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#1 Soldiers and students to fill empty seats07-29-2012, 08:01 PM
By Vanessa Kortekaas, Roger Blitz and Ben Fenton
Olympic organisers scrambled to halt a public backlash over the sight of empty seats at competition venues, recruiting an army of soldiers and students to fill the voids and upgrading spectators with cheaper tickets.
Banks of unused seats at swimming, gymnastics and tennis during the first two days of competition have caused anger because of the difficulty many people had securing tickets in public ballots held by the London organising committee (Locog).
The seats are in areas reserved for members of the Olympic family, such as sports federations, national teams and the International Olympic Committee, as well as sponsors and the media.
Lord Coe, chairman of Locog, argued that many venues were full, and said it was not uncommon in the first few days of an Olympics to have empty seats as accredited ticket-holders worked out their daily schedules.
Its certainly not going to be an issue right through the games, he said.
The issue is galling for Lord Coe because Locog confidently predicted after the 2008 Olympics that Beijings similar problems with empty seats would not be repeated.
Ticketing has long been a bugbear for organisers. The ballot of 6.6m tickets to the general public was repeatedly criticised as being unfair and hampered by technical problems. There has been resentment in the host country that 2.2m tickets were reserved for the Olympic family and sponsors.
Having called on the military to bail it out of its venue security fiasco, Locog again turned to soldiers to help with its latest problem. Scores of off-duty soldiers took up empty seats in the gymnastics arena on Sunday. Locog said unused seats would also be given to student volunteers working at the games.
Staff at the North Greenwich arena, where 40 per cent of the 15,500 seats are reserved for accredited personnel, said they had permission to sell up to 300 seats per session and also upgrade people in cheaper seats. Locog said some tickets were being sold online to the British public.
Read More>http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/684cf...44feab49a.htmlWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
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For my quicksort for fun I wrote, when I time it, it has no problem sorting 1000 items in order or random data of size 1000, 10K, 100K, 1M, but when it comes to applying it to 10K descending order of data, I get a stack overflow? I'm using Windows 7 64-bit core i5 Sandy bridge. I tried to set memory via > java -Xmx2g for example but it's limited and also this is for heap size to increase, not stack size which is what the quick sort I wrote is using, so should I use JVM 64-bit?
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The process for constitutional amendments is a long one. It won't happen overnight. The republicans still have control of the house and the senate is very close to 50/50. I don't think I'd rush out and sell anytime soon. Pay attention and have your finger on the trigger so-to-speak. But I don't think the time is here yet. On the other hand I wouldn't rush out and buy anything in the next couple years till we know how this will play out. I'm kinda thrown how many people are. What's the thought process here? If they ban them I want to be a felon too?!?!
Only if I know Jesus Christ is coming would be my answer to your dilemma.Remember Thou shall not murder,it's not thou shall not kill. Of course it says also to worry who can take your soul even more then you life.It's the razors edge on this one! One moment at a time! Atonement! KF
He can kill food right? As long as there are proper permits and all? Even if not, does your moral code keep your moral compass from feeding his family?Why is it people assume we want guns to kill people? It is not like you can easly take a deer with a fishing line and a buck-tail muskie bait! Here bucky bucky...Shhhes
Dibs. I'm young. Full of piss and vinegar. Strong-willed. Not yet jaded enough to roll over like a good dog. I can say one thing. If "they" ever want to try a mass confiscation, well . . .You show me yours I'll show you mine.
Reality:1. Unlikely that the House of Representatives would pass a new gun law or renew the "assault weapon ban" because it would be political suicide -- but it might happen now, or in two years with new House members.1a. IF such a law was passed, it would go to the Supreme Court and be found unconstitutional.2. The UN treaty on gun control would be unlikely to pass the Senate with a 2/3 majority because it would be political suicide -- but it MIGHT pass now, or in two years with new Senators.2a. IF such a treaty was passed, it would go to the Supreme Court and be found unconstitutional.3. The President could issue an Executive Order during a "state of emergency".3a. IF such an Executive Order was issued, it would go to the Supreme Court and be found unconstitutional. (Not in time to prevent confiscation, but eventually)4. Unfortunately, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court recently issued his opinion: anything that the President wants to be "constitutional", IS "constitutional", even a Federal Law saying that the government can make you buy products from private businesses -- like health insurance companies.This Forum is about self reliance. The government of the United States is "we the people". "We the people" declared gun confiscation to be illegal on April 19, 1775. That decision still stands, only because that same "jury" still has the final say in the matter -- unless we give it up by our own action/inaction.Keep you guns somewhere safe. Continue to prepare for good times and bad times, both will come eventually.
+1 Fire Ant.Supreme Court Justices can only be removed by Impeachment, stepping down, or by death.
Additionally the Supreme Court is VERY reluctant to revisit precedents. So the victories won are more or less permanent. While there is plenty of room in the rulings for anti-liberty types to maneuver.There are also a lot of pro-2A dems in the house right now that have no desire the commit political suicide.Yes of course there is danger and reasons to be vigilant...but this is not 1994 all over again.
I think you should sell them.Mindset is more important than hardware.You have shown yours.
Guys.. don't we hear this every four years? Over and over regardless who comes into office? I remember people talking about needing to buy guns due to Bush Jr. There are a lot of gun owners who worked hard to put President Bush into office, and there are a lot of gun owners who felt betrayed by him, because he chose his powerful friends in the gun lobby over the police officers and families he promised to protect.Bush said if Congress would vote to extend the ban on assault weapons, that he'd sign the legislation, but he did nothing to encourage Congress to extend it. Bush called for tougher enforcement of gun lawsBush wanted a ban on automatic weapons & high-capacity ammunition clips Bush wanted to change the legal age of buying a gun from 18-21.Bush ban large ammunition clips. Ford asked Congress to ban the manufacture and sale of "Saturday night specials." Nixon said unless we adopt and enforce strict gun control laws--ones much tougher than the Brady Bill--we will never succeed in stemming the violence spawned by the drug trade. Cedar


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BOWLING GREEN – Perrysburg utilized suffocating defense on Bowling Green tonight as the Yellow Jackets girls basketball team posted a 60-50 win over the Bobcats.
Perrysburg led by eight points at the half and then opened the third quarter with a 13-2 run to go up 41-22.
The Yellow Jackets remained undefeated overall and in the Northern Lakes League (3-0) by forcing 25 Bobcat turnovers. They came up with four steals during the key run in the third quarter.
Perrysburg junior Sarah Baer finished with a double-double as the 6-foot-1 center scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Senior Maddy Perry also scored 14 points, while Allex Brown added 10 for the visiting Yellow Jackets.
Bowling Green (2-3 overall, 1-2 NLL) was led by junior guard Hanna Williford, who finished with a game-high 16 points. Livvy Dill chipped in with 11 points for the Bobcats, who closed to within 10 points with a late third quarter run.


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Donald Trump says "you're fired" every week to a contestant on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." But the news division working for Trump's bosses at NBC appear to be drawing up termination papers for Trump's bid to run for president.
NBC Nightly News on Thursday unleashed a scathing attack on Trump, positioning him as a blowhard making false and contradictory statements as he escalates his hopes for candidacy. The report by senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers focused on Trump's controversial statements claiming President Obama wasn't born in the U.S.
Though it was unusual for a network to take a shot at one of its most high-profile personalities, the report may also have been a response to criticism surrounding "Today Show" anchor Meredith Vieira's interview earlier that day of Trump. Some media critics blasted Vieira for not aggressively challenging Trump, who talked over her when she tried to press him.
With Trump placing second in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of potential Republican presidential candidates, the report said that Trump needed to be taken seriously, and that his recent pronouncements ranged from "the broad to the exaggerated to just plain wrong."
After playing clips of Trump saying there was no official documentation about Obama's birth, Myers showed a certificate of live birth, complete with a serial number, and a birth announcement from a newspaper in Hawaii. Myers said when she confronted Trump with the documentation, he stood by his statements.
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When you're one of the world's fastest rock-and-roll guitarists, you set your standards high and your action low. And when it comes time to pick a car to keep up with your fast-paced lifestyle, there's only one choice: the Corvette.
"I've loved Corvettes since I was a kid," axe-slinger Dan Fastuca says. "My parents had a '69 427 tri-power and an '82 L81. My brother had '77, '79, and '81 Corvettes, and at one point was president of the Three Rivers Corvette Club in Pittsburgh. In fact, my brother was so crazy about Corvettes that he had me hooked by default.My feelings were, if he thought Corvettes were cool, then they must be cool."
With the Corvette influence so dominant in Fastuca's genes, you'd think this rock and roll guitar-wielder would have owned his own Vette as soon as he turned 16. But with his sights set on a music career, Fastuca's love for Chevy's sports car would have to wait. At age 19, the guitarist relocated to Los Angeles, where an intensive recording-and-touring schedule further delayed his Corvette dream. It was around this time that a twist of fate found Corvette racer and carbuilder Dick Guldstrand entering Fastuca's life, setting the wheels in motion for the theretofore passive Vette fan to develop into a dedicated marque enthusiast.
