text:
As noted by GigaOM, a lot of iPhone 4S and some iPhone 4 users are continuing to experience an issue where they cannot hear anything from the recipient on an outgoing call.
The issue in question is when the iPhone 4S (and according to some reports, the iPhone 4, too) mutes all audio on the caller's end when placing an outgoing voice call. The person on the other end of the line can hear everything just fine, but on the caller's end, there's no ringing sound and no audio from a recipient speaking.
The issue has pushed the Apple Support Communities discussion thread past 110 pages with users expressing their frustration and calling for Apple to do something about it. Two of our editors, Rene and Georgia, have both had their iPhone 4 devices swapped out by Apple when the earpiece stopped providing audio (only the speaker phone would work).
It has been speculated that iOS 5.1 won't address this issues -- assuming it is addressable , but we'll have to wait and see.
Source: Apple Support Communities via GigaOM
This post may contain affiliate links. See our disclosure policy for more details.


text:
Here They Go Again: Immersion Learning '03by Jim Amidon • February 28, 2003 Share:
Dustin DeNeal presents a report on the amphitheater at Pompeii during an Immersion Learning trip in the spring of 2002
Four classes—about 60 students and eight faculty and staff—will leave this Friday at the start of spring break to extend the Wabash classroom around the globe.
One of the trips features an interdisciplinary approach to studying the politics and economics of the European Union. Professors Melissa Butler and Kay Widdows will take 14 students to Brussels and Strasbourg on a trip that is very similar to a pilot trip two years ago.
For the first half of the semester, the students have been focusing on the basic principles, institutions, and history of the European Union. Once in Europe, the students will have the unique opportunity to talk with EU decision makers, as well as ordinary citizens, about the present and future role of the European Union. When they return to campus, they will create and present individual research papers on topics they studied abroad.
Two classes will be in Britain.
The first, professor Joy Castro's "Modern Literary Britain" course, explores the production of British fiction from the opening of the 20th century through World War II. The class has studied the disintegration of traditional moral, social, and intellectual values and the development of new, more modern literary forms during that period.
The trip to Britain will allow the students to visit places that influenced writers like Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf. Students will travel to Eastwood, Cambridge, Oxford, Canterbury, and London, and once in London will visit the National Gallery of Art, the British Museum, and the British Library.
Professor Tobey Herzog's class, studying the novels of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, will focus on the ways in which places, spaces, and community influenced the Victorian-era writing of the famed British authors.
Students will take walking tours of specific settings that were backdrops for Dickens' and Hardy's major novels, including surviving areas of 19th century London and the Wessex countryside. Students will tour galleries, museums, and conduct research at the British Library.
The final Immersion Learning trip will be led by professors Bob Royalty and John Aden. It's called "Ancient Cities, Ancient Christians, and Cyberspace," and focuses on Christianity in Asia, particularly Ephesus, and early Christian figures like St. Paul, St. John of the Apocalypse, and St. Ignatius.
Sixteen students, the professors, and two chroniclers, will leave Friday for the Middle East, specifically western Turkey. While visiting these ancient sites, students will conduct research and collect digital images and digital video for use in developing a virtual archive of early Christian writers and their communities.
They plan to visit Selcuk, Izmir, Ephesus, Philadelphia, Bergama, Pergamon, Troy, Istanbul, and a half dozen points in between.
Adding to the students' excitement is the obvious political tension in the region. It's helpful to know that the head of the American consulate in Istanbul is none other than David Arnett, a Wabash alumnus, who will be meeting with the students on the back end of their journey.
It is our hope to provide regular—we hope daily—updates on the Wabash web site with journal entries and photos as the students make their way up and down the coast of western Turkey.
Wabash students are fortunate that faculty and administrators had the vision to create these opportunities for deeper teaching and learning experiences when the strategic plan was created. Trips to the source of their studies provide for Wabash students unprecedented occasions to broaden their knowledge and understand more fully the complexities of the world.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
- Inside Athletics
- Tickets
- Fan Zone
- Media Zone
- Social
- Shop
- Donate Now
DeLAND, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2011) - Coming off a perfect 5-0 homestand, the ETSU women's basketball team looks to take its positive momentum to Florida as the Lady Bucs start the final month of regular season play with a critical conference road swing, beginning Saturday afternoon at Stetson. Tip with the Hatters is set for 1 p.m. inside the Edmunds Center.
The Lady Bucs, who have a record of 12-9, 10-3, are currently in second place in the conference standings and stand two games ahead of Stetson in the loss column. Meanwhile, ETSU still needs to make up two games on league-leading Florida Gulf Coast - who the Blue and Gold face Monday night on CSS.
ETSU is coming off a 100-62 victory over Mercer Monday evening where head coach Karen Kemp earned her 250th career win. Six Lady Buccaneer players scored in double figures - including junior guard Natalie Pickwell (Kingsport, Tenn.) netting a game high 20 points. The Blue and Gold shot a season high 57 percent and scored 33 points off 24 turnovers.
Overall, during this season-best five-game winning streak, ETSU is outscoring its opponents by nearly 25 points per game and out-rebounding its foes 51.6 to 35.8. Freshman Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) is averaging 15.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and shooting 54 percent since Jan. 22, while junior Gwen Washington (Manassas, Va.) is coming off the bench to add 11 points and 5.6 rebounds over her last five games.
Stetson (11-10, 7-5) has won five of its last six games since falling to the Lady Bucs in overtime back on Jan. 10 - including a 70-52 victory over Florida Gulf Coast.
The Hatters have three players scoring in double figures with sophomore guard Victoria McGowan averaging a team-leading 14.3 points and 4.2 assists. McGowan is coming off a 14-point, 5-assist effort in Stetson's 78-53 win over Lipscomb Monday night, while Jessica Conner scored 16 points off the bench.
As a team, Stetson is averaging 70.0 points per game and shooting 44 percent in 12 conference games.
The Lady Bucs lead the all-time series 11-1; however, the last two games played in DeLand have been decided by two points or less. ETSU needed overtime to sneak by the Hatters last month in Johnson City as Tara Davis (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) sent the game to extra time when her two free throws with three seconds remaining tied the game at 69, and sophomore post Tosha Austin (Chattanooga, Tenn.) iced the game with two freebies of her own in the closing seconds of overtime.
Fans unable to make the trip to Florida can watch the game on ASun.TV or via live stats courtesy of the Stetson Hatters.
For more information on Lady Buccaneer hoops, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


text:
Motel 6 The Woodlands hotels are listed below. Search for cheap and discount Motel 6 hotel rates in The Woodlands, TX for your upcoming individual or group travel. We list the best Motel 6 The Woodlands hotels + motels so you can review the The Woodlands Motel 6 hotel list below to find the perfect place.
