast Monday, the elected official alluded to rumors of a high school "fight club" that occurred off-campus during the Oak Ridge High School's lunchtime hours.
In his Monday afternoon rebuttal, Oak Ridge Education Association co-president Reddick stated, "We are a school system with over 4,400 students; 650 certified and non-certified staff; and eight school facilities. As such, like ANY organization with high-performance expectations and over 5,000 moving human parts, there will always be situations that need to be reviewed or could have been handled differently. …That said we do NOT teach, and our students do NOT learn, in a 'Culture of Terror.' This assertion is simply utterly NOT true.
"… Not every school discipline situation involves — or should involve — the police. Those that do, we must absolutely involve them when circumstances require it.
"A clear protocol, consistent communication and best practices between the schools and the police are imperative. Obviously, uncategorically, student safety is our No. 1 priority, and that's essential to our other No. 1 priority, which is their learning. … Ultimately, this is a community issue: Student safety, school security, student achievement, school funding and school excellence don't and won't happen in isolation from each other. And they also won't happen when school staff or other city stakeholders are demonized, misrepresented or when situations are presented without context or consideration of all the facts."
Reddick added, "Together we need to look at the Big Picture, keep seeking positive, proactive solutions to our problems and keep Oak Ridge a top-performing school system and the pride of this community. Together.
"In this situation and at this time of year, I am reminded of Ben Franklin's words to the Colonies on the verge of declaring their independence from Great Britain — 'We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we will all hang separately."


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Makuhari - Japan's flagship consumer technology brands have had a rough few years with their products overshadowed by Korean and US rivals, but the Japanese parts makers who supply those rivals are doing a roaring trade.
That is especially true for Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd, known as a supplier for Apple Inc's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy series of smartphones, and which is projecting a 71 percent jump in operating profit this year.
Orders between July to September were on a par with the previous quarter's record high of 190.5 billion yen ($1.94 billion), President Tsuneo Murata told Reuters on Tuesday in an interview at CEATEC, one of Japan's biggest electronics trade shows held near Tokyo.
Although the company does not publicly name its clients, it was listed by Apple as one of its for 2013 and analysts say it supplied vital components for the recently released iPhone 5S and 5C, for which sales have outstripped analyst expectations.
Another Japanese supplier, Nidec Corp, which makes motors for electronics and automotive parts, is projecting sales to increase 12.8 percent this year and operating profit to rise 325.5 percent to 70 billion yen ($713 million). Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd which competes with Murata, is also forecasting a 14 percent increase in sales and 312.3 percent increase in profit.
Domestic smartphone and electronics makers are not in such a comfortable position.
Japan's household names like Sharp Corp, Panasonic Corp and Sony Corp, have suffered losses on their consumer electronics units in recent years, with many analysts blaming a lack of insight into what global consumers want.
But companies like Murata have managed to avoid the same fate by selling directly to companies and making components that can be flexibly used in the finished product.
"Parts makers sell to businesses, so it's easier to see where the market is heading than with consumers, whose needs are more difficult to understand," Murata said."Overseas sales are growing at lots of Japanese parts makers. Ninety percent of our sales are international and I think the industry average is about 60 percent," he added.
Murata's mainstay products are ceramic capacitors, tiny parts that control the flow of electricity in electronic devices from game consoles to car engine controls. The majority are used in smartphones, which account for 40 percent of overall sales.
Although Murata sees the growth of the smartphone market slowing to around 10 percent within two years from 30 percent currently, he says his company would be able to weather that shift without relying on its other divisions such as auto parts.
"It's not just about the number of smartphones sold. If growth slows will innovation stop? The network technology or the architecture can change," Murata said, adding that a change such as an increase in LTE mobile bandwidth could provide a business opportunity.
For now, the president is expecting orders to stay strong through Christmas after a leap at the beginning of September. The company is projecting operating profit to jump 70.5 percent to 100 billion yen ($1.02 billion) this fiscal year, which ends March 2014.


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Major League Soccer Pre-Season
Sporting Kansas City vs. FC Tucson
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Kino Sports Complex (Tucson, Ariz.)
