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In their final meeting of 2012, held last week, members of the Brush Board of Education (BOE), voted to support a resolution sequestration pertaining to the Budget Control Act.
By supporting the resolution, the BOE is asking Congress and the administration to amend the act that would impose $1.2 trillion in across-the-board budget cuts to nearly all federal programs, including education.
"The purpose is to say as a collective community that we don't want to see it happen," Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michelle Johnstone said.
"It's an automatic . . . budget cuts that go into place and schools are obviously impacted . . .we are wanting to be a part of having funds to run our schools, be unified," she added.
The resolution explains that should the Act go into effect, it would impact education by a reduction in funds of 8.2 percent or more and could result in larger class sizes, fewer course offerings, possible four-day school weeks, loss of extracurricular activities teacher and staff layoffs and reduction in programs that have been implemented to close the achievement gap.
Additionally, the act, or sequestration, would impact almost every public school system in the nation and the millions of students educated through programs including Title I grants for disadvantaged students, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), English Language Acquisition, Career and Technical Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers and more.
Of these programs, the Brush School District would be affected in the areas of Title I grant, IDEA special education state grants and Head Start.
But the financial news was not all bad for the district as School Business Officer Aaron Oberg, along with Jennifer Ulrich, manager with the auditing firm of RubinBrown, informed members that the district's recent budget received an "unqualified" opinion from the firm.
"Unqualified is clean, it's good," Oberg stated, with Ulrich noting, "Everything we looked at we were able to get a clean explanation . . . we had no disagreements with management during the audit . . . we got everything and then some from management and the staff. It was a good audit."
"I appreciate all the additional analysis stuff you did," board member Mike Dixon commented. "It is the most comprehensive document that I have seen."
Oberg also told the board he is finalizing the cash flow analysis for the state and the districts' lender and will continue to report on the cash flow as the district moves forward into its leaner months.
In relation to finances, Oberg reported on the mill levy certification, explaining there are five components.
The first is the total program levy set by the Colorado Department of Education with the second of a mill levy override approved by voters in November of 2003. The third is the abatement levy set by Morgan and Washington Counties, with the fourth -- the bond redemption fund levy -- approved by voters in November 2003. The final component deals with the full day kindergarten fund, voter approved in November of 2007.
A highlight for the district, said Oberg, is that assessed valuations are going up in the district, which has allowed the district to decrease the full day kindergarten mill and mill levy override.
"This is caused solely because of the increase of assessed valuations," he explained.
The resolution, approved by the board, sets the total mill levy for all funds at 37.906 mills, with 29.195 of that found in the Total General Fund. The Bond Redemption Fund stands at 7.340 mills, with Full Day Kindergarten at 1.371 mills.
In other business, Brush Middle School (BMS) Principal Sherry Kyle and Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Brian Clason provided highlights and celebrations involving their group of students, including a report from Seth McConnell, president, and Brenna Simmons, secretary/treasurer of the student council.
According to McConnell, students and staff conducted a canned food drive where they collected 1,551 pounds of food and water this year.
Delivering the merchandise to the United Methodist Church was Crop Production Services of Fort Morgan, who weighed the collection for the student council.
Simmons explained the building donated $50 and $100 to the Salvation Army's Giving Tree and will provide a scholarship for the Washington, D.C. trip scheduled for the spring, with McConnell adding that a Penny Wars event will be held in the spring. Students also have provided supplies for the Blessings in a Backpack program.
"The student council does a lot . . . they sponsor dances . . . they do a lot of things to get the kids involved," Kyle noted.
Serving as sponsors for the Brush Middle School Student Council are Dorothy Dick and Brooke Guccione who also attended the meeting.
In his presentation, Clason reported a "Celebration Wall" will feature individual and class work, as well as college readiness goals. "We will celebrate those names at lunch time amongst their peers on a weekly basis," he told the board. The celebration also will track attendance at each grade level. "It is a place to be transparent in what we do as a school, a place to celebrate everything we're doing," he stated. "It's not just a place for the 4.0 kids, it's for kids who show growth at all levels."
"It's a visible celebration," Kyle added.
The administrative team also emphasized focal points for the middle school that include instructional focus, team collaboration and community engagement. "We are thrilled to have folks in the building . . . coming in and hanging out," Kyle commented.
She said that the middle school staff have begun the identification process and are documenting students using various forms of data including AimsWeb, NWEA and TCAP test results.
Additionally, the building has been able to add two staff positions for extended learning/intervention. "The teams are being very creative in meeting individual kids needs," Kyle said, further explaining they are collaborating with the core teachers. By using their data resources, she noted, "We are regrouping when and where we can. We are working to close achievement gaps."
Clason reviewed work being dine in the Professional Learning Community (PLC), stating, "We are hoping to make some gains before TCAP rolls around."
He also has taken the lead in the area of English language development (ELD) explaining there are 39 students in the building who need stronger services district-wide. In addition to scheduling the ELD plans, Clason also is looking into obtaining staff coaching and training for the program.
"We have created two pull-out classes so students can go to ELD . . .with this they have more time to study strategies that will help with the English language," he stated. Currently, 18 students are receiving what he referred to as "full-out" services.
"We have an amazing staff," Kyle remarked. "People are working hard. There is a sense of urgency, and are doing what we need to do in order to the kids succeed in order to grow and succeed . . . there's a lot of wonderful things happening. We still have work to do but we can do it."
Board members also heard from Leslie King, director of Thomson Primary School's preschool program, on the "Gold Curriculum" initiative.
King said she received news from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) in 2004 that due to the Response to Intervention (RtI), she would need to choose a curriculum, and after collaborating with the Head Start program, opted for the Gold Curriculum.
"This is an authentic assessment," she said, explaining that every student has to be in the system. Teachers also go through training courses and must pass a reliability test. With three checkpoints per year, King noted that each child has to have a piece of documentation according to the initiative.
"It is a shift in thinking," added Thomson Primary School Principal Dave Uhrig. "Gold is an extensive program for the staff. They have to enter data, plan activities, enter documentation from daily assessment they have taken and had to input that into the program."
"We're creating creative thinkers and strong leaders for the future," said King, further explaining the program allows for individualization of a student.
A concern from all of the preschool teachers is the time the program takes; however, it allows a teacher to show the growth a child is making, said Nadine Lesso. "As a teacher, you have to be able to plan and know how to document what you need to document because if you don't have the training to do it, it's very frustrating and very hard."
"This is something the state is bringing forward," Uhrig said. "We want you to understand the time it takes."
Another teacher commented, "If we are document all day long and it's not a day where we've been gone, we spend 1 1/2 to 2 hours documenting that day that night . . . it takes a long time and is quite an extensive process."
King explained the preschool program for students runs Monday through Thursday, with staff using Friday to prepare lesson plans, clean and sterilize rooms, change out toys, and hold meetings with BOCES and for IEP's.
"The conversation you're going to have to have is how it's going to look at kindergarten, then first grade and then when it gets pushed to the second grade," the principal stated. "How is that work week going to look to make sure people have an adequate amount of time to do their job?"
Board members also approved the Unified Improvement Plan for Beaver Valley Elementary School with Principal Jennifer Kral explaining the status has changed from last your to this year and commenting, "it has caused us to get a jump start on our plan."
Staffers have looked at different trends and priority challenges and assessed their immediate needs, therefore coming up with a root cause analysis.
She also noted that her professional development staff is participating in a book study with classroom instruction, continuing with data dialogue and the after school reading program, utilizing collaboration time and structuring PLC, as well as continuing to have peer observations.
"We were already headed in this direction regardless of what the data told us, so I am confident we will see positive changes this year," she told the board.
In other business, the board approved the first reading of a policy allowing them to deviate from normal reading procedures as amendment to policy is based on Colorado Law; accepted East Morgan County
Library District's recommendation for Greg Krob and Tara Samples to serve on the library's board of trustees; accepted the resignation of Sally Allen from her position as a special education paraprofessional at the high school, and approved Shari Chaney to serve as a long-term sub as a special education paraprofessional at Beaver Valley for the remainder of the school year.
BOE member Mike Dixon reported that, as of Dec. 6, the EAGLE-Net Alliance is no longer able to continue with construction until certain issues are resolved.
Johnstone explained the district received a $2,500 donation from Ehrlich Toyota East as part of one of the dealership's programs, with another $2,500 received from its parent company. "We are looking at how we are going to strategically use that donation," she commented. It was agreed to send a letter of thanks to the company.
The next meeting of the Brush BOE will be held on Jan. 15, with a work session scheduled for 5 p.m.


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Bolstered by a nice run of new customer signings, ThinkAnalytics reported 2012 financials that saw a doubling of its revenue and profits over the previous year.
Recent new customer signings include Cox Communications, Swisscom, Unitymedia in Germany, Zon in Portugal and Nordic operator Canal Digital.
The company also recently announced its participation in the Comcast RDK project. While contributing no revenue to 2012, the move opens the opportunity for ongoing growth in 2013.
"2012 marked the coming of age for the media recommendations engine and content discovery market, with most operators commencing field trials or starting full deployment rollouts," said Peter Docherty, the company's founder and chief technology officer.
ThinkAnalytics' Recommendations Engine enables broadcasters and pay-TV operators to deliver personalized TV recommendations that combine multiple sources of data (e.g., linear TV consumption, VOD, DVR, Web, tablets, mobile, social media, etc.) across screens in 12 languages.
ThinkAnalytics' customers also include Liberty Global, BSkyB and Virgin Media. With recent signings of new clients, the company says its customer base now includes more than 40 operators representing 100 million licensed subscribers.

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I'm trying to build a website and the carousel slider is killing me. Basically each div position needs to have an id associated with it (i.e. position0, position1, etc) and position 0 is hidden, then based on width I can use media queries to determine what other numbers are hidden.
