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thehockeyguru wrote:Out of the furnace was a good movie, slow at times but well done.
eddysnake wrote:Dickie Dunn wrote:
If I have one concern about the future of the series...Spoiler:to this point in the series the apes and their growing society have been more likeable and easier to root for than the humans. That feeling was subdued a bit in this film because the main villain was an ape and humans were simply trying to survive and did not provoke the war, but I'm not feeling a "damn dirty ape" moment building in this series. Caesar (and his son) is too likeable and too focused on maintaining the peace between the two species to turn into a brutal leader that helps the apes domineer over humans.
After the first two movies in this reboot, I have faith they'll find an appropriate way to tackle this issue. I imagine the impending ape war with the military might set civilization back even further. I'm also interested to see how they work the missing astronauts/time dilation into future movies.
regarding the future sequel, the director had this to say about the original ending of dawn which says a lot about the next one...Spoiler:PETER: I heard there was another ending to this movie that we're not seeing. Is that coming out on the DVD and what is it?
MATT:...And what was different about the ending was that after the ending that you see in the final film, the idea was that the apes went out on a kind of exodus through the city and they gathered on the Golden Gate Bridge in order to look into the distance for the approaching warships. And I felt that it was taking us too far into the next movie. And almost starting the next movie and not letting the emotion of what had just happened, of what Caesar had just achieved and what Caesar had the price that he had paid. It wasn't letting that resonate and it wasn't ending, the final shot with again hopefully not spoiler way, but the final shot was actually in a way the very same final shot. It was actually him on top of the Golden Gate Bridge which was covered in apes, all looking out way, way into the distance and to see this really like messed up armada way in the distance showing up like really like ships in disrepair. And it moved into his eyes as he took in the uncertain future.
PETER: The battle that's coming.
MATT: Yeah. And it had a kind of resonance. It was kind of cool. But I realized that we had skipped too much of the emotion by doing that. And that it actually in a way boxed us in too much to like the exact moment that felt like and also when we started showing this to people, some people are going wait, so does that mean the battle… like I meant for those ships to be way in the distance and they hadn't even seen the apes, 'cause obviously the apes weren't gathering to begin the fight. The apes were gathering to look and see the fight that was coming toward them. And so but it was hard to render that idea. And when I showed it to some people they were like going, so that's it? They're gonna start fighting right now? And I was like well no, and I realized that we didn't have the right ending. So actually that last beat that is the last beat on Andy, this is actually kind of a cool thing too.
eddysnake wrote:saw that trailer last night in the theater and while the story is amazing, we both laughed when it said "from director Angelina Jolie". Apparently this is the early oscar frontrunner for the year and I see it being a really good deserving movie or a grasp for that oscar from Jolie and ends up being utter garbage. I'm hoping it's the first as the story is well deserving of a top notch film treatment, but something turns me off by Jolie making this. I hope I'm proven wrong though.
pittsports87 wrote:They are filming Southpaw 5 minutes from me, I might have to go check it out.
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Wilson A. Heefner, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Dec. 22, 1931 - Feb. 16, 2013
Wilson A. Heefner, M.D., 81, Stockton, was raised to eternal life on February 16, 2013. He
was born in Waynesboro, PA, on December 22, 1931, the son of the late J. Wilson and Evelyn N. Heefner. Doctor Heefner was predeceased by his beloved son Jay W. Heefner II, and is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Patricia, and his daughter, Annette Rigato and her husband Randy, Linden, CA. He is also survived by his daughter-in-law Alice Heefner. His life was particularly blessed by his grandchildren, Heather, Leah, and Max Heefner, and Ryan Rigato. Other survivors include his brother, Jay Heefner and his wife Pat; his sister, Madolin Harbaugh and her husband
Ronald; and sister-in-law Margaret Heefner, all of Waynesboro, PA. His brother, Colin Heefner, predeceased him. Dr. Heefner graduated from high school in June 1949 in Waynesboro, PA. In July 1949 Dr. Heefner enlisted in the U.S. Army. He received an honorable discharge in the grade of corporal in December 1952.
Following his discharge from active duty, he continued his military career in the Army National Guard and the U.S. reserve, retiring in 1990 in the grade of colonel after forty-one years of active duty and reserve component service. In June 1956 he graduated summa cum laude from Gettysburg College, PA. On July 8, 1956, Patricia A. Snodderly, Waynesboro, and he were united in the bonds of holy matrimony. Dr. Heefner received his Doctor of Medicine Degree summa cum laude in June 1960 from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. He completed his internship and residency in pathology in 1965. He was an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Maryland until 1968, when he joined the pathology practice of Doctors Alfred Edwards and W. Robert Sawyer at Dameron Hospital, Stockton, retiring in 1988. After receiving a Master of Arts degree in 1992 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dr. Heefner began a second career as a military historian and author. Dr. Heefner was a longtime faithful member of Quail Lakes Baptist Church, where he served as an elder. He held membership in various Masonic groups. He was also a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, AMVETS, Military Officers Association of America, and B.P.O. Elks. He was a past president of the local chapters of the American Cancer Society and the Military Officers Association of America. He served as Chief of Staff of Dameron Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at Quail Lakes Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m., on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Final arrangements by Cherokee Memorial Park and Funeral Home. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that any memorial gifts be sent to the Memorial Fund, Quail Lakes Baptist Church, 1904 Quail Lakes Drive, Stockton, CA 95207. Please sign the online guestbook at www.cherokeememorial.com.


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Criterion October Releases (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
The Criterion Collection announces their release lineup for the month of October
Quote: Release Date: 4 Oct 2011
Synopsis: Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to be allowed to commit ritual suicide on the property. Iyi's clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for a new position, try to force his hand and get him to eviscerate himself—but they have underestimated his beliefs and his personal brand of honor. Winner of the 1963 Cannes Film Festival's Special Jury Prize, Harakiri, directed by Masaki Kobayashi is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system.
Disc Features
-High-definition digital restoration
-Video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie
-Excerpt from a rare Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi, moderated by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
-Video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto
-Original theatrical trailer
-A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of a 1972 interview by Mellen with Kobayashi
Quote: Release Date: 4 Oct 2011
Synopsis: Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious final film, Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom, has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . It's also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker's transposition of the Marquis de Sade's eighteenth-century opus of torture and degradation to Fascist Italy in 1944 remains one of the most passionately debated films of all time, a thought-provoking inquiry into the political, social, and sexual dynamics that define the world we live in.
Disc Features
-High-definition digital restoration
- "Salò": Yesterday and Today, a thirty-three-minute 2002 documentary featuring interviews with director Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor-filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette, and Pasolini friend Nineto Davoli
-Fade to Black, a twenty-three-minute 2001 documentary featuring directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, and John Maybury, as well as scholar David Forgacs
- The End of "Salò", a forty-minute documentary about the film's production
-Video interviews with set designer Dante Ferretti and director and film scholar Jean-Pierre Gorin
-Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
-Theatrical trailer
-A booklet featuring essays by Neil Bartlett, Breillat, Naomi Greene, Sam Rohdie, Roberto Chiesi, and Gary Indiana, and excerpts from Gideon Bachmann's on-set diary
The Four Feathers
Quote: Release Date: 11 Oct 2011
Synopsis: This spectacular Technicolor epic, directed by Zoltán Korda, is considered the finest of the many adaptations of A.E.W. Mason's classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empire's exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Korda's legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, The Four Feathers follows the travails of a young officer (John Clements) accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow officers (including Ralph Richardson) and fiancée (June Duprez). Featuring music by Miklós Rózsa and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Georges Périnal, The Four Feathers is a thrilling, thunderous epic.
Disc Features
-New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
-Audio commentary by film historian Charles Drazin
-New video interview with David Korda, son of director Zoltán Korda
- A Day at Denham, a short film from 1939 featuring footage of Zoltán Korda on the set of The Four Feathers
-A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow
Quote: Release Date: 18 Oct 2011
Synopsis: In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well. From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror classic Onibaba, Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a spectacularly eerie twilight tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special effects and exquisite cinematography.