47 degrees and windy
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Scoring Summary:
KC -- Soony Saad (Chance Myers) 9
TUC -- Patrick Wallen 11
Disciplinary Summary
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (Eric Kronberg 28, Jon Kempin 63); Seth Sinovic (Brian Fekete** 46), Lawrence Olum (Yann Songo'o 46), Aurelien Collin (Ike Opara 46), Chance Myers (Jerome Mechack* 46); Oriol Rosell (Michael Thomas 46), Peterson Joseph (Mitchell Cardenas** 46), Paulo Nagamura (Mikey Lopez 46); Bobby Convey (Christian Duke** 46), Soony Saad (Kyle Miller 46), C.J. Sapong (Mike Reidy** 46)
FC Tucson: (substitute info unavailable) Brian Holt; Michael Kraus, Malcolm Alugas, Conor Spence, Travis Campbell; Donny Toia, James Cohn, Kareem Smith, Tyler Wilson, Reid Schmitt; Patrick Wallen
*Guest trialist
**Supplemental Draft pick
Sporting Kansas City picked up their second consecutive draw in preseason with a 1-1 result against FC Tucson at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Arizona.
The match started out slowly in the opening minutes but quickly picked up momentum just before the ten minute mark, when Sporting KC took a 1-0 lead on a Soony Saad goal.
The goal was assisted by Chance Myers, who got behind the defense with an overlapping run and sent a cross into the box towards Saad. The Michigan alum was unmarked in the box and beat the goalkeeper with a diving header.
Sporting's lead was short-lived as the home side equalized through Patrick Wallen in the 11th minute. FC Tucson beat the Sporting KC offside trap and Wallen capped off the counterattack by slotting it into the back of the net.
FC Tucson didn't have a lot of possession throughout the match but created several good goal scoring opportunities. In the first half, the home side were denied by the post on two different occasions.
As the first half headed into the final 15 minutes, Sporting KC started to assert control of the match and consistently had solid chances in front of goal but were unable to convert them.
Sporting KC made several substitutions at halftime to bring on offseasons signings Ike Opara and Yann Songo'o along with 2013 SuperDraft pick Mikey Lopez.
Neither team were able to generate many chances in the second half but Sporting KC did continue to have the better run of play. For the second match in a row, Sporting used three goalkeepers with Jimmy Nielsen starting, Erik Kronberg coming around the 30 minute mark, and Jon Kempin finishing out the final third of the match.
Sporting KC would make a late charge in the final moments of the second half with two decent chances. Mitchell Cardenas was close to being one on one with the goalkeeper after a Christian Duke through ball but an FC Tuscon defender was able to make a sliding tackle to force a corner kick. On the ensuing corner kick, Michael Thomas sent a cross into the box that an unmarked Brian Fekete headed just over the crossbar.
Sporting Kansas City will conclude their preseason trip to Arizona on Friday with a match against the Portland Timbers at 7 PM CT. The match will be streamed live online at SportingKC.com/live


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Manchester Market clerk robbed by man armed with knife
May 24. 2013 1:21PM
MANCHESTER - Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a convenience store after threatening the clerk with a large knife.
Police say the robbery happened around 10:55 p.m. Thursday at the Manchester Market on Hooksett Road.
The clerk and a customer told police that a man wearing a surgical mask and gloves entered the store brandishing a hunting knife, then demanding the cash from the register.
The suspect is described as a slim white man, about 5-feet-6 to 5-feet-10 with brown hair and brown eyes.


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Man accused of giving abortion drug to take plea
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Court papers show a Tampa man will admit in court to tricking his pregnant ex-girlfriend into taking a pill he believed would cause her to have a miscarriage.
According to a plea agreement filed Friday in federal court, 28-year-old John Welden will plead guilty to tampering with a consumer product and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. A hearing is scheduled for Monday.
The agreement recommends 13 years and eight months in prison. He faced a possible life sentence if convicted of his original charge, killing an unborn child.
Welden's father is a prominent fertility doctor. Prosecutors say Welden forged his father's signature to obtain the abortion drug Cytotec, relabeled it as an antibiotic and tricked his former girlfriend into taking it. She miscarried in March.


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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - It was a very special night at the Colonial Life Arena Friday.
The University of South Carolina honored some pioneers of the athletics department, the school's first black athletes.
Carolina welcomed its first black athletes in 1969, six years after the school was integrated.