Content needs to slide smoothly from div 3 to div 2 and then to div 1 and then out of div 1 and to hidden as it reaches div 0. In this scenario, if only 3 are showing then position 4 (and higher) would be invisible, but they would become visible as it slid to position 3.
The content within the position-div is a div filled with content, a combination of images and text and a single link at the bottom.
The carousel should auto-play and it should stop if any of the elements in the carousel are clicked. There are also manual navigation buttons (previous and next)
I have no idea how to properly accomplish this. Everything I've been trying has not been working. The carousel plug-ins that I've looked at do not work the way that this one needs to and responsiveness is key, which is why the number of visible position-divs needs to be able to change.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you could point me to some tutorials or code-snippets that might be helpful to me that'd be great, or if you want to contribute your own ideas for snippets and functions, that would be greatly appreciated too.


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Bernstein's 'Mass' the centerpiece of College of Arts & Architecture anniversary
Bernstein's 'Mass' the centerpiece of College of Arts & Architecture anniversary
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The stars are aligning at Penn State. That's what the team of faculty members organizing the collaborative production of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" say must be happening to mount the massive undertaking. "Mass" — a theater piece for singers, players and dancers that's a collaborative venture among Penn State's School of Music, School of Theatre and Center for the Performing Arts — comes to Eisenhower Auditorium for performances at 7:30 p.m. April 5 and 2 p.m. April 6.
A journey of faith and what that means to people, "Mass" is sometimes humorous, occasionally bawdy and at times profoundly moving. Bernstein's masterpiece, based on the Roman Catholic liturgy, includes passages sung in Latin with additional texts in English by Bernstein, Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz and pop songwriter Paul Simon. The work, scored for orchestra, marching and rock bands, actors and dancers also features rock, blues, Broadway and classical music.
Tickets for Mass are $37 for an adult, $10 for a University Park student and $18 for a person 18 and younger. Tickets are available online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at 814-863-0255 or 800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays when Penn State classes are in session) and Bryce Jordan Center (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.
The price of each adult ticket to "Mass" includes a $5 donation to the College of Arts and Architecture Alumni Society Scholarship Endowment.
"This piece requires everybody — all elements need to be happily at the table with one another," said Ted Christopher, assistant professor of music at Penn State and director of "Mass." "We're all honored the dean (Barbara O. Korner) selected this performance as the capstone event of the 50th anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture. It really speaks to the nature of this kind of work we're all called to do as artists, which is to work together and be collaborative."
The production includes Penn State's Philharmonic Orchestra, Concert Choir, Essence of Joy, singers and dancers from the schools of Music and Theatre and a community children's choir.
Jim Hogan, a bachelor of fine arts major in the School of Theatre, plays the Celebrant, an integral role in "Mass." Hogan was a cast member in the 2011 Center for the Performing Arts presentation of the touring Broadway musical "Spring Awakening."
Commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, "Mass" debuted at the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., in 1971.
To learn more about the college's 50th anniversary celebration, go to aanda50.psu.edu.
The "Mass" logo for media use is available at http://cpa.psu.edu/internal/presslibrary.html. Production photos are not available at this time. Find the Center for the Performing Arts on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pscpa.
A media photo shoot and interview is set for 7:30 p.m. March 26, in the Playhouse Theatre.


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Instead of drug tests, a company could surreptitiously check for illegal drug use of its employees by analyzing computer keyboards after the employees have gone home, for instance.
What would the company do after 75% of its keyboards test hot for dope? I don't think that
any company(other than the military or any other organization which has to do with national
security) is stupid enough to scare away much of their workforce.
Sure, most companies have pre-employment drug testing, but that's mainly about image -- If you're too fiendish to quit long enough for the drugs to leave your system or if you're not savvy enough to use a clean-test kit(I endorse Detoxify brand drinks ^_^) then you're undesireable for employment. Remember, in the U.S. Marijuana is still illegal and is a schedule I substance which officially has "a high potential for abuse" and "no accepted medical use" and is "lacking safety for use under medical supervision".
This type of test should only be used to solve crimes and diagnose illnesses -- not to invade privacy. Imagine your insurance rates going through the roof because the form you signed had traces of tobacco and who-knows-what-else. Surprise!
Then everyday before work I would sprinkle a little crystal on the coffee pot handle.
I think you over estimate the amount of drug needed to be found for any sort of conclusive judgment on the employee. The fact that most, if not all, keyboards would have some undesirable substance on 'em. And that is similar to the problem they have with current drug tests and the solution, there is a cut off limit which assumes some degree of inaccuracy in the test and prescribes a limit of substance found to ensure its above and beyond what could be considered reasonable when the amount of inaccuracy of any given test is considered.
Just to throw it out there I blame a weak American populace for rolling over and allowing the establishment of the drug testing industry. As the most obvious flaw is with marijuana as it can stay in your system for a month or more under the right circumstances. While even heavy users of very heavy drugs have a 3-4 day turn around before they are clean... AT MOST. That includes methamphetamine, cocaine, hydrocodone and alcohol.
As the most obvious flaw is with marijuana as it can stay in your system for a month or more under the right circumstances..
3 months actually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_test#Hair_drug_testing [wikipedia.org]
The fact that most, if not all, keyboards would have some undesirable substance on 'em.
Come on now, I only look at tubgirl at home.
Director Josef: You keep your work station so clean, Jerome.
Vincent: It's next to godliness. Isn't that what they say?
Director Josef: Godliness. I reviewed your flight plan. Not one error in a million keystrokes. Phenomenal. It's right that someone like you is taking us to Titan.
Vincent: Has the committee approved the mission? There's been talk of delay.
Director Josef: You shouldn't listen to talk. You leave in a week. You've got a substance test.
While reading this I was thinking about the scene where Vincent vacuums his keyboard...
Everybody trade keyboards every morning.
Do "most" places really do that in the US?
It's really unusual here in the UK. I could see it being slipped in under the radar without too many people making a fuss - it only affects druggies right! - but I've yet to take a test.
not that it would be positive, anyway.
The only drug tests I've had to undergo in the US were for financial institutions. Usually these places put a fair bit more scrutiny on new hires than normal. I can't really speak about how common it is in general.
The only drug tests I've had to undergo in the US were for financial institutions.
I would say 9 out of every 10 jobs, that pay 40k or less institute at least a drug test upon the conditional offer of employment. However my experience in the job markets are limited to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
I would say 9 out of every 10 jobs, that pay 40k or less institute at least a drug test upon the conditional offer of employment.
And roughly 0% of the jobs that pay over $100k require drug tests. If they did, where would employers find anyone that they could hire?
When I was working for Hughes in 1992 a memo circulated announcing their new random screening policy. Immediately one of my cow orkers headed straight for the cafeteria and bought five lemon poppy seed muffins. I found him sitting in the dining area, pounding his muffins, and said "Dude, what's with the muffins?"
He said he just wanted to yield a positive on their testing and make it as expensive as possible for them. Especially if they terminated him.
The expression on my face said, "Riiiiight..."
That's assuming people are smart.
And that's the sound of your argument being invalidated
MANY people would be caught with these techniques, simply because practices like that are difficult to do properly all the time.
What would the company do after 75% of its keyboards test hot for dope?
I guess they'd fire the stoner IT guy.
This type of test should only be used to solve crimes and diagnose illnesses -- not to invade privacy. Imagine your insurance rates going through the roof because the form you signed had traces of tobacco and who-knows-what-else. Surprise!
Even for crime solving this technology isn't good.
Mass spectroscopy allows the detection a very impressive dynamic range of concentrations.
It can pick up incredibly tiny traces of some substance, which means it is very good at picking up contaminants too.
Thus a lot of false positive may happen : forensic detect presence of substance X in some fingerprints. Did the suspect actually use-/consume-/come in contact with- substance X ? Or is it a contaminant that the suspect got on the fingers after shaking hand
> you *can* (and actually *do already*) trust answers you get from high sensitivity MS machine.
I'd drifted off by here but the use of MS and trust jolted me back out of reality!
I just saw a blurb in the news about how US currency has the most cocaine out of all currency tested. Handle your average bill (in the US) and you'll have trace amounts of blow on your fingers for sure.
Well, Mr. Anderson. The evidence indicates that either you are a coke fiend, or you have recently handled money.
This presents an interesting dilemma for us, as we do not pay you enough to either afford blow or to have money to handle. We have come to the conclusion that you have obtained outside employment. You are no longer necessary. Please pack your things and leave.
There's always the issue of cross-contamination just from handling the singles in your wallet, since paper money is apparently rife with traces of cocaine [yahoo.com].
Yes, the idea sounds pretty half-baked [halfbakery.com] to me.
I doubt it would get put to use for drugs - that's just an example given. I think it's more likely for something like explosives - nitroglycerin is not your average household chemical. Given that every bomb, especially your homemade ones, have a specific chemical identity, it should be pretty easy to link you if there's a strong enough sample; kind of like gunshot residue.
Gattaca was about discrimination based on genetics, which a person can't (yet) control. This is about detecting trace amounts of substances being moved around by your fingertips.
Yes, but one of the creepy parts of the movie was the omnipresent testing performed. Genetics is just one test. I was surprised that gattaca wasn't one of the tags for the story.
I'm still trying to forget Attica, you insensitive clod!
Hahaha! Ah, Mr. Schwantz, you're so naive! I repeatedly touched your wiener just now. Your tests show nothing.
Lt. Caine: "I guess you could say, {removes glasses} [fill in useless plot device here]"
Fixed that for you
That show is one mask pull away from being Scooby Doo.
Sadly, the killer was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Who in their right mind would get in their car just to drive across the street?
Who in their right mind would get in their car just to drive across the street?
Most Americans?
Lt. Caine: "I guess you could say..."
[turns away, puts on sunglasses]
Lt. Caine: "...you shouldn't work out interpersonal problems with a pencil."