A Chance Meeting
"I was in consideration for the lead guitarist position for Ozzy Osbourne, and I was writing and recording with some other big names. But with heavy metal losing its popularity, I was spending less time on the road touring, and more time at home working as a writer, producer, and studio musician for my band Jet Black. This afforded me more time to spend on my cars. I called General Motors and asked who the best tuner in Los Angeles was. A man at Chevrolet said, `Guldstrand Motorsports. Go see these guys--they can make anything faster.'
"When I arrived, I quickly realized all the mechanics had abandoned their projects for their lunch hour. The only man who remained was an older gentleman sweeping the floor. I asked when a mechanic might return. He said that it would be a while and asked how he could help me. After several attempts to keep him from getting too close to my car--a brand new '88 Trans Am--I found myself sitting in the passenger seat. `It's a stick shift. Do you know how to drive a stick?' I asked him.
"The man answered, `Yeah, I think I'm alright.'
"Well, he didn't seem alright," Fastuca continues. "He left the alley, spinning the tires in the first two gears. He appeared to have no respect for the speed limit, much less the laws of physics. At one point, I remember involuntarily screaming, `Shift!' as I watched my tachometer spike over redline for the first time. The man said, `The suspension needs a lot of work; we should look at it,' and immediately pulled the car over to the side of the road. As I opened the door to get out and look, he said, `Oh, close the door, we'll be off in just a second.'
"It was then I realized that up ahead was a freeway on-ramp that had a speed limit of 15 mph. He was revving the motor and looking in the side mirror, waiting for traffic to clear. Before I knew what he was going to do, he popped the clutch and hit the on-ramp at 110 mph, blipping the throttle and steering wheel in unison as my car slid through the turn, with me plastered up against the passenger door.
"I looked at him and said, `What the hell was that?'
"He replied, `I think I have just what this car needs back at the shop.'
"After driving back to Guldstrand Motorsports, I got out of the car and asked, `Who the hell are you?'
"The man who I thought was a janitor then stuck his hand out and said, `Oh, I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier. I'm Dick Guldstrand.'"
Before long, Fastuca and Guldstrand had become close friends. Fastuca learned more about Guldstrand's passion--Corvettes--and Guldstrand developed an appreciation for Fastuca's passion--rock and roll.
"My motivation to get a Corvette really picked up when I questioned Dick one day about the '02 Z06 that was being introduced," Fastuca says. "Prior to this conversation, anytime I asked him about a car, he would tell me about the massive pile of work that would be needed to make it fun to drive. But this dialogue was different. For the first time ever, it was a very short conversation.
"I asked him, `What will I need to add if I buy this Z06?' He replied in four words: `Gloves and a helmet.' That was it, and that's how Dick Guldstrand talked me into buying my first Z06."
Enter Jim Gessner, founder of Corvette Race Car Registry, who Guldstrand asked to source a car for the guitarist. "He found an '02 Z06 in New Hampshire," Fastuca says. "It was truckedto Los Angeles, where, within an hour, it was up on the rack. Guldstrand looked it over inch by inch, turned to me, smiled, and said, `I'm so proud of you. You waited until we found the right Corvette, and this one's perfect. There's not a scratch, and it has all GM has to offer in a purpose-built race car. Now, let's tear this thing down and do it right.'"
Over the course of the next four years, Guldstrand transformed Fastuca's Metallic Silver Z06 from stock to stellar. Let's look at the resulting car and see why it's so special.
Guldstrand began by treating the stock LS6 engine to a fire-breathing head/cam package consisting of AFR 205cc aluminum heads outfitted with 2.02/1.60 Ferrea valves, Yella Terra 1.8-ratio roller rockers, and an LG Motorsports G5X-3 camshaft producing 0.600/0.610-inch lift on a 112-degree LSA. To maximize incoming airflow, he ported the intake manifold, port-matched the throttle body to the intake, and installed a Halltech cold-air induction system with a Blackwing filter. Other mods include American Racing long-tube headers, ARH high-flow cats and cross-pipe exhaust system, B&B bullet mufflers, and Pfadt solid motor and tranny mounts.
RPM Transmissions of Daleville, Indiana, was called upon to strengthen the T56 manual trans. The company treated the gearbox to its Stage 3 package, including a modified 1-2 shift fork, along with billet synchronizer keys and bronze shift-fork pads for all forward gears. Likewise, RPM upgraded the Vette's rearend with a 3.90 gear and 300M heavy-duty output shafts.
Upon Guldstrand's orders, the suspension was reengineered with Pfadt "Phatty" 38/32mm (front/rear) competition sway bars, adjustable endlinks, 7075 aluminum arms, a poly sway-bar-bushing kit, sway-bar pillow locks, and a Z06 camber kit. The interior, meanwhile, was treated to a Pfadt four-point rollbar system. According to Guldstrand, he set up the chassis with one purpose: "I wanted it to handle like a C5-R."
Final engine tuning resulted in a dyno reading of 456 rwhp. "Scott Brown tunes all of Guldstrand's Corvettes, and NASCAR cars when he has time. He was the perfect person to tune the Corvette. Even GM counts on him to tune its cars," Fastuca says.
In 2008, Fastuca put the final part--a taillight blackout kit--on his Z and celebrated the car's completion. But fate and compassion would not allow him to enjoy it for very long. "Two days later, my tour manager and best friend Joe Acevedo came to my house, all depressed. He explained to me that his son Cody had decided not to play little-league baseball that season. Joe had coached Cody's teams for years--it was his bonding time with his son.
"Several days later, I was at his house and saw a set of C2 valve covers hanging on the wall. When I asked about them, he told me that when he was a kid, one of his father's friends showed up with a '63 split-window Corvette. `I was only as tall as the fenders,' he said, `but I fell in love with that car at first sight. I knew I would never be able to afford one, so now I just go to swap meets and buy Corvette parts to hang in the house.'"
Fastuca was heartbroken. How could he enjoy his just-completed C5 after hearing his tour manager's story? "One of the most significant parts of my childhood wasthe time I spent with my older brother as hebecame a huge Corvette enthusiast," Fastuca says. "He was my hero, and he was absolutely crazy about Corvettes. Remembering these times made me realize that what Joe needed was something new he could share with his son.
"That's when I decided to give up the car. Now, Joe and his son spend hours working on the Corvette, going to runs and shows, and even to the track. It's these times spent that are so important.
"I lost two brothers last year to cancer--including the one who shared his Corvette time with me--and I can tell you that for me, the Corvette hobby goes way beyond lap times or horsepower ratings. It's about the relationships forged between father and child, husband and wife,and among like-minded owners that make this little plastic car . . . a lot more than just a little plastic car."
Within weeks, Fastuca found a new project: a Velocity Yellow '06 Z06 sourced from West Coast Corvettes. Using Corvette Racing's C6.R as his visual inspiration, Fastuca asked Guldstrand to create a street version of the legendary race machine.
"By this time, Scott Brown and I had also become close friends, so Scott had equal input and did tons of work on this car," Fastuca says. "[He and Guldstrand] used the same successful formula on my C6 that they did on my C5: a stock block, modified heads, a Quality Motorsports cam [Fastuca's favorite piece on the car], great airflow, and a purpose-built Pfadt suspension. Then, Scott provided the tuning to really make the modifications come alive. Thanks to the two of them, the C6 has about 75 more hp--and nearly as much torque--as the actual C6.R race cars."
With the drivetrain completed, Fastuca turned his attention to the car's looks. He added a race-spec rear spoiler, a Chaffey custom paint scheme, an LG Motorsports World Challenge hood, an APR Performance carbon-fiber front chin spoiler, and CCW C140 Corsair wheels wrapped in Michelin PS2 ZPs. Topping it all off is a full complement of authentic C6.R graphics.
"Through Guldstrand, I have become friends with some awesome people in the Corvette Racing program. Doug Fehan, Gary Pratt, Daryl Clasen, and many others have been very good to me during the build-up of these cars. With all they represent, how could I not pay tribute to them through the look of the cars?" Fastuca says.
Next came the interior work. Fastuca installed a carbon-fiber console, gauge-cluster plate, and chrome start button from TKO Performance; DSVettes colored leather replacements for the armrest, door grab handles, shift knob and boot, brake handle and boot, and steering wheel; Lloyd mats; and Jet Black logos for the seats and other surfaces.
After a year, the C6.R tribute car was complete, and once again, it was time to celebrate. "There'sbeen a common thread throughout my life: Never settle for the ordinary," Fastuca says. "I get bored quickly and expect more out of things than most people. With my guitar playing, I always wanted to be the loudest, most over-the-top player in the industry in terms of the music and my personal image. My goal with my two Corvettes was to have them represent my inner feelingsand be true statements of who I am. For that, it took Dick Guldstrand and Scott Brown.
"I just can't say enough about the goodness of Dick Guldstrand," Fastuca continues. "At the end of the day, when he's finished working on customer cars or limited-edition Corvette-based supercars, we end up at my house watching Corvette videos I've recorded. Pretty soon he'll start waving his hands--which means to pause the show--and tell a story about whomever or whatever the show just addressed.
