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I've just sat down with my Dad and shredded bags worth of paperwork. It's not the actual shredding of it that's made him put it off, it's the not knowing which things he's supposed to keep, so it's piled up and up because he couldn't get his head around what could safely be shredded. He's got bank statements going back years, because he wasn't sure how far back he should keep them, for example.
I agree, putting the shredder somewhere where you can run a few papers through it while watching TV or cooking some dinner or something that works with just your average routine is useful.
I also went through my sock drawer. I caved and ordered a bunch of fun socks recently and I wanted to make room for them. I pulled out a few pairs to move on to the next life, and tried to organize the remainder with some dividers made from an old folder. I don't know if it really helped though. I am pretty sure there is not a comfortable amount of room for all the new socks that are coming. But, one thing at a time...
That reminds of one of my tactics for dealing with paper. I call it Aging. They are a lot easier to sort through when they are old, and if you really really need something, you can dig through and find it.
For me it's my annoying shredder that likes to clog up and has to be cleaned out regularly, so it's a pain to use. But you shamed me, and I did a bunch of shredding last night. My mission for the long weekend is to clean out my office/craft room! I have some crafts I have to work on coming up soon, and I need space to work!
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CHICAGO – If Patrick Kane maintains his early season scoring pace, the Blackhawks winger will set a career high in goals even though the regular season is 48 games instead of 82.
Three days after Kane scored the Hawks' first goal of the season on the road in Los Angeles, he scored the first goal in the home opener against the St. Louis Blues. Kane's goal helped the Hawks beat the Blues, 3-2, to improve to 3-0-0 to start the shortened season.
Part of the reason for Kane's fast start could be his recent stint with a professional team in Switzerland. Unlike many top players who trained at home during the 113-day NHL lockout, Kane signed with the Swiss team EHC Biel and scored 13 goals in 20 games overseas.
A fortunate bounce helped Kane score his second goal in three games with the Hawks.
As Blues players were caught up ice, Kane skated toward the net along with teammates Patrick Sharp and Dave Bolland on a 3-0 breakaway. Hawks defenseman Nick Leddy pushed the puck forward to Sharp, who dished it to Kane for the score.
New guy: The Hawks' recent acquisition of goaltender Henrik Karlsson prompted some questions about whether Ray Emery would be challenged for the backup role.
Barring a significant slump, it appears that Emery's job is safe. The Hawks assigned Karlsson to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League after acquiring him from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2013 NHL entry draft.
"It gives us some organizational depth at that position," Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "We know the importance of it. He's a big guy and he's played some NHL games, so he's going to give us certainly some size and he's got some experience."
Karlsson, 29, appeared in 26 games in parts of two seasons with the Flames. He went 5-9-8 with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage.
What's next: The Hawks will fly south today as they prepare for Thursday's game against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center.
Last season, the Hawks split their four-game series against the Stars, with both teams winning once at home and once on the road. Patrick Sharp and Dave Bolland led the Hawks with three goals apiece during the four-game season series.
Corey Crawford started all four games in net for the Hawks, posting a 2.04 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage.
Hawks bits: Forward Jamal Mayers and defenseman Sheldon Brookbank were healthy scratches against St. Louis, while injured forward Daniel Carcillo remained out.

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It was the summer of 1973 when I ordered my new '74 Corvette. I distinctly remember the Watergate Hearings being underway at that time. Now, five Presidents later and into the new millennium, I still own the car, with less than 34,000 miles on the odometer and many memorable experiences on the road behind me.
After being unsuccessful in obtaining a new '73 Hurst Olds from my Oldsmobile dealer (I was already driving a '70 Olds 442) my attention went to another GM specialty, the Corvette. I took delivery of my new Corvette on my 24th birthday, November 14, 1973. It was a Corvette Medium Blue coupe equipped with a L82, four-speed transmission, and 3.70:1 gears. I opted for the L82 option over A/C or the leather interior because of my limited budget. Also, I was concerned whether it could perform comparably to my big-block 442. My fears were abated immediately once I drove the car; the L82 and 3.70:1 gears confirmed that I had made the right choice.
No sooner had I taken the keys to the car than the dealer suggested strongly that I head out and get fueled up because the gas lines were already forming at the local service station. It was about then that the full force of the energy crisis and the OPEC oil embargo hit the country. Before you knew it we had a 55-mph national speed limit, and serious fuel problems. Things have come full circle now that we're back to a 65-mph speed limit 25 years later.
I resolved early on that any modifications to the car would be limited to bolt-ons...no butchering! I installed a Hurst Competition-Plus shifter first, since the stock shifter always caused a grind when I put it in reverse. Later, I installed a Holley Street Dominator intake manifold and a Holley spread-bore carburetor to match. The carb never really worked well on this engine, so I switched back to the Q-Jet a couple of years ago with very good results. Next, I replaced the stock air cleaner with an unrestricted Mr. Gasket version, added an ignition curve advance kit, and removed the smog gear. Finally, I put on a set of E-T aluminum alloy Turbine wheels; factory aluminum wheels were supposed to have been introduced in '74 models, but they were unavailable when I ordered the car. All of the original GM parts are still in my possession, so I can return the car to original specifications with few problems.
Late in 1972, I met my future wife, Connie, at a school where we were both teaching seventh and eighth grades. At the time I was alternating between my '70 Olds 442 and the '74 when we went out together. When we decided to get married in 1974, I insisted to my fiance that whatever happened in our future, "the Vette stays!" She agreed to this informal prenuptial agreement, and fortunately our marriage and the Corvette have endured to the present. The 442, however, was sold.
Connie and I have two grown sons, George and Gerald, who have, over the years, always enjoyed their Corvette rides. When both were little, George, the older and larger, would sit up front while the younger and smaller Gerald would squeeze into the rear compartment area with his head sticking out between the seats. Having a Corvette is a great motivator for kids. Entice them with a ride and homework will get done, lawns will get mowed...no request is too demanding. The only problem is that the older they get, the larger the requests become, like, "Can I take the Vette out?' or "Can I have the Vette for a graduation present?" These guys grew up with the '74, and I fully expect that Corvette ownership is in their futures.
The unusual circumstances I've endured over the years include the debacle of the original equipment Firestone 500 tires. Within a year of my taking delivery I was informed that these tires were being recalled since they were known to "throw tread" at high speeds. These were the first radial tires Corvette offered, a far cry from the Z-rated tires of today. Also, I had to endure the indignities of the seatbelt interlock system required on all '74 automobiles. This tidbit required that the driver buckle-up before the car would start. The law requiring this feature was quickly repealed when our senators and congressmen came to the stark reality that they too, as motorists, had to endure this clumsy, ill-conceived hassle. Or how about the "noise pollution" option my '74 Vette came equipped with? This single, not a dual, horn setup "peeped" rather than "beeped."
Being an original owner of a '74 Corvette with only 34,000 miles on it is great, but one tends to limit driving in order to qualify for low insurance rates, and to keep the car from wearing out. Sometimes my friends or relatives will urge, "Why don't you go out and drive that car? I would if I had one." My past response is that they don't have one, and probably never will...a two-seater is not for everyone. I take solace in the fact that I will have owned my Corvette in four different decades, a very good start since I bought the car with the intention of keeping it forever.


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Papa's Burgeria - In this sequel to the award-winning hit game "Papa's Pizzeria", you're headed back to the kitchen to run Papa Louie's new burger shop! You'll have to take orders, grill burgers, add toppings, and serve the sandwiches to the waiting customers.
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Doctor Who 'best news' for Miller
Ben Miller has revealed that getting a role as a Doctor Who villain is thrilling.
The Death In Paradise actor will appear opposite Peter Capaldi in the new series of the long-running science-fiction show this autumn.
"I'm going to be a villain in Doctor Who, which is just the best news I've had for ages," he said.
Ben, a self-confessed "committed Whovian", admitted keeping the news close to his chest hasn't been easy.
"It's so frustrating. I can't imagine what it was like for Peter Capaldi, knowing he is the Doctor for all that time," he continued. "It's one of those collusions you're very happy to take part in. The secrecy of Doctor Who is stronger than MI5, not that there is an MI5."
The 48-year-old father-of-two said his love for the sci-fi series has been passed onto his sons.
"Both of my sons are huge fans. It's extraordinary, considering the youngest is just two years old and he already knows what a Dalek is, and who Doctor Who is. It's amazing how they pick it up," he said, adding: "It must have come from me."
Ben - who was killed off in the Caribbean detective drama Death In Paradise at the start of the most recent series - is already looking forward to sharing his experiences with his offspring.
He said: "We're doing some filming this week and my seven-year-old son is coming down. He's very excited."