[five flash close shots of impaled eye socket to reversed decay of single musical note]
Music: "YEEEEAAAAHHHH"
It is if it gets you to start washing your hands before you leave the bathroom, then it's good~
If you're doing drugs, you're doing drugs. How is testing your keyboard more intrusive than peeing in a bottle while someone watches you. Only caveat is who was using your keyboard..As long as they follow up suspicious findings with a real drug test, WTF?
It's not about the intrusiveness, but about the accuracy of any conclusion to be drawn. There is a reasonable conclusion that the urine they get from you is all yours. There is not the same conclusion that can be drawn about anything found on your keyboard, at least in most office situations.
Nice CSI work, but before this will be admitted in a court, it'll have to go through immense amounts of testing. Soon, they'll be able to follow us by the DNA in dead skin we shed as we travel.
See Mikey? Bubba was whizzin in the woods. His DNA is all over the place....
Nice CSI work, but before this will be admitted in a court, it'll have to go through immense amounts of testing.
You'd be surprised. Regular fingerprinting has actually not been tested that much. It's not a science, there's no agreement among the experts about how many key points you need to make a match. Once you determine that there's a match, they can't give you the probability that it's a false positive. They simply haven't done the statistical analysis. It's a very old technique, and really it pred
Beyond a "reasonable doubt" may always be a problem, but we agree that reliance on DNA (like strands exist beyond statistical probabilities now accepted) and fingerprints (partials are dubious in some cases although forgery is also less likely)....
At least with DNA you can get a number telling you there is a 1 in 10 billion chance that this is a false positive. They can't do that with fingerprints.
Historically, it's been too different to compare every known fingerprint to every other known fingerprint looking for random matches. But today we have huge databases of fingerprints on computer, and the computer power to compare them all. Why haven't they done the statistics? I think the law enforcement community is afraid to check their assumption tha
Not so fast on that 1 in 10 billion number.
I saw an article in an admittedly unscientific publication, the LA Times recently:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dna20-2008jul20,0,5133446.story [latimes.com]
which is a long but interesting look at how DNA evidence can work, but also how it might be misleading (and I'm not talking about sloppy work and fraud). It's pause for thought.
Because people don't already drop copious amounts of biological waste at work, they need to scrape minute amounts off of a keyboard.
If the office was this concerned, they could just install Dr. Toilet and wait for the 1:00 PM rush.
This reminds me of the case of the Birmingham Six [wikipedia.org] here in the UK, where part of the evidence against them - the Griess test [wikipedia.org] - which was supposed to prove handling of nitrate-based explosives - was later overturned when it was discovered that simply having handled laminated playing cards could generate a false positive in the test.
Remember this simple fact if you're not a US citizen and travel to the States next time. Have you ever wondered what all those people who were fingerprinted before you touched ?
Duh, a fingerprint scanner...
Why, yes, I have touched US currency. That's grounds for termination now?
news.yahoo.com [yahoo.com]
This also comes within a week of Barry George being released after being wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of British TV presenter, Jill Dando. In his case [bbc.co.uk], a particle of gun powder was detected on him and this was used to argue he was clearly the murderer. Eight years of his life gone, the conviction was ruled unsafe because the defense weren't allowed to point out the entirely true fact: a single particle proves absolutely nothing and is well within normal contamination levels.
Shows like CSI are incredibly dangerous. They lead us to assume that just because we can detect something, it somehow proves guilt. A single particle of gun powder goes not prove you fired a specific murder weapon. Traces of drugs on your banknotes don't prove they were involved in drug dealing (though police forces throughout the U.S. deliberately abuse that false assumption to merit seizing the money). Traces of drugs on someone's fingertips prove nothing more than they came in contact with U.S. currency which has been found to have up to 1,300 micrograms of cocaine per bill.
Shows like CSI are incredibly dangerous.
Well, that's arguable, but since the show's writers are trying to portray their main characters as paragons of good and virtue, I found one exchange rather troubling - especially since so many people seem to take fiction as life lessons:
Suspect: "I was acquitted of that"
Horatio Caine: "But that doesn't mean you didn't do it, does it?"
Which is a stupid fucking point to bring up, as you might as well turn it on its head:
Horatio Caine: "You were convicted of killing and
check for illegal drug use of its employees by analyzing computer keyboards after the employees have gone home
Speaking as one who used to work nights cleaning offices of a very large global IT consultant during my student days and being a comp sci student alone at night in an office full of fancy computers with the latest software, I was basically like a kid in a candy store.. my prints may well have found their way onto quite a few keyboards in that place..
Do you know what happens in your office in the dead of night?
Do you know what happens in your office in the dead of night?
Yes. It is in the business plan. After a full day of politicking and obstructionist management, the work must somehow get done. A night crew on crack of college kids grease the machines of corporate behemoths the world over.
ummm..that's not grease.
A test that can't tell where or when you came in contact with a substance shouldn't be grounds for a legal search much less anything else.
FBI GUY: "This fingerprint has keyboard particles on it. Where do we go to find this ingenious perp. Not a trace of Girl to be found. Cheetos and Red Bull, and the faint dank traces of
Innocent Bystander (innocently eating Cheetos and Drinking a Red Bull): "Um, you guys realize that you just described 1/2 of Slashdot"
I imagine if this type of technology takes off someone could use it to find a third party's DNA on someone's fingers. Divorce lawyers will love it! At it's extreme, this could be HILARIOUS.
when i blogged about this yesterday
http://vark.blogspot.com/2008/08/mini-mass-spectrometer-from-small.html [blogspot.com]
i put in a link to the company that makes the gadget.
http://www.prosolia.com/ [prosolia.com]
Prosolia, Inc.
351 West 10th Street
Suite 316
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Hmm, I know right where that is, just down the street from me.
I haven't been through their dumpster yet.
above post is infomrative, insightful, indiscreet
used this type of technology with urine instead of finger prints, it would be a Desi-Lu production...
So, what happens when large groups of people independently all over the nation ddos the system?
Spray cleaning solution that contains 10% thc on door handles. Coat bills in residue. Don't a high percentage of hundred dollar bills already contain traces of coke? (or is that so eighties?).
Can't wait to the time when you won't dare shake someone's hand "because you don't know where it's been! or because you don't want the other party to analyze whatever it is you've been up to.
Am I the only one who recalls a statistic floating around in the 90's saying that something like 90% of all cash had traces of cocaine on it?
If the technique is so sensitive you can pickup many things at a touch, then one would expect to pickup chemicals many times removed. What if I shake the hand of some random person who transfers chemicals onto me?
It's the same problem with guilt by association. If we're all socially linked by six to eight degress of separation, how many people, just by chance are 3-4 d
Well,this is a good argument for getting that SBA loan and working for oneself.
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Two men jogging on the Matcheetawin Discovery Trails outside Fort McMurray, Alta., earlier this month had their workout cut short when a black bear started following them.
Bruce Allan, who uploaded video of the encounter on YouTube, was running with a companion on the evening of June 5, but with less than a few hundred metres left to go they noticed the full-grown bear tagging along.
"You have to let us go today," the men tell the bear in the video.
They both grabbed big rocks for self-defence but didn't end up using them as the bear eventually lost interest, perhaps just happy to see the joggers out of its territory. Full of adrenaline, the two then sprinted the rest of the way back to their car.
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Kings GM Lombardi being patient with VoynovBy LISA DILLMAN
Los Angeles Times
October 17. 2013 8:52PM
LOS ANGELES — Dean Lombardi, one part parent and one part NHL general manager, worked both roles the other day when he talked about the growing pains of Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov.
Lombardi, the Kings' GM, does not have children, for the record. But you could say that he has 23 of them, the Kings' roster, on any given day.
Voynov, 23, has struggled to start the season, often looking like a faint imitation of the defenseman who was rewarded with a six-year, $25 million contract in the summer.
He got better in the first two games of this four-game trip but failed to tie up Teddy Purcell's stick on Tampa Bay's second goal and got beaten on the outside in Tuesday night's 5-1 loss to the Lightning. Later, Voynov did get the lone Kings' goal, his first of the season.
"I think he knows that he can be better and that's the most important thing," Lombardi said earlier Tuesday after the Kings' morning skate in Tampa.
Voynov is a minus-two and has two points, a goal and an assist, in seven games. His ice time in the Lightning game was a season-high 25 minutes 47 seconds.
Lombardi said that contract negotiations in the summer told him a lot about the young Russian's frame of mind.
"The way he handled his situation in terms of his contact — not even attempting to use Russia as leverage even though they were offering him the world, I think says how much he wanted to be here and be part of this team," Lombardi said.
"That action itself tells you how much he cares. He'll figure this out."
Kings coach Darryl Sutter was particularly pointed at the morning skate in Raleigh, N.C., before the opening game of the trip, saying that Voynov had a tough training camp and probably could have put in more work in the summer.
This isn't the first time a youngster has struggled in the NHL after signing a lucrative contract. Nor will it be the last.
"It's a huge adjustment for a young player, to get a long-term deal that's significant money," Lombardi said. "That's just the reality of the way it is. It's a huge adjustment for them and their life and life's priorities. We tend to overlook that.
"We've seen it with so many players. In the end, if they care, they'll figure it out."


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Penn State (9-5, 0-1 Big Ten) at Illinois (12-2, 1-0)
WHEN: 1:15 p.m. today
WHERE: State Farm Center
TV: Big Ten Network
RADIO: Illini Radio Network
ILLINI KEY: Defend, rebound and force Penn State into a low-scoring, defensive game.
NITTANY LIONS KEY: Make this a high-scoring and fast-paced game, controlled by their guards.
NOTEWORTHY: Members of the 1988-89 Illinois basketball team, known as the Flyin' Illini, will be honored at halftime. This marks the 25th anniversary of the team that finished with a then-school-record 31 victories and made the Final Four. … Champaign Mayor Don Gerard officially named Jan. 4 as Flyin' Illini Day. Staff members and team managers from that team will be honored during timeouts, and the coaches and players will be recognized at intermission. … Illinois is 25-13 all-time in the series, with a 12-5 advantage in Champaign. …. Penn State is on pace to have the highest scoring average in program history. … Illinois is 8-0 at home this season.