"It's a wonderful thing," said Casey Manning, USC's first African American basketball player. "You're honored. It's not just for me or Jackie Brown who is not with us any longer and I miss Jackie Brown or Carlton Haywood, but it's for all the students that were here back during the days we were in school and it's not just an individual honor, it's a collective thing, it's for the community, it's for all the students and for the greater Columbia area and the whole state.
Athletes who played from 1969 to 1979 were recognized.
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BHP Billiton Ltd., the biggest mining company, said the shale boom in the U.S. will spur an industrial revival and transform the world's largest economy.
"There are always opportunities for exports in the U.S. and Canada, but I think there's a push and a growth of re- industrialization in the U.S. that will consume a lot of the energy in that country and give them a great opportunity to grow going forward, and we're well positioned for that," BHP Chief Financial Officer Graham Kerr said yesterday at the Bloomberg Australia Economic Summit.
In contrast, in Melbourne-based BHP's homeland, Australia, companies from Chevron Corp. to ConocoPhillips are investing almost $200 billion on plants to export liquefied natural gas to Asia. Under outgoing Chief Executive Officer Marius Kloppers, BHP spent $20 billion in 2011 buying shale assets in the U.S. to tap a projected increase in demand for energy.
"The energy division is very important to BHP and perhaps it didn't receive much investment in the previous years so they needed to underpin the growth story there," Tom Price, a Sydney-based analyst at UBS AG, said yesterday in an interview at the economic summit. In terms of strategy, "they seem to have positioned themselves well," he said.
U.S. crude-oil output in the fourth quarter this year will exceed imports for the first time since 1995, as fields in North Dakota and Texas put the nation on track to surpass a production record set a quarter-century ago, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said last month. Domestic gas output is forecast by Bloomberg New Energy Finance to increase 25% by 2020.
Beat Saudis
The U.S. will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production in the next decade, making the world's biggest user almost self-reliant, the International Energy Agency said last year.
"Traditionally they have been short energy" in the U.S., Kerr said. Now the shale opportunity is "hard not to be excited about. It's transformational," he said.
The U.S. shale-gas revolution, which has revitalized chemicals companies and prompted talk of domestic energy self- sufficiency, is attracting a wave of investment that may revive profits in the steel industry.
Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine AG last month chose Texas as the site for a new 550 million-euro ($721 million) factory, to benefit from cheap gas, while Nucor Corp., the most valuable U.S. steelmaker, plans to start up a $750 million Louisiana project in mid-2013.
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Snow promised to bring up complaints about China's currency manipulation that many in U.S. manufacturing circles say are responsible for surging Chinese exports and 2.6 million lost jobs. (Snow did, but got little to show for his efforts, according to press reports.)
China pegs its yuan at 8.3 to the dollar, which analysts say makes its products about 30 percent cheaper in the U.S. market – before you consider the wages Chinese manufacturers pay their slaves, er, workers.
Calling the currency allegations good fodder for the 2004 U.S. political debate, an editorial in the Sept. 4 issue of the International Herald Tribune agreed it would be better if China allowed its currency to float freely, but…
"China's financial system remains fragile, and sudden currency volatility could lead to a banking crisis that could spell disaster for the world," the editorial said. "Washington would do better to urge China's leaders to focus on their lack of preparation to assume their proper role in the world's financial order."
So U.S. workers searching for jobs in a depressed economy are supposed to take comfort in the fact that Chinese bankers can sleep better at night knowing they have a few more months to get their houses in order.
From London, The Economist said Chinese policymakers "have more pressing things to worry about than effects on others of a cheap yuan." The magazine said it's more important that the Chinese rein in their overheated economy without pushing it into recession.
"In trying to achieve this, they deserve support, since China is one of the few bright spots at a time of sputtering worldwide economic growth," said the article, which then described how China's booming economy has led to "irrational exuberance" in lending.
Both articles imply that U.S. workers are grossly overpaid and that, somehow, China should be rewarded for its low wages. A Chinese factory worker earns $1,182 per year vs. $29,000 in the United States, another foreign publication, The Financial Times, notes.
Such frequently-cited comparisons remind me of what my friend Richard R. Oswald said about yet another article extolling the need for the United States and the European Union to lower their farm subsidies to help third world farmers: "Great theory. I'm going to sharpen my hoe and practice going barefoot."
This tendency to overlook the failure of foreign manufacturers to pay living wages in comparing economic advantages is one of the more troubling aspects of the current commentary.