This technology will list below The Woodlands, TX hotels/lodging that have similar quality of Motel 6.Booking a group or meeting? Set up a group hotel block in The Woodlands TX
How should we direct your call?


text:
The Black Rod State of the City Address
And that's the State of the City.
Labels: Crime, Downtown Winnipeg, fire halls, Our Winnipeg, Phil Sheegl, Sam Katz
The origin of the Usher of the Black Rod goes back to early fourteenth century England . Today, with no royal duties to perform, the Usher knocks on the doors of the House of Commons with the Black Rod at the start of Parliament to summon the members. The rod is a symbol for the authority of debate in the upper house. We of The Black Rod have since 2005, adopted the symbol to knock some sense and the right questions into the heads of Legislators, pundits, and other opinion makers.
We are citizen journalists in Winnipeg. When not breaking exclusive stories, we analyze news coverage by the mainstream media and highlight bias, ignorance, incompetence, flawed logic, missed angles and, where warranted, good work. We serve as the only overall news monitors in the province of Manitoba. We do the same with politicians (who require even more monitoring.) EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com
Labels: Crime, Downtown Winnipeg, fire halls, Our Winnipeg, Phil Sheegl, Sam Katz


text:
Thunder, lightning, three overtimes, late nights, I'm exhausted.
It this sounds like a typical week in my sexy nightlife, but please. A simple request. Let's wrap these up a little earlier please!
Seriously, I'm exhausted! Some of us have to work in the morning! I got yelled at for dozing off at my desk!
So thanks, Andrew Shaw, for the game winner. Next time, slap one in during regulation. In fact, note to all players: That's really what regulation is for. It's to decide the game. You should only use overtime as needed! Quit abusing the privilege!
Get your work done, and go home early. There are plenty of normal, hard-working folks who need to get up and raise their kids and go to work. I don't count myself among those, but come on!
Besides, 41-year-old Jaromir Jagr has to be back at the home by 11 p.m. every night. Wrap it up.
So we play again Saturday. Huge win, Game 1. Everybody happy, everybody wins. Old-time, Original Six Hockey. Plus I get to yell "Tuukka!" loudly, which I've always wanted in a non-war scenario.
Also, as we await Game 2, I do need to point out some "Only in Chicago" bizarreness.
For Cub fans, please note: The team has gotten so bad, the announcers have started talking about the minor league players and games.
Truly awful, but true. Note to Comcast and WGN: Maybe show those games instead? Also, only the Cubs' best prospect would be a shortstop when they just locked up their major league shortstop for seven years!
We're abysmal everywhere else but logjammed at one spot? I give up.
Also of note: The Cubs are actually paying their third baseman, Ian Stewart, like 2 million dollars a year to play minor league baseball. What a deal! All of the cash, none of the daily pressure!
By the way, the Cubs had a long home losing streak to the Reds. Longest since '76. 1876.
And we'll close with a Bears minicamp update: News flash: Spring (summer?) is in the air. Love is in the air. Everybody loves everybody again. Jay Cutler loves the new coaches; the offense is clicking, love, love and love.
Please remember this in November when no one's talking to each other.
Bag Boy is a RedEye special contributor.
Want more? Discuss this article and others on RedEye Sports' Facebook page.


text:
Rey Mysterio Discusses Desire to End Career in WWE
As he preps for his eventual return to WWE, Rey Mysterio appeared at Comic Con and discusses his return to the company with Noelle Foley, stressing his desire to end his career with the sports entertainment brand.
"It is in my agenda. I would definitely like to close out my career with WWE," Mysterio said. "With that being said, I don't have much left on my watch. So I'm thinking anywhere from three to five years and I can really see a possible return to WWE without a doubt."
You can see the full video below:
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw: Who won this week? February 4, 2019
The Good
For Raw, the whole back and forth rivalry between Jeff Jarrett and Elias was entertaining. What started at the Royal Rumble and has carried over for the past few weeks, seeing Elias and Jarrett exchange guitar shots had a throwback feel to it. Along with that, Road Dogg being in the corner of Jarrett really brought times back. Lastly, Elias ended up winning the match, which helps give him momentum going into whoever his next rival will be.
For Smackdown, Mustafa Ali and Randy Orton put on the best match during their show this week. Ali's high flying against Randy Orton's slow attacking pace was a great matchup of styles and it showed. Orton ended up winning after hitting an RKO from the top rope and gives him the upper hand towards the Elimination Chamber match.
The Bad
For Raw, the lack of featuring the tag team champions on their show this week was evident. While they did have a number one contenders match featured this week, the winners ended up being the Revival. This is a match that we have already seen one too many times and if there isn't a different result this time around, then what is the point of the Revival facing off against the tag team champions.
For Smackdown, after R-Truth shocked the world last week by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura to win the United States championship, you would think that we would get a segment of him celebrating this victory the next week. Instead, he wasn't even really on the show this week. As good as R-Truth is, at least a 30 second segment would've been better than nothing from him.
The Final Verdict
Both shows were average this week. They did help build the Elimination Chamber as well as still pushing Ronda Rousey versus Becky Lynch as the main event of Wrestlemania. But, there was lots missing from both brands this week. Both shows were missing champions this week and didn't even bother mentioning them. As talented as the champions currently are, each one should get respective time. With that said though, I will have to say that Raw had the better show this week. A debuting EC3, a solid double match with Ronda Rousey, and a decent main event gave Raw a better show this time around. In conclusion, WWE still has some work to do when building up these next two PPV's, hopefully, they can put on better efforts that they did this week.
The Hart Foundation To Be Inducted in WWE Hall of Fame
The original 'Hart Foundation' have been revealed as part of the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame Class, according to a report from PW Insider.
The original group, and the ones being honored, includes WWE Hall of Famer Bret 'The Hitman' Hart, Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart, and WWE Hall of Famer 'The Mouth of the South' Jimmy Hart.
Sadly, Neidhart will be inducted posthumously as he passed away in 2018 at the page of 63.
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw: Who won this week? January 28, 2019
The Good
For Raw, the ending segment between Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar was an awesome way to close out the show and start the build for this match at Wrestlemania. After Rollins won the Royal Rumble on Sunday, he had to make a decision on which champion he would face. Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar told Rollins to choose Daniel Bryan over Lesnar because he didn't want to fight with Lesnar, which led to Rollins responding by igniting a brawl. Overall, great way to help ramp up the intensity for what could be the main event of Wrestlemania.