Disc Features
-New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
-Video interview with director Kaneto Shindo from the Directors Guild of Japan
-New video interview with critic Tadao Sato
-Theatrical trailer
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and an excerpt from film scholar Joan Mellen's 1972 interview with Shindo
Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad Cowboys
Quote: Release Date: 18 Oct 2011
Synopsis: In the late eighties and early nineties, Aki Kaurismäki, the master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by "the worst rock-and-roll band in the world." Leningrad Cowboys Go America's posse of fur-coated, outrageously pompadoured hipsters struck such a chord with international audiences that the fictional band became a genuine attraction, touring the world. Later, Kaurismäki created a sequel, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, and filmed a gigantic stadium show the band put on in Helsinki for the rollicking documentary Total Balalaika Show. With this Eclipse series, we present these crackpot musical and comic odysseys, along with five Leningrad Cowboys music videos directed by Kaurismäki.
Collector's Set Includes:
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
- Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
- Total Balalaika Show (1994)
Identification of a Woman
Quote: Release Date: 25 Oct 2011
Synopsis: Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman is a body- and soul-baring voyage into one man's artistic and erotic consciousness. After his wife leaves him, a film director finds himself drawn into affairs with two enigmatic women, while at the same time searching for the right subject (and actress) for his next film. This spellbinding anti-romance was a late-career coup for the legendary Italian filmmaker, and is renowned for its sexual explicitness and an extended scene on a fog- enshrouded highway that stands with the director's greatest set pieces.
Disc Features
-New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
-Theatrical trailer
-New and improved English subtitle translation
-A booklet featuring an essay by critic John Powers and a reprinted 1982 interview with Michelangelo Antonioni by critic Gideon Bachmann
Island of Lost Souls
Quote: Release Date: 25 Oct 2011
Synopsis: A twisted treasure from Hollywood's pre-Code horror heyday, Island of Lost Souls is a cautionary tale of science run amok adapted from H. G. Wells's novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. In one of his first major movie roles, Charles Laughton is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor (Richard Arlen) who finds himself trapped there. Erle C. Kenton's touchstone of movie terror is elegantly shot by Karl Struss, features groundbreaking makeup effects that inspired generations of monster-movie artists, and costars Bela Lugosi in one his most gruesome roles.
Disc Features
-New high-definition digital restoration of the uncut theatrical version (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
-Audio commentary by film historian Gregory Mank, author of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff and Hollywood's Maddest Doctors
-New video conversation among filmmaker John Landis ( An American Werewolf in London), Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker ( An American Werewolf in London, Videodrome), and genre expert Bob Burns
-New interviews with horror film historian David J. Skal ( The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror); filmmaker Richard Stanley ( Hardware, original director of the ill-fated 1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau)
-New interviews with Devo founding members Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, whose manifesto is rooted in themes from Island of Lost Souls
-Theatrical trailer
-A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Christine Smallwood
Dazed and Confused
Quote: Release Date: 25 Oct 2011
Synopsis: merica, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen. A launching pad for a number of future stars, Linklater's first studio effort also features endlessly quotable dialogue and a blasting, stadium-ready soundtrack. Sidestepping nostalgia, Dazed and Confused is less about "the best years of our lives" than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting . . . for something to happen.
Disc Features
-High-definition digital transfer of the director's cut, supervised by director Richard Linklater and cinematographer Lee Daniel
-Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 soundtracks
-Audio commentary by Linklater
- Making Dazed, a fifty-minute documentary by Kahane Corn
-Rare on-set interviews and behind-the-scenes footage
-Footage from the ten-year anniversary celebration
-Audition footage and deleted Scenes
-Original theatrical trailer
-A booklet featuring essays by Kent Jones, Jim DeRogatis, and Chuck Klosterman; memories of the film from the cast and crew; character profiles; and the original film poster by Frank Kozik
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I love the s**t outta Criterion. I love how faithful their releases always are--minimal-to-no DNR, often sticking with the original audio option instead of remixing, generally they rock.
I want Harakiri and I might also take the plunge on The Four Feathers, since watching the Heath Ledger remake, has made me curious to check out the original...
Love the cover art on Island of Lost Souls.
Harakiri is awesome!
Crack that whip!
Island of Lost Souls is essential for my collection
Are we not men? We are Devo!!
Are we not men? We are Devo!!
I'm getting Harakiri and Kuroneko. I think a Salo DVD will do just fine, and I'm not in a rush to get Dazed and Confused in 1080p.
I'll be buying Harakiri myself, and renting Island of Lost Souls, since I haven't seen it since I found a bootleg VHS back in college. I've never even heard of
Kuroneko, so I'm curious about that one too.
Kuroneko, so I'm curious about that one too.
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Members of an excavation team hunting for dozens of World War II-era British fighter aircraft believed buried at Myanmar's main international airport said Friday that the search will take longer than expected after a survey discovered bundles of electric cables in the way.
A retired Myanmar geology professor who is helping hunt for the rare Spitfires, Soe Thein, said the survey team located wooden crates underground at Yangon airport that could contain the planes.
But cables and water pipes were found above the crates, which will make unearthing them more time-consuming. He said there is no blueprint for the cables' precise locations.
A news conference originally scheduled for Sunday was canceled, apparently because of the snag.
"We haven't stopped and we cannot stop. It is just a delay in our work," Soe Thein said.
There was no word on when crates would finally be unearthed.
The Spitfire won fame for helping Britain beat back waves of enemy bombers during the war, which ended in 1945.
About 20,000 Spitfires were built, although the dawn of the jet age quickly made the propeller-driven, single-seat planes obsolete.
As many as 140 of the planes — three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist — are believed to have been buried in near-pristine condition in Myanmar by American engineers as the war drew to a close. Of those, 36 are thought to have been buried on the grounds of Yangon's Mingaladon airport, around 100 meters (100 yards) from the runway.
More planes are said to be buried in in Myitkyina in northern Kachin state, where another of the group's teams is digging. Searchers also hit a snag there earlier this month when they found a buried crate unexpectedly full of muddy water, which they said would take weeks to pump out.
British aviation enthusiast David J. Cundall is driving the search for the planes. The go-ahead for excavations came in October when Myanmar's government signed an agreement with Cundall and his local partner.


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Late Monday evening, the row came to an end, with the two parties coming to a "clear agreement" on how to handle the topic of migration.
Horst Seehofer, interior minister and the head of a political party long allied to Chancellor Angela Merkel's, threatened to resign on Sunday. But, on Monday evening, he backed down saying he would keep his post now that he had made a deal with the chancellor on how to handle asylum-seekers arriving in Germany from the Austrian border.
Speaking to reporters, the chancellor said they had found a good compromise after "a hard struggle."
On Sunday night, Seehofer said Merkel's EU-wide plan, hashed out in a meeting of European leaders last week, was as in his words, "insufficient." The two-day summit in Brussels resulted in leaders agreeing on measures that would make it more difficult for migrants to reach the European Union.
Merkel and Seehofer, whose Christian Social Union party is based in Bavaria, have sparred over migration policy since 2015. The latest feud was seen by many as an attempt to strong-arm the chancellor into a stricter asylum policy.
The new agreement promises "transit centers" on the German-Austrian border, where asylum-seekers who have previously registered in other EU countries will be sent back to those countries.
The recent flare-up came even as the number of asylum-seekers coming to Europe has dipped to pre-2015 levels, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
At the same time, however, Bavaria's state elections in October are on the horizon and will come after Seehofer's party lost votes to a more hard-line party against
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Seehofer's "master plan" on migration centered around refusing entry to asylum-seekers who have previously registered in other EU countries, a move that his party likely hoped would win back supporters who turned to the Alternative for Germany. The "transit centers" introduced in the new agreement can be seen as a compromise.