"It's amazing to get a firsthand account of the actual happenings in the Corvette's history. I mean, when a guy sitting in your living room watches the video of the unveiling of the '53 Corvette at the New York Motorama and says, `I was there. Look right over there on the TV. That's where I was standing,' I realize he's been involved with Corvettes since Day One. For me, it doesn't get any better than that."
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paulo999 wrote:It was my first time.
The 447 leaving was definitely the scariest bit for me.
I'm sure for US drivers, overnighting at Reno is 'sleeping locally', but for the rest of us a 2-3 hour drive (after a 'quick' 2 hours playa exit) in the dark, when tired is a long haul. If we'd had an RV I think we'd have pulled over and slept. There's absolutely no way I'd go any further than Reno on the way out.
My spirits lifted seeing the hotel minorly playafied in all sorts of random places. And seeing other burners doing burner 'random sleeping' in the lobby made me laugh too.
But, erm, yeah, the 447... Lots of room for things to go wrong there. Stay safe.
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Cross-Dressing Clown Robs Liquor Store 6
It should be pretty easy for The Boulder Police Department to find the perpetrator of a liquor store robbery last Saturday. The male robber was wearing red and white face makeup, a red and purple wig, a fake nose and a denim dress. A clerk says the clown asked for help in a feminine voice, saying, "Will you help me? My husband is out of work." The employees ignored his pleas and the jilted suspect pulled a gun and robbed the store. After collecting an undisclosed amount of cash, the clown unexpectedly fled on foot and not on a unicycle or in a tiny car full of other transvestite clowns.


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Chik Fil A Release
More than 225 people have arrived more than 24 hours in advance at the new Chick-fil-A in Cordele hoping to win free Chick-fil-A for a year
when the doors open Thursday at 6 a.m. The new restaurant, at 1711 E. 16th Ave., brings with it 75 new jobs.
Since there are more than 100 in line, we are currently holding a
raffle to determine those who will stay with us the next 24 hours,
enjoying entertainment and plenty of Chick-fil-A. For more details on
the raffle, visit http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Locations/First-100-Details.
Chik Fil A Release
CORDELE, Ga. (Jan. 10, 2013) – Forty-five years after the first Chick-fil-A® restaurant opened in an Atlanta mall, pioneering mall food courts and introducing its signature boneless-breast-of-chicken sandwich, the chain will celebrate its first opening of the year in Cordele on Jan. 10 when a free year's supply of Chick-fil-A will be given away to the first 100 adults in line grand opening morning at the city's first Chick-fil-A location.
Chick-fil-A's "First 100 Celebration" quickly became a hallmark of each grand opening when the chain first held the event in Arizona in 2003. More than 18 hours before the restaurant opened, the first person arrived and asked where to get in line. Since then, the chain has given away more than $18.1 million in free food at more than 680 grand openings. The parking lot parties attract Chick-fil-A's loyal customers who come from around the block and across the country equipped with couches, TVs, computers, tents and other gear. Even extreme weather conditions do not dampen the enthusiasm of the participants who often arrive more than 24 hours in advance.
The latest Chick-fil-A First 100 celebration will occur at 1711 E. 16th Ave. in Cordele where the chain will award a one-year supply of free Chick-fil-A® Meals (52 coupons ) to each of the first 100 adults in line, ages 18 and older with identification – a total of more than $26,000 in free food.
The line officially opens at 6 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, with the free meal cards being awarded Thursday, Jan. 10, about 6 a.m. The restaurant will open for business immediately thereafter. If there are more than 100 people by 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, all 100 spots will be determined by a raffle held that morning with those selected still having to camp out the 24 hours to secure their spot. See http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Locations/First-100 for complete rules.
Cordele's new Chick-fil-A restaurant brings with it more than 75 new jobs and features the chain's latest interior and kitchen design along with dual drive-thru ordering lanes to expand its award-winning drive-thru service. Two drive-thru lanes with separate menu boards will welcome motorists who will place their orders at the separate screens and then merge into a single lane to pay for and pick up their food. With a majority of customers at Chick-fil-A stand-alone restaurants choosing drive-thru, the ability for two drivers to simultaneously order should mean quicker service.
Despite the challenging economy, Chick-fil-A continued to grow in 2012 with expectations of reporting its 45th consecutive year of sales growth since the company began in 1967.


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Must not be a *nix user if he has no use for the tilde key!
Ha! Show's what you know! When I drop to DOS on my Windows machine and do a "dir" all I see is:
Progam~1 [Directory]
Documu~1 [Directory]
ILoveY~1 [Directory]
Slamme~1 [Directory]
See? We're just advanced as you "Unix" users!
Of course these days there is not much call for a scroll lock key. If you have reams of output there are much better ways of presenting it in a windows based GUI system. The only use for a scroll lock key is when you are using a console mode program, or rather would be if the #$(#$* thing worked.
Same thing with PrtSc, which does absolutely bugger all on my machines.
OK you can remap the keys to do something else, but it would be nice to have some more useful functions:
Boss key bring up excell spreadsheet etc.
No, the final touch of authenticity would be having it explode in your face when you take damage in a game.
I never did figure out why the Enterprise's workstations were built of explosive material...
IIRC, the SysRq key was introduced with the 286 protected mode. It was thought that this key would provide access to operating system functions in that mode while a regular app is running.
It never served any real purpose.
You can do useful things like sync your disk before you have to power cycle the machine. Or, kill all processes on the current VT.
An easy-to-remember saying is "Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring"... I found that in one of my Linux books (although I cant remember wich one, so I cant give proper credit... sorry).Alt-SysRq-R --- Turns off keyboard raw mode (sets to XLATE)
Alt-SysRq-S --- Syncs the filesystems
Alt-SysRq-E --- SIGTERM to all processes except init
Alt-SysRq-I --- SIGKILL to all processes except init
Alt-SysRq-U --- Remount the filesystems readonly
Alt-SysRq-B --- Reboot (like pressing ctrl-alt-delete in DOS)
For example, on Linux kernels with system debugging enabled, you can use it to force the machine to sync disks, reboot, dump debugging info out the serial port, etc. On a Sun box, you use the equivalent key to drop into the BIOS (which includes a CLI and lisp).
I mean come on! Changing the keyboards now would be like changing all the highways in america from the width they are now to half as wide to accomidate smaller, faster (albeit narrower) cars!
But in all seriousness, everything I need to do in programming and even quite a lot of word processing (I was using vi for corporate memos until about 1999 when I was forced to use a Word compatible program) I can do without my fingers leaving their home positions on the keyboards. We don't need better keyboards -- or better mice for that matter. What we really need are better applications that either dynamically adapt to the condition at the time, or take better advantage of the hardware that we've got.
And most of all, all keyboards need an analog volume changer. With IBooks, you can change the volume using some function keys... but there needs a little spinny thing to change the audio (like what is in most refrigerator's to change the temp).
And lastly, I can't seem to find that double-S thing on my IBook?
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Hmmm, are you quite sure you're talking about your keyboard here?
ctrl + c and crtl + v works fine for me
While I agree with your basic premise, the particular example you use causes me to vomit. That is one thing wrong with Windows, and PC keyboards - they're short one meta key. Just having Alt means the control key has to be overloaded for, well, control functions. You'd think that would make sense, but since control characters were enshrined in ASCII they lost their "meta" status, and lot of people need to type them into terminal windows (while also requiring quick key, non-strain-inducing shortcuts for copy and paste). That overloading of the control key is one of my pet peeves about Windows. Half of my use of the Mac is as a terminal to Unix command lines, whether local or remote.
Please consider joining SPOB, the Society for the Preservation Of Buckybits.
Also imagine the pure joy of virus writers when they realize just what they can do with the victim's keyboard.
The Microsoft Office keyboard has app-fwd and app-back keys, as well as dedicated cut, copy, and paste. Plus, it shows the most common uses of the F-keys, instead of 'F3', it says 'Open'. Plus, it has a scroll wheel, for those who want to scroll a few lines at a time without using the mouse. Plus, things like having an extra backspace (as well as open and close parenthesis) above the number pad. You can click here [microsoft.com] for Microsoft's page on it.
There are a few companies that make clones of this keyboard now, complete with scroll wheel. I don't know the names of any of the clones, all of the ones I have seen are by very generic companies.
This reads like a troll. For instance:
devotes a whole key to a sort of double-S shape that I will never press.
If you're using a Mac without using the command key, you're really not using the Mac. Unless you're running PPC Linux?
And my PC keyboards all waste plastic on a backwards-apostrophe
Ok, you're apparently not running Linux, or you're a Unix programmer who doesn't know how to use backquotes for command substitution in shell programming. Using familiar keys, try entering "man sh ".
while functions that you use all the time, such as switching between windows, cut/copy/paste, back/forwards, undo/redo etc, all have to double-up with other keys..
Yup, they double up with other keys - through the use of that command metakey you've never hit. If you have a way around this that doesn't involve doubling the size of the keyboard, please share. Try this, just for me - press the little funky "double-S" key (the technical term, btw, is "whee whee propeller!") and hold it, then press shift and hold it, then press the key with a slash and a question mark on it (phew!). Now read all about keyboard shortcuts.