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The Jackson County Board of Education will hold two special community meetings in the coming week to discuss with the public possible plans to create a 6th Grade school in the county. The BOE will hold its regular board meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Kings Bridge Middle School followed by the community meeting at 7 p.m. KBMS has been discussed as the possible site for a special 6th Grade school. The board will also hold its meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at East Jackson Comprehensive High School followed by another community meeting at 7 p.m. Both community meetings will begin with a presentation about the school issue followed by Q&A from the audience, said superintendent John Green.
6th Grade meetings on tap Thursday, Monday
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Travel packages for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio this month are probably the most decadent way to do the big desert fest, but so what? If you've got money to spend, buying a package to the sold-out event features a hotel room, festival pass and shuttle for three glorious days.
The festival runs on two weekends — April 12 to 14 and April 19 to 21 — with headliners Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Phoenix and more than 170 other musical acts. Tickets priced at $399 for a three-day pass and shuttle sold out quickly when they went on sale in January.
But as of Monday (today), all-inclusive travel packages with high price tags were still available. For Weekend 1, La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta offers the package with general admission passes for two for $3,249, or $1,624 each; other options are sold out. The hotel is about five miles from the fest's venue at Indio's Empire Polo Club.
The Riviera Palm Springs Resort in Palm Springs, about 25 miles from the fest, still has packages for general admission that cost $2,689 for two and $3779 for four. Packages with VIP passes cost $3,679 for two and $5,779 for four.


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Toxic shock syndrome can happen to anyone — men, women, and children. Although it can be serious, it's a very rare illness. If you're concerned about toxic shock syndrome, the smartest thing you can do is to read and learn about it, then take some precautions.
What Is Toxic Shock Syndrome?
If you're a girl who's had her period, you may have heard frightening stories about toxic shock syndrome (TSS), a serious illness originally linked to the use of tampons. But TSS isn't strictly related to tampons. The contraceptive sponge and the diaphragm, two types of birth control methods, have been linked to TSS. And, sometimes, the infection has occurred as a result of wounds or surgery, where the skin has been broken, allowing bacteria to enter.
TSS is a systemic illness, which means that it affects the whole body. It can be caused by one of two different types of bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes — although toxic shock that is caused by the Streptococcus bacteria is rarer. These bacteria can produce toxins. In some people whose bodies can't fight these toxins, the immune system reacts. This reaction causes the symptoms associated with TSS.
When people think of TSS, they often think of tampon use. That's because the earliest cases of the illness, back in the late 1970s, were related to superabsorbent tampons. Research led to better tampons and better habits for using them — such as changing tampons more often. The number of TSS cases dropped dramatically. Today about half of all TSS cases are linked to menstruation.
Aside from tampon use, TSS has been linked to skin infections that are typically minor and can be associated with the chickenpox rash. TSS has also been reported following surgical procedures, giving birth, and prolonged use of nasal packing for nosebleeds — although all of these are rare.
What Are the Signs and Symptoms?
Symptoms of TSS occur suddenly. Because it's an illness that is caused by a toxin, many of the body's organ systems are affected.
The signs and symptoms of TSS include:
- high fever (greater than 102° F [38.8° C])
- rapid drop in blood pressure (with lightheadedness or fainting)
- sunburn-like rash that can be anywhere on the body, including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- vomiting or diarrhea
- severe muscle aches or weakness
- bright red coloring of the eyes, mouth, throat, and vagina
- headache, confusion, disorientation, or seizures
- kidney and other organ failure
The average time before symptoms appear for TSS is 2 to 3 days after an infection with Staphylococcus or Streptococcus, although this can vary depending on the infection.
Can I Prevent TSS?
Your risk of getting TSS is already low. But you can reduce it still further by simply following some common-sense precautions:
Clean and bandage any skin wounds.
Change bandages regularly, rather than keeping them on for several days.
Check wounds for signs of infection. If a wound gets red, swollen, painful, or tender, or if you develop a fever, call your doctor right away.
If you're a girl whose period has started, the best way to avoid TSS is to use pads instead of tampons.
For girls who prefer to use tampons, select the ones with the lowest absorbency that can handle your menstrual flow and change them frequently. You can also alternate the use of tampons with sanitary napkins. If your flow is light, use a pad instead of a tampon.
If you've already had an episode of TSS or have been infected with S. aureus, don't use tampons or contraceptive devices that have been associated with TSS (such as diaphragms and contraceptive sponges).
What Do Doctors Do?
TSS is a medical emergency. If you think you or someone you know may have TSS, call a doctor right away. Depending on the symptoms, a doctor may see you in the office or refer you to a hospital emergency department for immediate evaluation and testing.
If doctors suspect TSS, they will probably start intravenous (IV) fluids and antibiotics as soon as possible. They may take a sample from the suspected site of the infection, such as the skin, nose, or vagina, to check it for TSS. They may also take a blood sample. Other blood tests can help monitor how various organs like the kidneys are working and check for other diseases that may be causing the symptoms.
Medical staff will remove tampons, contraceptive devices, or wound packing; clean any wounds; and, if there is a pocket of infection (called an abscess), a doctor may need to drain pus from the infected area.
People with TSS typically need to stay in the hospital, often in the intensive care unit (ICU), for several days to closely monitor blood pressure, respiratory status, and to look for signs of other problems, such as organ damage.
TSS is a very rare illness. Although it can be fatal, if recognized and treated promptly it is usually curable.


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The U.S. Forest Service is asking the public for help in finding who's responsible for what's being called significant vandalism in Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest.
Officials say last week a large amount of green paint was sprayed on trail markers, trail signs, rescue equipment, boulders and the Mount Horrid cliff face in Goshen and Rochester.
Acting Green Mountain National Forest Supervisor Mary Doke says the vandalism makes visits to the area less pleasant and it wastes taxpayer money that could be better spent.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call National Forest law enforcement agents at (802) 747-6797.
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The building, located at 78-19 Jamaica Avenue, has become an unsafe eyesore according to community leaders, who are calling on the Department of Buildings (DOB) to order its demolition.
"They [DOB] think that there is a very strong structure there and it has integrity," said Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District. "Meanwhile our ambulance corps and senior citizens have been moved out because they are afraid of the structural integrity of the building."
The building is attached to the recently refurbished Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service Woodhaven Senior Center. After the collapse, seniors were forced to move to a nearby facility on 91st Street out of fear that more of the building would come down.
"It is just a shame that residents have to look at this eyesore that is so neglected," Thomson said. "It is also upsetting because you have all these good property owners trying to do right thing."
Thomson said she fears with winter bringing snow and strong winds, that matters will get worse unless the building is taken down.
"I hope it doesn't collapse again," she said.
Currently there is scaffolding at the site of the collapse, however residents are noticing a lack of lighting at night and an influx in graffiti in the immediate area.
"Clearly it is a dangerous situation," said Steve Esposito, president of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation. "Nothing has been done and it has to be redone or town down."
Esposito blames the DOB for not being strict enough. "The DOB has to a better job with enforcing fines," he said. "Why even levy them if nothing happens?"
A recent inspection on October 25 resulted in another violation for failure to maintain the property.
"The department is exploring additional enforcement options to force the property owner to make repairs," said a spokesperson for DOB. "A partial vacate remains in effect at the location."
But for some, a partial vacate order is not good enough.
"I have been calling for the building to be demolished since the collapse several months ago," said Councilman Eric Ulrich. "My office has been contacted by numerous residents who are concerned about structural integrity of building. That building needs to come down."


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In the 3rd TV game in American and Canadian history, Toronto's Ryerson University took on the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (know as NYU-Polytechnic).
The two teams faced off on TV Asia on Sat Nov 12, in the Finals of the American College Cricket Northeast Championship, and an opportunity to zoom up the rankings, maybe even to number 1 !
Ryerson University's pace attack is 5 deep, and tall - Warren Rajroop is 6'5?, Rayan Pathan 6'4?, Siufian Chaudhary 6'2?, Azad Zaidi,6? with Harsh Desai -bouncers come easy !
NYU-Polytechnic atttack boast America's fastest, Adrian Gordon but it was clear that Ryerson held the advantage in the bowling dept.
Batting first the NYU-Polytechnic batsmen relied on extras to move the score along, and at the end of the Power Play they had just 17 runs for 2 wickets.
However hard hitting strokeplayer Adrian Gordon had just come to the wicket, and he delighted with some glorious cuts and hooks, getting 4 twos on the slow outfield, before stroking 3 fours.
In March Gordon smashed 145* in the national championship, so the Ryerson team had to be getting worried when Gordon came back too casually for a 2nd run, and was run out !
Gordon was out at 56, and only Somesh Batra, 12 reached double figures as the NYU-Poly team crumbled.