As another friend once said, "You don't make things better by pulling us down to their levels," referring to the wages paid to cotton pickers in Ecuador. The United States left the era of $1-a-day wages in the last century. It's a shame so many seem to be trying to pull us back to it.


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The annual Newfane Town Celebration kicked off Friday night with Main Street filled with motorcycles for Bike Night. Lots of bikes on the street with some great custom and stock machines, old and new, along with perfect weather, brought a large crowd out to see the bikes, visit with friends and find a bite to eat.
Saturday, the bikes were replaced with vendor tents, with crafts, products, wine and food - something for all members of the family. After the parade, the street filled with folks out having a good time, with the Hot Country Liners Dance Team, a dunk tank, shopping the vendors and having lunch on the street. (photos by Wayne Peters)


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Breaking news now on the Web
One of the limitations of a weekly newspaper is that breaking news often happens and can't be covered until the next issue. Well, we've changed that.
With our new Web site the Jamestown Press will now be able to report on breaking news that is important to our readers. That means that if there is information about a pending weather event, say a hurricane or a blizzard, we'll be able to keep islanders informed.
The Jamestown Press staff will also be able to keep readers informed of other important news events as they happen. Important updates to our Web site can be found the top of our home page and will be designated as "Breaking News."
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"American Idol" is going back to its roots for its final season.
Ryan Seacrest assured E! News' Will Marfuggi that all of the show's former judges, including Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, and the formidable tight T-shirted Simon Cowell, will return at some point as the singing competition series takes its final bow.
"We will have the former judges back," Seacrest revealed when Marfuggi caught up with him during "Idol's" Hollywood Week. "The plan is to have all of them back. They've all considered it and I think are enthusiastic about coming back and saluting the show."
Aside from Abdul, Jackson, and Cowell, the list of former judges also includes Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ellen DeGeneres, Steven Tyler, and Kara DioGuardi, and the hilarious thought of all of those people in one room alongside current judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick Jr. is almost enough to curb our sadness over saying goodbye to this show.
CLICK: Simon Cowell is joining "America's Got Talent" as a judge
Even though Abdul, Jackson, and Cowell are the original kings and queens of the "Idol" judges' chairs, Lopez and Connick Jr. don't seem to be too worried about any territorial disputes. In fact, Connick Jr. is ready to give up his chair to Cowell completely.
"He can sit there, hell yeah," Connick Jr. says. "I'll go up and sing for him and let him judge me."
Urban, on the other hand, is ready for an "American Idol" rumble, and he has a special request.
"I'd like to see Ellen and Simon sitting very close to each other, right next to each other, showing people that chemistry," he jokes of the famous "Idol" frenemies. "I think it's important for people to see that."
Cowell is particularly busy right now on the reality competition front. It was announced last month that he'll be joining season 11 of NBC's "America's Got Talent" as a judge, along with his executive producer role.
"American Idol" returns to Fox for a 15th and final season on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
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Ever wanted to make your next long-distance journey seem that little bit more epic? Well now you can, thanks to a new 8-bit version of Google Maps. Similar in style to old Enix (now Square Enix) games from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) era, this new way to view Google Maps will definitely give your next journey that sense of adventure.
The pixel style map can be accessed by visiting the regular Google Maps website: all you have to do is click the 'Quest' option, alongside the usual 'Earth' and 'Satellite' buttons. Once clicked, the map you are viewing will be transformed into 8-bit goodness.
So, why the sudden appearance of a cutesy 8-bit version of Google's mapping tool? April Fools' of course, what else?
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There's a leak in the main reactor and thousands of deadly atomic Cores are on the loose. Don't let the cores pass through the gate!
Powerful Blasters are at your disposal. Use them strategically to destroy the radioactive Cores.
Combine the right weapons and crush these hectic hazards before they cause the explosion of the whole engine.
Core Blaster is a fast-paced game with fine mix between classic strategy game and puzzle.
Your objective is to simply destroy all the enemies (Cores) before they reach the gate. Here's the one condition - Cores come in different colors and only the corresponding colored Blasters can destroy them. Sounds easy? Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg. At higher levels, you will be busy combining different colored Blasters using basic color theory to defeat different colors of Cores.
Core Blaster offers great depth and varieties to keep you challenged through all 80+ levels. Will you dare take this challenge and manage to achieve the A rank in every levels?