There are umpteen things wrong with modern keyboards, though - you just mention none of them. In all seriousness, have you considered the possibility that you're just an idiot?
There are attempts at this right now, but the best solution so far is probably the 2 dimensional equivelant from www.fingerworks.com [fingerworks.com]. They have keyboards, mouse pads, and number pads all that combine both traditional input buttons and gestures to do things like cut and paste. Of course, like all new technologies, it's on the expensive side, but hopefully in the next 10-20 years we're controlling a 3 dimensional display by waving our hands. (Will make playing spell casting games a lot funner.)
It's probably already been done I'm guessing. Be nice to have a toggle too to switch between dvorak and qwerty layout.
I wish there was an easy way for us to switch everyone over.
What are you? Some kind of clueless newbie?
I use the "backwards apostrophe" all the time. For example, I want to edit my "startx" script. I type:
$ vi `which startx`
and it brings it up in my favorite editor. I suggest the poster should learn the benefits of the backwards apostrophe before dissing it.
Note the extra 23 keys in the keypads to the left of the main keyboard and above the keypad. It's hard to explain what they all did if you're not familiar with the Apollo DM user interface, but basically you had keys for:
cut,copy,paste: Point mouse anywhere on screen and hit key; cut either selection or whatever was in the area of the mouse
again: point mouse at any command in a window, hit key, command is executed again (like double-click, drag, middle-click in xterm but without all the gymnastics)
arrow keys that moved the mouse so you didn't have to take your hands off the keyboard...
open shell window, open editor window, open
editor window read only,
page up, page down (nothing unusual there,) page left, page right for when editing those huge images or documents...
window system command: think +nw+ret to change stacking order of windows where your cursor is. Anything you could do with the mouse you could do with two-letter commands and the window command key...
Of course, HP bought apollo and killed the line. And now instead of 23 keys that were actually useful, we all have 12 function keys that almost no application ever uses...
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Fulham striker Moussa Dembele is backing his Belgium international teammate Eden Hazard to flourish in the Premier League.
Hazard revealed yesterday that he will be joining Chelsea in the summer, and Dembele believes the Lille playmaker will shine for the Blues next year.
Chelsea's latest recruit was torn between three options; Manchester City, Manchester United and the Blues, but opted for the Stamford Bridge side after they clinched Champions League qualification with victory over Bayern Munich in the final.
And his Belgian teammate and fellow Premier League performer Dembele, has backed Hazard to be a huge success in England.
"It's a good choice from Eden," said Dembele. "He has the quality to succeed in every competition in Europe but the English competition is the best in the world so it will be good for his development."
The Fulham star warned Blues fans that Hazard may need time to find his feet, but also said the Lille starlet has the potential to be the next David Silva.
"Eden is quite small, but in the last couple of years more small players have arrived in the Premier League like Silva, [Juan] Mata and before that [Luka] Modric - and Hazard can certainly be like them."
Hazard joins a growing Belgian contingent in the Premier League, which includes Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, Arsenal enforcer Thomas Vermaelen, Fulham ace Moussa Dembele, Chelsea forward Romelu Lukaku, and now Chelsea's Eden Hazard.
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They aren't forcing you to sell your Wii to them. Or other people to buy theirs. So what's the big deal? I understand people who buy Wii/PS3 in a retail store and simply return them if they can't be sold with hefty margins, are probably being unethical. But after all, it is their Wii. They can sell it if they wan't. It is up to a) consumers don't be stupid and don't pay the prices they ask for and b) Nintendo ramp up production. If some big company kept you from selling some good, or say some software or media, you purchased from them, how would you feel?
That's not really a fair comparison, because online play requires that each player has his or her own console. If you assume the same for the Wii, that all the people you will play with have their own Wii, then they all have their own Wiimote and Nunchuk, so there's no reason to buy any extra controllers.
Not to be rude or anything, but people that are getting a Wii for Christmas have friends and loved ones. These friends probably want to play too. I know that if I was going to drop several hundred dollars on a video game system for someone there had better be enough controllers so that I can play something too.
I know that PS3 and XBox 360 owners get all excited about Internet play, but that's actually one of the signs that both Microsoft and Sony misunderstand the console market. There is a certain sma
But while that might be how MANY Wii's end up, you can put a $300 box under the tree, if that's your budget, and still have something entertaining. If your buying it for someone over 15 they can accessorize it themselves.
I don't think that people should underestimate this. I've done that with other things, and the quality of the stuff you can get in that manner is often times far better than when you're stuck buying it all at once.
My camera and home gym setups would both have been far out of my reach had I been required for one reason or another to plunk down the cash for either of those at once. It also allowed me to make better decisions about what extras to get.
Granted those aren't directly analogous, but there is a str
Take a look at Amazon or over at ebay.
Excellent point. There are few consumer goods, toys if you will, that this applies to. This "ticket scalping" like attitude is pretty new to a lot of consumers and of course they're going to blame the company directly. However, it's not the case. Besides the unprecedented demand (it's been practically sold out for over a year in a lot of places) and the fact that hot toys, even when not in demand in the off season, can see sold-out status during the holidays, Nintendo has actually increased factory [latimes.com] output for the holidays. Of course, I think 1.8 million consoles [kotaku.com] a month is nothing to shake a stick at.
I do feel sorry for a little sorry for those who cannot get one, but I also write it off as them not trying hard enough. With a little effort, it wasn't hard to get a Wii back in Oct. They would sit on the shelf for about 2 days before going sold out (according to GameStop and WalMart employees in my local area, YMMV). If you called every day, you'd have gotten one in a week. Of course, your best bet now is to wait until after Xmas, when the Wii bubble pops, and all those hording Wii's for premium re-sales during Xmas will flood the market at standard costs. Otherwise, good luck and keep trying!
It's neither new nor rare. It happens almost every Christmas to one "big toy," it's just that it's rarely something the Slashdot crowd cares about. All the way back to Tickle Me Elmo over a decade ago - and the year after that, it was the Barbie Fashion Designer CD-ROM, and then something new nearly every ye
I might as well get a 360 with some games or a PS3 that can play all those PS2 games out there
Be careful with the latter option. Sony has made quite a few changes to PS3 backward compatibility with PS2, ranging from supporting it in hardware on some models, to supporting it by software emulation in others, to dropping it completely in still others.
From what I've read, the current production lines are going full tilt to get the 1.8 million/month. They will need major capital expense to expand production. How fast would Nintendo be able to recoup that expense? If demand drops before this, then as the parent mentioned the money is wasted and either ruin their profits or ruin the return on the capital expense. Nintendo is between a rock and a hard place.The rock: Their competitors are able to throw a lot more money at the development of next gen consoles. Thus from a technology standpoint, better consoles.
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I took a business class in which Nintendo was used as real world example for how they controlled prices for a release of Zelda. If I remember correctly it went something like this:
Nintendo tells retailers "we're going to produce X amount by Christmas, give us your orders." Wal-Mart tells them, "we're big and will sell a lot of games, give us a huge number of them at a ridiculously low price. Otherwise, we won't carry it and you won't sell enough of them to make any money."
Nintendo hates this, of course. So, they cut back sharply on production of the game. Closer to Christmas they tell the retailers, "oops, we only have Y amount. It's not enough for what we already know everybody wants. Give us your desired quantities with your _best_ price in Z days."
Walmart just lost their leverage. Nintendo sells fewer cartridges but at a significantly better price than Walmart was offering. Not as good as they originally wanted but better than Walmart's offer.
Something similar is probably happening here. The Wii could easily move in huge volume but the retailers would want a lower price. As long as:
FewWii x HighPrice > LotsAWii x LowPrice
you'll have a hard time finding a Wii.
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Transylvania takes series with two wins at Bluffton
April 10, 2010
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Game one box score I Game two box score
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team fell to Transylvania as the Pioneers swept the Beavers 19-10 and 12-6 on Saturday, April 10, 2010. With the wins, Transy improved to 16-10 overall and 6-6 in the Heartland Conference. Bluffton fell to 1-9 in the conference and 10-16 on the season.
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Looks like Mr B has just bought himself a lifetime ticket to that line...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-safety-security/1123034-tantric-tsa-art-foreplay.html [flyertalk.com]
Finally, a voice with power pointing out the obvious.
Will anyone get on the bandwagon, will it go any further?
i hope this is the beginning of rationalizing security threats. people are starting to realize that the knee jerk reaction from 9/11 may have been a bad idea.
Unfortunately all of the hindsight in the world is no substitute for having the wisdom and the courage to cherish freedom more than security.
Finally, a voice with power pointing out the obvious.
Will anyone get on the bandwagon, will it go any further?
That's no progress. We won't have made progress and risen out of (what future historians will call) the Dark Age of Unenlightenment under which we currently live until we listen to what is obvious, reasonable, and demonstrably true no matter who points it out. Until then, it's money and power against money and power, or specifically in this case nation arguing against nation, same as it's always been.
Earlier today Obama said the sky is blue. Clearly he is a lying Socialist, and the sky is not blue.
Then I heard Glen Beck say that grass is green, which just proves he is a racist and a fascist, and now I can be sure that grass is not green.