Once again Harsh Desai took crucial wickets, 2 for 17 off 3 overs. Hasan Mirza, the Ryerson captain, 2 for 15 in 3 overs and Azad Zaidi 3 for 6 in 1.3 overs.
Hasan Zaidi then opened the batting with Farhan Khan,10 and played a solid innings before opening up,striking 2 sixes and 1 four in 30*. Coming at 3, Rahat smashed 4 sixes in his 33* as the two put on an unbeaten partnership of 68 runs to win the game and the TV Asia Trophy for Ryerson !
The MVP was Harsh Desai, who once again took crucial wickets to swing the game Ryerson's way.
Ryerson won in such a convincing manner that they have immediately vaulted themselves to be among the favorites to win the Chanderpaul Trophy at next March's American College Cricket Spring Break Championship.
Play by play commentary for the game was done by Lloyd Jodah, as TV Asia and American College Cricket teamed up to bring the game out of the shadows, and into people's living rooms in the United States and Canada.
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That's pretty cool and I am not being sarcastic.
Good for you for facing your fears and for your wife in nudging you in that direction.
Thanks for sharing.
Seeing that it is "Wife Day" around these parts, there's no boxscore to pore over this weekend. So instead, in the spirit of Wife Day, I'll take this opportunity to share with you my badminton story. You might ask, what does badminton have to do with Wife Day? Read on, and you'll find out.
Our story begins, as most of my stories do, with me in the 6th grade. My gym class would spend a week or two on a sport and then move on to the next sport. (The one exception was the week we learned how to square dance. Promenade, two-by-two, promenade, that's what you do.) One week we showed up for gym class and the volleyball nets were set up, but instead of volleyball, we were going to learn how to play badminton.
I have some sympathy for the average grade school gym teacher, because it must be difficult to learn the rules of so many different sports, and maintain order with 25 kids screaming and yelling. However, I'm still a little upset with my 6th grade gym coach. He passed out the rackets, divided the class in half, and put one half on one side of the net and the other half on the other side. He tossed someone a birdie and said, "hit it." You can imagine the chaos that ensued as a dozen 6th graders on one side of the net tried to hit a single birdie. No more than five minutes into the class, I was hit squarely in the mouth with a racket. Three teeth went flying. I felt for my teeth with my tongue and realized nothing was there. Another classmate said, "Dude, you're bleeding" or something to that effect. I took off towards the bathroom to get some paper towel to stop the bleeding and rinse out my mouth.
While I was gone, the gym coach had the rest of the class scour the floor for my teeth, and had someone call my mom. She came to pick me up, and the gym teacher handed her a baggy with my teeth. We rushed to the dentist and told him what happened. My mom gave him the bag of teeth. He looked at it and laughed. Then he said, "What am I supposed to do with these?"
Six months of almost weekly dental visits followed, full of drilling, root canals, temporary crowns, and finally permanent crowns. Except they weren't really permanent because your mouth keeps growing as you get older. When I turned 18, I had to go back and have the whole thing done all over again. The only benefit out of this whole ordeal was I got out of playing the clarinet, which I dreaded.
As a result of this, I swore off badminton forever. At least I thought so.
Twelve years ago, I married a lovely lady from Taiwan, whom I met while we were grad students at UofM. Badminton is kind of a big sport in Taiwan. You might remember a little Olympic controversy with the Chinese badminton team. Anyway, my wife played a little badminton when she was younger, and wanted to get back into it. I said no way and explained to her how I was scarred for life from my dental ordeal. I don't ride rollercoasters and I don't play badminton. So she went to the local badminton club without me. Shortly after that, a friend stepped on her foot while we were playing volleyball, broke it, and sidelined her for a few months. The foot healed, and she went back, without me. Then she tore a calf muscle. Six months in a boot sidelined her again. Then she got pregnant. No more badminton. I tried to tell her that the universe did not intend for us to play badminton, but she wouldn't listen.
Little did I know at the time, but it seems I married the Earl Woods of Badminton Tiger Moms. When the boy turned five, she signed him up for badminton lessons. I told her, you take him, I don't want anything to do with badminton. And for the most part, I stayed away from the club. I did take him to the occasional practice, but that was it.
Then, nearly two years ago, my wife said to me, "ST3, I signed you up for a private lesson with the coach." I said, "You did what?!? Well, you signed up for the lesson, you take it." But I could see how important it was to her, so after a few days of her encouraging me to go, I reluctantly agreed to give it a try. I later learned that the reason she signed me up is that she was worried I had become a permanent couch potato and was going to stroke out at 50 if I didn't get some sort of physical activity in my life.
I went to the lesson and I wasn't good, but I wasn't terrible either. I had played some tennis growing up, and there are some things that carry over. The main thing I realized was that it was a fantastic cardio workout. I find 45 minutes of jogging or running on a treadmill to be incredibly boring. 45 minutes of badminton drills is over before you know it. It's also really fun and leaves you wanting to play more.
I had to admit to the wife that I enjoyed it, so she signed me up for two lessons a week, because you get a discount that way, and wifey is always looking for a discount. Soon enough, two lessons a week wasn't enough. So I started going with my son to his "team training" lessons. This is a group lesson with 10-20 beginners, ranging in age from 6 to about 16. Before I knew it, the coach had me out there hitting with the kids. After 6 months of that, he told me to come practice with the high school team. So now I've got my two lessons, occasional practices with my son, and two more with the high school kids. I'm up to 7 hours a week. In fact, this morning while wifey was taking the boy to baseball practice, I was over at the club sweating through a three hour badminton practice. And I get to wake up at 7AM tomorrow morning for another lesson...
That's pretty cool and I am not being sarcastic.
Good for you for facing your fears and for your wife in nudging you in that direction.
Thanks for sharing.
"Then she tore a calf muscle. Six months in a boot sidelined her again. Then she got pregnant."
So you're saying she's accident prone?
But seriously, I, too have a 6th grade gym class story. It was raining, so we were playing kick ball in the gym. The big doofus gym teacher was pitching, the other team was on offense, and we did something on our team he didn't like (I don't really remember what we did to piss him off), so he decided to punish us by giving the other team a fourth out. So I did what any self respecting 12 year old from Flint would do, and I organized a sit down strike. We all sat down and were going to refuse to play. The gym teacher looked around and yelled "What do you think your (he didn't use know proper grammar) doing! A couple of the kids gave me up. He hollered again, and everyone else got up, and I got sent to the equipment room for a series of pretty impressive swats and rants about my future ability to sit.
Unlike ST3, I've never gotten over my experience. I've never organized a strike since that day, and just the thought of one makes my bum tingle, and not in a good way.
with a touch of hypochondria. Not exactly a great combination.
Why would someone neg this post?
That's great! You're a brave man not to be the only badminton player out there wearing a mouthguard.
After playing several sports including wrestling, football, and basketball, I sustained my worst injury that still plagues me in gym class. It involved a full-body dive as the last member of my team in dodge ball. Result=Water on the knee & a life-long struggle with knee problems.
Not a game. But practice.


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About RBC > Media Newsroom > News Releases > RBC Gains Further Global Recognition in Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey
TORONTO, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 RBC Wealth Management, the global wealth and asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), and RBC Royal Bank, today announced results from the 2011 Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey. RBC has been recognized as providing the "Best Private Banking Services Overall" in three separate regions - Canada, the Caribbean and Barbados. In addition, RBC ranked in the top five for "Best Private Banking Services Overall" in North America and 13th globally. In addition, RBC achieved the number one ranking for Trust Services, Tax Guidance and Offshore Services in Jersey.
Commenting on the results, George Lewis, group head of RBC Wealth Management said: "It is extremely gratifying to be recognized by our peers across such a breadth of categories and countries. It was a very successful year for our business as we made further significant moves to expand our platform, building on our position as the seventh largest wealth manager in the world. The excellence of RBC's domestic Private Banking offering has been critical, not only as a key partner in Canada, but also to our position as a preferred provider of holistic wealth management solutions by high net worth (HNW) clients around the globe."
In Canada, RBC was recognized as having the "Best Private Banking Services Overall" for the fourth consecutive year, winning the number one ranking in 21 out of 34 categories including Best Local Bank, Services for the High Net Worth (US$ 1M to US$ 10M), Relationship Management, Privacy and Security, Lending/Financing Solutions, Range of Advisory Services and Range of Investment Products.
"We are pleased to once again receive this acknowledgement of the strength of our Private Banking offering in Canada," said David McKay, Group Head, RBC Canadian Banking. "Maintaining our top rank position for best overall private bank in Canada is a testament to our commitment to clients, our ability to hire the best talent and to working collaboratively with our internal partners to ensure our clients get the best solutions RBC has to offer."
