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(CNN) -- Despite the call for his resignation after he publicly admitted Tuesday using crack cocaine, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said he will not step down and he will run for re-election next October.
"I was elected to do a job and that is exactly what I am going to continue doing," he said during a second news conference Tuesday at his office.
Earlier, after months of dodging allegations, Ford told reporters that he smoked crack cocaine about a year ago -- probably, he said, during a "drunken stupor."
"Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine. But ... do I? Am I an addict? No," Ford said.
"Probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago," he said about the cocaine use.
Ford said later that he knew he had embarrassed everyone in the city and "I will be forever sorry."
He promised the people of Canada's largest city that his mistakes of using crack cocaine will never "ever, ever happen again."
Pressure on Ford, 44, increased last week, when Toronto's police chief announced investigators recovered a video of the mayor that purportedly shows him smoking a crack pipe. That followed allegations in two media reports in May that a video showed Ford using crack cocaine last winter.
Ford, who had previously said he did not use crack and who has not been charged with a crime, made the admission to reporters earlier in the day outside his office in Toronto after they asked him about the issue.
Toronto City Councillor John Filion, who had just introduced a motion to take many of the mayor's powers away from him, said shortly after the admission that Ford "needs to step aside."
"Wow. I need a minute to absorb this," Filion said. "I think the mayor needs to step aside and take stock of his life as this situation becomes more absurd."
Ford said on a radio program Sunday that he was sorry for "a lot of stupid things." He later clarified on the program -- "The City" on CFRB -- that his apology referred to two previously reported incidents where he appeared to have been drunk in public and "a lot of stupid things, all self-inflicted" that he didn't detail.
He also said on that program that he wouldn't resign despite Thursday's announcement by police.
Ford says he didn't lie
While speaking outside his office Tuesday, he said he hadn't lied -- apparently referring to his previous statements on the matter.
"You didn't ask the correct questions," he said Tuesday. "No, I'm not an addict. And no, I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize."
When he addressed the allegations in May, Ford denied crack cocaine use in the present tense.
"I do not use crack cocaine. Nor am I an addict of crack cocaine," he told reporters then, according to CNN affiliate CBC.
The video
In May, the website Gawker and the Toronto Star newspaper published stories saying their reporters had seen 90 seconds of a cell-phone video showing Ford, as the Star described it, "inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe."
Later in the video -- as described by the Star -- an "incoherent" man both the Star and Gawker claimed to be Ford ranted about a number of subjects.
The video, which has never been released publicly, shows a "clearly impaired mayor," two reporters who say they saw the video wrote in the Star.
Then, police recovered video from deleted files on a computer hard drive that was seized during a drug and gang investigation, according to a 465-page report by Toronto police disclosed on Thursday. The report includes hundreds of redacted pages and states that police sources believe a photo of Ford that first surfaced in May was taken in front of a "trap" house used to "chop" crack.
On Thursday, Toronto Police Chief William Blair told reporters that the video featured images "consistent with those that have previously been reported in the press." Blair said Ford appears in the video, but would not detail what he's shown doing.
'I want to see the tape'
Ford told reporters Tuesday that he wants to see the video.
"There's been times when I've been a drunken stupor. That's why I want to see the tape. I want everyone in the city to see this tape. I'd like to see this tape. I don't even recall there being a tape and a video and I know that. I want to see the state that I was in," Ford said.
Police documents also detail evidence used to obtain a search warrant for a man suspected of drug trafficking, Alexander (Sandro) Lisi, who police say is the mayor's friend as well as his driver. Photos collected by police show Ford and Lisi together on a number of occasions, including attending a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game, according to the documents.
Lisi was arrested Thursday and charged with extortion, according to a police statement. He is accused of using extortion to retrieve a recording, it said.
Blair said a digital video in police custody will be shown in court in an effort to support the charge against Lisi, who was released after a bail hearing Friday, his lawyer, Seth Weinstein, said.
CNN's Matt Smith, Kristina Sgueglia and Julia Talanova contributed to this report.


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Lady Faces Jail for Calling White French Guys Mean Name
In France, people are all very sensitive about things, and prefer to approach sensitive issues (all) by arguing sophisticated points of serious political philosophy, while making dismissive hand gestures and holding cigarettes. This is why the French are such a bunch of pussies who aren't even tough enough to be involved in several doomed wars of choice in the Muslim world. Le wimps! Amirite?
Here's how wimpy the French are: right wingers have managed to have Houria Bouteldja, a French political activist with Algerian roots, dragged into court and put up on charges for saying something mean about white French people.
Bouteldja, of the movement Indigenes of the Republic, called native white French "souchiens" in a TV interview. The word derives from "souche," or stock, as native white French are commonly called, but could sound like a hyphenated word meaning "lower than a dog."For this grievous insult, she faces up to six months in prison. Oh, poor Le Wimps! Sad that the lady said a mean thing? Did she hurt your feeling, croissant boy? Gee, what did white French people ever do to Africans, right? What, you've never been called a dog-ball-licker before? Go cry into your stereotypical Onion Soup, why don't you?
Thank god here in America our right wingers are real men about this issue.
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On the flip side. I met my hubby when we were assigned to the team together to go find the head!
I used to work with a nurse who had worked several years in a pediatric ER in a teaching hospital. They saw lots of residents; as with any group, most were perfectly fine, but there were a few who thought they were way too good for the rest of the world and the nurses were stupid, incompetent, and barely fit to carry their coffee. When they got a resident like this, they had a standard procedure.First the nurses would make a nasty 'diaper': they'd take a clean disposable diaper and smear it liberally with chocolate pudding, mustard, ketchup, anything else they could think of, mixed together to produce a nasty mess. Then they'd take it in and show it to the resident in question, asking his opinion - a mom just brought this baby in with terrible diarrhea; the nurses thought it might be a particular disease, what did Doctor think? They'd wave the diaper at the resident, who would usually recoil in horror. Then the nurse would swipe her finger through the mess and sniff it, saying yep, sure smells like <disease>. If a final act was required, she'd then take an inquring lick and remark, wow, definitely tastes like <disease>.I don't know if this really happened, or if it's a nursing urban legend, but it's a great story anyway!
Wow, I cant believe I havent told this one yet on this thread. I worked in a senior home for two years on the weekends, and this one is a doozy. Thank goodness it happened during the week when I wasnt there, I probably would have been sick to my stomach forever if I had witnessed it.It was lunchtime, and the residents were all seated together at their little tables in the packed dining room. Right in the middle of lunch, one of the ladies had a complete physical, medical meltdown in her entire body. Basically, she literally had a volcanic explosion happen internally, and it poured out externally from every orifice in her body, every bodily fluid we humans have, in great quantities. Blood, vomit, waste, etc., going everywhere. And her blood was rotten and corroted, so it was black-hued and very smelly. She had had some previously undetected internal illness or infection going on in her body for a very long time, and it finally came to a crescendo right there in the dining room in front of everyone. Of course everyone else was freaking out along with her. And the most incredible thing her table mate was this very stubborn, mean old lady of 104. She was so angry that her lunch was being interrupted by this body volcano that she refused to get up from the table, even though this woman was spewing bodily fluids everywhere. Even when the paramedics came, she wouldnt move. They had to physically move her from the table in order to get to the lady.
Cats *are* gross, aren't they? One of ours once woke up in my sister's room, where he'd spent the night; came over into my room; threw up on a pile of my clothes; and went promptly back to my sister's room for a nap. I was so insulted!
One of my cats has decided that The Place to puke is down the side of my dresser. Maybe he was thinking, 'Gee, puking in the carpet is getting old. I know! I'll jump up as high as I can and see how far gravity will pull it!'
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Government support for local manufacturing brings positive spin-offs for the economy, or so the argument goes. But now critics are asking if the cost is too high. Gareth Hutchens reports.
If you had the power to pull the plug on Australia's car industry, would you do it?
That question became a live one this week after the country's biggest car manufacturer, General Motors Holden, shocked everyone when it announced it was shedding an eighth of its local workforce.
It said it planned to cut 400 jobs from its car assembly plant in Adelaide and 100 jobs from its Melbourne design operations.
It has a total workforce of 4000.
Holden's managing director, Mike Devereux, blamed the decision on falling domestic car sales, a consequence of the stubbornly high dollar and cheap imports.
"The Australian automotive industry is heavily trade exposed, that is no secret - the appreciation of the Australian currency means that making things in this country is 60 per cent more expensive than it was 10 years ago," he said.