For Smackdown, we have a new United States champion and this moment really came out of nowhere. R-Truth went one on one against Shinsuke Nakamura for the championship and he won via roll up. Soon after Truth won, Rusev then came out and challenged Truth to defend his newly won belt. Truth won again via roll up, which led to both Nakamura and Rusev attacking him after. Its a fresh start with the US championship and somebody with as much charisma as Truth is a good way to hit the reset button for this belt.
The Bad
For Raw, who knows what they are trying to do with Kurt Angle. After losing to Baron Corbin in about five minutes, this leaves lots of questions on where Angle stands with WWE. Ever since he has came back to the ring, he has lost over and over again. This shouldn't be happening with a hall of fame of his status. But, this could lead to an interesting story considering how good Angle is.
For Smackdown, while it was a feel good moment to see the Miz and Shane McMahon win the tag team championship, their celebration on the show this week wasn't that compelling. At the PPV, when they won the match, they celebrated with the Miz's father. Then, during this celebration, it was the same thing as the Miz's dad came out and celebrated with them along with a video package being played. This could've been done better and differently considering we already saw this type of celebration during the PPV.
The Final Verdict
Overall, both shows were really good this week. Not only are they starting to layout some of the big matches for Wrestlemania, but they are also starting to implement matches for their upcoming PPV, Elimination Chamber. Smackdown felt a little crammed though as they were trying to fit in promos during superstars entrances and having promos during commercials. While Raw, on the other hand, was able to announce two huge matches for Wrestlemania as well as help build up some rivalries going into Elimination Chamber. Raw had the better show this week for a few reasons. A solid ending, a great beginning for the Ronda Rousey versus Becky Lynch match, and an entertaining segment with Elias help Raw deliver this week. In conclusion, 2019 continues to be good for WWE so hopefully they can continue this pace going into their next big PPV of the year.
Recent Posts
News6 months ago
Ronda Rousey Loving WWE 'More than I ever Thought I Would'
WWE7 months ago
WWE: Hulk Hogan Back In Hall Of Fame
NXT9 months ago
NXT: Welcome Four Horsewomen's Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir
News5 months ago
Daniel Bryan Re-Signs with WWE
Impact Wrestling6 months ago
Impact Wrestling's Austin Aries Says He Doesn't Watch Much Pro Wrestling Anymore
WWE12 years ago
Joey Mercury Suffers Broken Nose At Armageddon
WWE5 months ago
WWE Evolution Card Leaked
News7 months ago
Former WWE Superstar Darren Young Reveals Nixed Intercontinental Title Win


text:
Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
Do we know when QT will begin including the Xrender (anti-aliasing) patches into the mainstream version? I guess the better question is: Is this already included? I should probably download and check for myself before posting, but I was curious if anyone else knew anything about this.
The best way, IHMO, to do this would be to make it a ./configure option as that allows package builders to choose how to compile. Obviously, it should detect if Xrender is available and, if so, use it. I wonder if this is already there, and I'm just babbling about nothing ;)
I'll find out now.
PS: I've very happy to see the PrintDialog bug fixed as this has been getting really annoying to work around. I still wish that KDE would modularize printing so as to support CUPS integration better and allow the print system to control the printing options and output. Just MHO. Great job TrollTech!
By Chris Young at Fri, 2001/02/02 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
Support for the X-Render Extension is still only available in qt-copy (in KDE's CVS) as it is not officially supported by TrollTech yet.
It still has issues so it is not a good idea to include
This patched version has a -xft ./configure switch that is off by default.
By Daniel Molkentin at Fri, 2001/02/02 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
There already is a system for the CUPS modularization you speak of, what is strange is that although it is included with kde (known as kprint) no apps seem to use it. Perhaps the developers are reluctant to move away from the annoyingly popular lpd.
P.S. If any printer dialog developers are watching this, please please please make it easy for any app to stretch a single output among multiple pages.
By Carbon at Sun, 2001/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
The ChangeLog says:
This is obviously not good for f.ex. kicker. I cannot now, with KDE2.1 CVS from 1 Feb., press SHIFT+F1 and navigate in the K-menu because Konqueror has focus(and scrolls up/down)!!!! This is a major disadvantage in usability, and IMHO this MUST be fixed before the KDE-2.1 final(kicker must brobably be written to grab the keyboard/focus).
By Andreas at Fri, 2001/02/02 - 6:00am
Eh, I thought ALT + F1 was for the Menu. For me Shift + F1 brings up the question icon from the titlebar.
By ac at Sat, 2001/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
I'm happy with this. On several occasions my
By Tim at Sun, 2001/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
Quite a radical fix.
By Guillaume at Mon, 2001/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
Sometimes the keyboard is just completely locked, though, so none of these routes out will work. This is a general problem if you can't access the machine through a network, once the keyboard/mouse is locked, you've had it, and though the OS may not have crashed, it may as well have for what use it is.
By Fergus at Mon, 2001/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
Yes, but a simple focus problem won't lock up your keyboard this way...
By Guillaume at Mon, 2001/02/05 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
I'm just glad that I'm not the only one with locked keyboard/mouse (so I'm just confirming that it happens to me quite often as well): especially when I use Gimp 1.2, have XMMS running in the background and some Konqueror running it happens quite often that my mouse does not react on clicking. Hitting CTRL+Tab resolves this, but after a while even the keyboard is locked -> cold restart!
btw I'm using XFree 4.02 and thought that was maybe the reason of the problem, but obviously it's a KDE 2.1_beta1 thing?
By Oliver Knoll at Tue, 2001/02/06 - 6:00am
kde locked keyboard
fixed my locked board by: accessability-keyboard filters-slow keys(unclick).
By THIBOLOT at Wed, 2006/08/16 - 5:00am
kde locked keyboard
I think you solved the problem I have. KDE asked if by holding down the CNTL or SHIFT key so long did I want to switch to a "slow key(?)" interface. I told it to not do so now, but to ask me again later.
There after, the keyboard was exceedingly slow, eventually becoming non responsive. I rebooted, and could login just fine - the system read my keystrokes. But once inside KDE (Kubuntu), my keyboard was again unresponsive.
I am not an expert -- if your fix would work for me, how do I implement it?
By Steve at Sun, 2007/03/18 - 5:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
I compiled Qt2.2.4 last night. Now, when I try to print from Kword or kspread, the output can no longer be processed by
By Murat Eskiyerli at Sun, 2001/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Qt 2.2.4 Is Out
you should fill in a bug report to Trolltech (www.trolltech.com). I don't believe the core developpers are reading here.