QUOTABLE: "I remember that team vividly; they were fun to watch." — Illinois coach John Groce on the Flyin' Illini
PREDICTION: Illinois 66, Penn State 63


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Opposition to the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市), continues unabated. The focus is on its quality standards, which activists say have been compromised by construction delays, stoppages and restarts because of political interference and which will "certainly" put nuclear safety at risk if the plant goes into operation.
These concerns are understandable. After all, this is a project whose construction time has more than doubled, and special attention must be given to any concerns over quality. However, this does not mean that we can jump to conclusions and say that future safety problems are a certainty. Without rational scientific analysis and testing that would be an overreaction.
According to Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), the project is 90 percent complete and the completed facilities, components and systems have been inspected and tested.
Shortcomings found during this process have been widely reported by the media.
Two main problems remain: how to deal with and correct these shortcomings in a way that puts public unease to rest, and determining if there are any other flaws in the plant.
The question is how this should be done.
Safety verification of a major construction project cannot be rushed. The reality is, when inspecting and testing a new nuclear power plant — or any major project — flaws will be found. What is important is that these flaws are corrected.
If a major project passes every stage of the first evaluation test, it is likely to raise public suspicion that the tests have been performed rashly or perfunctorily, rather than eliciting praise for high standards of workmanship.
When the first tests were performed on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant and flaws were found, it offered a good opportunity to ascertain the reasons for these flaws and correct them. The best thing would be to conduct a thorough inspection to find all problems and resolve them.
I would rather approve additional budget so that all tests can be thoroughly carried out and elements that did not pass inspection be replaced rather than face a situation in which a plant goes into operation with undiscovered flaws.
The Fourth Nuclear Power Plant is not the only plant in the world to use third-generation reactors. Reactors six and seven at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan use them, which means safety tests prior to operations will not take place in a vacuum.
There is nothing to stop Taipower and the Atomic Energy Council from considering borrowing specialist engineers to help with tests and checks.
The safety authentication of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant is not a matter of "pseudoscience" as has been suggested ("Public need reassurance on nuclear power plant," Feb. 27, page 8). It is a matter that requires careful review and approval by nuclear safety officials and thorough work by engineering units.
When it comes to safety, Taiwanese must hold ourselves to higher standards than at any other power plant in the world. People may hold differing views on the safety of nuclear power, but evaluating such a major construction project on a populist foundation is inappropriate.
The inspection and approval process should be left to experts. If the flaws are corrected and the plant passes the inspection and approval process, the project should go ahead. If the flaws cannot be corrected, the project should be stopped.
There is no room for political interference in the engineering safety verification process.
Yeh Tsung-kuang is a professor and chairman of the Department of Engineering and System Science at National Tsing Hua University.
Translated by Perry Svensson


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Five Central Connecticut men's basketball players scored in double-figures for the fifth time this season as the Blue Devils held on for a 72-70 home victory over St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. With the win the Blue Devils move to 8-11 overall and 4-4 in Northeast Conference play.
St. Francis is also 8-11 and 4-4 in the league. The teams play only one time this season so the Blue Devils will hold the tie-breaker if it comes down to that at the end of the season.
The Blue Devils led by three at halftime, but the Terriers came out in the second half and took a six point lead with 13:46 to play. The Blue Devils responded, and then led by as many as seven, before St. Francis had a chance to tie or win the game in the final possession.
On the last possession the Terriers had the ball, down two, with a chance to win or tie. A three-point jumper from Brent Jones went in and out as the Blue Devils held on for the victory and snapped a two-game losing streak.
Sophomore Kyle Vinales led the Blue Devils with 19 points and six assists. He hit a pair of threes and three key free-throws down the stretch. Junior Terrell Allen had a career-high 15 points and five rebounds to go along with a block in the victory. He had two straight jumpers in the second half that helped Central seal the win.
It was the fifth time this season that five players scored in double-figures for the Blue Devils. They are 5-0 in those games.
Junior Malcolm McMillan had 14 points including a pair of threes in his first two attempts. In his last three games McMillan is 10-of-12 from three and is averaging 16.7 points.
Sophomore Adonis Burbage posted his first career double-double in the game, scoring 11 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds. He was 3-of-5 from three and added two assists and a block. Seven of his rebounds came in the first half.
Junior Matt Hunter was the fifth Blue Devil in double-figures, scoring 13 points, grabbing four rebounds and posting five steals.
Vinales now has 943 career points in 48 career games. He is on pace to reach 1,000 career points faster than any player in CCSU history. He also leads Central is assists this season.
The Blue Devils return to action on Thursday night on the road at Monmouth beginning at 7 p.m. Fans can listen to the game on Fox Sports Radio 1410 or ESPN Radio 1300 and online at iHeartRadio.com. The game will not be available on NECFrontRow.com.


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Because, well, I agreed with them.
Fighting Bob – GarveyBlog (via The Provincial Emails)
Bud–get out of Vegas; hire some people who like fans; jump into the 20th century.
Keith R. Schmitz at folkbum's rambles and rants
In these days of longer commutes and simmering tempers, nothing seems to set off already-testy motorists like the left-lane camper — the guy or gal who drives in the passing lane and bars faster drivers from easily passing.
CAFFEINATED POLITICS – This guy is hard on conservatives, but he has a bunch of posts on
Blagojevich, including one with the front pages of many newspapers!
Snopes.com can't determine if this is true or not, but Tim at The Other Side of My Mouth posts a darn funny story that I've seen before.


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CFDA SOURCES: The Council of Fashion Designers of America is teaming with Fashion Institute of Technology and The Garment District NYC to support its annual CitySource showcase. The Jan. 14 event at FIT's Conference Center is meant for designers and brands to get to know more than 65 local manufacturers.
This year's effort will be bolstered by the CFDA's Fashion Manufacturing Initiative (FMI), which enables fashion facilities to obtain funding via matching grants for innovative equipment, technology upgrades, capital improvements, workforce training and professional development programming. The initiative is geared to increase business growth within the industry and elevate the level of New York City-based production resources.


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Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers from al over Indiana attended CASA Day on March 4, at the Indiana Statehouse. Every day, these volunteers are the voice for abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system and they were their voice at the Statehouse.
There are nearly 3,000 CASA volunteers in 73 Indiana counties advocating on behalf of 18,699 abused and neglected children. In Wabash County, there are 19 CASA volunteers representing 23 cases that involved 40 abused and neglected children. However, there are still 80 children remaining on the waiting list without a volunteer.
The program included remarks from Indiana House Speaker, Brian Bosma, Judge Viola Taliferro, who took part in the DCS Summer Study Commission, the 2010 Indiana CASA volunteer of the year, Bud Herron, and the foster child he advocated for, also spoke. The 18-year-old young man wrote and sand a rap song that described his experience in foster care and spoke about the importance of Bus, his CASA.
"I was proud to again chair this exciting event, where you could feel the energy and commitment of 300 volunteers and CASA staff chanting, "I am a CASA… I am for the Child," stated Harmony House/CASA Director, Karen Biernacki. "We are fortunate to have legislators who are willing to listen to the needs of our children and support events such as CASA Day."
In Wabash County, we still have 45 cases that involved 80 children that are on a waiting list to get a volunteer CASA, an advocate, a voice.
It's not too late to get in on the upcoming training. For more information about becoming a CASA volunteer, call your local Wabash County CASA office at 260-569-0533.


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Officer's Breach Of Trust And Obstructing Justice Rewarded With Paid VacationSource: Peel Regional Police
Date: Thu Apr 13 15:44:46 MST 2017
Following a 15-month investigation conducted by the Peel Regional Police Professional Standards Bureau, Detective David Warren, a 27-year officer with Peel Regional Police, has been arrested and charged with one count of Obstruct Justice and one count of Breach of Trust by Public Officer. Detective Warren was suspended with pay as per the current provisions of the Ontario Police Services Act.
Detective Warren is scheduled to appear at the A. Grenville & William Davis Court House in Brampton on May 15,2017 at 1 p.m.
Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans is committed to ensuring that allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated.
"We hold our employees to a higher standard and we expect them to be exemplary members of the community. These charges are of a serious nature and it is important for the community to know that these allegations do not reflect the good work being done each day by the 2,000 plus police officers within Peel Regional Police," said Chief Evans.
Officers are subject to the same laws as all other members of the public and are also subject to discipline under the Police Services Act.