The announcement came a year after the company received $275 million in state and federal government assistance, prompting opposition leader Tony Abbott to say that, if elected, he would scrap the system of government subsidies and refer the matter to the Productivity Commission.
He was not alone.
Former Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin told BusinessDay that the Productivity Commission ought to consider if the so-called positive spin-offs from the industry - such as design and engineering skills and knowledge - could be better found elsewhere.
The major problem, according to economists, is that no matter what our governments do the industry cannot generate profits without billions of dollars in assistance.
The issue has got them asking: how much are those positive spin-offs really costing the economy?
The automotive industry employs more than 47,000 people, which accounts for 5 per cent of the total manufacturing sector in Australia, according to the Bureau of Statistics.
That number does not include repairers and maintenance workers, retailers and wholesalers.
The country's three car makers - Holden, Ford and Toyota - are the beneficiaries of the federal government's New Car Plan, an assistance package that will provide $5.4 billion to the industry between 2008-09 and 2020-21.
A spokesman for the Industry Minister, Greg Combet, said the government's $5.4 billion in support for the industry was supporting around a quarter of a million jobs, both directly and indirectly.
But critics point out that although the industry is producing cars for the domestic market, consumers just aren't buying them.
So what's all the support for?
It is not that Australians aren't buying new cars.
Over the year to February 2013 a record 1,125,174 new vehicles were sold.
But sales of cars built locally for domestic consumers have fallen from their peak of 286,000 units in 2003 to just 148,000 in 2011.
Holden surprised everyone last week when it made public the amount of government assistance it has received over the past 12 years.
Since 2001 it has received nearly $2 billion in federal incentives and subsidies, including tax breaks. The figure was higher than expected.
It was an unusual thing to do, given the lengths to which governments have gone in the past to keep those figures secret.
But it also raised questions about the future of the $4.5 billion industry.
Matt Hobbs, Holden's director of government affairs, said the amount was justified by the tens of billions of dollars Holden had invested in Australia.
He said that money would have gone elsewhere if Australia hadn't paid.
Speaking after Holden's announcement that 500 jobs would go, the former global head of Ford, Jac Nasser, challenged the perception that the industry had enjoyed large amounts of support from state and federal governments. But he said news of the job cuts was ominous, and despaired for the lack of national pride in the industry.
"The signs aren't good, and particularly when the car industry is reducing the number of engineers they have in the workforce, that's a leading indicator of a reduction in future programs and future technology," Mr Nasser said.
The exit of just one company from Australia could trigger the demise of the industry, Mr Nasser said.
"Let's assume one of the three decides to exit Australia in terms of manufacturing, then you end up potentially with a sub-scale supplier infrastructure and once that happens I think it's a domino effect," he said. "It would be a very sad day for Australia but unfortunately it looks like it could be inevitable."
BusinessDay asked a number of economists if they believed we ought to let the industry die.
Most said we should, even though they were aware of what a difficult decision it would be.
"I don't think that the government ought to be providing significant support for the motor vehicle industry," said Paul Bloxham,
HSBC Australia's chief economist. "If it's not profitable on its own I don't think it's something that the public ought to be subsidising.
"We ought to accept the price signal that's given to us from the rest of the world, rather than think that the government is better at deciding which industries are ones that the economy ought to have."
Saul Eslake, the chief economist from Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Australia, said it was time to be asking "hard questions".
"The reality is that, however technically proficient Australia might be at making cars ... it's very difficult for a country as small as Australia is by way of population, and as far from markets as it is, to be a competitive manufacturer of cars, almost under any circumstances," Mr Eslake said.
"But especially when the currency is as strong as ours is now, relative to other car markers' currencies."
According to Mr Eslake when Australians were given the choice to buy cheaper cars, thanks to the gradual reduction in tariffs and quotas, they began to do so.
"It's true, as the car makers say, that virtually every government in the world gives financial assistance to its car industry. And it probably is true that if we want to have a car industry then we have to do the same thing," he said.
"But the question that has never really been put to the people, as distinct from government departments, is whether that's a choice we'd actually want to make."
One economist who has spent time on the factory floor is Tim Harcourt, the former chief economist of the Australian Trade Commission.
Mr Harcourt worked with former Victorian premier Steve Bracks on his review of the car industry.
They recommended in July 2008 - after visiting car industries in Thailand, India, China, South Africa and the US - that the government provide millions of dollars in assistance to Australia's car industry in return for a reduction in tariffs.
"People on the right of the economics profession hate the car industry because it did have high tariffs for too long, so it's a bit of a legacy issue for them.
"They always want to ask how much taxpayers pay for the car industry ... [but] they don't talk about private health care getting subsidies from the government, or private schools," he said.
"I don't agree with everything the car industry does, but I think there is a view [among orthodox economists] that the car industry is something you should always target."
Mr Harcourt said there was no doubt elements of the car industry provided "positive spill-overs" for the rest of the economy in terms of labour skills and design.
The Bracks Review found that the automotive industry was a major investor in innovation, accounting for nearly 17 per cent of manufacturing business expenditure on research and development.
It said this was a key element to sustaining an internationally competitive industry based on high skills and high-wage jobs.
"Australia is one of only 15 countries with the capability to take a car from concept all the way to full production," the review said.
Warwick McKibbin said he did not think Australia ought to abolish the industry just yet, but we needed to start doing things differently. "There is a serious debate about some of the spin-offs to having high-end technology being produced on an economy, but that can be assessed," he said.
"Are we paying too much for that spin-off? At the moment it appears we are."
But Mr Harcourt said the Productivity Commission had done a good job in the past to reduce tariffs and get the industry more competitive and export oriented.
"But the debate's not about tariffs now," he said. "The debate is about how to fit into global supply chains, what the best comparative advantage could be for Australia in the global car industry. Holden says we have the best design in the world, so they wouldn't care what the tariff is - it's the labour market design skills that matter here."
Mr Eslake said he understood that if the industry was allowed to die it would still hurt people.
"The other thing to remember is that while I'm inclined to think that the benefits of abolishing these subsidies would outweigh the costs, it's also undeniable that the benefits would be thinly spread over most of the population, while the losses would be heavily concentrated on a relatively small number of people in a few areas."
Saviour needed for Australia's auto industry
Government support for local manufacturing brings positive spin-offs for the economy, or so the argument goes. But now critics are asking if the cost is too high. Gareth Hutchens reports.
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So i have developed a site which uses two Facebook social plugins, the Feed dialog and the Like button. These two are connected to an app through an app id and is using open graph tags for formatting. The issue is that the Like button is not behaving as expected.
My understanding of the Like button is that when a user likes the site, this will be displayed as an notice on their timeline/activity feed and stored among the other likes in their profile. The issue is that nothing happens except that the counter is increasing.
Nothing is being shared on their wall or registered in the likes section. Is it me who has misunderstood the usage of the Like button or is there something missing? Some help or information regarding the issue is more then welcome since this is driving me crazy.. A side note: Facebook thinks my site is spam since i spammed myself and then removed the content while testing the app. Might this cause the issues with the Like button?
This is the code that i am using:
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<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.MY_URL.se/" />
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The Illinois Valley is home to many sports officials, who love the games and admire the young athletes who play them. Illinois Valley Living asked a handful of area officials to tell us a little bit more about themselves.
Bernie Moore
Town where you live: Dimmick.
Occupation: Assistant principal, math teacher at St. Bede Academy.
What sport(s) and grade level(s) do you officiate: Basketball and softball at the junior and high school levels.
How long have you been officiating: Sixteen years.
Why do you enjoy officiating: It keeps me involved with kids. As I'm getting older, it's great exercise. I enjoy it. To me it's therapy, not so much physically, but mental therapy. After a tough day at school or dealing with what I do as assistant principal, and we all do, I can get to a basketball game, and on way, get myself into the frame of mind, and it puts all that stuff I dealt with on the backburner. I don't take all that frustration home from work. To me, it's a real mental therapy, plus I get to be active and be involved with kids. We also get paid. That's not why we do it, but it's nice.
What other interests do you have: I'm an avid gardener. I've got two acres of yard. I've planted lots of garden and done a lot of my personal landscaping at home.
Jason Depenbrock
Home: Live out in the country in LaSalle.
Occupation: I am the farm origination manager at the ADM Grain company in Mendota.
What sport(s) and grade level(s) do you officiate: I referee youth soccer, ages 14 and under. I have done games in Peru, Spring Valley and Mendota.
How long have you been officiating: I have been doing this for the last five years.