By glu at Mon, 2001/02/05 - 6:00am
Where can I get the Diffs?
Where can I get the diff's for Qt2.2.3 it will save lot of downloading time
By Yogeshwar at Mon, 2001/02/05 - 6:00am


text:
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
A little orphan deer has adopted a Great Dane for its parent. Isaac and I agreed that it reminds us of the little orphan hippo who adopted a huge tortoise. More photos of the hippo and tortoise appear in the e-book, Owen and Mzee (a pdf file, about 1.4 MB.)
Posted by Genevieve Netz on 5/06/2008
Read more about animal kingdom
1 comment:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Subscribe to Prairie Bluestem
CONTENTMENT: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much, sing often, pray always, forget self, think of others and their feelings, fill your heart with love, scatter sunshine. These are the tried links in the golden chain of contentment.
(Author unknown)
IT IS STILL BEST to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasure; and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong.
(Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957)
Thanks for reading.


text:
Learn why Western Carolina University turned to One Identity and an IT partner to get fast and flawless identity performance which enables critical activities and services, such as building security, class registration and scheduling, application provisioning and secured access to student financial aid info.
Duration: 03:23
Hear how you can empower your organization to manage accounts and access permissions - including SAP - from a single instance by unifying disparate entities.
Duration: 07:38
With 27,000 students and 9,000 staff members, Wayne State University went from struggling with identity tasks to vastly simplified operations with One Identity solutions.
Duration: 03:23
Are you ready? See why you should attend UNITE
Duration: 01:54
Unlock all sorts of value with Identity Manager integration with ServiceNow. Watch this short overview video to learn more.
Duration: 01:09
Already know Identity Manager? Then, this video training is for you. Learn the latest capabilities and features of Identity Manager 8. View it now to increase your technical knowledge.
Duration: 08:26
Containerization is changing the way applications are deployed. And now it's available with the latest version of Identity Manager (8.x). See view to learn details.
Duration: 15:55
Are you migrating to Identity Manager 8? Get introduced into the innovative new features and capabilities in this informative video. View it now to smooth your transition the new version.
Duration: 07:26
Watch this recap video to see how One Identity, and our partners and users, went bigger in Texas.
Duration: 03:59
Faced with aging identity and access management systems, learn how Suva cut costs, integrated with SAP modules and secured their infrastructure with One Identity IAM solutions and support services.
Duration: 00:49
See why Nordic-based Advania has relied on One Identity solutions for over a decade to help their customers secure and manage identity systems and processes.
Duration: 02:55
See why iC Consult says a partnership with One Identity makes doing business easier, from engaging with end users and customer IT leadership, all the way to auditors.
Duration: 02:44
See why leading regional IT provider, Exceed IT Services of Abu Dhabi, chose One Identity to help support its government and corporate clients' IAM needs.
Duration: 02:02
Watch this brief video to learn how you can get governance right with One Identity.
Duration: 11:10


text:
delikatessen records. plate7
"mandarins are a most popular food for christmas time in russia - our grandparents even had this tradition. of course there are lot of other dishes but somehow mandarins and their fragrance is a kind of symbol of the new year holidays…such a bright colored fruit full of vitamins." - eu. is it june already? not here it ain't! it's new year's eve at the deli and eu is in the house, so put your melons in the air and shake 'em like you just don't care! ooops, wrong fruit group. it don't matter though, 'cos everyone at delikatessen is partying like it's 1999 after learning the next 10-inch plate is none other than those citrus-lovin' fools eu! ripe with vintage synth juice that's sticky-sweet and healthy to boot, eu's mandarines unloads four zesty tracks that'll jack your body and your immune system at the same time. just check the mysterioso synth vibe of "blizzard" on the a1, a blend of frigid atmospheric treatments and funky bass groove that's strikingly warm despite its chilly name. "ruw" peels off that synth skin into beat rinds that positively pop with digital energy, while charming theremin sounds buzz around overhead like happy fireflies on a summer's eve. flip eu's plate over and things get a little crisp with "snowstorm," a gentle, cool digital beat wrapped up in a mist of long tone strokes that will surely appeal to fans of early autechre and the black dog, not to mention fans of another delikatessen artist, funckarma, and their brilliant plate bourbon sounds. last but certainly not least is "frost," a meditative, somber track that reaches through a smooth ambient landscape, organically extending minimal sonic effects into a lush electro melody with lots of dramatic tang. so join in the celebration with everyone at delikatessen - grab eu's mandarines and get your fruit on! about the chefs: eu's alexander zaitsev and ilya baramiya hail from st. petersburg, russia - meaning they don't see a lot of fruit trees in the flesh, but rest assured they've both downed enough mandarins in their day to be citrus experts. the duo began recording in 1997 as eu, which according to the boys is "just the first letters of our russian name…in russian it sounds like 'yolochnye igrooshki,' which means 'christmas decoration,' like bubbles of colored glass on christmas trees." first were a few cassette releases in russia then their compilation appearance with fellow russian electronic artists solar x, novel 23, and fizzarum on artefacts, and their first cd, eu_soft, both on the famed art-tek label in moscow. soon england's pause_2 caught wind of the duo's fresh synth sound and next thing you know, their wienn/srez 7-inch was nme's "single of the week." of course, that wasn't a big enough bowl of fruit for zaitsev and baramiya, who went on to release two albums on pause_2, 2000's reframing and 2002's warm math, as well as connecting with lo recordings to help assemble the highly respected ru.electronic compilation. delikatessen is proud to have such a fruitful connection with the talented eu.


text:
When you give aid to women, what happens? Studies show that women use the support they get to build and enrich their communities. You give, they give (and you may get a tax break)—a triple win.
Here, three groups doing terrific work for women:
- The Global Fund for Women gives grants (ranging from $500 to $30,000 annually) to groups in 172 countries that support causes like ending gender-based violence and promoting access to education. The Global Fund accepts requests in any language or format—a huge bonus for smaller, rural grassroots groups.
- HealthConnect One trains community health workers to help pregnant women and new mothers. One of its biggest initiatives for safer, healthier births is the doula program, which gives under-served women support throughout pregnancy and delivery.
- The White House Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose goal is to put more women in leadership positions—ideally, eventually, in the Oval Office.
Be supportive. What are your favorite groups that support women—and why? Photo Source: www.globalfundforwomen.org


text:
Cubby moved the throttle forward and the rumble of the engine increased. Below us, the deck began to vibrate as the old tug felt the strain of pushing. The water behind us roiled as the propeller bit in, ten feet below. Far above us, two seamen looked down from the stern of the tanker. Slowly but steadily, the big ship began to turn.