In this brave new world, we determine reality by excluding the views of those whom we predetermine to be wrong. Welcome, and enjoy the stay... just don't plan on leaving any time soon.
Of course not. Where is the money coming from to fund these bureaucracies? Us, in very small amounts per person. Who is the money going to? Probably several levels of politicians and labor leaders, but altogether much fewer people for this specific little redistribution of wealth. That means the ones getting the money have much more incentive(their whole paycheck depends on it at the bottom level) vs a few dollars(or euros I guess) spread across the rest of the society.
Which group is going to fight harder t
No, you'll get John Bolton on Fox News saying how the US is being insulted by the UK and how they don't understand terrorism the way the US does and how the US deserves 'exceptional' rights and powers.
Cue Die Hard character by Alan Rickman.
I must have missed something.
Oh I don't think everyone quite got what I meant.
Under Bush, his appointee for UN ambassador John Bolton would always toe the most hardline view possible and try to find ways to avoid the US from falling under its own rules and treaties.
When the UN complained that their 50-year old NY building had an asbestos problem and needed renovation, Bolton replied that the UN official was insulting the US by making such a claim. He's tried to use the claim that the US was above the rules it tried to set, including Bi
Yeah because it's not like the UK has any experience with terrorism, I mean there was that whole pesky IRA thing, but it's not like it lasted for 8 decades or anything...
So Martin Broughton went to the Wizard of Oz and got courage, the TSA could go get brains and a heart and air-travelers could wish to go home without being extensively cavity searched?
Oh! OH! OH! I so want to be the Tin Man, so the TSA can kiss my shiny metal ass.
The funny thing is, having flown EL AL from Canada to Israel, and to Europe, and then back to Israel. I didn't really notice the security(which is the mark of a good system). Not to mention they actually profile people who are probably going to be a threat, instead of the 87 year old grandmother with oxygen tanks.
Profiling decreases security, by design. Profiling means to increase security for certain groups of people, and decrease it for others -- but the effects are public, and therefore visible to any terrorists, so any terrorists with any intelligence will simply focus on the weaker areas, and gain benefit from profiling.
It is only people who are unfamiliar with game theory and simple logic who do not realize this -- of course, this includes all politicians, contractors, and bureaucrats.
I should point out that those "nervous ticks and involuntary reactions", if you're referring to so-called microexpressions, are currently well in the realm of pseudoscience. They're no more revealing than general nervousness or erratic behavior. (Perhaps unsurprisingly the TSA is very enthusiastic about adopting the technique.)
The funny thing is, having flown EL AL from Canada to Israel, and to Europe, and then back to Israel. I didn't really notice the securit
Really? You didn't notice the checkpoint before you get to the airport, the line for the first bag/mtal detector screening, the check of the passport and the questions, the island in the middle while they unpack your dirty underwear, and only then are you allowed to check in!
Checking in at JFK T7 was no different to Heathrow.
I've flown from Tel Aviv and JFK this year, Tel A
Not to mention they actually profile people who are probably going to be a threat, instead of the 87 year old grandmother with oxygen tanks.
Because one of those oxygen tanks isn't a freaking ideal piece of equipment to conceal a really large explosive. Grandma probably wouldn't even notice it either.
My sister was withheld for 4 hours at an Israeli check point for questioning; her skin tone is slightly dark and could easily be mistaken for northern Muslim - even though she has a Danish passport, born by Danish parents and lived most of her life here. Her travelling companion however, was let right through the gates, milky white complexion and carrying drugs.
You made a fatal error. You assumed (at least I assumed you assumed) that these decisions are from a lack of experience and working knowledge. Incorrect. This is BY DESIGN. It's a total feel-good measure to protect against a political backlash of "not doing enough" spearheaded by the opposing political party.
If you want to be serious about this, just place an armed air marshal on-board every flight. The weapon of choice doesn't have to involve shooting bullets. IMHO, this would be far more effective and far cheaper. If something gets out of hand, deadly force may be used accordingly. Case closed.
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
When I was in Tokyo/Narita, they had these nifty little tubes with a microwave emitter and antenna in them. Send a pulse of 2.4GHz microwaves into a drink bottle, same stuff as your microwave oven uses, and check if it resonates strongly. I bet the things cost under a hundred bucks to make.
All the "liquid explosives" people are worried about are not mostly water. All of the crap people take on planes to drink is mostly water. Yet the TSA won't let me take a bit of juice or water through security? What a crock.
I asked a TSA guy about this, and he said that "we're developing new x-ray scanning technology that can check drinks, but it won't be ready until 2012, and it is very expensive."
Huh? The Japanese have solved this problem with a fucking microwave oven, and we're wanking about with this ridiculous security theater?
they actually ended up finding lots of stuff that was banned, including a couple knives.
...and nothing has happened in approximately a million flights where people accidentally have brought through the "security" knives, water bottles and other items that are prohibited.
when you (general public) see that big part of the measures is useless and a waste of time & money, you assume that _everything_ in the security are is like that. same as me seeing how passengers get 0.5 water bottles confiscated, only to have some airport shop employee go through the security checkpoint with a palette full
In the US, political donors define the problems, define what tools can be used to solve the problems
there, fixed that for ya
Haven't been to Japan for a few years I take it? You've been missing all the cuddly fun and political scandals.
Can the Japanese system properly tell the difference between liquid explosive and, say, shampoo or toothpaste or makeup? Or any of the things that are not dangerous but which dont contain mostly water?
Shampoo is mostly water (as in more than any other single ingredient) . The first ingredient on virtually every bottle of shampoo I have ever seen is "Aqua", which is water.
Granted that it often does contain a whole lot of other ingredients, but certainly enough that it should set off the water detector.
The idea should be that anything that has enough water that it is almost certainly not a bomb making chemical can be immidately ruled safe, letting them examine the others more closely.
Of course high water c
My wife took a vial of mercury on a flight once (it was for science, and the destination lab was in a third world country with no way of getting any). Mercury does this [youtube.com] to aluminum, over the course of a long enough period of time (and this was a very long flight). TSA didn't find it.
The worst part? TSA actually went through the case she'd checked (it was a suspicious one, I have to admit) and opened some of the flasks in there. What was in those flasks? Nothing - literally. They contained high-quality vacuum, to be used for taking samples at the destination (again, lab in a third world country, not equipped to pump down those flasks). Despite opening the case, searching through the contents, and actually going in to some of the flasks the TSA actively missed something that would have been dangerous to the plane in the hands of the wrong person.
Why? Well, the vacuum flasks looked like bomb components you'd see on TV (to the point where my wife even in a nice little note saying "please don't open these, they're just vacuum flasks, we're poor scientists, here's a number to call at the university if you don't believe me"), while the vial of mercury was tightly packed in a Nalgene, the sort of hard shelled water bottle hikers use sometimes.
Or, you could have women with explosive breast implants...
I really wanted to leave that as a joke, but it's a non-laughing matter when these people plan on packing explosives in their body. Who cares about infection or discomfort. They'll blow themselves up and causing as much mayhem as possible anyways.
We are not simply fighting terrorism. To call it that is pure political correctness bullshit. We are fighting an ideology where by the members are praised for doing Gods work in his name. Focus on the root c
It's an insult to perfectly secure modern foreign airports that the US requires these ridiculous redundant security checks. Just last week I flew from Shanghai (China) to Seoul (Korea) and then to Seattle. When we got to Seoul we disembarked the plane in a secure area, went to the transfer area (still secure) and had to go through screening all over again. This seems silly; any transfer from any flight inside of the US doesn't require this step as long as you are still in a secured area. Does this mean the TSA doesn't think Korea can secure their airport? That seems like an insult.
But to make matters worse, there was a *separate* security check after we got our ticket checked but before we entered the Jetway to the plane to Seattle. But it wasn't so much a security check as it was a line of checkers making people open bags (where they dug around a bit, but not a lot) and each checker asked if we had any lighters. When asked about the two extra levels of security checks, the answer was always "US Flight."
a) Why is there a security check in a secured area?
b) What is the point of the *second* security check before you get on the plane that doesn't really accomplish anything anyways?
I don't get it; it's insulting to other countries and costs way too much money. And I'm convinced we are paying for it with US tax dollars.
A single proper security check is be sufficient. Then, you're either in a secured area or you aren't. Maybe there are a handful of airports in the world that can't guarantee security of their "secured area," but the shiny modern airport in Seoul (Incheon) is not one of them (especially considering it also serves as a military airport!)
When we got to Seoul we disembarked the plane in a secure area, went to the transfer area (still secure) and had to go through screening all over again. This seems silly;
Maybe there are a handful of airports in the world that can't guarantee security of their "secured area," but the shiny modern airport in Seoul (Incheon) is not one of them
But if the flight is arriving into Incheon's secure area from one of those airports that cannot guarantee the security of their secure area, then Incheon's security has been breached. So the extra check to transit between the arrival lounge and departure lounge is not silly. The second extra check on the other hand is just there to appease the TSA, and that is silly/
Actually, that's exactly how it should be... Let the US bound passengers deal with the idiotic extra checks, and make us other go through the useful ones.