Why do you enjoy officiating: I love getting out and working with the kids, watching them develop as athletes and young adults.
What other interests do you have: I also coach soccer in Peru and am the president of the Illinois Valley Youth Soccer League. Soccer is a real passion of mine; I grew up playing soccer in Kentucky and love the fact that soccer is growing in the Illinois Valley. It is an awesome feeling work with the youth and getting them ready for high school sports. Our youth programs in the area are an integral part in feeding our high school programs. Outside of soccer, I am an avid hunter and outdoorsman. I love spending time with my wife and three kids outside. Watching them grow into good solid young adults is something I am really looking forward to.
Bob Schultz
Town where you live: Peru.
Occupation: Retired from American Nickeloid in June 2011 after 44 years.
What sport do you work in: I am on the chain gang during St. Bede Academy football games.
How long have you been doing this: 46 years.
Why do you enjoy this: I have a lifelong passion for St. Bede football.
Rob Ruppert
Town where you live: LaSalle.
Occupation: Mechanic.
What sport(s) do you officiate in and levels: Baseball (Little League, Junior League, Senior League, Frosh/Soph).
How long have you been doing this: About five years.
Why do you enjoy this: Baseball was always my favorite sport. It keeps me involved; I enjoying do it for the youth.
What other interests do you have: I'm president of LaSalle National Little League; I coach my daughters Little League softball team; and old cars.
Buzz Fisher
Town where you live: Princeton.
Occupation: Work for IDOT.
What sport(s) and grade level(s) do you officiate: Basketball and football at the high school level. I've just started doing football.
How long have you been officiating: Nineteen years.
Why do you enjoy officiating: Mainly, I do it because I love sports and get exercise and get a little a money doing it. Now, that we're getting a little older, it's tougher to play anymore.
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Terror, Perverts And Big Brother
July 16, 2012 by Sam Rolley
Facebook currently operates software that monitors chats and posts for indications of criminal activity among its users.
If the Federal government were able to develop a way to make individuals voluntarily opt in to a program that would collect vast amounts of public and private personal information, would you join?
It's likely that you already have.
The social networking site Facebook has 900 million registered accounts throughout the world. These accounts include profiles for businesses, government organizations and individuals, who are perpetually posting details about their location and lifestyle. The social networking site feels to most people like an innocent way to keep in touch with family, friends and past acquaintances; but beneath its innocent veneer, a privacy nightmare lurks.
The most recent story about privacy and Facebook presents a catch-22 whereby the public must consider whether it is more important to be secure in one's private correspondence or to give up that privacy in an effort to combat crimes against humanity.
The company currently operates software that monitors chats and posts for indications of criminal activity among its users. When the scanning software flags a suspicious chat exchange, it notifies Facebook security employees, who can then determine if police should be notified. It is not clear whether the scanned chats are permanently logged by Facebook.
While most people likely feel uneasy about employees of the social networking site having access to private correspondence, Facebook has sought to mitigate criticism by pointing out that it has already used this method to successfully thwart criminals that even the most strident privacy advocates would likely view with disgust.
In a Reuters report last week, law enforcement and FBI officials lauded Facebook for using its access to vast sums of human data to catch the kind of criminals that even some of the most hardened violent convicts hate: child sexual predators.
Referring to a recent case in which officials apprehended a 30-year-old male pervert who had targeted a 13-year-old Florida girl after receiving a tip from Facebook officials, the article says:
Officers took control of the teenager's computer and arrested the man the next day, said Special Agent Supervisor Jeffrey Duncan of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The alleged predator has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of soliciting a minor.
"The manner and speed with which they contacted us gave us the ability to respond as soon as possible," said Duncan, one of a half-dozen law enforcement officials interviewed who praised Facebook for triggering inquiries…
And goes on to explain:
[Monitoring] efforts generally start with automated screening for inappropriate language and exchanges of personal information, and extend to using the records of convicted pedophiles' online chats to teach the software what to seek out…
"There are companies out there that are doing a very good job, working within the confines of what they have available," said Brooke Donahue, a supervisory special agent with an FBI team devoted to Internet predators and child pornography. "There are companies out there that are more concerned about profitability."
Finding Americans (regardless of how they feel about the entitlement to basic privacy) who disagree that keeping sexual predators away from children is a bad thing would be a task of considerable difficulty, but Facebook's broad monitoring approach leaves questions unanswered about just how much of its users' information is put under the microscope. For instance, do personal communications between adults involved in consensual sexual relationships get examined by a Facebook employee if the messages contain sexual language?
The company's Chief Security Officer, Joe Sullivan, told Reuters that because software monitors the information first for key words and phrases, not employees, privacy is a nonissue unless users are up to no good.
"We've never wanted to set up an environment where we have employees looking at private communications, so it's really important that we use technology that has a very low false-positive rate," the company said in a statement regarding the process.
And on its website, the company makes it very clear that it is willing to hand law enforcement information about crimes committed by its users:
We may disclose information pursuant to subpoenas, court orders, or other requests (including criminal and civil matters) if we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law. This may include respecting requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law under the local laws in that jurisdiction, apply to users from that jurisdiction, and are consistent with generally accepted international standards.
We may also share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activity, to prevent imminent bodily harm, or to protect ourselves and you from people violating our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
At present, crimes of sexual predation and serious offenses like murder and assault are the only ones to have received media attention regarding Facebook's involvement with law enforcement. It is unknown whether the company could change its role to become more involved in crime prevention regarding less serious matters, or even a kind of dragnet for something akin to the "thoughtcrime" discussed in George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984.
Whether Facebook does more internal monitoring of its users may, however, already be irrelevant to the question of privacy. Simply creating the platform that millions of people willingly use to record very personal details has already aided law enforcement and Federal intelligence-gathering outfits.
In 2009, the CIA's investment arm In-Q-Tel began pumping money into Visible Technologies, a software firm that produces programs to monitor social media sites to collect public data. At first, the company claimed to be seeking only content that was made public on the Internet by its creators, leaving alone private content like that which is included on Facebook profiles. The CIA claimed it would not be used domestically, but rather as "early-warning detection on how issues are playing internationally."
Last November, the Department of Homeland Security said it is now operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor online forums, blogs, websites and message boards to collect information to offer "situational awareness."
Federal officials are increasingly citing the need for acronym-laden Internet bills for everything from protecting children, national defense and copyright to preventing corporations from preying on Internet users. And while the stated intentions may sound reasonable, the ways in which Federal and law enforcement officials are already using the Internet suggest ulterior motives.
The Internal Revenue Service uses social networking sites to find and punish tax dodgers.
The FBI uses information posted on Twitter as evidence enough to raid individuals' residences.
The State Department recently created a "Tag Challenge" social media game to get citizens to post information they have about alleged criminals. The game promises a $5,000 reward to the first user who finds and uploads photographs of "bad guys."
Federal agencies want to extend the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which allows phone tapping, to social media and are suggesting the sites begin working on ways to make it easy for the government to snoop.
If the urgency of Federal officials to gain more access into private information on the Internet is any indicator, the snowball of online government infringement will only grow more rapidly in coming years. They claim surveillance is necessary to catch criminals, foil spies and prevent mass uprisings. What Americans must ask themselves is if the promise of catching a few online perverts and averting hypothetical terror attacks is worth coming under the constant Internet surveillance of the state.


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I don't like when people say things like 'oh, it's so creepy you're keeping track of what I say' or 'why would you bother going back and rereading my threads, you have no life' sort of implications..some people just DO have really good memories, like Perfect Circle, or me for conversations (not so much the written word, but I can tell someone exactly what they said in a conversation a year ago..) Sometimes it's hard not to keep in mind what someone's said before--we aren't all anonymous, and people do get 'identities' which I think is nice..that I can tell some things about posters. As long as it doesn't get out of hand. It can also be genuine curiosity, ie 'you said X here but Y here, what is the difference?" I've wanted to ask questions like that, but b een afraid I'd come off snarky when I really am just wanting to know!
I once had an ex boy friend complain that he didn't dare lie to me because I always remembered what he told me (and he never could, so he couldn't keep his stories straight).[/quoteI'm the same way--and I can also be uncanny about remembering what year things happened in. Generally by associating events with random other stuff from that time. "Oh, that trip to Florida? That wasn't 1991, it was 1992, because I remember (song) was on the radio all the time and I had that blue shirt."