This debate between the sister parties in Germany's ruling coalition had been boiling for weeks. Seehofer gave the chancellor until Sunday night to come up with a restrictive migration policy that pleased his party. If his terms weren't met, he threatened to close the Bavarian border, a move he could enact as interior minister, although it would likely give the chancellor the right to dismiss him from his post.
Leaders and lawmakers in Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union, on Monday afternoon stressed the importance of maintaining the seven-year conservative alliance between their party and Seehoefer's.
We could also make those wages go further by increasing the earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit, which together account for only about 2 percent of total federal outlays. 43 Research demonstrates that such strategies are effective: for children living in the lowest-income households, increasing their parents' incomes to above the federal poverty line during their first formative years had lasting educational and other benefits (Duncan, Magnuson, and Votruba-Drzal 2014).
Raising incomes for middle– and low–social class families is key to ensuring that children do not grow up in poverty, and that today's children become less poor. (Of course, federal budgetary and monetary policies that boost employment are also part of the solution.) At the same time, we must protect families that fall on hard times, so that parents can still provide what their children need. As extensive studies have shown, federal "social safety net" policies such as unemployment insurance, food stamps, and cash assistance are a critical supplement for parents who are out of work or earning chronically low wages. These programs help ensure that children do not suffer the effects of poverty (Trisi 2014; Steinberg 2014).
Closing education gaps also calls for policies that address other structural factors that influence a child's odds of growing up poor. For example, children who are poor are disproportionately growing up in single-parent households—and black kindergartners are three times as likely to live in such households as are white kindergartners. While the factors that contribute to living with fewer than two parents are many, research has shown that boosting low-income workers' wages will bring many men who are currently not eligible or able to marry into the eligible pool (Carbone and Cahn 2014). And since a high proportion of young, poor, black men are excluded from that pool because they are in prison or the correctional system, policies that ultimately could help close education gaps could also include reforming correctional systems (Gudrais 2013; The Sentencing Project 2013). 44
Immigration reform discussions are also relevant to school improvement efforts. Virtually half of the low-SES children in the study are from an immigrant background (49.8 percent), compared with 26 percent of all kindergartners who are immigrants. Hispanic children growing up in immigrant households may face additional barriers to success. Lack of legal status severely limits the work options and incomes of their parents, and the stability of many of their families. Given the impact of these factors on children's well-being, immigration policies that limit the access that these children and their families have to basic supports merit close scrutiny.
Finally, we must address societal and structural biases that compound the effects of poverty on children of color. Poverty-related disadvantages work at multiple levels: at the individual level (as documented in the study), at the neighborhood and school levels (Garcíaand Weiss 2014; Wilson 1987), and at the state level (Carnoy et al. 2015). One of the major socioeconomic inequities that must be addressed is school funding disparities at the school, district, and state levels.
Mr. Suckling, who never married and did not have children of his own, was born in Wheeling, W.Va., and has one sister who lives in Connecticut.
His father, an executive with Westinghouse Electric and Standard Steel Spring, died when Mr. Suckling was a boy; his mother was a homemaker.
He attended boarding school, Penn State University and the University of Arizona, and during WWII, served in the U.S. Army Ordnance in the Pacific.
At a party In 1986, he met Betty Hallett, a Michigan widow visiting a friend in Pittsburgh.The two hit it off and remained companions who traveled together and spent time with Ms. Hallett's sons and grandchildren until her death in 2002.
Even after she died, her sons stayed in touch with Mr. Suckling.
"He had become part of our family," said Barbara Hallett of Pleasant Lake, Mich., a daughter-in-law of Betty Hallett.
"We knew he had some money but we never knew the extent," she said. "He always wanted to pay when we went out but we didn't allow that. One of his favorite things was getting White Castle hamburgers. But most of the time we cooked dinner for him because he loved home-cooked meals like scallops on the grill."
She recalled him talking about history — especially World War II — and playing cards and Legos with her children.
He mowed his own lawn and liked attending to the trees and bushes at Betty Hallett's home in Florida, said Barbara Hallett.
Thom Hallett of Tavernier, Fla., recalled visiting Mr. Suckling after his mother died.They went to Sheila's Diner in Baden, Beaver County, a spot where Mr. Suckling frequently went for breakfast and ordered chipped beef on toast.
"He delighted in the waitresses knowing him there," said Mr. Hallett.
Mr. Suckling also liked to hunt and belonged to the Edgeworth Club and the Elks Club of Coraopolis.
For the last several years of his life, he resided at an independent living facility for seniors. Just prior to his death, he "had signed up for power-scooter lessons so he could get around," said Barbara Hallett.
After he died, some acquaintances questioned why Mr. Suckling hadn't left all of his money to friends and family, she said."We always encouraged him to leave his money to the foundation," she said.
"He was so proud of that fund in his parents name. I'm really glad that's where he left it."
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It is rare to see more than one member of the general public at a Wallenpaupack School Board meeting- other than family of seniors being recognized. Topics from taxes to dress codes have not brought many out. The subject of school prayer at graduation ceremonies, however, brought a congregation's worth.
It is rare to see more than one member of the general public at a Wallenpaupack School Board meeting- other than family of seniors being recognized. Topics from taxes to dress codes have not brought many out. The subject of school prayer at graduation ceremonies, however, brought a congregation's worth.
Attendance swelled to over 50, with about 10 people voicing their concerns. They shared their misgiving with the decision of stopping the practice of holding Invocation and Benediction at the ceremonies, as well as the Supreme Court rulings that were the basis of the School District's action.
Although these rulings show that a public school district cannot host clergy to pray at graduation, the students themselves, who have been invited to speak, have the Constitutional right to voice a prayer or mention God, if they choose to do so. The School District can neither prohibit or promote such action, the audience was told.
An attorney invited by the District, Lukas Repko of the Bethlehem law firm King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul LLC, first discussed the First Amendment and Constitutional Law, and how the US Supreme Court and PA courts have applied it to school prayer.
In June 2013, just after graduation, a parent not agreeing with the time-honored custom of allowing an invited minister to pray at the ceremony, filed a complaint with the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). A lawyer with this organization swiftly wrote the School District, asking for a reply in writing, of what steps would be taken to cease the practice. Supreme Court rulings were cited.
--- Bound by the law
Superintendent Michael Silsby stressed to the audience that the decision is not one any of them may have wanted to make, but they are bound by case law and must remain neutral to matters of religion. Following receipt of the letter, the District conducted their own research over the summer. At the next board session in August, Silsby announced that legal opinion indicated they would no longer be able to schedule prayers at graduation.
Repko explained according to the First Amendment to the Constitution, government must not endorse religion, which can mean organizing or sponsoring an activity. Public school districts are part of the government. Having a public school district invite clergy carries the presumption that they are asked to come for a "religious purpose," and therefore violates the Constitution.
The First Amendment, however, protects religious activity initiated by private individuals.
Consequences of ignoring the law are very clear, he said. If the District were to continue hosting the public prayers, the District could face litigation. Should the District lose the case, attorney fees for the other side would have to be paid and could amount to $300,000 to $500,000. A court injunction would likely be ordered, enforceable by fines and court costs.
Silsby commented that the District had been careful to rotate clergy and kept a disclaimer that the senior class had specifically requested an Invocation and Benediction, and directed both the manner and content.
He said this was not an "emotional choice" on the District's part on stopping the practice, but they are bound by an oath to support the US Constitution. "It's not a choice personally I don't think we'd want to make, but when you have to look at the legal ramifications, you have to," Silsby said.
Baccalaureate services are permissible, Repko discussed, as long as they are not arranged by the School District. Court rulings show that such services may be held on school property, but cannot be promoted by the District.
The Superintendent said that they plan to continue having baccalaureate services. He said he would meet with the local clergy association and offer the services to them to arrange, and let them use the school auditorium as in the past.
--- Student speeches
It was Andy Anderson, in the audience, who first raised whether or not one of the students could be allowed to pray publicly at graduation.
Repko replied that the law does not "ban prayer" in school; there is nothing to prohibit prayer by private people- including students at graduation.