David Agnew, head of RBC Wealth Management - Canada commented that "As key partners of RBC Private Banking, we have seen firsthand the benefits of taking a team approach to providing HNW clients with integrated wealth management advice and service, which has greatly contributed to raising our share of HNW clients in Canada."
First published in 2004, the Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey is regarded as one of the leading benchmarks of its kind for the industry globally. It is based on a peer ranking methodology.
RBC Wealth Management was recognized in July 2010 as one of the world's top 10 largest wealth managers in Scorpio Partnership's Global Private Banking KPI Benchmark 2010, an annual survey of the global wealth industry.
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When I saw today that Canonical released image and wiki page on loading ubuntu 12.10 on my nexus 7, I knew what I was going to do with my evening.
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag fire warning for the western half of Oklahoma and says the fire danger is critical.
The warning has been issued for 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. Monday.
The warning area extends westward from just east of Oklahoma City to the Texas state line and from the Kansas state line to the north to the Oklahoma-Texas border to the south.
The weather service says afternoon temperatures will be in the low to mid-90s with the humidity as low as about 15 percent. Southwesterly winds of 20 to 25 miles per hour are forecast with gusts up to 35 to 40 miles per hour.
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Queensland's economy could receive a boost from the scrapping of another mining ban, but conservationists say it will come at a cost.
The Newman government announced on Wednesday it will overturn Labor's 20-year moratorium on the mining of oil shale, imposed in 2008.
Queensland has about 90 per cent of the nation's oil shale reserves (22 billion barrels), which the government hopes to turn into mining royalties and thousands of jobs.
The premier says opening up oil shale mining will also boost the nation's flagging oil reserves.
"I do accept the criticism about this energy intensiveness, but at the end of the day we are running out of oil," Premier Campbell Newman told the ABC.
He added he doesn't expect the controversial process of fracking to be used as it was in the US.
Miners have predictably welcomed the announcement, but environmentalists warn shale oil mining is the "dirtiest" form of extraction around; more polluting than brown coal and coal seam gas.
The government has promised strict environmental controls, including trials to assess the environmental effects of unproven technologies.
Its policy change means a Queensland Energy Resources trial plant at Gladstone, that's been running for some years, can move to a full commercial operation.
However, one sprawling resource will remain off limits until at least 2028 amid environmental concerns.
A moratorium imposed by the former government on the McFarlane deposit, near Proserpine in the Whitsundays, will stay due to its proximity to the reef and wetlands.
The Liberal National Party (LNP) government last year also dumped Queensland's longstanding ban on uranium mining.
Mr Newman shrugged off being compared to former premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who was the last state leader to allow oil shale mining.
"I'm my own man," he said, listing his environmental achievements including planting two million trees in his final years as Brisbane's lord mayor.
He said development was necessary, but it would not be at the expense of the environment.


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Skip to comments.Pope Francis seen as humble man who can unite, rebuild Church
Posted on 03/15/2013 3:30:38 PM PDT by NYer
.- American Catholic scholars and commentators praised Pope Francis as a spiritual leader for our times, with the ability to unify and renew the Catholic Church.
"As a man who can both preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ boldly and confidently, yet exhibit humility, he looks like he's got the design for the time and situation that we're in," said Catholic intellectual Robert P. George, who is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University.
On March 13, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was elected as Pope, taking the name Francis. He is both the first Jesuit Pope and the first Latin American Pope.
George told CNA that the election of Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope is "not completely surprising."
The new Pope is one of the "leading Latin-American Cardinals," a strong candidate in the 2005 conclave and "highly respected in the Church," he explained.
The professor also commented that the new Pope is "a man of simplicity and humility," taking public transportation while he was archbishop of Buenos Aires and living in a modest apartment where he cooked for himself.
George noted the new Pope's adamant teachings on caring for the poor and observed that the Pontiff is "a strong critic of homosexual conduct and same-sex marriage," while maintaining what he described as a humble and charitable approach.
The professor recounted the story of the Holy Father as an archbishop visiting an AIDS hospice on Holy Thursday in order "to wash and kiss the feet of twelve AIDS patients." These actions, he said, symbolize "that the Church does not condemn the person, but affirms and loves," even as it rejects sin.
George also commented on the Pope's outreach to Eastern Churches, a trait that he said few people have noticed. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis served as Ordinary of Eastern-rite Catholics in Argentina, who lacked their own ordinary.
"Relations with those Churches, especially in the Middle East, is very important, especially in a time when Christianity is beginning to disappear from the Middle East because of political problems," George stressed.
He added that it is "very important for the Church to have a continuing Christian presence in the Holy Land" and for the new Pope to understand the problems faced by Eastern-rite Churches and how to support Christians in that region.
"This is a pope that you cannot put in a box," said Maureen Ferguson, senior policy advisor for the Catholic Association. "This is a Jesuit who is now named Francis who is also associated with Communion and Liberation. I certainly cannot put him in any ideological box."
"Through his example and through his teachings, he is going to lead the Church so beautifully in the New Evangelization," she remarked.
Ferguson also discussed the "global perspective" the Pope brings by merging his Argentine roots with a familiarity of Europe and the global focus of the Jesuit order.
In addition, the Pope defies clear categories and "will do a good job of uniting the Church," she said, pointing to the new Pontiff's diverse background, humble life and staunch orthodoxy, as well as his scholarly work and familiarity with the Curia.
Pope Francis shows us that there is not a "divide between liberal Catholic issues and conservative Catholic issues," Ferguson stressed. Rather, he teaches us that there should be a "unity of the whole - that we defend the voiceless whether that's the poor immigrant or the unborn."
"The fact that the conclave came to consensus so quickly when there was thought to be no front-runner," she continued, "indicates that he will really unite the Church."
Echoing these sentiments was Kim Daniels, director of Catholic Voices USA, a group of lay faithful seeking to defend Catholic teaching in public life.
Daniels told CNA that Pope Francis' election "shows that the Catholic Church doesn't fit into familiar left/right categories."
She added that "Cardinal Bergoglio brings so much to the papacy," as a man "of great personal holiness and humility who leads a life of simplicity."
"At the same time he's an intellectual, a pastor, and something of an outsider at the Vatican," she explained.
"Most of all his choice demonstrates that the Church serves the voiceless and the vulnerable wherever we find them: he's deeply committed to the unborn as well as for the poor."
The faithful can be sure that Pope Francis will strive to follow St. Francis of Assisi in responding to God's call to "rebuild my Church," Daniels said.
Even from his initial address to the faithful from the balcony of St. Peter's, she said, "we know that he seeks to unite Catholics and to evangelize the world, especially in cultures that have grown indifferent to the faith."
Matthew 18:17, Matthew 16:18. You are probably thinking of the word "bible" which does not appear in scripture.
This is precisely what I was getting at. The RCC has no idea what the Book actually says. Check Acts 19:32 (the Ephesus riot) wherein Luke reports that the "ekklasia" was in confusion. That is the word which you claim is the basis for the RCC (which I suspect is actually a mob like Ephesus). But, the Roman organization has morphed "ekklasia" into "Church" (from Kirk), and thus fashioned ecclesiastic, ecclesiology, etc. Check your own references and lexicons to see if this is not so.
I repeat, there is no such word as "Church" in the Scriptures, but the term "popular assembly" or "congregation" has been twisted by Rome to justify its self-appointed, self-aggrandizing, monster of an organization. And, should you notice I Cor. 11:16 wherein the "ekklasia" has become plural, "ekklasiai", "assemblies" all over the world...not one "ekklasia", you will find that these gatherings were independent congregations of believers each given the tasks of understanding the Gospel and teaching it to those who would listen.
This history flies in the face of Rome's monolithic giant, central headquarters, singularly pronounced doctrines from hell.
Most appreciative of your interpretation, not only of scripture but also of Catholic Church doctrine. I look forward to you posting an example of one of the church's doctrines from hell. And, when you do, please post a link to your resource material. Thank you.
"The Synod furthermore declares, that, in adults, the beginning of the said Justification is to be derived from the prevenient grace of God, through Jesus Christ, that is to say, from his vocation, whereby, without any merits existing on their parts, they are called; that so they who by sins were alienated from God, may be disposed through his quickening and assisting grace, to convert themselves to their own justification, by freely assenting to and cooperating with that said grace: in such sort that, while God touches the heart of man by the illumination of the Holy Ghost, neither is man himself utterly inactive while he receives that inspiration, forasmuch as he is also able to reject it."
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, Sixth Session, Chap. 5 in CC, vol. 2, 92.
Rom. 9:16 "So then, it does not depend on the man who wills (chooses) or the man who runs (acts), but on God who has mercy."
Paul, the writer; God, the Author.