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And settle down, feminists, she doesn't like you either:
[S]he called [feminists[ "amazons", adding that the women's movement "created an aggressive-type female with a sense of entitlement that's a bit of a monster".Reading that made me think of this passage from "Song for Sharon" on her great album -- I have it framed and hanging on a wall in my house -- "Hejira":
Dora says, "Have children!"
Mama and Betsy say-"Find yourself a charity."
"Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology."
Well, there's a wide wide world of noble causes
And lovely landscapes to discover
But all I really want right now
Is...find another lover


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The Florida A&M marching band remains on suspension following the hazing death of one of FAMU's drum majors, Robert Champion, after last year's Florida Classic.
Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M universities have joined forces for an anti-hazing symposium almost a year after a FAMU drum major died following a football game between the two schools.
The Florida Classic Consortium, which includes representatives from both schools, is having the Anti-Bullying & Anti-Hazing Symposium on Nov. 16, the day before the 33rd annual Florida Classic game at the Florida Citrus Bowl.
The symposium, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Amway Center in Orlando, includes keynote speaker Michael Eric Dyson, a Georgetown University professor, who is also an MSNBC political analyst, author and radio host. The symposium is free and open to the public and is for students and adults of all ages, though registration is required.
Edison Jackson, Bethune-Cookman University interim president, said the symposium will include inviting academic leaders from various colleges and universities.
"We're not just talking about it, but looking at strategies on how to prevent such a reoccurrence and change the culture of what is acceptable among young people," Jackson said.
The Florida A&M marching band remains on suspension following the hazing death of one of FAMU's drum majors, Robert Champion, after last year's Florida Classic.
The symposium includes workshops discussing the signs of bullying and hazing, how to prevent being victimized and the legal ramifications. There will also be a workshop on social media etiquette, why it's necessary and how it affects someone personally and professionally.
University officials define hazing as rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group. Bullying is the use of force to abuse or intimidate others whether it's emotional, verbal or physical.
"We are pleased to be part of this initiative to raise awareness of bullying and hazing issues that college and high school students, and even younger children are facing throughout Florida and the nation," Larry Robinson, interim president of Florida A&M University, said in a statement.
In addition to Dyson, a panel will include Chubb Rock, a national hip-hop recording artist; Milton Creagh, a motivational speaker, author and television personality; as well as Tim D. Bennett of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Shannon Owens, a sports columnist and analyst at the Orlando Sentinel, will moderate the panel.
The interim presidents will also speak at the opening of the symposium, with the athletic directors of both schools making closing remarks.
The consortium also launched a "Band Together. Unite to End Bullying and Hazing" pledge at Facebook.com/FloridaClassic where people pledge not to bully, haze or ignore it.
A meet and greet will also be held with the panelists following the event, where donations will benefit the consortium's fund to raise awareness of bullying and hazing.
For more information on the symposium, go to http://www.bandtogethercampaign.com/. For information on the Florida classic, go to http://floridaclassic.org/.


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CRYSTAL LAKE – Announcement has been made of the engagement of Laura Vincent of Crystal Lake and Donny Johnson of Elmhurst.
She is the daughter of Bob Vincent of Peoria, Ariz., and Randy and Rosie Smith of Crystal Lake. He is the son of Terry and Carole Johnson of Elmhurst.
The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Crystal Lake South High School and a 2008 graduate of The Art Institute of Phoenix in Arizona with a bachelor's degree in interior design. She is studying for an associate degree in health and fitness education.
Her fiancé is a 1992 graduate of York Community High School in Elmhurst.
They have plans for a Sept. 22 wedding.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Want to move to Poland have some visa and work questions. Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Want to move to Poland have some visa and work questions. Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Poland View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message oipivoJoined: 02 Jan 2012Posts: 163Location: Poland Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:47 am Post subject: Want to move to Poland have some visa and work questions. Hey guys, So my wife and I (both 25) are looking to move to Poland and want to make sure of a few things before we do. We taught in the Czech Republic for a year and a half, but had to leave because we had trouble getting a visa. We currently reside in Istanbul and have been here for nearly two years. The problem is that I don't have my BA yet (I do have a TEFL and almost 4 years of experience teaching). I'm currently finishing it through a university with a distance learning program in the US and should be done in a few semesters. I was curious of a few things. Do schools generally take care of your visa? If not, how difficult is it to get yourself? Can you hire someone to do it for you? Is a BA a must for getting a visa or work permit? We're looking into Krakow and Wroclaw. Any huge differences between the two job wise? Thanks a ton for your time! Back to top lundjstuartJoined: 01 Jul 2008Posts: 211Location: Warsaw, Poland Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject: Just read the forum, all of your answers will be answered through a little research. All the best! Back to top Master ShakeJoined: 03 Nov 2006Posts: 1197Location: Colorado, USA Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Want to move to Poland have some visa and work questions Hi oipiyo. I'm from the US and have been teaching in Poland for 3+ years now, so here's my 2 cents. oipivo wrote: Is a BA a must for getting a visa or work permit? I don't think so. This wasn't one of the documents I had to produce to get my work permit. However, some schools will be hesitant to hire you without a BA. oipivo wrote: Do schools generally take care of your visa? If not, how difficult is it to get yourself? Can you hire someone to do it for you? Not if they can help it! This is a lengthy and time-consuming process. But a handful of schools will help you, provided you agree to take on a minimum number of weekly teaching hours. Doing it yourself isn't really possible as the visa is based on your employment with the school. oipivo wrote: We're looking into Krakow and Wroclaw. Any huge differences between the two job wise? I'd imagine Wroclaw has more jobs because it's not such a desired location. I hope this helps. -Shake Back to top oipivoJoined: 02 Jan 2012Posts: 163Location: Poland Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:14 am Post subject: Thanks for the reply! This made us feel quite a bit better about moving to Poland. We're a bit nervous after the visa debacle we experienced in the Czech Republic. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Poland All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Goodwin Family Issues Official Statement to the Community – Thumbs Up for Lane
As many know by now, Lane Goodwin, the young man who had been battling Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Stage IV – a rare and very aggressive form of childhood cancer - passed away. Today, his parents issued a statement to the community and all those who had participated in the Thumbs Up for Lane campaign.
We would like to thank the community for the incredible display of human kindness over the past two and a half years. Our sweet Lane had a beautiful smile. He was full of energy and loved sharks, fishing, soccer, adventure and his brother, Landen. Lane had an incredible Christian faith, and we are able to find peace in the extraordinary life he lived in his short few years.
We have been amazed and touched by the worldwide thumbs up movement in honor of Lane. Lane believed that the awareness this movement brought for childhood cancers would lead to a cure. Lane's legacy will live on as we move forward with the commitment we made to him to find a cure.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
For more stories about Lane's incredible journey and to see photos of celebrities and community members who gave Lane the 'thumbs up' click here.


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- Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer loses 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 6-4 to Tommy Robredo
- This was the 32-year-old's earliest exit in New York for 10 years
- Federer was denied a quarter-final clash with rival, Spain's Rafael Nadal
- The Swiss star last won a Grand Slam title in 2012 at Wimbledon
Roger Federer will not feature in a Grand Slam final in the same calendar year for the first time since 2002, after he was knocked out of the U.S. Open by Spain's Tommy Robredo.
The winner of 17 Grand Slam titles, including five in New York, suffered a straight sets defeat in his fourth round match at Flushing Meadows, losing 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 6-4 late Monday.
The defeat denied the Swiss star, arguably the finest player to have played the game, a quarter-final showdown with long-time nemesis Rafael Nadal, after the in-form Spanish star beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3 6-1.
Robredo had never beaten Federer before their latest rain-delayed encounter on the Louis Armstrong Stadium court. But with 43 unforced errors to his name and only two break points converted from 16, the former world number one looked unlikely to extend that run.
"I'm going to feel like I beat myself," Federer told reporters after the match. "It was up to me to make the difference and I just couldn't.
"I self-destructed, which is really disappointing. When things came to the crunch I just couldn't do it. It's frustrating."
Robredo, by contrast, was full of confidence as he hit 70% of his first serves and sent numerous forehand winners whistling past his illustrious opponent.
"I'm delighted. It's unbelievable. The difference is I won the break points today," said Robredo.
With the ignominy of another early exit from a Grand Slam tournament, Federer, whose ranking has slipped to an unfamiliar No. 7, will face renewed speculation about his future.
At 32, some question whether he can arrest the recent decline in his fortunes -- his last major title was at Wimbledon in 2012.
"Roger is in a very vulnerable state. He's in a vulnerable position because he's moved down to No. 7 now," said legendary coach Nick Bollettieri in a recent interview with CNN.