Peel Regional PolicePimps Arrested After Stabbing Of Trafficking Victim - EISEN & CROOKS
Series Of Sexual Assaults - Fardin SAJID Arrested - Police Fear More Victims
Another School Threatened - One Arrested
Devin BEALS Wanted By Police
Doctor Arrested for Voyeurism - Fady GHALY
Peel Police Set to Host A Spring Gun Amnesty Program
Officer's Breach Of Trust And Obstructing Justice Rewarded With Paid Vacation
Drug Investigation Yields Half a Million in Drugs and a Loaded Firearm - Names Released
Machete Used In Road Rage Incident - Victim Dash Cam Footage Used To Identify Jasvir SEDHA
Another School Teacher Arrested For Sexual Offences
Victim Trying to Buy Car Gets Robbed at Gun Point
Pimping Out 15 Year Old Results In 5 Year Sentence
Hockey Coach Arrested In Sexual Assault Investigation
Latest HeadlinesCriminals Make Off With $7000 In Tech, Jewelry & Cash
Homeowner Scares Off Criminal
Two Killed When UTV Operator Loses Control - WHITE & AZEEZ
Driver And Passenger Charged At RIDE
VICTORY: Council To Revisit Disbanding Wingham Police - Seip Gets All Council On Board - Your Support Is Needed Even More At Next Council Meeting
Home Invader Playing Piano Tips Off Residents In Home - Alcohol A Factor - Jason OKSMAN Arrested
Carjacking Attempt Ends With Arrest Of Mitchell HORNE - Cocaine A Factor
Chainsaw Mishap Sends One To Hospital
Fire And Fury Or Wingham's Liberation - Public Must Attend Tonight's Council Meeting - Arrests Likely
Good Samaritan Follows Impaired Driver Until Police Arrive
Octavio DE OLEVEIRA - Drunk Driving, Drive While Suspended
Cocaine Bust - Craig STOREY & Jessica O'LAUGHIN
BOLO Stolen Honda XR80
Two Arrested For Morphine and Break In Tools - Krystal GIBSON & Gerald KENNEDY
Farm Truck With Keys Stolen
Man Arrested After Taking Beer From Neighbor's Garage
Another Unlocked Vehicle With Keys Stolen
Northumberland Weekly Update
Home Invasion - Amber GRAMANN, Adam FOLLWELL, Michael LARABIE & Zachary CURRY-RICHER
Drug Bust - Drew MILLIGAN, Craig NEWMAN & Jessica SHEERIN
Jason ORVIS - Drunk Driving
Two Arrested For Human Trafficking - Liam COYNE and Logan O'BRIEN
Joey NICOLAS - Breach, Weapons, Methamphetamine
21 Year Old From Goderich Arrested In North Bay After Snapchat Posting
Stolen Truck Recovered - K9 Tracks Down Suspects
Vicki PAWLUCK - Drunk Driving
James BEST - Drunk Driving
Pervert Alert - Bo Charles JARDINE - Child Pornography
6 Drivers Charged With Stunt Driving
William GIBBS Arrested On Brussels Line For Impaired Driving
Barry LOGAN - 50 Over Speed Limit, No Insurance, Fail To Surrender Licence
Ryan MURDOCH - Impaired Driving
Stolen Vehicle Recovered - Donald MCMILLAN Arrested
$280,000 Drug Bust - ALLEN, LEPAGE & LACASSE
Children Sexually Assaulted - Stephanie HORST Arrested
Lorenzo LORIA - 120 in a 70
BOLO Stolen Orange 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche - Plates #57FD83
Law Enforcement Torch Run Dates
Wingham Policing Crisis Spirals Out Of Control - Hellbound Given One Last Chance For Peaceful Resolution 22May2018 - Public Encouraged To Attend To Bare Witness
Firearm Missing - Stolen Pickup Truck Set On Fire
Driver Charged After Collision With Horse Drawn Planter
Stromont Dundas and Glengary Press Releases
School Bus Involved In Collision - Drunk Driver Arrested
Don CANFIELD - Drunk Driving
Three People Arrested and Charged Following Shooting - GREENSPOON, PARISIEN & MCISACK
Coffee or Tea with the OPP - 18May2018 Chatsworth
UPDATE: Alcohol A Factor In Boat Launch Incident - Name Of Deceased Released
Voyeurism Charged Laid - Teenage Victim - David KAMENAR Arrested
Do You Recognize This Fraud Suspect?
OPP Respond To Fatal Farming Incident - Name Of Deceased Released
Stolen Vehicle Recoverd
OPP Use Spike Belt And Helicopter To Capture Armed Robbery Suspect
Do You Recognize These Theft Suspects?
Nathan WAYTOWICH - Drive While Suspended, Drugs
Tools Stolen During Break And Enter
Heroes Assaulted After Chasing Down Theft Suspect - David Daniel MINER Facing Numerous Charges
BOLO Stolen ATV - Licence 5ED69
BOLO Stolen ATV - Licence 38TX9
William GREER - Hit And Run, Drunk Driving
Matthew HODGINS - Drunk Driving
Jagbir SINGH - 140 in an 80
Michael Thomas FAWCETT - 140 in an 80
26 Year Old Driver Passed Out At Wheel Arrested - Oliver BETTS
Erin Katherine O'GRADY - Drunk Driving
OPP Cruiser Involved In Collision
Amber Alert Update: Lynda McCALLUM Arrested - Abduction, Break And Enter, Assault
Drunk Driver With Brass Knuckles Arrested
Notice of Public Hearing to Consider a Planning Application - Lacey A-20-18.31
Jennifer VANDERTOORN - Drunk Driving
Connor BINGHAM - Drunk Driving
Fatal Collision Update - 24 Year Old Deceased Identified - Jordan Marie MacDOUGALL
ATV Tires Stolen
Another ATV Stolen
Jeremiah Bell - Drunk Driving
Victim Stabbed Defending Property From SANDHU, SINGH, DHENSA & GILL
Keith FERRIS Arrested For Drunk Driving
Drunk Driver Arrested After Complaining To Police About Quality Of Drugs Purchased From Dealer
Renfrew OPP Weekly News Release
22 Year Old Caught With Small Amount Of Weed
Should Taxpayer Money Still Be Used To Kill Family Pets
Andrew Somers Currently Only One Running For Morris-Turnberry Council
Fatal Collision Closes Road
Throwing Lit Cigarette At Police Cruiser Ends With License Suspension
37 Year Old Drunk Driving ATV Operator Arrested
22 Year Old Drunk Driver Arrested - Brady LAPOINTE
19 Year Old Hits Officer While Fleeing RIDE Check - Kyle MCINTYRE Arrested
Ismayil ISMAYILOV - Race Motor Vehicle
Woman Rescued After Driving Off Boat Lauch
Martin ST GEORGE - Drive While Suspended
Numerous Victims Of Identity Fraud - BEAUCAGE Arrested
Two Arrested For Breach Of Conditions - JENKINS & FOURNIER
Speeder From Durham Caught With Unmarked Cigarettes - Leo PARKER
Vanastra Homicide Update: Corey VOLLAND Facing Second Degree Murder Charge
Morris-Turnberry Critter-Nazi Set To Slaughter Pets - When Is Enough Enough? - Over 1,300 Already Signed Petition, Have You?
Kitten Killer Arrested In Owen Sound - Repeat Offender Has Dog Removed And Taken To Shelter
Noise Complaint Nets Impaired Driver
Vanastra Homicide - One Arrested - Tip Line Established
Sheri Lynn DUNN - Drunk Driving
Northumberland Weekly Update
Stolen Vehicles Recovered In Chatsworth
K9 Tracks Down Drunk Driver - Tyler Jay HATCHER
Methamphetamine Bust - Adrien Ovila POULIN
84 Year Old Succumbs To Injuries Following 3 Vehicle Collision
Fatal Hit And Run Victim Identified
Dog Breaks Vehicle Window To Escape After Joyride
Body Recovered From Lake Ontario - Police Seek Witnesses
Tyler John THYNNE - Breach, Robbery
Drug Bust In Huron Park - Richard SUTHERLAND
More Drugs Found To Contain Fentanyl - Natalie Jean ARTHURS & Jason Robert BULL Arrested
Methamphetamine Bust - Steve ROUSSY
Craftsman Riding Lawnmower Stolen From Clinton
New Vote On Wingham Policing - Public Must Attend 22May2018 Meeting - Help Liberate The Occupied Square Mile
22 Year Old Arrested For Domestic Assault With Weapon
Break In To Dundalk Fair Grounds
Theft From LCBO In St. Marys Under Investigation
Methamphetamine Bust In St. Marys - Kevin CHAMBERS
Vanastra Suspicious Death Investigation Update - Deceased Identified
Community Safety Alert: Video Record All Interactions With Wingham Police
Police Board Furious & "Dumbfounded" Council Turned Down OPP For Wingham, Disrespected Advice Of Police Chief & Wingham Officers - Seip To Plead For Revote On OPP Costing To Save Wingham
Brockton Student Action Committee Meeting May 15, 2018
Methamphetamine Bust In Owen Sound - Repeat Offender Arrested
Another ATV Stolen
18 Year Old Caught Going 150 On Amberley Road
Pedestrian And Cyclist Struck In Two Unrelated Incidents
GPS Tracker Used To Find Stolen Outboard Motor - 3 Arrested
Human Trafficking Arrest - Kenal ARTHUR
Northumberland Weekly Update
Methamphetamine Bust - MCPHAIL, MARCHAND & STEPHENS
ATV With Key In Ignition And Full Tank Of Gas Stolen
Impaired Driver Arrested In Clinton - Robert MCFARLANE
Pervert Alert - Kevin Hopkins - Child Pornography
2018 Annual Kelly Reid Saugeen River Clean Up
Methamphetamine Bust - JACK, VALIQUETTE & LACOMBE
Fredrick BURWELL - Breach, Mischief, Drug Driving
Vanastra Death Investigation Closes Hwy 8
Drug Bust Update - Tests Reveal Carfentanil
Pedestrian Stuck Update: 7 Year Old Girl Upgraded To Fair Condition
Theft Of $5000 Masonry Mixer
Drunk Driver Arrested On Hwy 21 - William SIMPSON
Clinton Methamphetamine Bust - Stolen Property Recovered - Repeat Offender Arrested - Matthew SANGSTER
20 Year Old Caught Going 115 in a 60
David DUGGAN - 130 in an 80
Another ATV Stolen
Methamphetamine Bust - FITZGERALD, BASSANI, GOUGH & MIESKE - Children Taken By Children's Aid
Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Planning Applications - Harmony Holsteins (Hamel) Z-15-18.34 & Z - 16-18.34
Corey MANDAMIN - Drunk Driving
Two People Rescued From Crowe River
Justin JACKSON - Resist Arrest, Theft, Breach
Cocaine Bust - FERREIRA, MOORE & CARDE
Jason TIITTO - Drunk Driving
Power Outage In Owen Sound - Treat Intersections As 4 Way Stops
Community Garden Plots Available
22 Year Old Caught Going 130 in an 80
Scott JORDAN - Drunk Driving
Henry OTTERTAIL - Drunk Driving
Parking Dispute Ends With Criminal Charges For Repeat Offenders
14 Pounds Of Drugs Seized - Anthony SNAKE Arrested
Methamphetamine Bust - Justin LOZON & Christopher MILLER
Theft Of Hundreds Of Apple Tree Saplings Unfounded
7 Year Old Girl Airlifted To Hospital After Being Struck By Motorcycle
Suspended Drunk Driver Arrested - David CAPP, Vehicle Theft
Patrick BROSNAN - Drunk Driving
Craig VERSPEETEN - Drunk Driving
Brockton Goods Exchange Week May 11-21, 2018
Daniel ANTONE - Drunk Driving
Ashley Blayne RILEY-HONYOUST - Drunk Driving, Drive While Disqaulified
$50,000 In Stolen Property Recovered - Kenneth ARSENAULT Arrested
33 Year Old Arrested For Spousal Assault
Cassandra HUYBEN - Drunk Driving
Hundreds Of Apple Tree Saplings Stolen
Joseph ELLIOT - Drunk Driving
Brand Christopher LONG - Drive While Suspended, Speeding - Vehicle Impounded For 45 Days
Flat Screens And Computer Stolen In Lucan Break And Enter
Tools Stolen From Golf Course
Break And Enter To Shed
BOLO Stolen White Dodge Ram 1500 - Plate AV63705
Stolen F250 Pickup Truck Torched
Suspended Driver With Methamphetamine Arrested - Robert ELLIOTT
Eric MARQUARDT - Drunk Driving
Repeat Offender Arrested For Damaging Vehicle - Nathen Benjamin James CROOKER
Methamphetamine Bust - Munthir Rashid SALIM
Elijah LESTER - Drunk Driving
Children Chased Around Neighbourhood - Braizley Joseph GODDARD Arrested
Kenneth Whiten - Drunk Driving
Deceased Identified In Fatal Collision
Renfrew OPP Weekly News Release
Gurinder CHAWLA - Drunk Driving
19 Year Old Repeat Offender Accidentally Hands Officer Drugs - Tanner SULLIVAN Arrested
Woman Hides In Closet Until Home Invader Leaves - Raymond LAMBERT Arrested
Phillip KEELE - Drunk Driving
Kevin BERING - Over 80
Kawartha Lakes Weekend Update
Lawrence GERVAIS - Drunk Driving
Body Recovered From Lake Erie
$5,135,207 Funding For Stratford Central School Renovations
Summer Recreation Programs and Youth Adventures!