"Two thousand horsepower, and you can barely see her moving," the mate said with wonder. At least we weren't going backward anymore.
Cubby looked down at the milk crate I'd stood him on. "You're doing fine," the captain said, and he smiled happily. He leaned forward and studied the gauges, just as I'd taught him. Just then, there was a series of loud bangs, like a giant slamming a barrel with a sledgehammer, and chunks of red, blue, and yellow material popped up in the wake behind us.
It was, as they say, one of those pivotal moments in his six-year-old life.
Down below, an alarm bell began to ring. . .
RAISING CUBBY is coming. March 12. Be ready


text:
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District/6:Curriculum, Conclusion
- 1 Page 116 of 139
- 2 Page 117 of 139
- 3 Page 118 of 139
- 4 Page 119 of 139
- 5 Page 120 of 139
- 6 Page 121 of 139
- 7 Page 122 of 139
- 8 Page 123 of 139
- 9 Page 124 of 139
- 10 Page 125 of 139
- 11 Page 126 of 139
- 12 Page 127 of 139
- 13 Page 128 of 139
- 14 Page 129 of 139
- 15 Page 130 of 139
- 16 Page 131 of 139
- 17 Page 132 of 139
- 18 Page 133 of 139
- 19 Page 134 of 139
- 20 Page 135 of 139
- 21 Page 136 of 139
- 22 Page 137 of 139
- 23 Page 138 of 139
- 24 Page 139 of 139
Page 116 of 139[edit]
Case 4:04-cv-02688-JEJ Document 342 Filed 12/20/2005
m. October 7, 2004 – Board Curriculum Committee Drafted Curriculum Change[edit]
In September 2004, acting on instructions of the Board, Baksa prepared a change to the biology curriculum which stated: "Students will be made aware of gaps in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution" and contained no reference text. (P-73; 35:122 (Baksa)). The Court has been presented with no evidence that the Board asked Baksa to initiate such changes to the biology curriculum to improve science education in the Dover school system, as will be elaborated upon below.
The Board Curriculum Committee met on October 7, 2004 to discuss changing the biology curriculum, without inviting the science teachers. (35:124 (Baksa)). As Casey Brown was absent, the Board members present with Baksa were Buckingham, Bonsell, and Harkins, and the meeting involved a discussion of various positions regarding the proposed curriculum change. (P-81; 35:125 (Baksa); 29:113 (Buckingham)). The Board Curriculum Committee ultimately adopted, within a matter of minutes, Bonsell's alternative, which states: "Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution, including but not limited to intelligent design." (P-82; 35:125 (Baksa)). The Board Curriculum Committee's proposed change also called for Pandas to be cited as a reference text. (35:125 (Baksa)). The curriculum change proposed by
Page 117 of 139[edit]
the Board Curriculum Committee and the change proposed by the administration and accepted by the science faculty, were circulated to the full Board by memoranda dated October 13, 2004. (P-84A; P-84B).
n. October 18, 2004 – Curriculum Change Resolution Passed[edit]
On October 18, 2004, the Board passed by a 6-3 vote, a resolution that amended the biology curriculum as follows:
- Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design.
- Note: Origins of Life is not taught.
In addition, the Board resolution stated that this subject is to be covered in lecture form with Pandas to be a reference book. (7:89-90 ©. Brown); P-88; P-209 at 1646; P-84C). Board members Bonsell, Buckingham, Harkins, Geesey, Cleaver, and Yingling voted for the resolution with Noel Wenrich and Casey and Jeff Brown voting against it. (7:89-90 ©. Brown); P-88).
Compelling evidence was presented at trial that in passing the resolution the Board deviated from its regular practice in important respects. "The normal procedures were not followed at all in making this change." (7:79 ©. Brown)). First, the Board typically addressed curriculum changes an entire year in advance of implementation; however, the change to the biology curriculum was initiated
Page 118 of 139[edit]
during the 2004-05 school year to be effective that year. (7:78-79 ©. Brown)). Second, standard Board practice dictated two meetings to be held per month, a planning meeting in which items for consideration were listed on its agenda before they were listed for resolution on the agenda at the action meeting held later in the month. The change to the biology curriculum, however, was placed on the Board's agenda for the first time during an action meeting, which several witnesses testified to be irregular. (7:24-25, 77-78 ©. Brown); 26:11 (Nilsen); 4:3-5 (B. Callahan); 29:118 (Buckingham)). Third, Board practice called for the District Curriculum Committee to meet and discuss the proposed curriculum change, which Nilsen suggested in this case; however, not surprisingly, the Board overruled that suggestion. (7:72-73 ©. Brown); 26:8-10 (Nilsen)). Although the administration did send the proposed change to the District Curriculum Committee and received feedback from two members, including an opposition and a request for the District Curriculum to meet, no evidence has been presented that either suggestion was acted upon by the Board. (P-151; D-67; 7:80-82 ©. Brown); 35:7-8 (Baksa)). Finally, the Board brazenly chose not to follow the advice of their only scienceeducation resources as the teachers were not included in the process of drafting the language adopted by the Board Curriculum Committee. (7:82-83 ©. Brown)). In addition to deviating from standard Board practice in multiple respects,
Page 119 of 139[edit]
defense witnesses testified that the rush to bring the curriculum change to a vote occurred because the issue had been debated for the previous six months and more importantly, the Board was about to lose two Board members, Wenrich and Cleaver, who had been a part of those discussions. (26:10-12 (Nilsen); 33:113-14 (Bonsell)). The record contains no evidence of any public Board meetings in which the Board discussed ID; however, the evidence does show that the Board discussed creationism within that six month period. In fact, the evidence reveals that Buckingham wanted the Board to vote on the resolution on October 18, 2004 because he thought he had sufficient votes to pass the resolution adopted at the October 7, 2004 Board Curriculum Committee meeting. (29:113-16 (Buckingham)).
Prior to the vote at the October 18, 2004 meeting, science teachers Spahr and Miller, as well as members of the public spoke outwardly against the curriculum change. (13:41-42 (J. Miller); 13:88-93 (Spahr)). Spahr made clear in her statement to the Board that the teachers' agreement to point out "flaws/problems with Darwin's theory," not to teach origins of life, and to have Pandas available as a reference text, were all compromises with the Board Curriculum Committee, after what she described as "a long and tiresome process." (13:91-92 (Spahr)). She additionally stated that the change was being railroaded through without input
Page 120 of 139[edit]
from the teachers or the District Curriculum Committee, and no member of the administration or Board disagreed. (13:91-93 (Spahr); 35:126 (Baksa)). Finally, Spahr warned the full Board that ID amounted to creationism and could not be taught legally. (24:102 (Nilsen); 35:14-15 (Baksa)).