"Remember Pete Sampras went through a tough period. Fortunately for Pete he won a big one before he left the tour."
But with younger rivals Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray improving all the time, Federer will be acutely aware that his window of opportunity is rapidly closing.
He has even experimented with a larger racquet head in a bid to find a solution to his on-court problems.
And for Bollettieri, who has coached a number of former Grand Slam champions including Andre Agassi, there's a real concern that an underwhelming end to his career could undo the Federer legacy.
"It would be a shame if people forgot who he was," he said. "Look at what he brought to the game. He brought class. He lived a beautiful private life.
"He's quiet. He's always respectful of the sport. He's respectful of his opponents. You don't find too many people who represent life, whether it be business or sports, like this guy."


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05-13-2005, 08:35 PM #1cindyGuestA few (probably dumb) questions from a new Mac user
Hi everyone,
I just purchased a 12-inch PowerBook after being a Windows user my entire life. I love my new machine and am learning how things work, but I have a few questions that I haven't been able to find the answers to. I appologize if they're dumb!
1) The default setting for all folders is 'Icon.' I prefer 'List.' Is there a way to change all of them at once so I don't have to change each individual folder each time I access it?
2) When I first setup my PowerBook, I followed the instructions to charge it fully, then let it run on battery power until it shut down, and then charge it up again. But now that I'm on a power supply the meter only shows 99% full. I've tried unplugging several times, but it won't go to 100%. Any ideas why?
3) On Safari I have enabled pop-up blocking. On some sites I click a link, but that particular pop-up will be blocked. How do I override the blocker? (on my old Windows machine I just did a ctrl+click. Is there something similiar on the Mac?)
4) After installing AIM and Office for Mac, the applications were automatically added to my dock. However, sometimes I'll open something, like a preview, and that will show up in the dock and it won't let me remove it. It only goes away after restarting. How do I get rid of it without restarting? (and yes, I've tried dragging it to the trash or just dragging it to the desktop, but it doesn't seem to want to leave the dock!).
4.5) I've also moved things to the dock (like Documents), but then it will disappear after restarting. How do I permanently move things to the dock?
5) On AOL Instant Messenger my buddies who use AOL are showing up by their full name instead of their screen name. I can't figure out how to show the screen name. Any ideas on how to do this?
This is all for now. Thanks in advance for your help (and patience since I'm sure there are 'dumb' questions!)
well i can only reply to 1 point :headphone
the battery meter will hardly ever read 100% even when fully charged. it will always hover around 99% even when plugged in. i believe this is common with 'books.
my apple is bling *tisk tisk, you shouldn't have any bling.. just nice things*
05-13-2005, 09:27 PM #3sonofapplepmGuest
Are you using iChat for your AOL? I use iChat and it shows the person's full name because they are listed in my address book. If they are not in the address book it will just show the screen name! Hope that helps!
As for the rest of your questions, i don't really know!
05-13-2005, 09:28 PM #4d-functGuest
Point 4 - to close an app in OSX you need to go to the top menu bar and click on the app name then choose quit or click and hold on the icon in the dock or press "apple key + q" while the app is open
for question 1 , when you have a finder window open next to the back and forward buttons there are 3 box's one box has four squares in it , the next box has 3 lines in it , if you click the one with the 3 horizontal lines that will put the icons into a list view while navigating through the computer ..
question 3 , Command (the button with the apple on it) click will open it in a new tab if you have tab browsing open , i believe it will open in a new window if you do it this way if you dont have tabbed browsing on ,
question 4 to fully close the application hit control Q and it'll close the app all the way , this will also remove the icon from the dock , also if you click and hold on the icon you'll get the options to close it / remove from dock or keep in dock .
question 4.5 when you put something into the dock click and hold on the icon and you'll get the options to keep it in the dock .
hope this helps , and welcome to the forum
05-13-2005, 10:22 PM #6cindyGuest
Thanks everyone! I appreciate the swift responses. Most forums aren't this helpful/polite. If I have anymore questions, I now know where to turn!
05-13-2005, 11:53 PM #7supremeoverlordGuest
as for viewing windows in lists you will have to click the list button each time but you can set it to open all new windows in column mode under the finder preferences
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You can drag folders to the Dock (Right side by the trash) and they will stay there but documents that are minimised to the dock will close and not show in the dock when the application that produced them is closed. Open applications on the dock show a black triangle under them :-)
The dock is made up of shortcuts, dragging them off the dock will see them disappear in a puff of smoke. Preview will show up on the dock when open but will disappear again when closed as will all other applications unless you tell them to stay in the dock. Several ways to close applications but click & hold on the dock icon is the easiest & will give a quit option and keep in dock option too. Not applicable to finder, trash or dashboard on Tiger though.
Drag application icons from finder (Not the sidebar ~ they are just short cuts) to the dock for easy access.
I used the windows term 'short cuts', they are called aliases on a Mac :-)
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The Revivalists' David Shaw Joins Galactic in NYC
David Shaw of The Revivalists joined Galactic during their performance at New York City's Terminal 5 on Saturday night. Shaw added his soulful sound to a number of songs, taking on a role that has primarily been played by Living Colour's Corey Glover in recent years. The Revivialists frontman made his first appearance for a three-song stretch that included "Hey Na Na," Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Ain't No Love (In The Heart of the City)," and "You Don't Know."
Shaw returned to the stage for another three-songs starting with a crowd-pleasing rendition of The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus," which segued into the triumphant "Heart of Steel." Trombonist Corey Henry got a chance to show off his hip-hop chops as vocalist on "From the Corner to Block," the title track off Galactic's 2007 rap-fusion album. The song was originally recorded with the band's fellow New Orleanian Juvenile. Shaw then came back for "I Got Your Money" and "Better Off Dead" before Henry once again took on vocal duty to lead the band (and the crowd) in an "Ooh Nah Nay."
However after all this, the highlight of Shaw's sit in may have come at very end of the night. After coming out for an encore rendition of "Does It Really Make A Difference," the Revivalists singer led Galactic in an electrifying take on the Led Zeppelin version of Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie's "When The Levee Breaks."


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Rangers equipped to handle loss of Hamilton
Texas' creative general manager Daniels can lean on strong farm system
By Richard Justice |12/14/12 5:26 PM ET
I don't believe the Texas Rangers are in a desperate situation. In fact, I can see them contending without adding a single player between now and Opening Day. Yeah, I'm out on this limb alone.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels has talked for months about giving his best young players -- some of the best in baseball -- more of a chance to play. Circumstances -- not the circumstances he wished for -- have given him a chance to do just that.
The Rangers are never going to know how good Mike Olt, Jurickson Profar, Martin Perez and the others are until they throw 'em out there and let 'em play awhile. Not for a day at a time, either.
They must have a real chance to play, and who knows where that will lead? There was a time early last season when it looked like neither Craig Gentry or Mitch Moreland belonged in the Major Leagues.
But they kept playing and got better. That's how it goes with young players. They must have the opportunity to succeed and fail, adjust and readjust. There's only one way to find out.
Those young players may be the Rangers' best options, so why not embrace the future? Yep, this is a scary time.
Managers prefer veterans because veterans come with a track record. Veterans usually don't have the dramatic highs and lows that are part of adjusting to life in the Major Leagues.
That's why Rangers manager Ron Washington kept playing his veterans last summer when Daniels was presenting him with younger -- and interesting -- options.
Now Washington may not have a choice, so why not begin next season by moving Ian Kinsler from second base to first and penciling in 19-year-old Profar at second?
Profar is among baseball's most heralded prospects, and after a season when one young kid after another -- Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Manny Machado -- handled themselves well, the Rangers owe it to themselves to find out.
In his six years in charge, Daniels has done a phenomenal job, not just in putting winning teams on the field, but in building a great organization. One of the toughest aspects of leadership is being able to make tough, unpopular decisions.
As much as we become attached to certain guys, every player has a value. The Cardinals assigned a value to Albert Pujols last offseason, and when the Angels put more cash on the table, the Cardinals walked away.
What happened to the Cardinals anyway? Did they collapse? No, they didn't. General manager John Mozeliak acquired an impact hitter in Carlos Beltran and trusted his core of veterans and his terrific player development system to do the rest.
That's why the Rangers are in good shape. They've got great ownership. They've got great leadership in Nolan Ryan and Daniels. They're coming off a season when they drew 3 million fans.