I hope you don't mind moving in a little different direction. FWIW, I don't see much point in talking with RC's about this passage they are so caught up in church membership as a means to salvation there's not much point.
In looking at this passage I believe the key to understanding it is the wording "gates of hell". Gates don't move other than on a hinge, so it's a huge leap to think that "gates" are attacking Christians gathered together to worship and fellowship. A better understanding of a "gate" is how it's used to keep in something or keep out something. So in this passage where Jesus has declared that believing He is "the Christ, the Son of the living God" is the foundation of His church" and then adds the comment about "gates" He must be referencing something that is holding in believers.
Following this line of thought it occurs to me that what Jesus is really talking about are those believers in Abraham's bosom (see Luke 16:25). Prior to the crucifixion the debt for our sins was not paid. Where did these believers go and what contained them? I believe these believers were being contained in Abraham's bosom by the "gates of hell" and after the crucifixion these same gates could not contain those held in Abraham's bosom. I believe this understanding is more consistent with Scripture than the idea that some "gates" are attacking an institution.
Which metal?
SO I'M SEVENTY YEARS OLD AND MADE A SPELLING ERROR...AND ITS SO NICE OF YOU TO INSULT. MAY YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE YOUR PERFECT LIFE...and I'll live my humble one..
Exactly...I've been saying that for years because that's what the bible says...
Jesus has the keys to the gates of Hell and the gates are wide open...For the time being...
The Catholic religion doesn't have a clue what the verse says or means...They use this Abraham's Bosom as their unGodly purgatory and and the average Catholic doesn't even know the gates are wide open...They (their purgatory) couldn't keep a Christian in even if the Christian is a blind paraplegic...
There is no cleansing period or place...You better have it right when you take your last breath on this earth...
Daniels told CNA that Pope Francis election shows that the Catholic Church doesn't fit into familiar left/right categories.
Nice that somebody finally admits it publicly...
Gates also are opened and closed with a key. The second strand in the braided rope of Petrine authority is the image of steward. The steward in a royal household appears throughout the Old Testament record. The patriarch Joseph works with a steward in the palace in Egypt. King Saul has a steward, as does the prince Mephibosheth, but the most important image of steward in the Old Testament for understanding Matthew 16 is in Isaiah 22.
There the prophet foretells the fall of one royal steward and the succession of another. Shebna is being replaced by Eliakim, and the prophet says to the rejected Shebna, "I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Is 22:21-22).
The true holder of the keys to the kingdom is the king himself, and in the Book of Revelation we see that the risen and glorified Christ holds the power of the keysthe power to bind and loose. John has a vision of Christ who says, "I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades" (Rv 1:18).
So the king holds the keys of the kingdom, but he delegates his power to the steward, and the keys of the kingdom are the symbol of this delegated authority. The keys not only opened all the doors, but they provided access to the store houses and financial resources of the king. In addition, the keys of the kingdom were worn on a sash that was a ceremonial badge of office. The passage from Isaiah and the customs all reveal that the role of the royal steward was an office given by the king, and that it was a successive officethe keys being handed to the next steward as a sign of the continuing delegated authority of the king himself (See "A Successive Ministry," above).
Isaiah 22 provides the Old Testament context that Jesus disciples would have understood completely as he quoted this particular passage in Matthew 16. When Jesus said to Peter, "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven," his disciples would recognize the passage from Isaiah. They would understand that not only was Jesus calling himself the King of his kingdom, but that he was appointing Peter as his royal steward. That John in Revelation sees the ascended and glorified Christ holding the eternal keys only confirms the intention of Jesus to delegate that power to Peterthe foundation stone of his Church.
Catholic scholars are not alone in interpreting Matthew 16:17-19 as a direct quotation of Isaiah 22. Stephen Ray, in Upon This Rock, cites numerous Protestant biblical scholars who support this understanding and affirm that Jesus is delegating his authority over life and death, heaven and hell, to the founder of his Church on earth.
Not at all.
"I believe these believers were being contained in Abraham's bosom by the "gates of hell" and after the crucifixion these same gates could not contain those held in Abraham's bosom. I believe this understanding is more consistent with Scripture than the idea that some "gates" are attacking an institution."
This approach seems to respect the "timeline" effect of the Scriptural story. That is, you are noticing the unfolding plot as it reveals a little at a time. The captives had not yet been "freed". If readers would take this approach with the rest of the four Gospels, they would be shocked to find Jesus is not teaching "Christianity", but the Law. "You have heard that the ancients were told,'Thou shalt not commit murder'...But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court...enough to go into the hell of fire." Hmmm.
This section is the context of the so-called "Lord's prayer" which many folks recite as if it is appropriate for Gentile believers. They fail to read the ending..."For if you do not forgive men, then your Father will NOT forgive your transgressions." Is this the Gospel? Perhaps in Rome.
I'm with you Brother!
I believe we can find these answers in Scripture with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I think too many just believe whatever their church tells them instead of thinking for themselves.
I can't imagine how awesome it must have been for those believers to see Jesus declare victory and take them home.
.They use this Abraham's Bosom as their unGodly purgatory and and the average Catholic doesn't even know the gates are wide open..
Unfortunately most of them think works are a part of their justification. From my studies it seems clear to me Abraham's bosom is gone with the crucifixion.
Great point!
We often try and impose what occurs during the Church Age (after Pentecost) on earlier periods. When Jesus Christ was carrying out His ministry He only went to the Jews (with a few exceptions). He preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and it was only after Pentecost that the Gospel of Grace was taught and extended to the Gentiles. Yet there is a large school of thought within Christianity that thinks there is no difference in either period.
If the latter were true where were the pre-Crucifixion believers? If their sins had already been paid for why would we need a Crucifixion in the first place.
Eph. 4:9 Now that He Ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
When Jesus was crucified he told the thief that believed, "today you will be in paradise". He did not say you will be with me and my Father in Heaven. We see the same confusion when Matt. 16:18 and "the gates of Hell" are misinterpreted to benefit a large institution.
I concur. Notice even Matt. 15:24, "But He answered and said, 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'" Yet, He had mercy on the Gentile woman & her daughter. But, you are correct, we had not yet been grafted into share Messiah.
I might offer this small adjustment to your remark about Pentecost. It seems the Gentiles inclusion actually occurred at the shedding of His blood. Eph. 2:11ff, "...remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commenwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But NOW in Christ Jesus you who FORMERLY were far off have been brought near by the BLOOD of Christ." It was during the 40 days following His resurrection that the 11 were told to take His message all over the world. It became very obvious at Pentecost with Peter's remarks.
Nevertheless, the "timeline" effect you pointed out with the "gates" & "Abraham's bosom" is a very important concept and ought to affect our hermeneutic all through the Scriptures. The result would be a Gospel that is significantly clearer and absent the muddled message of "Grace plus just a little Law" we now hear from many quarters. No more "Golden Rule", no more "Beatitudes for Living Right", no more "take your sacrifice to the priest" blended with the real message of grace.
It is no wonder Rome cannot deliver a true message with their attempts to amalgamate the four Gospels into "Christian Living". Many of the "protesters" cannot recognize what you have identified.
Amazing what a little Bible study can do for you if it's done outside the "white noise" of a vested institutional interest.
Excellent point. I'm going to borrow that quote, if it is alright with you.
Nice story...And certainly a nice piece of history...But it had absolutely zilch to do with church prophecy or the Apostles...
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3-21-07 - Despite a game-high 18 points from senior forward Tradawn
Short, Texas A&M-Commerce dropped a 60-55 decision to No. 16 Clayton State
in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship
on Wednesday at the Health and Sports Center in Kearney, Neb.
Short led all scorers, but the Lions couldn't overcome a 31.9% (22-69) field
goal percentage, their lowest of the season. Sophomore guard Britney Jordan
scored 12 points and seniors Kanani Marshal and Dawn Montgomery chipped in
nine and six points, respectively. Marshal also added seven assists, seven
rebounds and three steals in her final collegiate outing.
Clayton State's Crystal Brown scored a team-high 15 points, eight of which
came in the second half. Nikkisha Pritchett and Lynette Jackson rounded out
the double-digit scoring efforts for the Lakers with 12 and 10,
In a toughly contested opening half, A&M-Commerce battled back from a
nine-point deficit on the strength of a 7-0 run sparked by a Short lay-up.
Marshal followed suit by draining her second three of the half and Jordan
hit a jumper to cut the Lakers lead to two, 24-22, with 7:24 remaining in
the first period.
The Lions finished the half on a 13-5 run to enter the locker room trailing
by one point, 29-28, after 20 minutes of action.