"What if I walked up at graduation and wanted to pray?," Anderson asked.
The District must be able to control events and keep decorum, Repko noted. Silsby stated that they have three students scheduled to speak at commencement: the Class President, who is selected by the Senior Class; the Valedictorian and the Salutatorian, who are picked according to their grades.
"The students must be picked by a secular process," Silsby noted. "We can't [purposely] pick an altar boy." The District cannot control what the students choose to say, and the District cannot be sued by it, he added.
They have freedom of speech, and the School District cannot promote what they say or restrict it, he said.
Terry Jung provided a booklet about a student's First Amendment rights.
While this option exists, another member of the audience commented that he hoped the three students who will eventually be picked to speak won't feel pressure by anyone to make a prayer.
--- Myriad ways
"Religion is brought into school in a myriad of ways," Silsby pointed out, while done so within the law. For instance, the phrase "Under God" is still in the Pledge of Allegiance. As long as there is a balance, chorus directors may include sacred songs among others during a holiday concert. Last year, the School District was questioned openly about teaching about religion in World Cultures class. The manner of which comparative world religions is brought in is allowable, so the curriculum has not been changed. After-school Bible clubs are also allowed, and the District rents out one of the schools for a local church to meet on Sundays.
Anderson commented about the Supreme Court rulings, "The Silent Majority has allowed this."
John Iona noted that one of the more recent Supreme Court actions on the subject of sch0ol prayer was passed by a 5 to 4 vote, with one justice who had changed his mind. A change in the Supreme Court complexion could change things, he added. Iona commended the School District for doing a "phenomenal job."
Michele Mascali Petersen, a parent of Wallenpaupack students, took aim at the denial of the majority's wishes. "The ONE opinion that I will bring forth is from the many high school students that I have mentioned this issue to… they mostly ALL looked at me and said "what about majority rules? Isn't that what we have taught them since their first days in the playground?," she said.
Tammy Gillette asked if the District could inform the three student speakers that they have the right to insert religion if these choose. Repko said no, that would also be seen as "promoting religion." She also asked if the Declaration of Independence- which refers to the Creator- could be read at a public school graduation.
--- Private ceremony?
Among other comments raised, Mark Henkels asked if the graduating class could choose to have a private commencement ceremony, not run by the District but inviting the District personnel and Board as their guests.
This, however, assumes the whole class would want a private ceremony. Silsby noted that baccalaureate services in recent years have seen a decline in attendance. In June, they had 325 graduating, and 50 students at baccalaureate. Silsby added that the District decided to keep having baccalaureate "even if only one came."
Roberta Holcombe reminded that case law can be changed but it involves a fight which is costly.
Donna Reilly said that the District made the only decision it could make, but asked that the District not find a way around others who seek an alternative.
School Board Director Coulby Dunn interjected that he is a Christian, but believes the Superintendent made the right decision to keep the School District neutral.
Superintendent Silsby remarked that no one can argue of what is needed in society, given all the terrible news in the country. He said the Wallenpaupack Area School District "wants to turn out good citizens and human beings" with the support of their families and community.
Richard Caridi, who is the chairman of the Pike County Board of Commissioners, went to the podium and declared that he thanks God for the Wallenpaupack Area School District and prays that God give the District wisdom for this and every decision.


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- 35mm slides: Slides with mounts 1.0-3.2mm thick, 49-50.8mm wide; optional slide feeder SF210 can be used to scan up to 50 slides with mounts 1.5mm thick.
- 35mm film strips: 2-6 frames (2-40 frames with the optional roll film adapter SA-30); strips of 1-6 frames can be scanned with the optional strip film holder FH-3.
- APS (IX240) film: Cartridges of 15, 25 and 40 frames can be scanned with the optional IX240 film adapter IA-20(s).
- Slide glass for microscopes: Prepared slides (26x76mm, 0.8-1.5mm thick) can be scanned with optional medical slide holder FH-G1.
- Aperture/Scan range (pixels)
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These days, being a Muslim woman means being saddled with what can only be referred to as the "burden of pity." The feelings of compassion that we Muslim women seem to inspire emanate from very distinct and radically opposed currents: religious extremists of our own faith, and evangelical and secular supporters of empire in the West.
Radical Islamist parties claim that the family is the cornerstone of society and that women, by virtue of their reproductive powers, are its builders. An overhaul of society must therefore begin with reforming the status of women, and in particular with distinguishing clearly their roles from those of men. Guided by their "true" interpretations of the faith, these radicals want women to resume their traditional roles of nurturers and men to be empowered to lead the family. If we protect women's rights in Islam, they assure us, the umma, the community of believers, will be lifted from its general state of poverty and backwardness.
Sayyid Qutb (1906-66), the Egyptian writer and activist who has exerted such a powerful influence over the radical Islamist movement, fervently believed that Muslim women belonged in the home. In his 1964 book Ma'alim fi al-Tariq (Milestones), Qutb wrote that "if woman is freed from her basic responsibility of bringing up children" and, whether on her own or by pressure from society, seeks to work in jobs such as "a hostess or a stewardess in a hotel or ship or air company," she will be "using her ability for material productivity rather than the training of human beings." This, he claimed, would make the entire civilization "backward." The misogynistic philosophy has proved enticing, finding advocates among Muslims throughout the world. Between 1989 and 1991, for instance, Abbassi Madani, the red-bearded founder of the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front Party (FIS), often referred to women who refused to cover themselves with a hijab as "sparrow hawks of neocolonialism." His co-founder, Ali Belhadj, claimed that there was a simple solution to the country's high unemployment rate: turn over the jobs of working women to idle men. Madani summarized his program: "The system is sick; the doctor is FIS; and the medicine has existed for fourteen centuries. It is Islam." Reducing Algerian women to birds of prey, and their faith to a pill: These are good indicators of the depth of intellect within the leadership of the FIS.
Meanwhile, the abundant pity that Muslim women inspire in the West largely takes the form of impassioned declarations about "our plight"–reserved, it would seem, for us, as Christian and Jewish women living in similarly constricting fundamentalist settings never seem to attract the same concern. The veil, illiteracy, domestic violence, gender apartheid and genital mutilation have become so many hot-button issues that symbolize our status as second-class citizens in our societies. These expressions of compassion are often met with cynical responses in the Muslim world, which further enrages the missionaries of women's liberation. Why, they wonder, do Muslim women not seek out the West's help in freeing themselves from their societies' retrograde thinking? The poor things, they are so oppressed they do not even know they are oppressed.


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Heaven is for real, and it's the annual JCK Las Vegas, where hundreds of the world's finest jewelers show off baubles and gems that literally make your jaw drop. Each and every piece of jewelry we laid eyes on was pretty enough to make our hearts swoon, but what really caught our eye were the seven gorgeous trends below!
Statement Settings
Engagement rings aren't just coming in the traditional solitaire, three-stone or halo setting anymore — designers are getting creative. The perfect example? Karl Lagerfeld's Tour Eiffel Collection, inspired by the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Everything old is new again, at least when it comes to engagement rings. Some of our favorite jewelry designers are looking to the past for inspiration for their newest masterpieces, like this Asscher cut beauty from Vtse Jewelry. From the art deco-inspired halo to the unique baguette, this ring is as good as it gets!
Oval Stones
Oval cut center stones have been trending for a while now, and this trend isn't going anywhere. In fact, it's just getting bigger. Rahaminov Diamonds introduced the exclusive "Movál," an elongated oval cut stone that gets its name from the marquis and oval cut diamonds. We're predicting that this exaggerated cut will be everywhere, and we're very excited about that!
Mixed Metals
If you can't decide between platinum, rose gold or yellow gold, why not combine two of your favorites? Thankfully, you'll have plenty of options, like this Sylvie Collection stunner.
Gold + Rose Gold
Like oval cut stones, the rose gold and yellow gold trend is going absolutely nowhere. Why? Maybe because it's flattering on all skin tones, or maybe because the gold tones feel fresh and romantic, just like this stunning ring from Rahaminov Diamonds. Whatever the reason, we're not complaining.