I just hope Daniels can escape the noise. Do something, Jon. Do anything, Jon. Do it now, Jon. Adam LaRoche. Michael Bourn. We don't care, Jon, but please do something.
About the worst thing Daniels could do at this point is make a decision for the sake of doing something.
Besides, there's no free agent out there who is going to replace Josh Hamilton's presence in the lineup. LaRoche would be a tremendous addition, not just at first base, but also in the clubhouse.
Nick Swisher is solid, too, but he's not going to come close to touching Hamilton's home run totals. Unless the D-backs are willing to trade Justin Upton, the Rangers just may not have great options out there.
Daniels certainly would take a top-of-the-rotation starter, but is one available? The Mets apparently asked for Olt and outfielder Leonys Martin, and Daniels refused to do that deal.
Daniels was stung by Hamilton's departure because he believed he'd be given the chance to match any offer. But he should have known that's not how free agency works.
His lineup looks dramatically different without Hamilton. Still, he has a solid starting rotation and a deep bullpen. His left side of the infield -- shortstop Elvis Andrus and third baseman Adrian Beltre -- is the best in the game.
Daniels needs a better season from Kinsler and continued progress from Moreland and Gentry. Regardless, the Rangers probably will be good enough to stay in contention until July when he will know more about his young guys and be better able to target his needs.
The bottom line is that the Rangers were never about one guy. Hamilton is a splendid player and a fan favorite. But good organizations endure, and the Rangers still are one of the best.


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It's smaller than your thumb: a little piece of mammoth ivory delicately carved into the shape of a woman's head. But this miniature sculpture, with one wonky eye and rather elongated, slightly Modigliani-esque proportions, is the oldest known portrait in the world, and is about to go on show to the public for the first time in Britain in a new exhibition at the British Museum, Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind.
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The Brockton City Council has taken $1 million in new growth and state aid revenue that some officials wanted to put into a stabilization account, and will use it instead to help lower the tax burden on residents and businesses by reducing the amount of money that must be raised through taxes next year.
The move last week comes ahead of an expected protest at a meeting Monday at which the 11-member City Council is scheduled to hear public comment before setting Brockton's property tax rates for fiscal year 2013. By law, municipalities can raise their tax levy – the total amount collected in property taxes — by up to 2.5 percent each year.
Council president Thomas Brophy, an at-large councilor, said the panel agreed to apply the savings because it wants to do what it can to help residents weather tough times.
"It's not that we are rolling in dough,'' Brophy said, of the funds that would have gone to capital and other projects. "But everyone has felt the effects of this recession."
Members of the grass-roots group Brocktonians for Limited Taxation said they planned to pack Monday's meeting to make the point that the city could find even more savings to help people hit hard by the slow economy if it wanted to. The Metro South Chamber of Commerce has also urged its members to attend and ask the council to avoid any increases in the tax burden.
"This was a knee-jerk response by the council to take the heat off," Dick Zaccaro, leader of the grass-roots group, said about the council's reallocation of revenue. "We are saying we want taxes to go up not 1.5 percent, not 2 percent, but zero.''
Brophy said that's an unrealistic view. If residents think that can happen, "they are not living in Brockton, they are living in Oz," he said.
Brockton's chief financial officer, John Condon, said the $1 million reallocation will lower the amount the city has to raise through taxes for fiscal year 2013 to $111.5 million but that only translates to a savings of about $40 for a taxpayer with a home assessed at $250,000, and about $20 for one with a home assessed at $200,000.
"I am sympathetic to what the intent is, but my objection is that the level of relief that is provided is not so significant to help those they are trying to help,'' he said.
On the other hand, the $1 million reduction will cut deeply into Brockton's bottom line because so much of the city's $367.3 million budget is already committed, he said.
Condon said he had hoped to use some of the money to help resolve union contracts.
"Some of the consequences will be borne by our workers,'' he said. "No one has had an increase in three years."
Condon refuted the assertion Brockton has high taxes. "Our rates may be high because our values are low, but the tax bills are low, too,'' he said.
Brockton residents currently pay $16.14 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, a figure that has doubled since 2007 and is $3 over the state median of $13.91, Zaccaro said.
The commercial property tax rate, the 13th highest in the state at $29.96 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, is up from $18.89 in 2006, and one reason why few businesses move to Brockton, he said.
Brocktonians for Limited Taxation says Brockton has the highest tax rates among five area cities for an average home assessed at $250,000. In Brockton, a resident with a $250,000 home would pay $4,035 a year in property taxes versus $3,440 in New Bedford, $3,438 in Quincy, $3,118 in Taunton, and $2,745 in Fall River, group members say.
Additionally, 18 surrounding communities have an average residential tax rate of $13, and a commercial rate of $18, said Zaccaro.
"It's about time the city cut their losses and gave us a tax break for once,'' he said.
Meanwhile, Mayor Linda Balzotti said she is concerned about the council's action because it means some capital improvements and other necessities cannot be addressed, resulting in consequences for all residents down the line.
"That's not going to come without sacrifice,'' Balzotti said. "I have four fire stations that need new roofs. Now that may not happen.''
"She's right about consequences,'' Brophy said. "This will affect services."
But critics have pilloried city officials for unnecessary expenses, including paying close to $6 million a year to the Aquaria Desalinization Plant for water the city doesn't use. But while some say Brockton should use that money for tax relief, both Balzotti and Condon said it can't because the funds, consisting of water fees, come from an enterprise account that can't be used for municipal purposes.
The day may come when the water is needed but, until then, the Aquaria payment is a fixed, contractual cost, Condon said.
"I think this group is wrong on all of the issues," he said, expressing frustration. "But I'm not going to throw stones."
Brophy has said protesters risk being ejected from Monday's meeting if they don't behave. He has also banned T-shirts or buttons that protest high taxes, and signs.
Zaccaro, subsequently, has asked for an opinion from the American Civil Liberties Union Massachusetts Chapter on what he calls a violation of Constitutional rights.Michele Morgan Bolton can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Murray of Melrose Crowned Miss Jackson County
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(7/30/13) There's a Miss Jackson County today.
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Four Guys and a Pitch Pipe, a Black River Falls High School Barbershop group, entertained the crowd during last night's Miss Jackson County Queen coronation at the Milt Lunda Memorial Arena. Current Miss Jackson County, Zayta Thundercloud presented her court and program coordinators with Native American Blankets decorated with artistic and meaningful Native American art as a good-bye gift. Then, Thundercloud made the evening's much anticipated announcement.
Thundercloud, "Your 2013-2014 Miss Jackson County is very deserving of her title. It's Megan Murray!"
Murray is the daughter of Paul and Michelle from Melrose. Mikayla Simmons of Alma Center is the new First Attendant, Emily Stewart of Black River Falls received the Second Attendant title, and Samantha Pearse of Melrose was voted Miss Congeniality by her peers. The new Miss Jackson County was very excited about her new job
Murray, "Well, I hope to learn a lot more about Jackson County as well as make new friendships and a lot of experiences."
Murray feels her personality earned her the title.
Murray, "I feel that I have a personality that I can talk to people and I'm open to anything. So, I feel that's what got me here."
The new Miss Jackson County and her court begin work right away, today, at the Jackson County Fair. Incidentally, Danielle Castle announced, last night, she is stepping down from her program co-coordinator position to focus on her family and careers goals. Bethany Berndt will continue as Miss Jackson County Program coordinator.
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Well, to be fair, science is hard. It may not be a bad thing that getting the most out of wikipedia requires a "layperson" to put a bit more effort into it. Language use can certainly be tweeked for better readability in a few wiki articles, so I agree, to some extent, with the points raised by the blogger.
But sometimes the goal of disseminating good information runs counter to the goal of convincing the public. Just yesterday, we had an armchair scientist wannabe ranting and raving about ideas [slashdot.org] as if he's an expert here on
I may be treading on a tangent with the direction I'm taking with this comment, but I think it is important to distinguish writing laymen style for understanding versus writing laymen style for pursuasion. I think it is critically important for resources like wikipedia to maintain scientific discipline and accuracy at whatever the cost and not pander to political or ideological motives. This includes simplifying dificult ideas to fit a non-expert's conceptual grasp. If resources like wikipedia become too diluted, people will get the dangerous idea that real science as done by scientists is somthing of trivial complexity or arbitrary objectivity. Nutjobs and crackpots would be able to use Wikipedia in ways completely counter to it's purpose. The best thing that Wikipedia can do for the layperson is act as a conduit for anyone sufficiently motivated to really learn the material by link hopping or following the references cited by contributors. Other wise, a simple "authoritive" exposition might just end up missleading or missinforming the intended audience.