The Lions scored 16 of their 28 first half points in the paint and forced 13
Laker turnovers which directly translated into seven points. The Lakers
held A&M-Commerce to 36% (12-of-33) shooting from the field in the first
half and 18% from beyond the arc (2-of-11).
Tradawn Short scored 10 points in the first half to lead all scorers and
Jordan recorded eight points on 4-of-8 shooting from the floor.
Junior Lynette Jackson scored eight points in the opening period to pace the
Lakers, while Crystal Brown added seven for Clayton State.
The Lions opened the second half on an 8-2 tear to take a 36-31 lead with
16:27 remaining. However, in a second half that featured eight ties and
nine lead changes, no lead was safe.
The Lakers stormed back to take a 50-49 lead with 6:16 remaining in the
second half and never looked back en route to the 60-55 victory.
With the loss the Lions close the book on one of the most memorable and
historic seasons in its 35-year existence. A&M-Commerce broke 28 school
records on their way to qualifying for the National Tournament for the first
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What I take from all of this?
Everyone learns differently. You recommend one thing, the author another, and I learned another. I'm not sure that the iPad is the right choice but I would agree that a tablet, seeing as it has greater potential, is probably a better choice of aids for the students than any of the methods we've become attached to. Why? The tablet can emulate all of those things in one form or another and if they can't then they can have custom software that does if it is needed.
I guess, really, that what I'm saying is that the tablet offers all those choices (even an abacus I suppose) but doesn't lock anyone into a specific method, device, or thought process by default. It will, ideally, allow students to learn how they're best suited to learn.
If TI-83's were made by Apple, you could calculate any number except 5318008.
You're holding it wrong...
That's probably the first time that joke works.
Give them something that will actually be useful in the real world--a netbook with octave. It's certainly a heck of alot easier to learn then TI Basic for doing anything useful.
Also you could give the python with numpy if they need a programming language that extends beyond math.
Hell, even give them mathematica (Although it wouldn't be free like octave or python..)
You can code in octave on an iPad (although no one should). Also python, and a bunch of other languages. Plus it has a bigger screen that's much more suitable for textbooks.
Plus it has a bigger screen
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/toshiba-excite-13-review/ [engadget.com]
Making it easy to learn is the complete opposite of the point here. We WANT it to be a challenge to learn, and to have good documentation for them to look things up in. That makes them learn HOW to program, as well as HOW to look up things they may not know yet. If it's just "Oh, click this blue button, then this red button, and suddenly I have a 'class' object I can drag around..." then you're not really teaching them anything useful.
I vividly remember how much fun it was to write chat or game programs for
The average student would never program their calculator.
The Other problem is that Ti is even getting away from on calc programming. The Ti-nspire has very basic function programming, and to do higher level LUA scripts you need a computer.
They also need to quit focusing on the 83 for a bit and start focusing on the Ti-89. It has a powerful language out of the box and can do so much more than the 83's.
At least make a Color 89 with a higher resolution screen.
I bought a TI-84+ for a sibling last month, and it still has TI-Basic and ASM(via computer) just like my 5-year-old one. $105 or so at Target.
I think for reasons of standardized tests and testing acceptance they don't change their flagship lines very much, if at all.
The average student would never program their calculator.
That's some very good "No Child Left Behind" logic you've got there. Next up: the average student does not play football.
Only recently, but that's the problem. Today's average student has become dumb and lazy. When I was in school, EVERYONE programmed their calculator, to the point that some teachers would take them away during class because we'd all be playing games on them instead of paying attention.
Why bother trying to type up some hodgepodge calculator games when you can download Angry Birds for 99 cents?
So, when pointed out that a cheap calculator is a much better educational deal than an expensive tablet, your answer is 'install an emulator on the expensive tablet'?
Just when I thought Apple fans couldn't sink any lower...
What I don't understand is why, when schools are facing record-low budgets(thanks, war-profiteering asshole politicians), are they buying the most expensive option for tablets?
Why do they not have a pile of the HP TouchPads (super cheap, around $200US) and just run Android on them? They are large, the screen looks fantastic, it's cheap as dirt, and it runs the most popular mobile OS.
Because Apple has great marketing and has continuously been marketing to naive school boards since the 1970s. Also the mass media is getting into the picture, they either use "iPad" as a synonym for all tablets or mistakenly report on it as if it's the most advanced and capable.
A cheap calculator is a better educational deal if all you're concerned with is programming and performing functions in a relatively primitive or basic environment. A tablet (any tablet, not just Apple) is so much more universally usefully than a cheap calculator. Try to read a PDF on a cheap calculator, for example. If an emulator on a tablet can accomplish the same thing as a cheap calculator and do a million other much more complex tasks, the tablet has a better value. The fact that most don't use a
The usefulness of a tablet is limited by the corporate IT policies that surround it. There have already been educational software suppressed on both major platforms for various reasons.
In order for an educational tool to be really useful, it needs to be in control of the educator.
In any ecosystem there are flagship species that will thrive if that ecosystem is healthy. Their success is has much broader implications than one might fathom from fixating on the most superficial view of the situation.
The ipad is not meant to be that kind of device. It replaces lugging around heavy text books. It mostly replaces lugging around a laptop. It's a conduit for researching on the web. But it's not a device particularly for hacking, computer programming and so forth. Would it be nice to have a device good at both? Sure, but it doesn't mean the ipad isn't great at what it is. Not everyone wants to be a programmer.
I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer—should learn a computer language, because it teaches you how to think.
— Steve Jobs in Robert X. Cringley's "Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview" [youtube.com]
I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer—should learn a computer language, because it teaches you how to think. -Steve Jobs
-Creates the most closed-walled operating system, and charges to program for it.
-Uses obscure and illogical languages for his walled garden's standard
-Perpetually disrespects other platforms and options which are open-source and available to 'teach people to think'.
"The iPad is among the recent panaceas being peddled to schools..."
Now get the new and improved panacea that I personally endorse. That other panacea is crap.
"The iPad is among the recent panaceas being peddled to schools..."
Now get the new and improved panacea that I personally endorse. That other panacea is crap.
I think that's more than a bit unfair as a characterization of the argument here.
iPads have been getting a lot of hype from the media, from school districts, etc. for years as something that will "revolutionize" education or something, i.e., a panacea that will make it easier for student to learn, will solve numerous problems with education, will make classrooms full of happy unicorns and rainbows, etc.
The present article is NOT claiming that the TI-83 has anywhere near that (supposed) revolutionary edu
Some people can't seem to understand that. There are lots of possible career fields outside of computers and since the iPad is more than a calculator it's awesome for people to discover how things work and what else is out there in the world
Did you read the fine article? No you didn't. This guy is not a programmer, he's not been programming since that calculator. He's an English teacher.
For those like me who did not become programmers, whose notebooks of code and illustrations sat untouched in a musty basement for the last decade, learning to program taught habits of mind that persist to this day in small yet vital ways.
His point is that iPad is a dumb device meant for passive intake of information, but many still assumes it's more advanced than the old calculators, thus a better tool for students.
If only there was an open source system, with freely downloadable resources, and could run a standard simple programming language like Python.
Oh wait, there's this Android thing...
I didn't actually check this, but I am willing to bet that the cheapest android tablet ever [ubislate.com] is, at 35$, still a more powerful programming platform than any calculators.
writing code for an iPad is restricted to those who purchase an Apple developer account, create programs that align with Apple standards, and submit their finished products for Apple's approval prior to distribution.
This is highly misleading, bordering on bullshit. Too many ANDs in that statement, and the second two clauses are really two aspects of one clause that the author is breaking out to rhetorically exaggerate the difficulty. You can develop for iOS without getting your stuff featured on the App Sto
Sounds like someone needs to take a look at Pythonista [omz-software.com] - a full featured development environment, including code editor with syntax highlighting and code completion, interactive prompt, support for graphics and a touch interface, with full featured libraries including math and text processing; runs on iOS (iPhone and iPad) you can even export the app you've developed and have running on your iPad to Xcode so that you can build it for submission to Apple's App Store.
It's a staple on my iPad and has been for a year or so.
Sounds like a bit more useful than a graphing calculator.
Another "journalist" who can't be arsed to do a trivial google search to check the facts behind the thesis of his article. You can program in python, ruby, octave, or several other languages on an iPad. Even one of several variants of basic, if you want. If you really love the TI-83 you can even emulate that.
Plus read textbooks, scientific papers, manuals, etc.
Kudos to the slashdot editors and the submitter for their incredulity as well.
I completed engineering school with a slide rule before they invented calculators.
this is actually faster than a calculator and you tend to focus on the method rather than the math.
True. But when you went out into the real world and had to solve engineering problems, did you grind out repetitive problems on a slide rule? I doubt it. You probably key punched a Fortran program to be run on a mainframe. And that is something you probably learned in school (OTJ training aside).