Baksa provided highly pertinent information concerning the position of the teachers throughout this process. He testified that the teachers did not support Pandas in any way, but that they made compromises to insure the purchase of the biology book entitled Biology. (35:119-20 (Baksa)). Also, he testified that any suggestion the teachers supported any part of the curriculum change must be soundly rejected. (35:20-21 (Baksa)). The unrebuted evidence reveals that the teachers had to make unnecessary sacrifices and compromises advantageous toward Board members, who were steadfastly working to inject religion in the classroom, so that their students would have a biology textbook that should have been approved as a matter of course.
Remarkably, the 6-3 vote at the October 18, 2004 meeting to approve the curriculum change occurred with absolutely no discussion of the concept of ID, no discussion of how presenting it to students would improve science education, and no justification was offered by any Board member for the curriculum change. (26:21 (Nilsen); 35:127-38 (Baksa); 8:36 ©. Brown); 8:76 (J. Brown); 12:139-40
Page 121 of 139[edit]
(J. Miller); 13:102 (Spahr); 32:25-26, 40 (Cleaver); 30:23-25 (Buckingham); 31:182-83 (Geesey); 34:124-26 (Harkins); 6:105-06 (Eveland)). Furthermore, Board members somewhat candidly conceded that they lacked sufficient background in science to evaluate ID, and several of them testified with equal frankness that they failed to understand the substance of the curriculum change adopted on October 18, 2004. (31:175, 181-82 (Geesey); 32:49-50 (Cleaver); 34:117-18, 124-25 (Harkins)).
In fact, one unfortunate theme in this case is the striking ignorance concerning the concept of ID amongst Board members. Conspicuously, Board members who voted for the curriculum change testified at trial that they had utterly no grasp of ID. To illustrate, consider that Geesey testified she did not understand the substance of the curriculum change, yet she voted for it. (31:181-82 (Geesey); 29:11-12 (Buckingham); Buckingham Dep. 1:59-61, January 3, 2005; 34:48-49 (Harkins); 33:112-13 (Bonsell); 26:21 (Nilsen)). Moreover, as she indicated on multiple occasions, in voting for the curriculum change, Geesy deferred completely to Bonsell and Buckingham. (31:154-55, 161-62, 168, 184-87, 190 (Geesey)). Second, Buckingham, Chair of the Curriculum Committee at the time, admitted that he had no basis to know whether ID amounted to good science as of the time of his first deposition, which was two and a half months after the ID Policy was
Page 122 of 139[edit]
approved, yet he voted for the curriculum change. (30:32-33 (Buckingham)).
Third, Cleaver voted for the curriculum change despite the teachers' objections, based upon assurances from Bonsell. (32:23-25 (Cleaver)). Cleaver admittedly knew nothing about ID, including the words comprising the phrase, as she consistently referred to ID as "intelligence design" throughout her testimony. In addition, Cleaver was bereft of any understanding of Pandas except that Spahr had said it was not a good science book which should not be used in high school. (32:45-46 (Cleaver)). In addition, Superintendent Nilsen's entire understanding of ID was that "evolution has a design." (26:49-50 (Nilsen)).
Despite this collective failure to understand the concept of ID, which six Board members nonetheless felt was appropriate to add to ninth grade biology class to improve science education, the Board never heard from any person or organization with scientific expertise about the curriculum change, save for consistent but unwelcome advices from the District's science teachers who uniformly opposed the change. (29:109 (Buckingham)). In disregarding the teachers' views, the Board ignored undeviating opposition to the curriculum change by the one resource with scientific expertise immediately at its disposal. The only outside organizations which the Board consulted prior to the vote were the Discovery Institute and TMLC, and it is clear that the purpose of these contacts
Page 123 of 139[edit]
was to obtain legal advice, as opposed to science education information. (33:111- 12 (Bonsell); 29:130, 137-43, 30:10-14 (Buckingham)). The Board received no materials, other than Pandas, to assist them in making their vote. Nor did anyone on the Board or in the administration ever contact the NAS, the AAAS, the National Science Teachers' Association, the National Association of Biology Teachers, or any other organization for information about ID or science education before or after voting for the curriculum change. (33:113 (Bonsell); 30:24-27 (Buckingham)). While there is no requirement that a school board contact any of the afore-referenced organizations prior to enacting a curriculum change, in this case a simple glance at any one of their websites for additional information about ID and any potential it may have to improve science education would have provided helpful information to Board members who admittedly had no comprehension whatsoever of ID. As Dr. Alters' expert testimony demonstrated, all of these organizations have information about teaching evolution readily available on the internet and they include statements opposing the teaching of ID. (14:74-99 (Alters)).
Although the resolution passed, it was not without opposition. Both the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, Nilsen and Baksa, opposed the curriculum change. (35:126 (Baksa)). Baksa testified that he still feels the
Page 124 of 139[edit]
curriculum change was wrong. (35:127 (Baksa)). Both Casey and Jeff Brown, who voted against the resolution, resigned at the conclusion of the October 18, 2004 Board meeting. The following excerpt from Casey Brown's poignant resignation speech speaks volumes about what had occurred within the Board by that time:
- There has been a slow but steady marginalization of some board members. Our opinions are no longer valued or listened to. Our contributions have been minimized or not acknowledged at all. A measure of that is the fact that I myself have been twice asked within the past year if I was 'born again.' No one has, nor should have the right, to ask that of a fellow board member. An individual's religious beliefs should have no impact on his or her ability to serve as a school board director, nor should a person's beliefs be used as a yardstick to measure the value of that service. However, it has become increasingly evident that it is the direction the board has now chosen to go, holding a certain religious belief is of paramount importance. 7:92-93 ©. Brown).
Additionally, at the following meeting, Board member Wenrich, who opposed the expedited vote on October 18, 2004 and engaged in parliamentary measures to have the vote delayed until the community could properly debate the issue while considering the science teachers' position, resigned and stated the following:
Page 125 of 139[edit]
- I was referred to as unpatriotic, and my religious beliefs were questioned. I served in the U.S. Army for 11 years and six years on the board. Seventeen years of my life have been devoted to public service, and my religion is personal. It's between me, God, and my pastor. P-810; 30:126-30 (Bernhard-Bubb); 4:11-12 (B. Callahan).