I think your advocacy of doing away with length requirement is a noble attempt at the solution to this problem. However, with many complex ideas, voluminous information often ends up being convoluted and confusing. Think about it: in an article on modern file systems or database design, do you *really* want to delve into the finer aspects of sorting algorithms?
Before I start, I pretty much agree with you, and would like to throw my 2 cents into the ring.
Science and math are hard, which is precisely why you shouldn't throw unnecessary roadblocks up on the path to understanding.
For instance, I sometimes have to look up some mathematical construct for whatever reason. If I find it on Wikipedia, many times the entire article is fairly short and laden with a bunch of mathematical symbology. While all that may be obvious to a mathmetician, it's entirely a foreign language to me. I came to the English language Wikipedia. Would it hurt to describe topics in English rather than compress whole paragraphs down to 3 symbols I haven't seen in 10 years?
This is quite different than writing brain-candy documentaries such as the ones you complain about. Those are just sensationalistic pablum using science as a backdrop.
As for your comment:
Think about it: in an article on modern file systems or database design, do you *really* want to delve into the finer aspects of sorting algorithms?
That's what factorization is for. None of that information should be in-line in a filesystem article, but if you really wanted to cover the topic competently, you ought to link to articles on relevant classes of data structures and algorithms. For instance, it makes no sense to define and describe B* trees (such as HFS uses) in the article, but it makes complete sense to mention that on-disk directory structures include various tree structures [wikipedia.org]. It might also make sense to include a survey table of popular filesystems and structures they use. Or, even save that for filesystem-specific articles.
As Wikipedia is more a reference than a textbook, it doesn't make sense for it to try to teach algorithm design, but it does make sense for it to compare the merits of various sorting algorithms at a high level, and perhaps compare the cost of various actions on a sorted data structure (key insert, key removal, etc.).
As an engineer, I often have to explain complex topics to people who are highly technical, but not experts in the specific area I'm operating in. For example, many people are competent programmers, but not experts on the specific nomenclature and behavior of a cache hierarchy. A competent programmer in most cases only needs to know to keep their working set "small enough for the cache," and not, for example, the difference between an inclusive vs. exclusive cache hierarchy or the difference between an LRU and Pseudo-LRU replacement policy. But, if I'm writing a comprehensive reference (or worse, writing a useful errata description), I sometimes need to convey these concepts to interested non-experts. Is it better for me to explain it with a terse equation, or with a couple paragraphs of standard English that goes light on the jargon? The complaint is that Wikipedia often tends towards the former.--Joe
This thread is a false dichotomy. Wiki should not have to lean towards one extreme or the other - the only reason to do so is because of lack of space
Depends on the topic. At some point, for a given entry one needs to make an editorial decision, whether to make the content high level or low level. For instance, some mathematical topics simply require calculus to fully understand. Do you dumb down the article to conceptual level so that a relative layperson might understand it or not?
Most well written articles start out general and conceptual for a summary, and then have technical portions that are, well, technical. I think that's a good format - the layperson reads what is effectively an 'executive summary'; the expert keeps reading.
Another option is to have a sort of 'moron babelfish' with parallel entries for a given story, with a link that replaces the 'hard parts' with less technical sections.
The purpose of a normal encyclopedia is to provide the reader a brief overview of the subject, while a reference book or text book can explain the details. Wikipedia can do both. Because Wikipedia is not paper, it can provide summaries of all subjects of interest and also provide exhaustive detail on those subjects, conveniently linked, categorized, and searchable for readers who want more detail.
I hope to FSM no one is actually using it to create textbooks, as errors in these places would seriously kill your credibility.
I don't have a problem with the articles on Biology and Chemistry topics (Bio major), but I often have trouble understanding stuff like the particle physics pages. If someone wants general info on a subjec
Quality of knowledge is important. Readability is second.
While I definitely agree that the quality of knowledge is the most important aspect, I think that readability is nearly just as important.
General understanding of science suffers because it is not accessible (meaning understandable) by the layperson. This is not always because topics require a great deal of background knowledge to understand, but because it is explained poorly or in ways that only somebody familiar with a topic will be able to easily follow.
What use is knowledge if people who will bene
I'm an idiot about music theory, so I figured Wikipedia would be a good place to start. But there are so many show-offs trying to one-up each other by trying to sound overly academic, that it took me hours, and way to much cross-referencing, to get a good handle on the subject.
It's an ENCYCLOPEDIA, it's meant to get you started; if you want detailed knowledge, you should go to a detailed source. I'm shocked and insulted that the first 3 replies to your post said, more or less, "if you need something simpler, buy a kids book". What ever happened to "all the knowledge of the world"? Whatever happend to "an educational resource"? And they've been doubly stupid since it's not like Wikipedia is running out of room; we can have the extra-technical information if someone wants it--on a seperate page, or futher down on the page--but the top of the article should describe, in a simple way, what it's about, in a way that anyone who's graduated from elementary school, with no expert knowledge on the subject, should be able to understand it.
Readability first. Details second.
If Feynmann can simplify things so MIT physics students can get started, Wikipedia can simplify things for their audience of random idiots on the web.
To be fair, that was one of the most impressive aspects of Feynman's genius, and one which he worked very hard at. To quote Wikipedia , "His principle was that if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not yet fully understood". To expect the vast teeming majority of Wikipedia editing schmoes out there to display the genius of Feynman is really expecting too much.
As an example, I just looked up the Wikipedia entry on Group Theory. The first paragraph is comprehensible, but virtually information-free. The second paragraph uses technical terms that I would have to look up for them to mean enough to be informative.
Heh. You think that's bad, try looking up fibration [wikipedia.org], pre-sheaf [wikipedia.org], sheaf cohomology [wikipedia.org], adjoint functor [wikipedia.org], or topos [wikipedia.org]. Compared to the category theoretic material, a lot of the math articles are positively comprehensible. There are efforts underway, within the WikiprojectMathematics [wikipedia.org], t try and make things more accessible. For instance the manifold [wikipedia.org] page is relatively low level, and tries to give a general explanation of the ideas, with the technical details left to more specific articles like differentiable manifold [wikipedia.org]
but the top of the article should describe, in a simple way, what it's about, in a way that anyone who's graduated from elementary school, with no expert knowledge on the subject, should be able to understand it.
For some topics, that's really a waste of space in the article. Some topics require some background to make any sense at all. You can't write a meaningful article about something like Hilbert Space (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_space [wikipedia.org]) without using the jargon of the field. Sure, you could w
There could be special guidelines, and automatic monitoring tools could verify that only a controlled, simple vocabulary is
[taken from my bio class notes]Antigen (peptide) is presented by MHC class II on an APC to a CD4 TH cell with a TCR that recognizes a particular MHC classII/peptide complex. The TH cell is stimulated to undergo clonal expansion. If it encounters a B cell with the same class II/MHC peptide complex on its surface, it stimulates that B cell to clonally expand and produce soluble antibody...
P.S There will always be someone who doesn't get it, and such to lower the standard to. Don't try to please everyone, as complicated physics is simply not for everyone. Definitely not for the Paris Hilton types of the world.
New policy: the first paragraph of every article should be written so a 14 year old could understand it. The rest? Do what you want.
Because it is wiki, any initial story that is written in too esoteric terms can be further edited by people less in the know and more able to eloquently explain.
Sure, someone else can come along and edit / revise an article for better readability. But it's actually not true in a practical sense that "anyone" can edit, because more often than not the Editor Nazi that has decided that he / she / it "owns" the article will simply revert the edit and make some pithy and slightly insulting comment about "discus
One does not require a PhD to understand things, one obtains a PhD by understanding and (ideally but bot necessarily) advancing them.
Any PhD worth his or her salt will admit that the PhD itself is just a piece of paper.
No if you can't explain the concept in relatively simple terms, for example the rechargeable battery metaphor for the ATP Cycle, then you probably dont understand it as well as you think yourself.You have to use the "big words" [re: ideas, terms, vocabulary beyond a 6th grade level] to be practical.
The problem with Wikipedia and science seems to go deeper than that it is too technical (not pedantic as the writer suggests, but too technical.) I have come across several articles where the commonest meaning of the term under discussion is not even mentioned because the author thinks that a term from his (I am betting it is almost invariably a his, that isn't a failure to be inclusive) discipline is the only or original meaning of that term. That's because it is nowadays so easy to get a degree in science without any kind of general education. It is that production of overly narrowly focussed graduates that I think is the problem for Wikipedia.