The calculator vs slide rule comparison as a numerical calculating device isn't the issue. Its the availability of a tool that can assist in learning coding practices. Its just more convenient to roll the two funct
I think the article author is talking about be best learning tool, not the best tool to grind out work at your job.
For that purpose, I nominate the slide rule which is pretty "transparent" in that you tend to spend more time focused on the method of solving the problem rather than the mechanics.
Quite like game-consoles, in fact. Programming, customization, alternate OSes, all not encouraged. Basically a shiny, expensive tool, that cannot do a lot. A Barbie-doll comes to mind as a comparison. (My kid sister threw hers into the trash after a few days because "you cannot do anything with them"...) It regards its users as infantile, incompetent, and only capable of selecting from a simple list of choices prepared for them.
A programmable calculator, on the other hand, is a professional tool and program
I teach college physics: my students use both iPads and TI calculators. But almost none of them use the programming features on either the calculator or the iPad. It's a rare student who has a creative spirit that's strong enough to bother learning to program on any device, and those that have that drive to make things will find a way to do it on any device they can get their hands on.
And while *you* might have learned to program on a TI, you're a Slashdot reader, you were that rare student. And let's be honest: as a programming interface, the TI is hideously awful.
Programming is a tool. Sure, Slashdot is host to a preponderance of people who consider it a profession unto itself. But in physics, engineering, economics, even math, basic skills in programming are going to be a part of your job. And even if the task at hand demands a specialist, you will be expected to understand the terminology and concepts used in order to communicate your requirements to the experts.
Can the TI be a good educational tool to help teach programming concepts? Yep, it sure can be. Better tool than the iPad? Probably, yes.
But that's not really the educational niche for which Apple is pushing the iPad in the classroom. It's basically being sold as an electronic textbook, which isn't necessarily a bad concept. Having one very portable device to haul around instead of four to six heavy books is great. Not having to print a massive number of new textbooks every year? Also nice. Videos and audio
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.


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Left and Right Agree to Disagree
After an embittered presidential election, a never-ending kabuki on Washington finances, and now a fierce debate over property rights, many would be surprised to know that members from opposite sides of the political spectrum have found some common ground. Betsy Woodruf at National Review Online sure was. She was shocked to find agreement between the Republican Governor of Illinois, Mitch Daniels, and Tom Dickenson of Rolling Stone magazine regarding medical marijuana and federalism. Both, it seems, favor letting the states determine their own drug policy, even though they may not agree on what each state ultimately decides.
First, note that agreement between the two parties happens more often than not. In principle they all agree on war, debt, entitlements, taxation, police statism, drones, the central bank, socialistic healthcare, prohibition, and many other issues. Of course they disagree on just how much debt there should be; if the military ought to bomb the people of third-world countries or drop bombs and machine-gun them; and whether individuals should forfeit 35 percent of their income or only 33 percent. Some diversity of thought.
But what's noteworthy about this particular case is that each can agree because neither is trying to force the other into submitting to a single policy. Here we see one of the great things about decentralized government: it tends to reduce conflict by allowing various groups to "live and let live." This is isn't possible when all policy decisions are made by one body, when a polity becomes too big.Details


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Senior forward Danielle Kozlowski (Melrose, Mass.) has been named one of three finalists for the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award, the second year in a row she has been honored as a finalist. Kozlowski is the first two-time finalist in the award's history, and Yale is the only school to have had a finalist in each year.
The ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award is designed to recognize student-athletes who excel on the ice and in the classroom while also leading in the community. Nominees must have a minimum GPA of 3.50 and have played in a minimum of 50 percent of their team's games.
Kozlowski has been a leader on the ice, in the classroom and in the community throughout her time at Yale. A finalist for the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award and an Academic All-Ivy League selection last year, she will earn her third ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team honor this year and has been a stalwart in the Bulldog lineup since her freshman season. She has played in 116 out of a possible 122 games for her career, including a streak of 79 straight games from her freshman year until her junior year. Kozlowski is also involved extensively in volunteer work and is starting a new leadership program for local youths this spring.
An anthropology major, Kozlowski has compiled a 3.60 cumulative grade-point average and is taking courses such as Origin of Complex Society in West Africa, The Aztecs of Mexico, Southeast Asia since 1900 and more. Some of her work has been noted as being graduate school-level in its caliber.
On the ice, the five-foot-one Kozlowski is noted for her fearless shot-blocking ability and was selected by her teammates as the toughest player on the team in a mid-season survey last year. She is a key part of Yale's special teams units, which includes a penalty killing unit that killed off 61 of 68 penalties (.897) successfully over the last 17 games.
Kozlowski also contributed two goals and seven assists this year. Her 11 career goals include four game-winners, one of which was among the most significant tallies in school history -- the game-winning goal in Yale's 1-0 win at Dartmouth Feb. 2, 2006 that snapped a 41-game losing streak against the Big Green. During her time at Yale Kozlowski has also helped Yale end a 37-game winless streak against Brown (Feb. 14, 2006) and an 18-game losing streak against Northeastern (Jan. 7, 2006). Her class leaves with 49 wins, third-most in school history.
Kozlowski's contributions off the ice are numerous. She spent her 2007 spring break in New Orleans assisting with relief work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For one week, she and her group gutted water-soaked buildings and houses in the Tulane-Gravier neighborhood with the organization Phoenix of New Orleans. For spring break 2008 she returned to New Orleans, this time as the leader of a group that focused on rebuilding as opposed to gutting. She worked with Rebuilding Together New Orleans.
This March Kozlowski will launch a new program, the "Bulldog Leadership Initiative", based on her experience with the Yale Athletics Department's Kiphuth Leadership Academy. The Kiphuth Leadership Academy is a unique program that develops Yale student-athletes to be world-class leaders in athletics, academics and life. Kozlowski has participated in the program, which is co-directed by nationally prominent expert on sports leadership Jeff Janssen and the Yale athletics department administration, and decided that a similar program should be offered to local youths. She and a pair of fellow Yale student-athletes are organizing a one-day workshop that will enable local eighth and ninth graders to learn leadership lessons similar to those taught in the Kiphuth Leadership Academy.
Kozlowski also mentors girls age 9-11 at a local school each week and is on the food and beverage committee for Yale's annual "Relay for Life" fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The relay has particular significance for the Bulldogs this year, as junior forward Mandi Schwartz (Wilcox, Sask.) has been diagnosed with leukemia and is currently back home undergoing chemotherapy. The Bulldogs are selling "No. 17" Yale Hockey t-shirts to raise money in her honor.
Kozlowski is a member of Yale's Thomas W. Ford '42 Student-Athlete Community Outreach Committee and takes part in Yale's Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program, which includes "Skate with the Players" events, Youth Days, and an annual toy drive for underprivileged children.
A multiple-sport star in high school, Kozlowski also played softball for Yale in her freshman year, helping fill the team's need in the outfield due to a small roster. She earned the softball team's Coach's Cup for her contributions that year.
Kozlowski, whose brother Mike played forward at MIT, graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols. She was inducted into the Cum Laude Society and won the school's Nichols Prize for academic & athletic success. She captained the field hockey, ice hockey and softball teams and was twice selected team MVP in hockey.
While in high school Kozlowski worked at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and coached at various hockey camps. She also tutored and coached as part of the Books, Basketball and Neighbors program.
The ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award is in its third season. Kelsey Johnson '07 was a finalist for Yale in the inaugural year, and Kozlowski has earned the honor in each of the past two years. The winner will be announced during the week of the Women's ECAC Hockey Championship, which takes place Mar. 7 and 8.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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An HP ServiceOne Consulting Advantage
Unlike many of its competitors, HP has aggressively moved to let its partners provide consulting services around products like HP StoreOnce and HP ConvergedSystem under their own brand as part of the HP ServiceOne program.
ServiceOne provides partners with the same training and tools that HP's own enterprise services group uses in the field.
Among the new services ServiceOne partners can provide with StoreOnce are: the HP StoreOnce Backup System Health Check Service; HP StoreOnce Data Replication Solution Service; and the HP StoreOnce Catalyst Solution Service.


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48 Hour Film Project Filmed At Downtown Gloucester's Dress Code
48 Hour Film Project by A Shot in in the Dark Productions.
I really like the camerawork in the film.
Directed/Written by Genine Tillotson
Edited by Jess Schumann, Will Cavanagh, and Myself
Music by Russell Wolff
Video created by Benjamin Eckstein.
Swing by Barbara Koen's Dress Code when you get a chance, she always has some interesting things in her funky ass shop.