★ Enjoy free 20 levels, each with unique strategies, puzzles, and solutions
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A mere 10 miles north of the town of Kernersville and 15 miles northeast of bustling Winston-Salem is the unincorporated community of Belews Creek. This small, Forsyth County town has a population of just over 2,000 people. Originally named Belews Creek Mill, this quiet burg provides a welcome rural getaway for those who work in the nearby urban centers of the Piedmont Triad region.
Belews Creek residents enjoy a truly unique lifestyle, and opportunities for water-sports are plentiful at nearby Belews Lake. Locals can enjoy sailing, fishing, swimming, and water-skiing within just a few minutes of home. Nearby Kernersville offers sports, shopping, entertainment, and a rich history, and for those who are craving a dose of city life, it can easily be found in Winston-Salem in minutes.
If you're looking for a place to call your own in the Piedmont Triad area that will get you away from it all (but not too terribly far), then Belews Creek is an ideal place to make a home. Belews Creek real estate offers a lot of home for the money, relative to some other towns in the area. Spacious floorpalns, lake views, and boat slips are available with many of the homes for sale in Belews Creek.
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This applies to the Legacy Octopre (fitted with an A/D Card)
If the optional A/D converter card is fitted then you can use a single ADAT cable to connect from either of the Octopre ADAT outputs to the ADAT in of the 002. Make sure that the bit depth and sample frequency are set to the same both in Pro Tools (or any other DAW you may be using) and on the front of the Octopre (note you can only choose 44.1 or 48KHz when using 8-channel ADAT Lightpipe). Also ensure that the clock source for the 002 is set to ADAT.
If the optional converter card is not fitted then you will need a 25-pin snake with balanced 1/4" jack connectors. Connect this to the line out connector of the Octopre and conect the jacks to input 1-8 of the 002. For channels 5-8, ensure that the nominal input level switches on the 002 are all set to +4.


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Moment of Silence for Those Lost on American Airlines Flight 11 and at the World Trade Center 8:46 AM 9/11/2001
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May we never forget the tragedy that took place on 11th September 2011. Thankfully nothing of this magnitude has taken place since then but we must always remain vigilant. However, we do need to make one change based on this tragedy. That is we need four trained and armed security officers on each flight that passes over US air space. Four government trained people (the US Marshals service would be the appropriate agency to run this program IMO) with guns willing to kill terrorists on each of these flights would have prevented this tragedy. I have said it here before and will again -- this could be paid for with a $75 per flight ($150 maximum per trip) tax on each and every plane trip sold.
Even though I may disagree on the above point with TSA officials (or it would have already been done), I respect TSA employees attempting to keep flyers safe and support them 100 per cent. Even with armed US Marshals on board every flight there would still be a place for searching of packages and passengers to prevent tragedy. However, without armed guard on each plane we will never truly be safe from terrorists IMO.
It is truly a shame that what TSA is doing to this country makes a mockery of all of those people who died on 9/11/2001.
"May we never forget the tragedy that took place on 11th September 2011. Thankfully nothing of this magnitude has taken place since then but we must always remain vigilant."
Actually, the number of fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan outnumbers those killed on 9/11. For their families, there certainly has been a tragedy of that magnitude.
Your suggestion of four Marshals is ridiculous - the government is not capable of managing the current number. The fees you mention are also ridiculous. Are you suggesting there should be four Marshals on a 50 seat RJ and four Marshals on a 500 seat A380?
TSA employees do not "keep flyers safe;" hardened cockpit doors and forewarning do.
How many teachers and priests have we seen in the news fooling around with young kids? Oh and did we forget about the asst. coach at Penn State? What about him? In case you all haven't noticed their are bad apples in every bunch. This simply boils down to one thing. If you don't want to go through the security procedures and deal with all the restrictions....DONT FLY! Flying is a privilege not a right. Take other means of transportation. Way to go TSA!! Keep up the excellent work you do screening millions of passengers each day. And no hijackings since TSA was created 10 years ago!!!
I commented on this story the day it was posted. My comment did not violate any of the posting guidelines and directly responded to the ludicrous proposal to put four air marshals on every flight at the cost of "only" $75-$150 a ticket. This comment was never posted. Please explain why this was never posted or post it without further delay.