If you've been keeping up with millennial news, chances are, you've heard that they're ditching traditional engagement rings. Whether they're buying gemstone rings, like this gorgeous Erica Courtney Tourmaline one, because they can be more cost effective, or because they're more unique than your traditional e-ring, prepare to see a lot more colored ring selfies in your Insta feed.
Unique Halos
We love a halo for it's sparkle and ability to make any diamond look bigger, but we really love the new halos we saw at JCK, like this Evelyn H. Jewelry scalloped double halo featuring fancy yellow diamonds and a fancy yellow diamond center stone.


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March 16. 2013 2:20AM
Hooksett's Tap House Grille aims for community feel
By BRENDAN CLOGSTON
Union Leader Correspondent
New England's Tap House opened its doors in Hooksett Jan. 15. (BRENDAN CLOGSTON/Union Leader Correspondent)
After months of planning, designing and redesigning, the opening of New England's Tap House Grille fulfilled a dream for Hooksett residents and owners Dan Lagueux and Valerie Vanasse. It's a dream reviewers and patrons seem to share.
New England's Tap House, which opened Jan. 15 in a plaza on 1292 Hooksett Road in Hooksett is meant to be more than simply a good bar and grille, however. When Lagueux, "the dreamer" and Vanasse, "the executor," speak of their collective vision, you'll frequently hear words and phrases like "non-corporate" and "welcoming to all," though no word is more key to the two than "community."
"We've lived in Hooksett for 10 years, and we always have to go out of the town," Vanasse said. "We wanted to create something where the community could stay in Hooksett."
"This is one of the ways that we thought we could help out," Lagueux said. "We're employing people; we're the food purveyor; we're the entertainer. It gives Hooksett a place to look at and say 'this is our place, this is our home. This is like a tavern; it becomes the gathering place for the local people."
Their community vision for New England's Tap House extends beyond bar counter and into the fridge and the kitchen. The two have a commitment to local brewers, farmers and suppliers, including LaValley Farms. Vanasse and Lagueux have been careful, however, to prioritize efficiency and quality. Pressed to choose between a good beer and a local beer, in other words, the good beer always wins.
With food, the realities of the New England climate force some compromise.
"It's a tough season to say we're going to be local. 'OK, we're going to go for asparagus.' OK, how local can you be?" Lagueux said. "There are several different companies in New England that we're using right now, but we want to be at a stage where we're using a lot more."
The vision moves beyond business practices, however, and into the aesthetic. The open kitchen, visible keg fridge, and bar design were key components of their vision, fostering openness.
The restaurant has received rave reviews and its Facebook page is notably active for a two-month-old business, with 1,394 likes.
"The biggest word that's coming out of the community right now is 'oh my God, Hooksett needed this,'" Lagueux said. "If I had a dime for everybody who said that, we would be literally in Jamaica or in Mexico, on the side of a beach with a piña colada not having to worry about anything."
All of that good will seems to be translating financially for the business. According to Lagueux, bankers suggested to him and Vanasse that they should expect to end up in the red for their first six months, as they suggested tends to be the case with new restaurants. According to Lagueux, however, Tap House Grille has been proving them wrong.
"You look at the average restaurant when they start, on their spreadsheet it usually takes them several months to get where they need to be," Lagueux said. "We're there already. . In terms of profitability for our first two months, we're looking at our projection and it makes sense."
Profitability, community, and localism aside, however, New England's Tap House manages to mean one more thing to its owners: They love what they're doing.
"The romance is there, and it's a beautiful, glamorous thing, but there's also a lot that goes with it," Lagueux said. "But it's fun. It's the best time we've ever had in our lives. I can't say it's easy, but it's the best time ever."
The restaurant features a bar with 48 beers on tap, an open kitchen, flat-screen TVs, a separate dining area, a massive keg refrigerator spanning the left flank of the building and in-house made bread. Live music is also featured every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with an emphasis on rock and blues songwriters and artists.


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Is there an effective acne scar treatment? There is if you just take the time to find the one that works best for you. Many of us have acne scars and have just given up on finding a way to get rid of them, but it is not impossible. It can be a challenge to find the best acne scar treatment to suit you, but it is possible.
In this day and age of modern technology, you can find most any thing you are looking for and this is true when it comes to an acne scar treatment as well. When you do your research, you will be able to find the best type to suit you and allow your skin to start looking smooth again and that is the goal for many that have acne scars.
One very effective acne scar treatment is known as laser treatment. Many people to choose this because of how effective it is and all that it can do for your skin as well. This treatment is known to help improve the look of the skin and if you give it a try, you may find that to be the case for you as well.
You should bear in mind that acne scar treatments are not cheap if you decide to use the laser treatment. This can cost hundreds of dollars and you may want to get a price before you actually commit to any thing. It can save you a lot of headache and allow you to make certain this is an acne scar treatment you can truly afford.
There other treatments that cost much less but likely will not render the results a laser acne scar treatment will, so you may want to consider this.


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Rictor Noren's collaborative approach emphasizes balance, goal setting, efficient practice techniques, musical development, and a hands-on approach to training. His work supports students overcoming technical barriers, conquering physical pain and developing a professional identity.
In addition to teaching in NEC's Prep and Continuing Education programs, Noren teaches at The Boston Conservatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Atlantic Union College, the Prelude Music Academy, and the New World Symphony. Additionally, he has taught at the National String Workshop, the Longy School of Music, The Crowden School, Rocky Ridge Music Center, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Sapporo, Japan.
Noren has performed in recital in the United States, Europe and Japan including the Evian Festival with cellist, Mistaslov Rostropovich; the Token Creek Festival where he premiered works for viola by composer John Harbison; and at the University of Sapporo, Japan.
His orchestral engagements include the Boston Ballet, the Milwaukee Symphony, the American Sinfonietta, Bellingham Festival Orchestra, principal violist and soloist with the Naples Philharmonic, acting principal violist with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, and the New York String Orchestra.
Noren is currently working on several transcriptions of romantic Russian music for the viola with One World Strings Publications, in addition to his previously published transcriptions of the works of Gliere.
B.M. Indiana University, M.M. University of Wisconsin. Viola studies with Mimi Zweig, Abram Schernick. Violin studies with Joseph Gingold, Yuval Yaron. Chamber music studies with Rostislav Dubinsky, Janos Starker. Recitals in North America, Europe, and Japan. Orchestra engagements include the Naples Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, New York String Orchestra, and the American Sinfonietta.


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Fantasy role playing games are very popular at the moment with the likes of LORD OF THE RINGS and recently released SKYRIM. It looks like we can't get enough of fairies, Goblins, over developed men and women, waving swords about and being all profound and humourless (there's no place for comedy in the fantasy world).
. . . → Read More: Kingdoms Of Amalur – Watch out Skyrim, There's A Reckoning Coming!


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Campus Calendar
(HWC) Zumba Fitness
Time: 7:15 pm
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Lower Level Studio,
Eaton Chapel,
700 College St, Beloit, WI 53511
Sponsored by: Health & Wellness Center
Contact: Namoonga Mantina, email@example.com, x2336
Monday, 10/16/17 Class is Canceled
(Drop-in class) Zumba is a Latin inspired dance fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music and dance moves. Facilitated by our partners at the YMCA
This class is only available to current students only.
This event occurs on:
- Monday, September 11th, 2017


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Set in the realm of Greek mythology, God of War: Ascension is an epic adventure that allows players to take on the climactic role of the ex-Spartan warrior Kratos as he finds a way to break the blood oath that binds him to the god, Ares. Six months after being tricked into killing his wife and child, a younger Kratos is sentenced to a life of madness with the Furies, caged in a titan sized prison for the living damned. Fighting insanity, his will is tested to the limit as he seeks to break his bond and gain the clarity to seek revenge on Ares for his part in the death of his family. Armed with double-chained blades, Kratos must take on mythology's darkest creatures while solving intricate puzzles throughout his merciless quest for redemption.