The evidence clearly reveals that Board members who voted in favor of the curriculum change blindly adopted the recommendations of the architects of the ID Policy, Bonsell and Buckingham, with respect to their decision to incorporate it as part of the high school biology curriculum, while disregarding opposition by the science teachers and administration. (31:154-68 (Geesey)).
o. Development of Statement to be Read to Students[edit]
After the curriculum was changed, Baksa was given the task of preparing a statement to be read to students before the evolution unit in biology commenced. The persuasive evidence presented at trial demonstrates that the final version of the statement communicated a very different message about the theory of evolution than the language that Baksa and senior science teacher Jen Miller proposed. (36:27 (Baksa)).
First, Baksa's initial draft of the statement described Darwin's theory of evolution as the "dominant scientific theory;" however, the Board removed such language from the final version. (D-91; 36:22-24 (Baksa)). Second, Baksa's draft
Page 126 of 139[edit]
stated that "there are gaps in Darwin's theory for which there is yet no evidence;" however, the Board selectively edited out the word "yet" so that the statement is read in a considerably different light to be "there are gaps in Darwin's theory for which there is no evidence." (D-91; 36:26-28 (Baksa)). Third, after Jen Miller reviewed the statement at Baksa's suggestion, she suggested that language be added that there is a "significant amount of evidence" supporting Darwin's theory.
Although Baksa felt this was an accurate statement about the scientific theory of evolution, he removed such language because he understood that the Board would not approve it as written. (D-91; 36:24-26 (Baksa)).
As previously noted, the final version of the statement prepared by Defendants to be read to students in ninth grade biology class states, as follows:
- The Pennsylvania Academic Standards require students to learn about Darwin's Theory of Evolution and eventually to take a standardized test of which evolution is a part.
- Because Darwin's Theory is a theory, it continues to be tested as new evidence is discovered. The Theory is not a fact. Gaps in the Theory exist for which there is no evidence. A theory is defined as a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
- Intelligent Design is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view. The reference book, Of Pandas and People, is available for students who might be interested in gaining an understanding of what Intelligent Design actually involves.
Page 127 of 139[edit]
- With respect to any theory, students are encouraged to keep an open mind. The school leaves the discussion of the Origins of Life to individual students and their families. As a Standards-driven district, class instruction focuses upon preparing students to achieve proficiency on Standards-based assessments.
Subsequently, on January 6, 2005, the teachers sent a memo to the Board requesting that they be released from any obligation to read the statement. (36:97 (Linker)). The memo provides, in relevant part, as follows:
- You have indicated that students may 'opt-out' of this portion [the statement read to students at the beginning of the biology evolution unit] of the class and that they will be excused and monitored by an administrator. We respectfully exercise our right to 'opt-out' of the statement portion of the class. We will relinquish the classroom to an administrator and we will monitor our own students. This request is based upon our considered opinion that reading the statement violates our responsibilities as professional educators as set forth in the Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators[.]
- I believe that if I as the classroom teacher read the required statement, my students will inevitably (and understandably) believe that Intelligent Design is a valid scientific theory, perhaps on par with the theory of evolution. That is not true. To refer the students to 'Of
Page 128 of 139[edit]
- Pandas and People' as if it is a scientific resource breaches my ethical obligation to provide them with scientific knowledge that is supported by recognized scientific proof or theory.
- P-121 (emphasis in original).
Administrators were thus compelled to read the statement to ninth graders at Dover High School in January 2005 because of the refusal by the teachers to do so. (25:56-57 (Nilsen); 35:38 (Baksa)). The administrators read the statement again in June 2005. By that time, Defendants had modified the statement to refer to other, unnamed books in the library that relate to ID; however Pandas remains the only book identified by name in the statement. Defendants offered no evidence concerning whether the other books can be found in the library, including whether they are placed near Pandas. (P-131; 35:40, 42-43 (Baksa)).
p. Newsletter Published by the Board[edit]
As we previously explained in detail, the Board mailed a newsletter to the entire Dover community in February 2005, which was prepared in conjunction with the TMLC. (P-127). Additionally, on April 23, 2005, lead defense expert Professor Behe made a presentation on ID to Dover citizens at the Board's request. (Joint Stip. of Fact ¶ 11).
q. Effect of Board's Actions on Plaintiffs[edit]
Plaintiffs provided compelling testimony as to the harm caused by the
Page 129 of 139[edit]
Board's ID Policy on their children, families, and themselves in consistent, but personal ways. Plaintiffs believe that ID is an inherently religious concept and that its inclusion in the District's science curriculum interferes with their rights to teach their children about religion. (3:118-19 (Kitzmiller); 4:13-15 (B. Callahan); 6:77- 78 ©. Rehm); 6:106 (Eveland); 16:26, 30 (Stough); 17:147-48 (Leib)). Plaintiffs additionally testified that their children confront challenges to their religious beliefs at school because of the Board's actions, that the Board's actions have caused conflict within the family unit, and that there is discord in the community. (6:77-78 (Rehm); 6:38-39 (Smith); 17:146-47 (Leib)). The testimony of Joel Leib, whose family has lived in Dover for generations, is representative of the Plaintiffs' harm caused by the Board's actions in enacting the ID Policy.
- Well, it's driven a wedge where there hasn't been a wedge before. People are afraid to talk to people for fear, and that's happened to me. They're afraid to talk to me because I'm on the wrong side of the fence.
- 17:146-47 (Leib).
Moreover, Board members and teachers opposing the curriculum change and its implementation have been confronted directly. First, Casey Brown testified that following her opposition to the curriculum change on October 18, 2004, Buckingham called her an atheist and Bonsell told her that she would go to hell.
Page 130 of 139[edit]
(7:94-95; 8:32 ©. Brown)). Second, Angie Yingling was coerced into voting for the curriculum change by Board members accusing her of being an atheist and un- Christian. (15:95-97 (Sneath)). In addition, both Bryan Rehm and Fred Callahan have been confronted in similarly hostile ways, as have teachers in the DASD. (4:93-96 (B. Rehm); 8:115-16 (F. Callahan); 14:34-35 (Spahr)).
r. Defendants Presented No Convincing Evidence that They were Motived by Any Valid Secular Purpose[edit]
Although Defendants attempt to persuade this Court that each Board member who voted for the biology curriculum change did so for the secular purposed of improving science education and to exercise critical thinking skills, their contentions are simply irreconcilable with the record evidence. Their asserted purposes are a sham, and they are accordingly unavailing, for the reasons that follow.