Notice of Public Meeting to Consider a Planning Application - ERBP Z-19-18.36
Several Mailboxes Smashed - Cameron MCDONALD Charged
Matthew Luke Taylor - Refuse To Blow, Vehicle Impounded
Shannon MELIS - Intoxicated In Public Place
Gladys Mary HOUSE - Drunk Driving
Theft of Bee Hive in Stirling
David PALMER - Drive While Disqualified
24 Year Old Charged Following Rollover
20 Year Old Unconscious Driver Facing Drug Driving Charge - Kendra RYCKMAN
Driving On Sidewalk Results In Vehicle Seizure For Yvon CHAMPIGNE
Clinten WALKER - Drunk Driving, Speeding, Open Liquor
Batteries Stolen From Vehicles
Quinte West OPP Press Releases
Jason HEYD - Drunk Driving
Fatal Car Vs Tractor Trailer Collision - Name Withheld Pending Next Of Kin Notification
Methamphetamine Bust In Port Elgin - CAMPBELL, GORESKI & PAWLIKOWSKI
18% Hike In North Huron Spending Creates Royal Nightmare For Wingham - Proof NH Council Is Literally Worst In Canada
MOTONUTZ Racing Trailer And Vehicles Stolen
18 Year Old Trafficker Arrested
Police Seeking Witnesses Of Collision
Repeat Offender Arrested Following Traffic Stop - Methamphetamine A Factor - Kelly Ann MCWHINNIE
Another Fatal Hit And Run - 27 Year Old Pedestrian Killed
Kirkland JOHNSON - Drunk Driving
Danny MCDONALD - Drunk Driving
Amanda LUGOSSY-MINER - Assault Police, Refuse To Blow
Steven Albert GOOD - Sexual Assault X2
Windows Smashed In OPP Cruiser
Methamphetamine Bust - GONCALVES & RUTLEDGE
Bobby MACKEY - Drunk Driving
Bradley POUPARD - Drunk Driving
Two 21 Year Olds Pronounced Deceased Following Collision With Hydro Pole
76 Year Old Drunk Driver Arrested Following Collision - Helene LEDUC
Helena ZYCHLINSKI-MIELZYNSKI - Drunk Driving
Fire To 13 Unit Building In Harriston - One Sent To Hospital - All Residents Displaced
Methamphetamine Bust On Lucknow Line - Richard MARTIN & April TONE Arrested
Jerrel MYTILL - 125 in a 60, Drive While Suspended, Open Liquor, Etc
Northumberland Weekly Update
Walkerton Library Hours
String Of Break And Enters - Bain Achneepineskum Arrested
Methamphetamine Bust - O'GUSHING & SHAWANAMASH
Repeat Offender Arrested After Female Real Estate Agents Harassed - Mario Nelson DINIZ
More Races Arrested On The Hanlon - OLADEINDE, ALSHARIF & ROTMARK
16 Year Old Biker Hits SUV Injuring Child
Copper Stolen From Hydro One Station
Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect - 110km Winds, Large Hail and Torrential Rainfall
Drunk Driver Arrested Following Altercation - Gurdeep CHAKKAL
Stolen Property Recovered - Police Investigation Ongoing
BOLO Stolen Black Pickup Truck - Plate Not Released
Alex MACDONALD - Drive While Suspended
Rash Of Property Crimes - Tyler JOHNSTON & Michael BRADFORD Arrested
Yves ROCHELAU - Breach, Theft, Break And Enter, Etc, Etc
Prescription Drugs Stolen From Unlocked Vehicle
BOLO 2007 Chevrolet HHR Wagon
Brian FANJOY - Drunk Driving ATV
Paul HUTCHISON - Breach, Drugs
20 Year Old Caught Going 185 in an 100
Dirt Bike, ATV And Trail Camera Stolen From Rural Property
Sextortion - Sending Pictures Of Your Naughty Bits Will Come Back To Haunt You
Break In At Meaford Pharmacy
Mischief To Everton Scout Camp
11 Cats Stuffed In to Small Plastic Bin - One Deceased - OPP Asking For Assistance In Animal Cruelty Case
Parts Stolen From 1993 Mercedes Benz 400S
Scott POSIE - Drunk Driving, Unmarked Cigarettes
Bain Achneepineskum - Break And Enter X4
Speeding Through Construction Zone Could Result In $10,000 Fine And 6 Months In Jail
Job Opportunity: Heritage Research Assistant
43 Year Old Facing Criminal Harassment Charge
Household Hazardous Waste Walkerton Collection - May 26
Victim Scammed Out Of $5000 In ITunes Cards
Timothy MORAN - Cocaine, Unmarked Cigarettes
Speeding Tractor Trailer On Hwy 11 Leads To Methamphetamine Bust - Roger DESORMEAUX
Purple Heroin Bust - Bradley HICKS, Amy POWER and Scott NICHOLSON
Suspended Driver Arrested For Drunk Driving ATV - Robert BRADLEY
Former Executive Director of Children's Aid Agency Facing Numerous Charges
Valentino DESMOULI - Breach
Tanya WEBSTE - Breach, Refuse To Blow
Joseph WITHERS Arrested On Hwy 11
Theft And Arson Investigation - OPP Seeking Information From The Public
Tractor Trailer Collides With MTO Crash Truck
Goderich Crack Cocaine Bust - Catlin DAER, Jessica ELLIOTT& Sky HENDRICKSON Arrested
Huaili Shirley ZHANG - 140 in an 80
18 Year Old With Marijuana Arrested Following Collision - Tyrek FARQUHARSON
Intoxicated 24 Year Old Arrested For Break And Enter In Harriston
Corey BROWN - Breach
Killaloe OPP Weekly Release
Nelson TOMLINSON - Aggravated Assault
17 Year Old Facing Multiple Spousal Assault Charges
Drake HANNINEN - Race Motor Vehicle - Vehicle Impounded
2018 Municipal Election Candidate Information Session set for June 27, 2018
20 Year Old Stabbed Multiple Times - Three Teens And 21 Year Old Arrested
Perry SAUL - Sexual Assault
One Airlifted Following Head On Collision
Renfrew OPP Weekly News Release
Sharing The Road With Horse Drawn Vehicles
Miroslaw LUBASZKA - Over 80
25 Year Old Driver Arrested After Pointing Firearm At Vehicle
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Former-QPR midfielder Lee Cook has questioned the motives behind former-Manchester United star Park Ji Sung's transfer to QPR.
The Korean international swapped Old Trafford for Loftus Road in the summer, after seven years at Manchester United.
But former-QPR winger Cook has alleged Park may have moved away from Manchester United for one final pay-day at QPR.
"Every time I saw Park at United, he was a workhorse," Cook told The Sun. "For me, he doesn't seem to be working as hard as he did there.
"People I know think a few of them are there for a pay-day. At halfway through the season, you will be able to tell whether this is true or not."
Park was one of 11 players to join QPR in the summer, along with fellow Manchester United player Fabio Da Silva - but Fabio signed only on loan from United.
The former-PSV midfielder has 100 caps for South Korea, and is one of his country's most famous players.
At United, Park won four Premier League titles, three League Cups and one Champions League, but the South Korean star left Old Trafford after falling down the pecking order.
After joining QPR, Park was swiftly named captain by manager Mark Hughes, but the London side currently sit rock bottom of the Premier League table.