Only thing you're going to get from me taking of my shoes is a biological weapon going off.
It's strange really. On one hand a cash strapped US is trying to promote tourism and overseas visitors for the cash that can bring in, and on the other the security industry (which failed so spectacularly in the first place) is promoting this gung ho, demeaning and impossibly aggravating set of procedures for the same said tourists.
I used to visit the US fairly regularly
It's an insult to perfectly secure modern foreign airports that the US requires these ridiculous redundant security checks. Just last week I flew from Shanghai (China) to Seoul (Korea) and then to Seattle. When we got to Seoul we disembarked the plane in a secure area, went to the transfer area (still secure) and had to go through screening all over again. Does this mean the TSA doesn't think Korea can secure their airport? That seems like an insult.
If I understand you correctly, you weren't screened in
You say as if there are no direct planes from China to US.
You say as if there are no direct planes from China to US.
It occurred to me, but I decided it's easily explainable. For a direct flight from China, the US will meddle in the security in China as they did with Korea in this instance. They won't meddle with a flight from China to Korea. In other words, the US will concern themselves with the last leg into the US in all cases, and won't trust whatever security you went through to get to the last leg.
It's not completely insane. If we posed this in terms of computer security - let's say somebody passed you a cert signed by some guy you don't know. Are you going to trust it? Not likely.
The US doesn't just pay for it with tax dollars, it also pays for it in tourism and business.
Cavity searches are a notoriously unpopular way to begin a vacation.
Cavity searches are a notoriously unpopular way to begin a vacation.
Don't worry, these are done only if you and your family refuse to be seen in the nude.
And the business includes flight transfers. In a couple of weeks I'm going from London to Mexico. The cheapest routes involve US airlines and a tranfer in the US, but I'm willing to pay extra to fly Iberia via Madrid and avoid US airports.
It's not just the TSA. I had the same experience during a Tokyo stopover on an Air Canada flight from Hong Kong to Toronto.
TSA is security theater, complete with uniforms for the actors and Uncle Sam as the librettist. If the TSA disappeared tomorrow, the SAME DAY there would be airline-hired security guards in their place, because what airline wants to be sued by 300 angry widows/widowers when a plane gets blown up? And the airline guards would have to actually follow all the privacy laws, unlike the TSA (whom otherwise rational people seem to think should be exempt for some reason).
[sarcasm] And in this recession, how dare
Just last week I flew from Shanghai (China) to Seoul (Korea) and then to Seattle. When we got to Seoul we disembarked the plane in a secure area, went to the transfer area (still secure) and had to go through screening all over again.
Same happens in Dubai, for all flights I believe, but certainly for a transfer from London to Islamabad
A single proper security check is be sufficient. Then, you're either in a secured area or you aren't.
Do you trust security in some random airport in somewhere like Zimbabwe?
When I travel to the USA, and I am packing,I tend to just grab any device I might fathom that I would need, and toss it into the suitcase. PCMCIA Token Ring cards, ISDN cards, cables, chargers, just keep going. Do I need all that crap? No. But when I arrive, there is a nice white paper in the suitcase explaining that it was opened for "Security Reasons."
The poor security checker was probably thinking, "What the hell is he going to do with this garbage
I haven't done it yet, but I've always thought it would be fun to cut aluminum foil out in the shape of a hand gun and put it in a friends book just before they were going on a trip.
Come on, it's not a good practical joke unless it breaks up a life long friendship or marriage or someone ends up in the hospital or jail.
The poor security checker was probably thinking, "What the hell is he going to do with this garbage
.... Token Ring, indeed!"
Eh? Teal'c is now a security checker in an airport? After all these years saving the Earth, I did not see this coming. I guess times are tough even for the Air Force, but this is ridiculous!
Teal'c is now a security checker in an airport?
Just put him on the check-in desk, any terrorist would run a mile from one glance
I have cancled my travel plans to the USA post 911 due to thier increased security checks and invasive tests. There is no way I will allow myself to be entered into thier databases as there is no garentee this information will be correctly entered and maintained, and for it to remain private.
If British airways is still flying here, there is still money to be made. If the profit margin gets to small on flights here they will stop.
And when they stop these ridiculous regulations will change. Or we're going to have to get used to doing less business overseas.
If you:
1) Keep it up.
2) Let the airlines know.
3) Work on convincing others to do the same.
As people may have noticed from the bailout some time back, the government considers the airlines important. They want to keep them happy. This is not only because they are important economically to the US, but because they have heavy political influence.
Well, if the airlines start to find out that the security theater is cutting in to their bottom lines, they aren't going to be happy at all. They can verify it too. If
Redundant is an understatement. A few days ago I took a direct flight from Ireland to the US. I was required to stop and hand over my passport eight times! As a US citizen I've felt more welcome entering the former USSR than my own country.
... under the previous administration, the TSA actually asked multiple high-volume airports to set aside certain gates for US-bound flights, reclassify those areas as sovereign US-soil (!!!), and allow the US to post armed US TSA officers there (!!!!!). That was rebuffed, ranging from the Germans refusing outright, Canadians politely offering an additional Mountie, to the Japanese asking for more time to 'study' the issue. The arrogance of the US authorities to make the request in the first place is only eclipsed by the current treatment of foreigners coming to the US (online $$$ VISA, photographs and fingerprints on arrival, etc.) - to what end? Thanks to this lovely attitude, multiple nations have started to retaliate against US citizens by charging them reciprocal rates and also treating foreigners like criminals. Well, great, it's the little people as usual getting the short end of the stick when the elephants start dancing.
I wish more folk in the transportation business - consumers as well as providers would start speaking up more about the very costs of security theater versus the benefits. AFAIK, the TSA has yet to nab a single potential terrorist prior to them doing something naughty on the plane. Similarly, FAA red teams continue to enjoy great success penetrating US airports at will while over 300 TSA employees have been fired for being caught stealing passenger items (makes you wonder how many weren't caught, but I digress). The TSA continues to throw technological solutions at a very complex problem in a completely reactionary manner instead of being honest and admitting that stopping all crime in the air is inherently impossible.
Bruce Schneier has written at length about this, noting that the best way to ensure that only the folk who are supposed to be on the plane is to check them for security, ID, and ticket validity at the gate, just before they get on the plane. Having big choke points at the entry to airports only ensures one thing: a big fat target for terrorists. Worse, the current push for backscatter and microwave machines significantly reduces throughput since the TSA has not allocated any additional floor space or parallel paths into the airport to accommodate the 5x slower scan rate of a backscatter machine vs. a magnetometer. And, should you be silly enough to opt out of a machine scan and ask for a manual pat-down, you can expect the TSA staff to retaliate. In my case, my carry-on luggage was subjected to a comprehensive search even though the pat-down did not uncover anything suspicious (TSA headquarters later stated that this should not have been done)
Bottom line is, some common-sense approaches like upgrading cockpit doors were good ideas. But until Congress and the president grow a backbone and stop the madness, the TSA will continue to grow and whatever privacy and convenience passengers used to enjoy simply will continue to evaporate. It's a pity considering how much fun travel can be. But who am I kidding? There is simply too much money in the business of providing 'security' these days, too many fiscal interests that would be hurt.
Thanks to this lovely attitude, multiple nations have started to retaliate against US citizens by charging them reciprocal rates and also treating foreigners like criminals.
Ahahaha! Show the Americans that their system is fucktarded by making your system just as fucktarded, and not showing them a proper example!
The worst has to be the recent rules against liquids specifying the exact type of plastic bag and container they must be in and sending people back to buy an overpriced plastic bag if its slightly too big.
I never bother with plastic bags and the screeners have never stopped me taking things like toothpaste in my carry-on bag. What's the point of the bags?
I now take the ferry to England to avoid this carry on. Yeah it takes a big longer but that is the only disadvantage
From where? Ireland? France? Norway? Belgium? Holland? Denmark? New York on the QM2?
*Nobody cares how many screw drivers, nail clippers, 8p8c crimpers, LED bulbs, gas soldering irons, unusual electronic items, bottles of water I take with me and use on the ferry.
Sadly Eurostar isn't like this, they have the pointless xray machine (although I've no idea what they're looking for, as my leatherma
Assuming that:
1) Such a device cannot be fooled. Human ingenuity seems to be underestimated.
2) The "explosives" are actually in an "explosive" configuration during this scan.
3) There are no other means of causing havoc on a plane -- acids, poisons, bio-weapons.. but I guess if only all passengers are killed and the plane survives it doesn't really "count", after all there was no monetary loss.
Erm. Bags are already checked for depressurisation triggers, and I think other triggers too.
Even better - go to any non-UK European country and watch as you can drive top-speed through 7 or 8 international borders and not even realise until your mobile phone says "Welcome to Germany!" or whatever.
It's only the UK that has stupid enough politicians that we just blindly follow what the US says: wars, terrorism, whatever. We've been dealing with bombings and terrorists for decades before 9/11, from nearly blowing up a hotel with the prime minister in it, to downing a plane over Scotland, to putting
If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint?