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GADGET girl Pollyanna Woodward reckons she could give Jeremy Clarkson a run for his money on the racetrack.
"I love cars and would definitely like to challenge him to a race in the reasonably-priced car," says the 30-year-old star of Channel 5's The All New Gadget Show.
"Who says girls can't drive? I'd like to think I could be the female Jeremy Clarkson. I could give a guy a run for his money at anything.
"I'm a bit of a tomboy and love the adrenaline rush. I do like to drive fast, but safely. I am very alert, though, and read traffic well."
ABOVE: Bra and pants, Marks & Spencer. Cardigan Dorothy Perkins
But it is skiing where the sizzling blonde really shows off her skills, as viewers will see in The All New Gadget Show series.
Says Pollyanna: "I love hitting the slopes. Canada was my favourite place on this tour.
"We went to Whistler and tested out really cool snowboard kit and some unusual skis.
"It was the end of the season so we had to go up to the glacier to find snow. When the cloud came down you could hardly see in front of you. But it was gorgeous.
"We have four shows back in Britain this series and the other six are in foreign locations. It's not a world tour this time but we do some faraway places."
ABOVE: Jumper, River Island
Daredevil Pollyanna admits she loves the stunts and laughs off reports that she is now insured for over £10million.
"There's nothing I'd say no to, except maybe something in water,"
she says. "I'm scared of drowning. "I was covered in bruises and injuries all of this series. But I love it! The bruises soon disappear and we start planning our next adventure.
"It's the norm for us. We want to test ourselves to the max."
This week's action-packed hour of consumer gadget testing takes place in beautiful Iceland.
Pollyanna and co-presenter Jason Bradbury, 43, begin their journey on the ocean testing out the latest binoculars as they search for Moby Dick on a whale-watching tour.
Taking up the chilly ice theme, we invited Pollyanna into the Daily Star HQ for a sexy winter shoot.
ABOVE: Body from Marks & Spencer. Shoes, New Look. Coat, stylist's own
"I love dressing up and looking girlie," she tells us as she strips off in the pretend ice cave we created.
"I love doing photo-shoots with the Daily Star – they make me feel sexy. It is important to be feminine too."
Pollyanna is still coping with her jetset lifestyle as she juggles her relationship with 35-year-old US golf hunk Paul Casey.
She adds: "Long-distance relationships are hard but if you want it to work it will. I love watching him play golf and in fact when I'm not with him I go out and practise.
"Things are fantastic and he is an amazing boyfriend. We are having a lot of fun."
• The official 2013 Pollyanna Woodward Calendar is on sale at all good stores, or buy online at danilo.com
• Watch the All New Gadget Show tonight at 8pm on Channel 5


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Consensus Report
Review of Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat (2008)Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been raised about the adverse health effects from exposure to depleted uranium that is aerosolized during combat. Some think it may be responsible for illnesses in exposed veterans and civilians. These concerns led the Army to commission a report, Depleted Uranium Aerosol Doses and Risks: Summary of U.S. Assessments, referred to as the Capstone Report that evaluates the health risks associated with depleted uranium exposure. This National Research Council report reviews the toxicologic, radiologic, epidemiologic, and toxicokinetic data on depleted uranium, and assesses the Army's estimates of health risks to personnel exposed during and after combat. The report recommends that the Army re-evaluate the basis for some of its predictions about health outcomes at low levels of exposure, but, overall, the Capstone Report was judged to provide a reasonable characterization of the exposure and risks from depleted uranium.
Key Messages
- The Capstone Report also does not include cancer risk estimates for soldiers who have embedded DU fragments.
- The Capstone Report does not provide estimates of radiologic-cancer risks for levels II and III personnel. The committee finds that to be a deficiency in the report.
- The committee concluded that the Capstone exposure results are reasonable and appropriate for use in the human health risk analysis of DU.
- The committee found the methods and results of the Capstone exposure assessment to be appropriate and well done.


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Ross_Varn wrote:
Darth wants to host a battle.
So I gave him a concept and let him run with it.
The Hill. The battles over this raised patch of dirt reside within every modern mythology. Originally founded by Ross Varn, countless blood has been spilled, resulting in Warhead, lord of the Immortals, to be the main victor.
But the battle is never over.
This documentation is one of just one day on the hill.
Warhead's Immortals, led by Warhead, prepare for another day on the field.
They're holed up Rody's Bar {Rody's wiping the bar down with a rag at the moment} and are ready to rush the Hill at Warhead's command.
The Kombat Korps have decided to pursue the elusive rumors of the All Powerful Hill, and are led by Manly Fucking Santa.
They enter the field by the way of the North Road.
Blast INc has decided that obtaining the Hill would be in their best interests. The Not-So-DeadlySpaceman leads them.
They enter from the South, ready to kick ass.
And then, there are the obligatory defenders...
...Ross_Varn's FELC, led by Admiral Ross.
They will most likely abandon the Hill at the first opportunity, but for now they control the high ground.
The battlefield in it's unbloodied state.
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Another carrier to offer health plans through Obamacare in NHBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 24. 2014 1:26PM
CONCORD — The likelihood that New Hampshire will have at least one more health insurance company offering plans on the state's Obamacare website next year was confirmed on Monday, as the New Hampshire Insurance Department issued a license to Minuteman Health.
The Massachusetts-based insurance cooperative plans to offer coverage through New Hampshire's federally operated Health Insurance Marketplace in 2015.
A member-governed, nonprofit health maintenance organization (HMO), Minuteman is the first health insurance co-op to be licensed in New Hampshire.
Any profits the company earns are reinvested or returned to members through expanded benefits or reduced premium rates, according to the Insurance Department. Members have the authority to elect the board of directors and to run for election to the board.
"We welcome Minuteman Health to New Hampshire," said Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny. "We are pleased that marketplace customers are on track to have more choices in 2015 than they do today."
Anthem is the only insurer to offer plans on the New Hampshire version of healthcare.gov for coverage in 2014. The open enrollment period for coverage in 2014 ends on March 31. More than 20,000 New Hampshire residents have signed up for coverage as of last week, according to Sevigny.
Harvard Pilgrim has also announced that it intends to offer Marketplace plans in 2015. Sevigny told lawmakers in a joint House-Senate hearing recently that other carriers have begun discussions about joining the marketplace in the future.
"We believe that more competition will greatly benefit consumers in New Hampshire," he said.
Minuteman Health, which has operated on the Massachusetts exchange (mahealthconnector.org), received a $67 million loan from the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare services to expand into the New Hampshire market in 2015. The company is in the process of building its provider network in New Hampshire.
Through a partnership with the federal government, the Insurance Department reviews and recommends approval for the plans and networks that are offered on the marketplace. The department recently received approval from the state Legislature to accept a $2 million federal grant to help state regulators properly review the large number of plans expected to be filed in the months ahead.
Insurance companies will need to have their plans approved by state and federal officials in time for the 2015 open enrollment period. Marketplace plans must be filed with the department by May 1, and the department must make its formal plan recommendations to the federal marketplace by Aug. 7.
The Insurance Department is also moving ahead with plans to review its standards for network adequacy. The department has been criticized for approving Anthem's network for exchange policies, which excluded 10 of the state's 26 hospitals.
"We understand that there are concerns from citizens about how health insurance companies are able to choose providers within their networks," said Sevigny. "We plan to look carefully at our network adequacy standards in view of new legal requirements, changes in medical practice, and the need to encourage more competition in our health insurance markets. We are committed to engaging in this discussion in an open, transparent manner."
The department is creating a working group designed to revise the current definition of an "adequate network" for health insurance plans and is encouraging volunteers to apply.
An organizational meeting has been set for April 23 to launch the review.
After the working group has completed its analysis, plans call for a formal public hearing, an additional comment period, and approval though the state's legislative rules committee. Any resulting changes to the rules will become effective for health plans sold in 2016.