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Ribbon cutting at Kane Pit Stop
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Friday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. at the Kane Pit Stop and their newly opened kitchen. The Kane Pit Stop at 159 Fraley St., formerly Fuel On, is open 24 hours Thursday, Friday and Saturday, until midnight on Sunday and from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Kane Pit Stop will serve breakfast from 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily and 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays. Store manager Kay Hannah and kitchen manager Bily Jo Hurlburt cut the ribbon to celebrate their recent grand opening. The Kane Pit Stop employs nearly a dozen Kane residents. The store is owned by Zeena and Abdule Hashim, who also own and operate Allegheny Pit Stop in Sheffield. In the photo from left to right is Kane Chamber of Commerce director Erin Vassallo, Kane Pit Stop employee Missy Carlson, Store manager Kay Hannah, Kitchen manager Bily Jo Hurlburt, Employee Karen Weimer and Kane Chamber of Commerce V.P., Michelle Palmer.


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OTTAWA — Morris coach Luke Windy put it simply: "We really needed this one."
After taking one on the chin from Joliet Catholic Academy on Saturday, the Lady Redskins fought through foul trouble and an aggressive zone defense to defeat La Salle-Peru 45-42 on Monday night in the Ottawa Holiday Tournament.
The game started out sloppy with both teams committing multiple turnovers and jump balls but neither team was able to pull away. With L-P holding a 10-7 lead, Morris senior guard Sydney Corrigan hit a three pointer to tie the game at 10 late in the first quarter. Two more Morris baskets sandwiched around an L-P score left the Lady Redskins with a 14-12 lead going into the second.
The second quarter started out much like the first — with a lot of turnovers. But again, no one was able to capitalize and the game stayed close. A putback by Katie Friend gave Morris a 16-15 lead at the five-minute mark. After the teams traded baskets, Friend struck again stealing the ball and going in for a layup to put Morris up three. From there, the Redskins cranked up the defense, forcing multiple L-P turnovers and converting several of them into easy baskets. Corrigan stole an L-P pass and scored to make it 28-19, Morris late in the first half. A beautiful pass from the baseline from Friend to a cutting Julie Jurasits gave Morris a 30-21 lead at the break.
The Redskins extended their lead to 11 out of halftime but then the turnover bug struck again.
"Zone defenses have given us trouble all year," said Windy. "When they went into that half-court zone in the second half, we didn't handle it well."
Not handling it well allowed the Lady Cavs to slice an 11-point Morris lead to five at 32-27 midway through the third quarter. At the 2:58 mark in the third, Jurasits drew what appeared to be an offensive foul but it was called a block. Though L-P missed both free throw attempts, the call seemed to set the tone for the next several minutes.Fouls piled up on Morris and by the end of the third quarter, L-P had managed to tie the game at 34 via free throws and Morris miscues.
Morris guard Maddy Feeney hit a jumper early in the fourth to give the Redskins a 36-34 lead but a three-pointer by L-P put the Cavs back up by one.
The teams then traded baskets and at the 3:30 mark, the game was again tied at 40. Jurasits was whistled for her fifth foul at the 3:05 mark. The teams then traded turnovers. Ultimately, the teams again found themselves tied at 41 with 1:29 to play when L-P forward Brianna Argubright fouled out of the game. Friend hit both ensuing free throws to put Morris up 43-41.
On the next L-P possession, Morris was again called for a questionable blocking foul as guard Ashley Bojovic appeared to be in position to draw a charge. L-P however only converted 1-of-2 at the line and the Redskin lead stood at 43-42 with 15 seconds to play. From there, Morris got the ball in bounds and the Cavs were unable to foul before a long pass for a layup sealed a three point win for the Redskins.
"We rebounded well in the second half," said Windy. "The first half, I thought we gave up too many offensive boards but we did a much better job after halftime. Their dribble penetration also gave us some problems. They were able to drive and kick and get some good looks. We have to do a better job there too. We fought hard. We had some foul trouble but were able to overcome it and get the win."
Morris bounces back to beat L-P
OTTAWA — Morris coach Luke Windy put it simply: "We really needed this one."


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Oe Forums And Sharp Cellphones, Should we expand to allow Sharp Phones?
Oe Forums And Sharp Cellphones, Should we expand to allow Sharp Phones?
May 3 2005, 02:34 PM
Post #1
Group: Members
Posts: 465
Joined: 8-November 03
From: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Member No.: 875
Hi all, this is just a simple one. Support for Sharp Cellphones is few and far between (I know this because I work for Vodafone UK, Sharp refer customers to us for support for these Cellphones!) and I believe it would be nice to have a Sharp Cellphone Support Forum right here on the OE Forums.
The benefits for this would be:
* Increased traffic to the site (and as such more people finding out what a Zaurus is)
* Support for devices that run Symbian (and may also be converted to Linux)
* An influx of developers and smart people to help with both Zaurus and non-Zaurus topics
The cons would be:
* Another possible forum reshuffle to move all non-Zaurus products into their own "Group"
* An influx of twinks / n00bs who just won't use the goddam search button
Just telling it like it is...
May 4 2005, 12:21 AM
Post #2
Group: Members
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From: London
Member No.: 4,639
Think it's not a bad idea...
QUOTE(Foxdie @ May 3 2005, 10:34 PM)
The cons would be:
* Another possible forum reshuffle to move all non-Zaurus products into their own "Group"
* An influx of twinks / n00bs who just won't use the goddam search button
Just telling it like it is...
We where all new once, and I think the benifit of new technical people and advertising the Zaurus product range is worth the pain of having to repeat our selfs.
May 4 2005, 01:49 AM
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From: Germany
Member No.: 907
I don't see any problems with that, however since this a linux centric forum, please make sure that people don't think these phones run linux. Unfortunately, the linux phones open for native 3rd party apps are still some time away...
May 4 2005, 07:11 PM
Post #4
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Member No.: 530
i think this is my first visit here after we -- switched over from zug to oesf? ... but ... even the zug forums were not totally zaurus specific if i remember correctly and therefore not sharp specific. if we add support forums for sharp cellphones, why not also add support for sharp home appliances?
if a forum is added -- it should be directed to the possiblity of converting any/all cellular phone device to linux. when we get enough users in those areas, then maybe start seperating phones out by manufacturer.
...just my opinion...
May 4 2005, 09:02 PM
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Wellll.. Symbian may be "embedded" but it sure ain't "open" in the way OE is open. Even Sharp's stuff has kernel source.
May 4 2005, 09:59 PM
Post #6
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From: Wasilla Ak.
Member No.: 4,572
er.... are the devices in some way "open?" If not, than probably they should be ignored in favor of linux smartphones from other vendors. Lets not encourage "winnish" systems. Sharp might get the wrong idea, think they are seeing brand loyalty and produce a wince Z. The z is great "bang for the buck" hardware, but it is linux that makes it interesting to the people here, I think.
May 4 2005, 11:03 PM
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QUOTE(adf @ May 4 2005, 09:59 PM)
The z is great "bang for the buck" hardware, but it is linux that makes it interesting to the people here, I think.
For me, it's the combination of Linux and great hardware. Oh, and a loyal community that produces great software, too. I could get a cheaper PDA and slap Familar on it. (My first Linux PDA was an early ipaq, in fact.) But the combination of embedded keyboard, slots for storage and network and superior display make the Z the ass-kickingest linux handheld going.
Symbian phones do not compare. 8)
May 8 2005, 06:46 AM
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From: The Netherlands
Member No.: 3,774
I dare you to tell me it's a good idea after you take a look at howardforums.
But seriously, I think it's a very bad plan. THe name of the game is open-source, embedded. That means covering any kind of linux phone would be a very good idea (look at the specs on the Moto A780, you'll understand why normal PDA's will be dead son), but I don't see the point of covering SHarp's offerings since:
1) they don't run OSS apps or OSes
2) given how they've been treating the OSS hobby communities, they shouldn't be getting a freebie in the first place.
QUOTE(Foxdie @ May 3 2005, 02:34 PM)
* Increased traffic to the site (and as such more people finding out what a Zaurus is)
* Support for devices that run Symbian (and may also be converted to Linux)
* An influx of developers and smart people to help with both Zaurus and non-Zaurus topics
1) hosting porno would also increase traffic, it doesn't mean the traffic would be relevant to what the site is about.
2) Linux (and other kernels) can be ported to lots of things. When an effort start to port it to a particular device, I don't see why shouldn't cover it, but I don't see the point of trying to improve support for a platform that's not relevant.
3) Smart people with a Treo will not support/develop for the Zaurus out of the goodness of their heart.
Voted bad idea, and the majority seems to agree with me.
May 10 2005, 07:35 AM
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Member No.: 3,983
I own a Sharp GX 15 because I like the nice bright screen. Same technology as the Zaurus C700. However, it is not a QTopia device. It makes more sense for these forums to focus on QTopia devices like the Motorola e680 phone which runs Linux. Currently this is mostly sold in China which is why most info on it is in Chinese sites like this http://www.whensite.com/
However, people are buying them outside China and the e680i will soon be available offcially in Europe. It would be nice if some people who can read Chinese would translate some of the most useful info into English. Or if someone with time on their hands would try working through things with a translator or just trolling through that site looking for bits of info in English.
Contrary to popular opinion, you can install Linux software on that phone and people are using it with telnet and things like GBA emulators.
May 18 2005, 08:07 AM
Post #10
Group: Members
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Joined: 6-June 03
From: Farmington Hills, MI
Member No.: 100
I even own a Sharp phone (TM150 - piece of crap btw in case you are curios) and I do not want to see this place littered with the stupidity that is the world of cell phones. After having browsed some cell-phone related forums, I seriously think we would only be inviting people to
a ) Ask other people to read their instruction manual for them
b ) talk about who has the best boy-band ring tones
May 20 2005, 07:59 AM
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Member No.: 84
I say no! Sharp abandoned the Zaurus and all us Z-owners, I say we abandon SHARP!
May 20 2005, 01:53 PM
Post #12
Group: Members
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From: Wasilla Ak.