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Dating can be difficult at the best of times, but if you're the Man of Steel it's near impossible — until now. The latest edition of Justice League gives Superman a romantic break by pairing him up with Wonder Woman. According to Justice League writer Geoff Johns, the relationship will definitely cause tension around the office.


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I like the new site design, I like the idea behind user reviews and everything you guys are doing to make this place all about the members, but... the forums are a mess. It gives me a headache looking at them and reminds me of the old techtv forums. I'll probably enjoy using the user created content you have provided us but the forums are a disaster.
This is HuBBsDoctor BTW. Peace.
We're in the Beta process right now. The staff is working on everything to get them just right for us. Just give it some time man, it's only the second day.
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Portfolio Days are intended for 3rd- year students to showcase their work to companies recruiting creative talent. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to make connections and possible contacts for future purposes.
Showcase your portfolio to potential employers.
Valiant Entertainment – Portfolio Review
On March 19th our entire third year class took a trip to New York City where they were invited to the editorial offices of Valiant Entertainment and received individual portfolio reviews by Valiant's editors.
DC Comics - Portfolio Review
On April 2, 2014 our entire graduating class will take a trip into Manhattan to visit the editorial offices of DC Comics where they will meet with Art Director Mark Chiarello and a team of editors who will review our student's portfolios.
Zenescope Entertainment and Dynamite Entertainment – Portfolio Review
On April 11th, 2014 comic book publishers Zenescope Entertainment and Dynamite Entertainment will be sending editors to our school to review the portfolios of our third year students.


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After retail mall REIT Simon Property Group (SPG) reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates Monday, S&P Capital IQ upgrades SPG to 'Strong Buy' from 'Buy.' From S&P:
We raise our '13 FFO estimate to $8.75 from $8.57 and '14′s to $9.33 from $9.17 on better cost control. Q2 FFO of $2.11, vs. 1.89, tops our $1.96 forecast. Occupancy in the U.S. operational portfolio rose to 95.1% from 94.2% at Q2-end, re-leasing spreads rose 4.1%, and tenant sales advanced 4.2%. We see continued robust demand for space helping the portfolio. We also like SPG's willingness to partner with other developers to grow the outlet center business. Further, we believe that SPG's strong financial position affords it the ability to be aggressive with debt re-financings
UPDATE: And this just in from Evercore Partners, which upped its SPG target price to $171 from $168 and maintained its equal-weight rating:
[T]hough SPG sports best-in-class franchise, operations, management & growth potential, we also believe valuations are more compelling in smaller-cap, less-productive mall REITs (CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Glimcher Realty Trust (GRT)) & others that have risks more than reflected in current share prices (Taubman Centers (TCO)).
SPG shares were recently down 0.9% to $163.11.


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Fish & Wildlife Service—National Conservation Training Center
Conservation and Community Public Lecture Series
Speaking with Jena Thompson
Mark Madison
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Mark: Hi. Today's June 30th, 2009 at the National Conservation Training Center. I'm Mark Madison and we're here with Jena Meredith who works for the conservation fund and heads up their Go Zero project. And she was just out here for our first annual Student Conservation and Climate Congress, which we're bringing about 90 high school students to introduce them to new green technologies and opportunities to affect the environment in a positive way. Welcome.
Jena: Thanks Mark.
Mark: How are you doing?
Jena: Great.
Mark: Tell us a little about Go Zero.
Jena: Sure. Well, Go Zero is actually a program of the Conservation Fund, and the Conservation Fund itself is a national environmental non profit. We work in all fifty states. And our main focus traditionally is land conservation. And we do that pretty well. Across the last 20 years or so, we've protected upwards of 6 million acres, but it's the how we do it that really does make a difference. And that's in the integration of both economic development and environmental protection. So our method has been to kind of look at those creative interfaces between where the environment and economics intersect and then how to more proactively engage others in helping us make a difference. And the program that I run is called Go Zero, and it actually helps individuals and corporations and even schools take a look at different slices of life and the carbon emissions associated with those slices of life. And we take that emissions, we measure it, and we plant the equivalent number of trees in protected national wildlife refuges across the nation that will suck up or sequester the appropriate…
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Leigh and Leslie Keno are a lot like talent scouts who spot supermodel potential in grocery-store clerks. Their seemingly X-ray vision cuts through the hype, or lack thereof, as they judge whether an object has what it takes to become an antiques superstar. As country kids growing up in New York state's Herkimer County, they spotted beauty and history in centuries-old clay crocks, rusty barn-door hardware, and painted furniture caked in layers of dirt, all affordable because their value wasn't completely understood.
Today, the Keno brothers hunt for furnishings from all periods and styles that they believe have both staying power and potential for financial growth. Looks that grab them? Hold the rosettes and ruffle carvings. They're looking for spare elegance devoid of decoration, which describes both a crystal-clear Lucite chair and a Lancaster County Amish quilt. They're aiming for fresh, classic beauties with potential for long-term growth in the far-off future—or, at least, to avoid depreciation. And it's their proven ability to pluck pretty pieces out of obscurity that turned them into The Antiques Roadshow's favorite appraisers.
But how to predict whether a particular style has the power to endure? "Good design doesn't have to be old, but it has to reflect the period in which it was made," says Leslie. "Great new forms, some very beautiful things, are being created right now or were made in the last 50 years."
To spot emerging trends, the Kenos keep an eye on museum exhibitions, auction prices, and recently released design books that catalog new discoveries and current scholarship.
So what's still affordable? Here, the Keno brothers identify undervalued styles and periods worth investigating.
Text by Doris Athineos
Produced by Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno
Photograph: Bryan McCay
Forget Italian "starchitects" and Scandinavian hipsters. The real superheroes of postwar design are American artisans who created supercool furniture at prices young couples could afford. "You hear so much about the Europeans, but Americans were great at mid-century design," says Leigh Keno. Powerhouses like Charles and Ray Eames, Edward Wormley, Florence Knoll, and Eero Saarinen (who moved from Finland to the United States as a tweenager) enjoyed a surge of popularity that peaked in 1999. But prices have since flattened as design devotees chase the neo-neo thing.
"Americans from the 1950s and '60s have suddenly fallen off the radar," adds Leslie, who recently snapped up a rare rosewood version of the Eames "potato chip" chair, formally known as the "DCW" (Dining Chair Wood)—it's the chair shown here—for $2,100 at Treadway/Toomey Auctions in Cincinnati.
"Eames was truly a visionary," enthuses Leslie. "He designed not only the chair but the molding machine to make it. He even developed plywood leg splints for the Navy."
The Kenos suggest that design buffs scout for modern classics close to home. For instance, Edward Wormley worked for Dunbar Furniture, located in Berne, Indiana. And head for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in search of design masterpieces by Paul Evans. Some of the biggest bargains? Paul McCobb's brass-and-wood furniture, George Nelson's fiberglass chair, and Warren Platner's wire chair.
Photograph: Bryan McCay
Pop artist Andy Warhol blew minds when he turned Campbell's soup cans into art, but his taste in furniture was surprisingly classical, harking back to ancient Greece and Rome. American classical furnishings made between 1815 and 1840—the last great period of handmade furniture—are also called Neoclassical and Empire. It was a time when American artisans, borrowing from French and English sources, turned out klismos chairs, card tables, and recamiers, some brushed with green-based paint to simulate aged bronze and made from the finest figured woods ("rosewood and crotch-grain mahogany from the tropics," says Leslie).
The retail price, however, is bargain basement. "You can buy classical furniture by the pound right now," notes Leslie, only half-joking. At regional auction houses, he reports that sideboards go for $1,500 and game tables for as little as $800. The 1815 sideboard with figured mahogany shown here sold at auction for $4,025. Even signature pieces like 7-foot-long sofas with carved claw feet can be found for $800. The other big bonus? There's no fooling around. "You just don't find fakes because there's no money in it," he says.
But, be forewarned, the reopening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's expanded Greek galleries may spark a new love affair with this cool, classy style.
Photograph: Courtesy of Cowan's Auction House
If you're after maximum wall power for minimum bucks, check out Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Amish quilts made before 1940. "The best look like Rothko paintings," opines Leslie, who admires the deep, saturated colors and geometric shapes—diamonds, squares, and bars. Currently, the market for Amish quilts is so sleepy that neither major auction house handles them. Retail prices range from $1,000 for a 1940s light-colored, rayon cloth model to $10,000 for a 1920s rare, red diamond-in-a-square wool quilt. The best pieces are stitched together with black thread.
"There's a lot of new research going on," says historian Jonathan Holstein, who, in 1971, curated Abstract Design in American Quilts, the ground-breaking Whitney Museum show that was the first to exhibit quilts as paintings. There's also a new museum, the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, slated to open in April. The museum owns more than 2,400 quilts from 24 countries and includes quilts donated by Holstein, who penned A Quiet Spirit (Fowler, 1996), the seminal essay on Lancaster quilts. "The market bottomed out in the 1990s and can only head in one direction," says Leigh.