Advertising my own university, Cambridge still insists on a fairly general foundation science course. This does not seem to disadvantage its graduates. Unfortunately corporatism doesn't want good generalists because they might threaten the scientifically ignorant business graduates that run companies. They want Taylorised science and engineering graduates who fit into a neat little hole. The outcome is sufficiently obvious, and the results can be seen in Wikipedia.
It is not just a science problem either. Look at literature where some of the literary works are written in such an obtuse way that people just consider them genius works because they can't understand them.
I have often thought of making it a lifelong goal to change this and simplify the way they teach many "difficult" subjects. However, the current way is way too ingrained into every part of academics that it would take a miracle to accomplish it.
encyclopedia article != journal submission
People should keep that in mind when editing.
This is a problem across all academics, not just wikipedia. I write research papers and I get criticized by those above me if they don't "sound" sufficiently intelligent. They won't say it publicly, but privately they will readily admit that the more confusion you add to the paper by using big words and clumping them together in obtuse ways will make the paper seem more professional.
While it is debatable that this is how they think unconsciously, I seriously doubt that they are "readily admitting" what y
Dumb Wired writers, expecting instant gratification. Wired used to have reporters who actually went out and covered real stuff. Then they laid off most of the reporters and kept the "editors". Now they're just wannabe pundits. Saves on travel expenses.
That Tired writer isn't coming across as someone who spent long days digging something out of library stacks or public records. Or travelling around asking people questions to find out what really happened, like a real reporter. This is a lightweight. If you want a children's encyclopedia, you can still get World Book [worldbook.com].
Wikipedia has many problems, of course. Most of the good articles were in the first 500,000 created. What's coming in now is mostly junk - "State Route 92", "Star Wars Furry Adventure #6659", and similar crap. Wikia offers some hope for an amusing reason. Wikia took over Wookiepedia, the repository of Star Wars fancruft, which generates most of Wikia's traffic. They're monetizing the fan base. Over time, maybe all the popular culture stuff can be moved to Wikia. That would be a win.
In cell biology, a mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) (from Greek or mitos, thread + or khondrion, granule) is a membrane-enclosed organelle, found in most eukaryotic cells.[1] Mitochondria are sometimes described as "cellular power plants," because they convert NADH and NADPH into energy in the f
For some science areas (especially physics and mathematics) more introductory entries would be very helpful. Instead they are often high-level and they link heavily to each other, weaving often an undecipherable web for the layman.
Take for example functional spaces like the "Banach Space" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach_space [wikipedia.org]). You are reading and reading and reading about vector spaces, completley normed vector spaces, metrics etc. etc. and you still don't get, whats it all about. This is, because f
Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.


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A study about frequency of parents transmitting MS to their children. They don't claim to understand why, but epigenetics is mentioned.
Men With Multiple Sclerosis Pass Disease to Offspring More Often Than Women in Families With Multiple Cases of Disease, Study Finds
July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a new study, men transmit multiple sclerosis (MS) to their children 2.2 times more often than women in families where the father or mother and a child have multiple sclerosis.
This study involved an investigation of 444 children of an MS-affected father or mother from 3,598 individuals in 206 families to compare the transmission of MS between affected men and women. The findings by researchers from Mayo Clinic, the University of California at San Francisco, the University of California at Berkeley and Kaiser Permanente will be published in the July 25 issue of the journal Neurology.
"Fathers with MS tend to have more children who develop MS than do mothers with the disease," says Brian Weinshenker, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and study investigator. "When we looked at a large population of MS patients, when there was a parent and a child who had MS in a family, the child with MS got the disease twice as often from the father rather than the mother."
MS affects approximately 1 in 1,000 people, and it is twice as common in women as in men. In 85 percent of cases, no cause is known. For 15 percent of MS patients, a family member within a generation also is affected by the disease. For familial cases, no single gene has been identified that strongly predisposes a person to MS.
"Rather, a combination of genes and unknown environmental factors work together to cause multiple sclerosis," says Orhun Kantarci, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead author of the paper.
The researchers theorize that men may have a greater "genetic load" of MS genes, which may explain their findings.
"The hypothesis of the study is that men are more resistant to MS, so they need stronger or a larger number of genes in order to develop MS, and then pass these genes to their children," says Dr. Kantarci.
He also explains that the overtransmission of MS by men in the study is not easily explained by hormonal differences between men and women or by genes on the sex chromosomes.
The findings shouldn't change how men with MS are counseled about the risk to their offspring, say the researchers. The risk of having MS if a person has an affected parent is increased by about 20-fold compared to not having an affected parent; the additional risk by virtue of having an affected father is not sufficient to change patient counseling practices, says Dr. Kantarci.
"The overtransmission by men is primarily of interest to scientists studying the mechanisms of genetic transmission of MS susceptibility," said Dr. Kantarci, "and may indicate that nontraditional, or so-called epigenetic factors, play some role in the transmission of MS."
The investigators also indicate that their findings should be confirmed in another study by other researchers to be widely accepted.
No intervention prevents men from passing on MS, say the researchers, who indicate the necessity for MS researchers to identify the reason for this overtransmission by men, including finding genes predisposing to the "parent-of-origin" effect observed in this study.
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I'm working for Rochelle today, but from home. I'm basically just editing a book for five hours straight. It's hard to do that, especially since the novel I'm editing is a little frustrating. It's enjoyable, but it's set in colonial Australia, and the author's tried to reflect that in the dialogue, but has gone WAAAAAAAAY overboard with it.
Sarah - I'm glad you enjoyed Ender's Game. When I bought Divergent, it was a toss up between that and Ender's Game. I wonder if I should have jumped the other way ... Yes, I'm tempted to see the Divergent movie now, because it looks like they've done a great job with it, and that was a great book. Argh. Allegiant is a real thorn in my side.


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International News
Global Fund's New Funding Model "Designed to Be Flexible, Focused, Fast"
November 27, 2012
In the Center for Strategic & International Studies' (CSIS) "Smart Global Health" blog, Todd Summers, senior adviser at the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, reviews the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's old rounds-based grant system that the Global Fund Board recently agreed to replace with a new funding model "that's designed to be flexible, focused, and fast," he says. Summers describes some of the shortcomings of the old model, outlines the "[c]ore attributes" of the new model, and writes, "Many other important aspects of the new funding model remain to be worked out, and some larger questions remain. I'll try to highlight some of these in upcoming blogs" (11/26).
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Forte Research Systems Joins Elite Group, Ranks #303 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 16, 2012 09:47 AM
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Forte Research Systems, a leading developer of specialized clinical trial management system (CTMS) software, announced today that it has ranked number 303 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. The company achieved this ranking with a four-year growth rate of 251 percent.
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Srini Kalluri, Forte's founder, president, CEO and chief customer officer acknowledged the honor, saying, "It's at times like these when we're reminded how fortunate we are to be in the field that we are, helping to streamline clinical research operations so that advancements in medicine can be developed faster. Our success is a direct result of an outstanding customer-focused team and a phenomenal group of customers that support our continued growth."
"We are proud to honor the 2012 Technology Fast 500™ companies, and commend them for their outstanding growth," said Eric Openshaw, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) leader. "These ground-breaking companies have outpaced their competition and are reinventing the way we do business today."
"The companies on the Fast 500 list are among those that have demonstrated remarkable innovation, creativity and business savvy," said Bill Ribaudo partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and national TMT leader for audit and enterprise risk services (AERS). "As a result, these companies have continued to successfully forge ahead in a challenging economic environment. We applaud the leadership and employees of Forte Research Systems for this impressive accomplishment."
About Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 500™
Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte & Touche LLP, provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies—both public and private—in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2007 to 2011.
In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or CD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD or CD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within North America.
About Forte Research Systems
With a strong belief that clinical research excellence begins with the sites, Forte Research Systems offers specialized products for clinical research operations.
OnCore® is an eclinical solution for the clinical research enterprise that fully integrates CTMS, EDC, data management, billing compliance, biospecimen management, and patient registry management functionality. The system has been developed to specifically address the needs of mid-sized to large research hospitals, cancer centers, academic medical centers, and CTSAs.
Allegro® systems are cloud-based CTMS that help manage study startup, study conduct, subject visits, budgets and financials. Allegro CTMS@Site is designed for investigator sites and research groups while Allegro CTMS@Network is designed for multi-site networks and site and trial management organizations.
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