Anyone who wants to provide comments for consideration at the initial working group session has until April 16 to email Health Policy Analyst Tyler Brannen at email@example.com.
Participants are asked to RSVP to the April 23 meeting by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or calling 271-7973, ext. 234.
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Charge build lead and preserve it to beat Erie, snap three-game losing streak.
The sense of relief was palpable around the Canton Charge.
The Charge built a big lead Sunday.
And they preserved that big lead.
Shaking off the late-game jitters that have plagued them recently, the Charge pulled away from Erie for a 107-95 win at Memorial Civic Center in front of 2,183 fans.
"It's like a broken record when you build leads and let leads slide," Charge head coach Steve Hetzel said. "So I was very happy to see a lead maintained until the buzzer."
The Charge (9-4) snapped a three-game losing streak at just the right time. Canton faces eight straight games away from the Civic Center the next three weeks.
"We definitely needed it," Charge forward Kevin Jones said after scoring 21 points on 10-of-18 shooting and grabbing nine rebounds. "We've been going on a little skid, but we knew if we came together as a team that we would get through it."
Having Erie (1-10) in town certainly helped. Canton improved to 5-0 this season against its closest geographic rival.
After setting season lows in points the previous two games, the Charge shot 51.8 percent on a night they totaled season bests in assists (27), turnovers (nine), 3-point percentage (46.7) and margin of victory (12).
Up 51-45 at halftime, the Charge fell behind briefly in the third quarter before building a 10-point lead heading to the fourth.
It's the same advantage they held Saturday against Reno entering the final period. That game ended with a 33-7 Reno run during the final 11 minutes, which included 3-of-19 shooting from the Charge.
On Sunday, Canton's lead never dipped into single digits in the fourth quarter and grew to as much as 18.
"We executed better," Jones said. "The ball didn't stick as much as it did the last couple of games. We kept the ball moving and everybody got good shots instead of contested, one-on-one shots."
Cavaliers assignee Sergey Karasev bounced back from a quiet performance Saturday to total 16 points, five rebounds and five assists Sunday. The 20-year-old Russian showed a bit of everything, from making 4 of 5 3-pointers to dunking on an opponent to defending and passing well.
Charge point guard Jorge Gutierrez flirted with a triple-double and finished with 12 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. He committed one turnover in 34 minutes.
The Charge trailed 41-36 in the second quarter before Gutierrez made a bucket basically from the seat of his pants. He completed the 3-point play, sparking a 12-0 Canton run which featured the first significant contributions of the season from first-round draft pick Gilbert Brown.
Brown followed Gutierrez's circus basket with a steal and breakaway dunk. He added a pull-up jumper and a spectacular block of 6-foot-9 CJ Leslie that led to a Karasev 3-pointer.
The 6-6 Brown, who had been limited to three games entering Sunday because of hamstring and groin injuries, finished with 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting in 24 minutes off the bench.
"It was tough," Brown said. "But through the whole entire process, I stayed positive. To have the opportunity to come in the game today and make a positive impact was huge for me."
Center Arinze Onuaku passed the ball well out of double teams and totaled 11 points, five rebounds and four assists. Reserve forward Shane Edwards added 12 points and four rebounds.
The Charge made only 12 of 26 free throws. Jones, Onuaku and Edwards helped to foul out Erie centers Alex Oriakhi and Terrence Jennings. The BayHawks were without leading scorer and rebounder Jeremy Tyler. The 6-foot-10 center was listed as inactive.
Former Cleveland Cavalier Ricky Davis turned back the clock at times Sunday for Erie. The 34-year-old Davis scored 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds, chased down Karasev for a block and chatted with fans throughout the game.
The BayHawks committed 21 turnovers, leading to 26 Charge points.
"Anytime you turn the ball over against a good team, they'll make you pay," Erie head coach Gene Cross said. "... Twenty-six points of 21 turnovers is a big deal."
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:56 pm
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Remember this remarkable entry
I'm a big fan of mushrooms and I thought I'd never see anything as unique and intriguing. It's a cruel thing to have to look and not be able to smell or taste!
Well, yesterday I went to the farmers market for the first time in a l-o-n-g time and I found something remarkable similar! I could kick myself for not remembering the name (myco-something or other). I should have written it down! It's not the wonderfully symmetrical and pinecone-ish thing that clotilde found. It's a little more ragged and fragile looking but the smell is
! It's from NoCal and grows, they tell me, on trees. The pruveyors had a good number of them (and I was so surprised that this phenomenon could actually happen TWICE!) PLUS the most remarkable thing called Blue Foot mushrooms that actually have stems of a pale electric blue! A treat for next week!
I wish I knew how to photo and share these images! They were so surprising and visually seductive. And the guys who were selling them were so cute. They were late teen/early 20ish with the most Celtic, scrubbed and wholesome look. Their enthusiasm for each of their unique products was equally endearing.
We were going to have this remarkable fungus for dinner last night but everyone took off for parts unknown so I have to wait until this evening to actually try it. Can't wait!
I also found something called Sea Beans. The vendors told me they're a variety of seaweed but they're unlike any sea weed I'd ever seen. They look almost like miniscule, anorexic asparagas. They have a flavor that convinces you though. They taste almost precisely like sea water with a saltiness that lingers on the tongue. This for me, the girl who can NEVER get enough salt (who cares what those health professionals have to say; if my body wants it
much there's a reason for it!) is a BIG plus. They also have a pleasant crispness. I'm going to try them on salad but I think I'll hold onto a bit for sautéeing as well.
And to think all this happened because my husband didn't like the raisins in his oatmeal yesterday morning!
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
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Glad that you were able to find some gorgeous mushrooms at your local market Rainey! Makes me realize how lucky we are in the Pacific Northwest (technically, the Pacific Northeast) to have so many types of wild mushrooms and cultured mushrooms at our quick disposal! We do have oyster mushrooms here and there is a good chance that they may grow down into Northern California as well. The ones featured in Clotilde's recipe look very pristine....the ones I buy are a little more beaten up.
In regards to the "Sea Beans", that is a new name to me....but from your description, we have a very similar marine plant here in BC. Its common name is Sea Asparagus, Glasswort and Sea Bean; its latin name is Salicornia virginica. I have had the absolute pleasure of travelling up and down the BC coast in which this plant is found in intertidal/beach areas. We would harvest it, steam it and serve it with fresh caught salmon. Pure west coast bliss!
Here's a link to some recipes for sea asparagus:
So excited to see it featured here! Enjoy!
In the whorehouses of the bakeries, I was serially, gluttonously, irredeemably unfaithful to all those chapatis-next-door waiting for me back home. East was East, but yeast was West.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:00 am
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I found a great photo of sea asparagus ... for those who are wondering what this freaky thing looks like ... heehee.
Let's see if I can get this to work ...
In the whorehouses of the bakeries, I was serially, gluttonously, irredeemably unfaithful to all those chapatis-next-door waiting for me back home. East was East, but yeast was West.
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seastar wrote:
Here's a link to some recipes for sea asparagus:
So excited to see it featured here! Enjoy!
Yes! That's exactly it at the photo on the top of the page!
I never encountered it in Vancouver. And perhaps I would have been able to gather it myself... Another thing I'll miss along with free blackberries.
And are you saying that I might have found these tree fungus as well? I never saw them even in the Granville Island Public Market or Capers.
I have some salmon in my freezer. I'll pull some out and try the sauté along with some of it.
Thanks so much for the tips!
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:04 am
Post subject: Re: Fascinating Fungus
Good for you to find those wonderful mushrooms! Our farmer's market have two kinds of pleurottes (oyster mushrooms) one tan and another darker - almost charcoal grey that has a really nice aroma, chewier and with strong pleasant flavor. I used them for a gorgeous fritata for Easter Brunch. They are a little more rugged (not so beautifully pine-cone shaped as Clothilde's).
I hope your Blue Foot mushrooms are a little more reasonable in price than the ones I saw at $30.00 a pound. I had to pass it up. Ahhhh, maybe someday, I'll have the courage to splurge..........