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WKU recommends using the templates found below when developing international agreements. Where necessary, they may be modified to better outline the purposes of the partnership. In some instances, an external template may be used. All agreements, whether external or internal, are subject to a set of requirements and are evaluated against the same criteria in the approval process. For a complete list of international agreement requirements, click here.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a general document drafted to reflect or promote good will between the parties. It usually does not specify detailed actions or projects, although it may allude to the development of such plans at a later date. The MOU may be a precursor to a more detailed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which does normally stipulate the specific terms, conditions, and implementation processes that govern the proposed partnership.
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Do you Puzzle?
I used to do it a lot when I was younger with my siblings. I remember my mom and dad had this huge one with 10000 pieces and we tried putting it together outside one summer but it was impossible to get through, especially when you are not that old and easily gets distracted.
The one I remember I had was a beautiful beach with palms, it had so much blue sky you got so impatient.
Do you still do puzzles?
9 comments:
- ~Schnegge~ said...
I love to Puzzle, have some big Puzzles, not sadly not the Place for hem to hang up. I loved to Puzzle with my Grandma when I was at her.
- 9 February 2012 at 13:46
- nihrida said...
I did a couple of puzzles a couple of years ago, but I'm not too much into them. I prefer other ways of entertainment. =) I did have a great puzzle of the Neuschwanstein castle. Loved that one.
- 9 February 2012 at 14:12
- Ben Jones said...
I used to love doing them when I was a kid. I haven't done any in the recent past but my daughter enjoys them from time to time now.
- 9 February 2012 at 15:22
- Becca said...
I do puzzles occasionally at my mom's place. She always has one out on her desk. Sometime you just get drawn into it looking for piece and finding one that actually go together. Your drawings would make a nice puzzle I think =)
- 10 February 2012 at 02:05
- Musings said...
I never found jigsaw puzzles particularly rewarding. What was the point of all that work when you just take it apart again? I think society has trained us to put effort toward the task that has the most benefit. However, there is a lot of satisfaction that comes from my OCD side when I put things "in their place." I'd much prefer a puzzle over a board game, though. The only competitor I like to have is myself.
- 10 February 2012 at 04:47
- nirfreak03 said...
i still love to! any kind and any size. it's a nice way to just spend some quiet time with yourself :)
- 11 February 2012 at 07:05
- angella johnson said...
I remember first walking into my grandmother Johnson's house and seeing walls full of puzzles. They were from different places and times, different buildings, cats and puppies. They were amazing. Now every time I see a puzzle I can't help but to think of her.
- 12 February 2012 at 04:45
- Kandi Kissez said...
I used to do them a lot with my dad but once I got into PSP that kind of took a back seat
- 13 February 2012 at 04:36
- Alessandra Carreño said...
I don´t, but I´ve seen puzzles in my cousin´s house wall with beautiful pictures printed. I thought of trying that with some of my drawings or maybe future drawings to just put it hanging on some wall. It woul be wonderful to see some of your art works hanging on the wall as a puzzle instead of just being framed. It´s be very interesting!!
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Friday, December 12, 2008
When's the last time you had an epiphany? I had one this past Tuesday night. I went to Sharrif Simmon's taping of his TV show @ Mathew's Bar & Grill/[Birmingham, AL] and I walked over to politic with Junior Star for a minute. I'm standing there looking at his set up. I notice two CD Turntables and two Technic Turntables. My initial thought was that the Technics' were for "show". I thought they were mere urban musical ornaments, (i.e. decoration). Then I noticed the crate of albums behind him and I realized that the Technics were there to be used and not just for show.
I've always looked at record players as just a way to play music. Like an 8-track or a cassette tape. I figured that if you're not scratching and doing multiple DJ tricks all the time, there's no need to have a REAL Turntable set up. I have seen DJ's set up real turntables recently but most of the time they are linked to a laptop and the DJ is actually spinning mp3's or .wav files, and not multiple records. Junior Star was spinning records & CDs. It didn't really hit me until I started talking to him and I noticed that Sharrif had brought a live band to perform with. I'm looking at a saxophonist, trumpeter, bass player, guitar player and a drummer. Even Sharrif had a guitar around his neck for most of his set. This is when I asked myself, "when do musical instruments go out of style?" The answer is obvious...they don't.
For the first time I realized that knowing how to play music for others to enjoy with a record player is an art or at worst a skill. Knowing how to purchase and replace a needle is analogous to knowing how to purchase and replace strings on a guitar. Knowing how to find the song you want by reading the grooves on a black wax disc is analogous to knowing which combination of valves to press on a trumpet and how you should blow to make the desirable sound. If hip hop is music, then Technic Turntables are instruments...are they not?
So the next time you see a DJ bring out two REAL Turntables, know that you're watching a skilled performer whether he's scratching or just finding the right songs between wax grooves* on a black disc. He's displaying a knowledge base just as a pianist plays simple chords to harmonize with a singer. Thanks Junior Star. Keep spinning.
*[I just realized that the "grooves" on a record/album are probably the origin of us calling songs "grooves". ]
4 Comments:
- Thed Weller said...
I know the vid quality leaves much to be desired...but you get the idea [blackberry chronicles/hustling backwards tv]
- ChocLitLuvJoi said...
lol. I concur w/ the aforementioned statements in this post, especially the last one about grooves. I'll definately be checking Tommy out @ Charlemagne 2mrw to keep "the instruments" alive...
- Ms.BeatJunkie!!! said...
One of the best djs in the city. To me there are only two and we know who the other one is. Or maybe I'm just bias...nope its just fact.
I watch and listen in awe everytime. Grooves...exactly Thed. I like that comment.
- mpenzi said...
"But just because a record has a groove
Don't make it in the groove" -Stevland Hardaway Judkins/Steveland Morris/Stevie Wonder
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Zero Point: The First 360-Degree Movie Made For the Oculus Rift 53
Zothecula writes "The Oculus Rift has carved out a sizable reputation for itself among gamers, but virtual reality has many applications beyond playing video games. Now one production studio is preparing to release the first movie shot specifically to be watched through the VR headset. The upcoming film, called Zero Point, will focus on the history and development of virtual reality technology, while allowing viewers the freedom to look around each scene as the movie progresses."


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Like most quarterbacks in this year's class, Tyler Wilson tumbled down the draft board. Excitement turned to anxiety and then to anger when day three rolled around and he still hadn't been taken.
To clear his head, the former record-setting Arkansas quarterback ventured out to a local Walmart Supercenter.
And that's when the Oakland Raiders called, creating a buzz amongst curious shoppers.
"I was fed up with watching so we just got out and then get the phone call there in Walmart, of all places, but that's good being from Arkansas," Wilson said, via the Log Cabin Democrat. "He's standing right next to me and kind of hears the conversation a little bit. I kind felt like everybody in the store at that point had kind of figured out what's going on. That was fun. We ended up getting out of there without too much harm and ended up getting back and celebrated with friends and family."
The Raiders took Wilson with their fourth-round selection (112th overall) on Saturday, at least one round later than he anticipated going. He planned — and then subsequently cancelled — a draft party that included a large cake and live band entertainment.
Wilson, understandably, was let down by how things unfolded.
"It was tough. You could see the trend and the way the draft was going based on the needs that teams were taking. You could obviously see they weren't taking quarterbacks in the first round," Wilson said. "Then Thursday you see kind of the trend of the way things are going on Thursday — not headed in positive direction you know as far as quarterbacks.
"I think the harder thing would be to see a bunch of (quarterbacks) go, but not seeing any of them come off the board, you're all sitting in the same boat. I knew the way it was going to do was it was going to be a little bit later than we all anticipated."
In 2011, Wilson was regarded as a future No. 1 overall pick, before a down 2012 campaign torpedoed his stock. The 23-year-old threw for 3,387 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions last year as one of the lone bright spots for the 4-8 Razorbacks.
Nevertheless, the 6-foot-2 Wilson, hailed for his pocket presence and vertical accuracy, is just excited to settle in with his new team.
"Obviously, it's been a long process, a long three days. You hope to get picked a littler sooner going into it," Wilson said. "But the right situation, I think, is the most important part. And I definitely think I found that situation with Oakland, being in the situation they're in quarterback-wise. I think I have a chance to go in there and compete and have a chance at playing sometime soon."
Wilson didn't go totally unnoticed this year, as ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper in January compared him to Hall of Famer Jim Kelly. While that assessment is extremely premature, his professional career is certainly off to an interesting start.
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New York bouncer, blogger and author Rob Fitzgerald has noticed a trend among many of the macho young men waiting outside his clubs. He says the guys are slathering up their torsos with the hemorrhoid cream Preparation H to make themselves look "ripped" for the ladies.
(Thanks to Unholy Slacker, who says "The 'H' stands for 'hipster.'")