Member No.: 4,572
Holy crap!
went to howard forums. very very bad. bad. really bad. Did i mention it was unpleasant and uniformative and immature?
Stick to OSS gadgetry. If traffic is needed maybe some kind of OSS voip, OSS wireless, etc softwware and app forums would help?
I bet oss voip would get interest..and even be related to embedded use.
May 20 2005, 02:17 PM
Post #13
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Member No.: 1,001
QUOTE(wildbill @ May 21 2005, 01:59 AM)
No, they did not. Sharp is still selling Zaurus in Japan. You can still get them from independent distributors.
That said, I would hold off the Sharp/Mobile Phone forums until they release ones that run linux.
Perhaps a "Linux Mobile Phone" forum for now, until the handset numbers get bigger.
Jun 5 2005, 09:48 AM
Post #14
Group: Members
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From: england
Member No.: 6,345
Yep I'm with the majority - unless these phones are in someway mini-zaurii or running the same os, then leave well alone.
On the other hand including devices that are similar, like the new archos unit, is a good idea :-)
My definition of 'similar' would be a device capable of using software that will run on a zaurus - otherwise what would the relevancy of the existing forums be ?
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In the Garden:
New England
December, 2010
Regional Report
Poinsettias account for the majority of holiday plant sales in the U.S.
Deck the Halls with the Season's Most Popular Plant
It's getting to be that time of year when garden stores, supermarkets and home centers are overflowing with poinsettias. Their cheerful colors- no longer limited just to red, but available now in shades of pink, white, peach, burgundy, even variegated- are a great antidote to winter's grays and browns. And, thanks to breeding advances, poinsettias often remain colorful additions to your windowsills for months after the holidays.
Introduced into cultivation in the U.S. in 1825 by our first ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsetts, for whom it is named, this plant has become not only an enduring symbol of the Christmas season, but has gone on to become the best selling flowering potted plant in the country, accounting for more than 85% of all holiday plant sales. Pretty good work for a Mexican wild flower with nondescript flowers.
True flowers that is. For what we think of as the "flowers" of the poinsettia are in fact colorful modified leaves or "bracts." The true flowers are the inconspicuous, yellowish structures in the center of the ruff of bracts. The bracts develop their characteristic colors after being exposed to a sufficient number of hours of uninterrupted darkness. Commercial growers manipulate the timing of the photoperiod that their plants are exposed to in order to produce poinsettias that are in full "bloom" in time for the holiday season. Once you get your poinsettia home, you needn't worry about the daylength it receives unless you plan to carry your plant over the summer and try for another season of color next year.
But there are a few things to keep in mind when selecting and caring for your poinsettia to keep it looking good as long as possible. When you're picking out a plant to bring home, choose one with deep green leaves and fully colored bracts. Leave any with yellowing, wilting or dropping foliage behind. Look for plants that are symmetrical, full and attractive from all sides. Avoid those that are crowded together, on display encased in plastic sleeves or are sitting in water inside their decorative foil pot cover. And check those tiny true flowers in the center of the "blossom"-- if they are green or tipped with red, your poinsettia will hold longer than if the flowers are covered with yellow pollen.
If it's below about 60 degrees outside, be sure to tuck the plant inside a protective sleeve or large bag for its trip to your car, even if it's just a short dash. Sudden exposure to cold temperatures can cause a poinsettia to drop its bracts and leaves.
And when you do get it home, put it in a spot where it will get bright light, but no direct sunlight, for at least six hours a day, and where it won't be exposed to drafts from doors, windows and heat vents. Daytime temperatures of 68-70 degrees are fine, but night temperatures shouldn't go much below 60 degrees. Remove any decorative wrappings (or at least the bottom of them) so water can drain from the pot and water when the soil feels dry to the touch. You'll be enjoying your poinsettia's bright color not only during the holidays, but when the cold winds of January and February whistle outside as well.
If you decide you're up for the challenge of trying for a second year of color, keep your poinsettia plant in good light, and continue to keep it watered, even after the bracts finally fade. In late March or early April, cut the plant back hard, to about 8 inches, and begin feeding with a complete houseplant fertilizer every few weeks. Around June 1, repot the plant in fresh soil and a container that's no more than 4 inches larger than the original. You can also take cuttings from the new shoots that have grown, root them and grow them on. Either way, your plants will be happiest outside in a lightly shaded spot after all danger of frost is past. Pinch plants regularly as they grow so they become full (but end all pruning by September 1), and bring them back inside before fall frosts threaten.
Then, come October 1, it will be time to do some photoperiod manipulation. For 8 to 10 weeks, your poinsettia will need 14 hours of continuous darkness every night in order to set buds and cause the bracts to color. You can accomplish this by putting the plant in a closet or covering it with a light-proof box every evening -- just remember to put it back on a sunny windowsill it in the morning! Make sure night temperatures stay in the 60 to 70 degree range. Continue your fertilizer regimen during this preparatory phase, but put it on hold once the plant comes back into bloom.
For your efforts, you'll be rewarded with a lovely holiday decoration that you can look at with satisfaction and think "Hey, I did that!"
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Ridley watching unicorn sex in some far off la la land knocked the f out
I hate the Oats, but was he down before the ball came out? Ground caused the fumble?
Just cuz he was unconscious when he was going down...
Ridley watching unicorn sex in some far off la la land knocked the f out
That dude went down in a heap
End these ****s here
C'mon, get a td here...
Oh holy hell yes
I'm still concerned that there is a lot of time left.
Uht, just heard some boo birds!
LOL, d!ckhead Pasts fan knocked the Ravens fan backward when he got the ball.
Stay classy, NE.
Patriots have been done since those pesky Giants first time round.
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D better not start playing soft.
Brady throw a pick here
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy has strengthened after pausing late last year but still needs the Fed's extraordinary support to help lower high unemployment.
In a statement after a two-day meeting, the Fed says it's standing by its plan to keep short-term rates at record lows at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent, as long as the inflation outlook remains mild. And it says it will continue buying $85 billion a month in bonds indefinitely to keep long-term borrowing costs down.
The unemployment rate fell to a four-year low of 7.7 percent in February, among many signs of a healthier economy. The Fed notes in its statement that the job market has improved. But its latest economic forecast maintains that unemployment won't reach 6.5 percent until 2015.


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Im not Even Going to Bad mouth This guy or talk bad about him im just going to post Unaltered Emails in the post.
Ill give a quick sum up before i get goin. I was looking for an amp and i was told if i contacted Ronnie Peay <[email protected] I could get an Amp for really cheap. So I contacted him sent him a money order for 350$ I was told I would get my amp on April 17th it never happend. I contacted him he said there is going to be a Delay I said okay. He told me i would be getting a tracking number may 2and that never happend i emailed him asking about it, he said something went wrong and i would be getting my amp next wed. and I said ok thanks and please be for real this time, and he said i was being demanding and sent me my money back. So he wasted a lot of my time and made me miss out on some competitions.
Here are some of The Emails
I sent the payment out early April Ill try and Find an exact date while i shift through emails
From: Ronnie Peay
thomas to generate the other 350 dollars to get you an amp in less than week....Not really hard, but why would I do that for you? That's what I'm trying to say........However you seem ok to me and sales are starting to roll in now so if i can help you b/c you asked I will do what I can.......With that being said, the only day I can
guarantee is 17th.......
From: Ronnie Peay
To: thomas grove
Subject: Re: amp
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:34:39 -0700 (PDT)
You''ll get your amp this week my man....Thanks for your
have been jumping......What subs are you using the 2500 on
>thomas grove wrote: So the amp has been
shipped out?
Im going to be pushing a JBLW15GTI
From: Ronnie Peay
To: thomas grove
Subject: Re: amp
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:46:04 -0700 (PDT)
No or you would have a tracking number by now.....The amp should
be in by WEdnesday and I'll ship it the same day. I'll let you know the tracking
number then.......Thanks for your patience.....
thomas grove wrote:
sounds good!
So The day after I was supposed to get my tracking number May 2and here is my response May 3rd
thomas grove wrote: ummm tracking number?
>From: Ronnie Peay
> > >To: thomas grove
> > >Subject: Re: amp
> > >Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 19:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
haven't picked up the amp yet man. Trust me, you'll get a tracking
number...Not sure what happened but I got my 4kw's in and not your
2500d so I gotta wait. I was told it would be in asap. This has been a pain man so I apologize.
From: Ronnie Peay
> >To: thomas grove
> >Subject: Re: amp
> >Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 01:02:38 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >I got ya man......I'm driving 2 hrs to the shop tomorrow to speed up the
> >process...You will have your amp in your hands no later than WED........
>thomas grove wrote: Thanks and please be for
>real this time.
From: Ronnie Peay
>To: thomas grove
>Subject: Re: amp
>Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 19:31:00 -0700 (PDT)
>"Please be for real this time"? You care to clarify that statement before I
>respond? I figured I'd ask.....................
thomas grove <[email protected]> wrote:
Ive heard im going to get my amp on a certain date several times and it
hasnt happend.. So im saying please make it happen this time.
Well lets see.........The first time you asked for an express date paying a
>delayed price. The other people that buy anything from me at delayed
>pricing have to wait 3-4 weeks.....There were people in front of you that
>had paid more and I told you I would do what I could to move this up for
>you......I've tried to explain all the way through the process but honestly
>if someone was ahead of you and had paid more than you they were gonna get
>an amp first. I respected the fact you had a show, but you could have paid
>more to get the amp faster...To make a long story short, all of this isn't
>worth it for your 330 dollars when people with alot more money invested
>have had waaaaaaaaaaay more patience and been less demanding..I'm gonna
>send you your money back..
thomasgrove wrote:
I havent been demanding at all. Ive been all please and thanks. I dont know
how you take things when you read instead of a verbal saying. Im not asking
for my money back because that would cause even more delay and time that i dont have.
So he sent me my money back and im back were i started