Photograph: Courtesy of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Traditionalists may not imagine that see-through style mixes with mahogany, but clearly it does. "Lucite lightens up a dark room," says Leigh, the master of mahogany, who sees nothing incongruous about stocking up on high-end plastic treasures, including a set of dining chairs with carved Lucite splats. "Lucite isn't new," reminds Leslie, who has spotted crystal-clear coffee tables, chairs, and desks at Salvation Army stores and thrift shops. Dismissing it as '70s kitsch is a big mistake, he says. DuPont introduced clear plastic under the brand name Lucite (also called Plexiglas and Perspex) in the 1930s. And when a piece pops up at auction, design groupies go the distance. For instance, Shiro Kuramata's "Miss Blanche" armchair, made of red roses embedded in clear plastic, soared to $318,000 at Christie's London last year.
The trick is to load up on Lucite before it shows up at mid-century design auctions with a price that reflects its rock-star status. For instance, the club chair shown here by Vladimir Kagen sold for $420 (set of four, $1,680) in 2007 at Sollo Rago.
How to recognize vintage Lucite (most of which isn't branded)? Hollywood glam (think plume-shaped backsplat chairs by Grosfeld House) indicates early vintage while later styles take more fluid forms. Vintage pieces often show their age, but stay away from discoloration and cracks. "Take out a magnifying glass and look for wear—very fine scratches," advises Leslie. "Some pieces look like an ice-skating rink before the Zamboni comes out." The Kenos don't buff out age spots, but most modernists buff back to slick transparency. "Unlike wood grain, Lucite is a blank material," points out Richard Wright of Chicago's Wright auctions. "The only thing to care about is design."
Photograph: Courtesy of Sollo Rago Modern Auction House
Best known for dangling mobiles, artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) also designed carpets (made in Guatemala), some of which can be found for less than $3,000. "Look for decorative objects by A-list artists," Leslie counsels.
Photograph: Courtesy of Sollo Rago Modern Auction House


text: JCS's numbers look better this year and his K/IP looks good (though his K/BB ratio could be better). I don't know that much about the Bakersfield park, but have seen where it favors the hitters. Do you think that Sulbaran's numbers are skewed much by pitching there? It would be nice to think he might be making a big step forward this year and may be ready to step up in AA next year.


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Volver Beach Hostel
'Little paradise' with a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, you'll feel right at home. Our kitchen, salon and sunny roof top terrace with amazing views, are for communal use. Wifi is in the whole house.
In the southern part of this island with constant sunny, warm weather and the most beautiful beaches, Puerto de Mogan is one of the Hot Spots. Known as little Venice, loved because its different than the rest. Every Friday there is a big market with art & handcrafts, souvenirs, clothes, jewelry, accessories and food.
Located in the center of this lovely town, the beach and yacht harbour with plenty of restaurants, bars and boutiques are just around the corner. Bus station and a big supermarket you can reach in five minutes. Puerto de Mogan is also the perfect starting point for hikes and bike trails.
Come and enjoy your holiday.
Check in from 13.00 till 19.00 . If you come later, please contact us
Check out 11.00
Cancellation policy 24hrs
Only cash on arrival
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Hostel Facilities & Policies
- Airport Transfers
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- Breakfast Not Included
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
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- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Check in from 13.00 to 18.00 . If you come later please contact us. Check out 11.00.
Cancellation policy 24hrs
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In our hostel we have pets, one very little and cute dog and two lovely cats. None are allowed in the guest rooms.
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Travelling by bus
Gran Canaria has an excellent bus service, providing access to Puerto de Mogan, from the main touristic areas of the Island.
Bus No 1: Las Palmas - Puerto de Mogan (every 20 mins)
This bus starts in San Telmo (Las Palmas), and stops on the main highway outside of the airport, and terminates in Puerto de Mogan. The first bus passes the airport around 5.20 then every 20minutes. After 19.50 the bus is every hour and the last bus is at 23.50. It takes around 2 hours because the bus drives along the old coast road.
Bus No 91 Las Palmas - Playa Del Cura (from 6.35 till 20.35 every hour)
This bus also starts in San Telmo (Las Palmas), and stops right in front of Terminal 1 at the airport (at check-in level), and terminates in Playa Del Cura, 3 busstops before Puerto de Mogan. This bus takes 1 hour and than you have to wait for Nr.1 or 32 to continue .
Further information is availible from the Tourist Information Office which is located on the departure level of the airport.
Puerto de Mogan Bus Station - Volver Hostel
From the bus station, follow Avenida Del Las Artes, which begins at Spar Supermarket, until you reach the beach , turn right and cross the wooden bridge. Walk over the zebra crossing and continue along Explanada Del Castillete for approximately 50 metres until you reach the Post Office (Correos), which is after Restaurante Castillete on your right hand side. Turn right into Las Nasas , which reaches Calleton Las Conchas after 22 steps. Walk straight ahead for 33 more steps,until you face colourful Volver Hostel.
If you come by taxi, just tell the driver to let you out at the postoffice (correos) and follow the discription from this part on.
Located Near
In the southern part of this island wih constant sunny, warm weather and the most beautiful beaches, Puerto de Mogan is one of the hot spots. Known as little Venice, loved because its different than the rest. This lovely town is also a good starting point for hikes and bike trails.
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Musician Murray Gold will be composing the incidental music for the new series, according to sources. Gold is also currently working on the score for new series producer Russell T Davies' other current project, "Casanova," and is responsible for such television scores as "The Canterbury Tales" (which starred Billie Piper), "Shameless" and "Servants," and Davies' other television projects, "The Second Coming" and both series of "Queer as Folk". (Thanks to Stephen Sherry)


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Alright, so I'm going to move to a huge city soon, and I'm going to be pretty hard up for cash. I was thinking about trying my hand at stripping for a little extra cash.
Does anyone on here have experience stripping? Did you like it? Did you make a lot of money?
I've heard it pays well, and I like to show off my body anyway. It sounds fun.
Any thoughts?


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Designed to help children with early word formation and beginner spelling, the WORD Animals spelling apps focus on spelling with one vowel at a time. WORD Hen focuses on the vowel "E" for word formation, while the other WORD Animals concentrate on one of the other vowels.
Currently available for both iPhone and iPad, this suite of apps is parent-approved and teacher recommended.
WORD Hen offers 2 levels of play: one for "forming" words, a form of discovery, and one for "spelling" words as they are spoken.
As children spell correct words, they are rewarded with an Animal Sticker with sound. Each 5 words enables the child to have another sticker and they can, at any time, go to the Beach center and "play" with their animals. This form of encouragement, including verbal encouragements from the Hen, helps kids strive to learn the spelling of new words. Each WORD Animal offers a different Animal environment for their group of animals, with animals that live in that environment, such as Forest animals, which is available with the spelling app WORD Dog.
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The typical day for kindergarten students in Leon County used to focus on play time and outdoor activities, but over time that curriculum has evolved to include less time outdoors and more time hitting the books.
Sunshine State standards say before kids can leave kindergarten they must be able to generate ideas through brainstorming, dictate messages and know the names of the letters of the alphabet, a far cry from the days when kindergarten meant nap time and recess, but that doesn't mean the fun is missing.
Sarah Stafford has spent 25 years at the front of the classroom as a kindergarten teacher, preparing young minds to begin their education expedition.
"How has the work load changed? Tremendously, a lot. More work involved but it is worth it because we are seeing a lot of growth in children," says Sarah.
In the beginning, class curriculum was play-oriented. Sarah says the kids spent more time outside engaged in game like activities, yet the growing pressure to achieve academically has put a tutoring twist to those games.
"We try to make hands on learning with developmentally appropriate practices through play experience," Sarah adds.
Parent Laurie Dodson doesn't mind the changing curriculum for her son Austin. As a classroom volunteer she sees first hand how one of the three R's is included into every facet of the school day.
"Huge emphasis on writing and reading coming up with own ideas and putting them on paper, it's amazing," says Laurie Dodson.
In Sarah Stafford's class there is a strong connection between home and school, so when the kids do come home with a class project, it requires the parents help, including them in the school day.


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Pomona, California thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD have scheduled the following European tour dates:
Aug. 12 - Josefov, Czech Republic - Brutal Assault Open Air Festival
Aug. 13 - Leeds, UK - The Well
Aug. 14 - Edinburgh, UK - Bannerman's
Aug. 15 - Derby, UK - Bloodstock Open Air
Commented BONDED BY BLOOD frontman Jose Barrales: "We can't wait to hit these festivals. This will also mark our return to England and Scotland on our club shows.
"Hope to see you guys raging out there!"
"Blood Spilled Offerings", a new song from BONDED BY BLOOD, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. According to a press release, the track is "a charging juggernaut of a song that gives a look at the inner workings of the Crong. They are the alien race that have taken control of future Earth in the band's original sci-fi tale."
"Blood Spilled Offerings" comes off BONDED BY BLOOD's upcoming sophomore album, "Exiled To Earth", which is set 600 years in the future and tells the tale of the Crong, an alien race who were sent to Earth long ago with one goal: global domination. A skilled group of warriors must now face the impossible and overthrow the Crong to take back our planet.
"Exiled To Earth" will be available in North America on August 10 via Earache Records. The CD was recorded in Arizona with producer Ralph Patlan (MEGADETH, UFO, WHITE WIZZARD).