Seastar - You are lucky to be in the Pacific Northwest. A friend was in your area and brought me back some beautiful chanterrelles. What a lovely treat that was!
Reading about all these lovely food is making me hungry - I want to go home an cook (I'm at work taking a break).
As Jacques Pepin would say, "Happy Cooking!"
"A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry."
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BEDFORD, N.Y. -- As a result of school days lost to Hurricane Sandy, snowstorms and power outages, the Bedford Central School District has revised its school calendar, district officials announced Thursday in an e-mail sent to parents.
In his note, Superintendent Jere Hochman said in order to recoup student instructional days lost this fall and winter, Fox Lane Middle School and High School now need two more make-up days and district elementary schools need one more make-up day.
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Active Learning activities are highly important teaching tools that are often discarded by teachers because of the level of risk involved in them. I would argue that the use of active teaching and learning techniques actually minimises the risk by providing a greater variety of learning options to students: thus engaging them more and increasing their level of interest.
Active learning sessions cater for students whose learning preference fits into any, or several, of the Visual, Aural, Reading / Writing and Kinaesthetic styles. Through a range of carefully constructed questions and tasks students think critically, develop their empathy with the people involved in the real events and, in my experience at least, form a much better understanding of how a range of complex factors can combine to cause further events. In addition to this active learning places the responsibility for learning in the hands of the student, and helps to develop their independent learning skills.
One model of active learning notes that through active learning students gain experience of doing and observing, and supplement this with dialogue with themselves and with others.
Dialogue with self is an important part of active learning. It allows the student time to reflect upon what they have learn and experienced and is a very effective method of assessing the outcomes of any active learning session.
Encouraging dialogue with others as part of active learning stimulates debate, is often more dynamic than teacher led discussion and allows students to engage in conversation with a range of people whom they may not otherwise have an opportunity to work with.
Observing is important as it allows the student the opportunity to learn from other peoples actions or demonstrations and may prompt them to look at issues in new ways. This experience is much more valuable if time for reflection is planned and Id have thought this is the thing that is most often left out of planning for this type of activity.
The doing is of course vital, though it an take many forms. In this seminar I would like to discuss different types of active learning, and ask people to share their own activities and thoughts on effective active learning.
L Dink of Oklahoma University suggests the following as a method of implmenting active learning in the classroom:
So, what can a teacher do who wants to use this model to incorporate more active learning into his/her teaching? I would recommend the following three suggestions, each of which involves a more advanced use of active learning.
Expand the Kinds of Learning Experiences You Create.
The most traditional teaching consists of little more than having students read a text and listen to a lecture, a very limited and limiting form of Dialogue with Others. Consider using more dynamic forms of Dialogue with Others and the other three modes of learning. For example:
Create small groups of students and have them make a decision or answer a focused question periodically,
Find ways for students to engage in authentic dialogue with people other than fellow classmates who know something about the subject (on the web, by email, or live),
Have students keep a journal or build a "learning portfolio" about their own thoughts, learning, feelings, etc.,
Find ways of helping students observe (directly or vicariously) the subject or action they are trying to learn, and/or
Find ways to allow students to actually do (directly, or vicariously with case studies, simulation or role play) that which they need to learn to do.
Take Advantage of the "Power of Interaction."
Each of the four modes of learning has its own value, and just using more of them should add variety and thereby be more interesting for the learner. However, when properly connected, the various learning activities can have an impact that is more than additive or cumulative; they can be interactive and thereby multiply the educational impact.
For example, if students write their own thoughts on a topic (Dialogue with Self) before they engage in small group discussion (Dialogue with Others), the group discussion should be richer and more engaging. If they can do both of these and then observe the phenomena or action (Observation), the observation should be richer and again more engaging. Then, if this is followed by having the students engage in the action itself (Doing), they will have a better sense of what they need to do and what they need to learn during doing. Finally if, after Doing, the learners process this experience by writing about it (Dialogue with Self) and/or discussing it with others (Dialogue with Others), this will add further insight. Such a sequence of learning activities will give the teacher and learners the advantage of the Power of Interaction.
Alternatively, advocates of Problem-Based Learning would suggest that a teacher start with "Doing" by posing a real problem for students to work on, and then having students consult with each other (Dialogue with Others) on how best to proceed in order to find a solution to the problem. The learners will likely use a variety of learning options, including Dialogue with Self and Observing.
Create a Dialectic Between Experience and Dialogue.
One refinement of the Interaction Principle described above is simply to create a dialectic between the two principle components of this Model of Active Learning: Experience and Dialogue. New experiences (whether of Doing or Observing) have the potential to give learners a new perspective on what is true (beliefs) and/or what is good (values) in the world. Dialogue (whether with Self or with Others) has the potential to help learners construct the many possible meanings of experience and the insights that come from them. A teacher who can creatively set up a dialectic of learning activities in which students move back and forth between having rich new experiences and engaging in deep, meaningful dialogue, can maximize the likelihood that the learners will experience significant and meaningful learning.


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As mentioned on Bloomberg recently, the U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing a lawsuit against AT&T for collecting approximately $16 million from the United States government through reimbursements for a service offered for the deaf, but primarily being used by Internet scammers. For the last ten years, telecommunication companies have been required to provide an Internet-calling service that allows hearing impaired users to type messages through a computer and the message is relayed to the party on the other end of the phone line through an employee hired by the service provider. For calls that originate in the United States and that are made by hearing impaired users, the federal government reimburses a company like AT&T at a rate of $1.30 per minute.
The Justice Department is claiming that AT&T allowed the service to become overrun by scam artists operating outside the United States. They allegedly used the service to place anonymous calls when attempting to defraud U.S. companies with stolen credit cards or counterfeit money orders.
In addition, the government claims that AT&T has been collecting the $1.30 per minute rate on these overseas calls from the scammers. The Justice Department estimates that up to 95 percent of the calls didn't fit the criteria of originating in the United States or being from an actual hearing impaired person.
In order to reduce the number of scammers using the service fraudulently, the FCC created a new requirement during 2008 that forced telecoms to collect names and mailing addresses of hearing impaired users to verify registration with the service. According to the account from the Justice Department, AT&T attempted to obtain verification through postcards sent to existing registered users, but was only able to verify 20 percent of the entire registered user base by September 2009.
Faced with the possibility that revenue collected from the federal government would drop drastically, AT&T management looked for another way to verify users under the guidelines provided by the FCC. According to the Justice Department, AT&T senior technical director Burt Bossi stated "We are expecting a serious decline in traffic because fraud will go to zero (at least temporarily) and we haven't registered nearly enough customers to pick up the slack," to other managers within the company at the time.
During October 2009, AT&T adopted a new computerized verification system called DASH that verified the user's address only by checking to see if the address exists. For instance, a scammer operating out of Nigeria could hypothetically register any mailing address in the United States and AT&T would consider that user a verified, hearing impaired person. Subsequently, registrations spiked after the changes took place and the Justice Department claims that AT&T was aware of the sharp increase in scammers using the service.
While AT&T could have logged the originating IP address of any user registering with the service to at least eliminate a portion of the scammers by country location, the company argues that "AT&T has followed the FCC's rules for providing IP Relay services for disabled customers and for seeking reimbursement for those services," in a statement issued to Ars Technica. A company representative went on to state "As the FCC is aware, it is always possible for an individual to misuse IP Relay services, just as someone can misuse the postal system or an email account, but FCC rules require that we complete all calls by customers who identify themselves as disabled."
The Justice Department is seeking triple damages from AT&T in regards to the collection of the $1.30 per minute fee for the fraudulent calls, basically returning the original $16 million to the American taxpayer plus an additional $32 million as punishment for exploiting the system meant to assist the hearing impaired. U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton stated "Taxpayers must not bear the cost of abuses of the Telecommunications Relay system. Those who misuse funds intended to benefit the hearing- and speech-impaired must be held accountable."
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