We initially note that the Supreme Court has instructed that while courts are "normally deferential to a State's articulation of a secular purpose, it is required that the statement of such purpose be sincere and not a sham." Edwards, 482 U.S. at 586-87 (citing Wallace, 472 U.S. at 64)(Powell, J., concurring); id. at 75 (O'Connor, J., concurring in judgment). Although as noted Defendants have consistently asserted that the ID Policy was enacted for the secular purposes of improving science education and encouraging students to exercise critical thinking
Page 131 of 139[edit]
skills, the Board took none of the steps that school officials would take if these stated goals had truly been their objective. The Board consulted no scientific materials. The Board contacted no scientists or scientific organizations. The Board failed to consider the views of the District's science teachers. The Board relied solely on legal advice from two organizations with demonstrably religious, cultural, and legal missions, the Discovery Institute and the TMLC. Moreover, Defendants' asserted secular purpose of improving science education is belied by the fact that most if not all of the Board members who voted in favor of the biology curriculum change conceded that they still do not know, nor have they ever known, precisely what ID is. To assert a secular purpose against this backdrop is ludicrous.
Finally, although Defendants have unceasingly attempted in vain to distance themselves from their own actions and statements, which culminated in repetitious, untruthful testimony, such a strategy constitutes additional strong evidence of improper purpose under the first prong of the Lemon test. As exhaustively detailed herein, the thought leaders on the Board made it their considered purpose to inject some form of creationism into the science classrooms, and by the dint of their personalities and persistence they were able to pull the majority of the Board along in their collective wake.
Page 132 of 139[edit]
Any asserted secular purposes by the Board are a sham and are merely secondary to a religious objective. McCreary, 125 S. Ct. at 2735; accord, e.g., Santa Fe, 530 U.S. at 308 ("it is . . . the duty of the courts to 'distinguish a sham secular purpose from a sincere one.'" (citation omitted)); Edwards, 482 U.S. at 586-87 ("While the Court is normally deferential to a State's articulation of a secular purpose, it is required that the statement of such purpose be sincere and not a sham."). Defendants' previously referenced flagrant and insulting falsehoods to the Court provide sufficient and compelling evidence for us to deduce that any allegedly secular purposes that have been offered in support of the ID Policy are equally insincere.
Accordingly, we find that the secular purposes claimed by the Board amount to a pretext for the Board's real purpose, which was to promote religion in the public school classroom, in violation of the Establishment Clause.
2. Effect Inquiry[edit]
Although Defendants' actions have failed to pass constitutional muster under the endorsement test and pursuant to the purpose prong of Lemon, thus making further inquiry unnecessary, we will briefly address the final Lemon prong relevant to our inquiry, which is effect, in the interest of completeness. The Supreme Court has instructed the following with regard to the Lemon effect prong:
Page 133 of 139[edit]
The core notion animating the requirement that . . . [an official act's] 'principal or primary effect . . . be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion,' is not only that government may not be overtly hostile to religion but also that it may not place its prestige, coercive authority, or resources behind a single religious faith or behind religious belief in general, compelling nonadherents to support the practices or proselytizing of favored religious organizations and conveying the message that those who do not contribute gladly are less than full members of the community. Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1, 9 (1989)(plurality op.)(internal citations omitted).
While the Third Circuit formally treats the endorsement test and the Lemon test as distinct inquiries to be treated in succession, it has continued to recognize the relationship between the two. Moreover, because the Lemon effect test largely covers the same ground as the endorsement test, we will incorporate our extensive factual findings and legal conclusions made under the endorsement analysis by reference here, in accordance with Third Circuit practice. Freethought, 334 F.3d at 269 (The court noted that "effect under the Lemon test is cognate to endorsement," and hence the court did not hesitate simply to "incorporate [its] discussion of endorsement" into the effect analysis.). To briefly reiterate, we first note that since ID is not science, the conclusion is inescapable that the only real effect of the ID Policy is the advancement of
Page 134 of 139[edit]
religion. See McLean, 529 F. Supp. at 1272. Second, the disclaimer read to students "has the effect of implicitly bolstering alternative religious theories of origin by suggesting that evolution is a problematic theory even in the field of science." Selman, 390 F. Supp. 2d at 1308-09. Third, reading the disclaimer not only disavows endorsement of educational materials but also "juxtaposes that disavowal with an urging to contemplate alternative religious concepts implies School Board approval of religious principles." Freiler, 185 F.3d at 348. The effect of Defendants' actions in adopting the curriculum change was to impose a religious view of biological origins into the biology course, in violation of the Establishment Clause.
G. Challenge under Pennsylvania Constitution[edit]
In addition to the Establishment Clause challenge, Plaintiffs assert that Defendants' actions in enacting the ID Policy violate their rights under the Pennsylvania Constitution, specifically Art. I, § 3.23 Article I, § 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution states the following:
- All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend,
- 23 Although Plaintiffs' complaint asserts violations of their constitutional rights under Art. I, § 3, as well as Art. III, §§ 15 and 29, Plaintiffs' post-trial submissions only reference Art. I, § 3. We will accordingly consider whether Plaintiffs' rights were violated pursuant to Art. I, § 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Page 135 of 139[edit]
erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience, and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Pa. Const. Art. I, § 3 (2005).
As we explained in our March 10, 2005 Order, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has opined in Springfield Sch. Dist. v. Commonwealth of Pa., 397 A.2d 1154, 1170 (Pa. 1979), that the provisions of Art. I, § 3 do not exceed the limitations in the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. See also Wiest v. Mt. Lebanon Sch. Dist., 320 A.2d 362, 366 (Pa. 1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 967 (1974). In discussing the provisions of Art. I, § 3, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court explained:
- The principles enunciated in this part of our Constitution reflected a concern for the protection of the religious freedoms of Pennsylvanians long before the first
amendment to the United States Constitution was made applicable to the states through the fourteenth amendment . . . The protection of rights and freedoms secured by this section of our Constitution, however, does not transcend the protection of the first amendment of the United States Constitution.
- Wiest, 320 A.2d at 366.
Consequently, our discussion of the issues raised under the federal constitution applies with equal vigor to the issues raised by Plaintiffs that are
Page 136 of 139[edit]
grounded in our state constitution. In light of this Court's prior ruling that the ID Policy violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, the Court likewise concludes that the ID Policy is violative of Plaintiffs' rights under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
H. Conclusion[edit]
The proper application of both the endorsement and Lemon tests to the facts of this case makes it abundantly clear that the Board's ID Policy violates the Establishment Clause. In making this determination, we have addressed the seminal question of whether ID is science. We have concluded that it is not, and moreover that ID cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents.
Both Defendants and many of the leading proponents of ID make a bedrock assumption which is utterly false. Their presupposition is that evolutionary theory is antithetical to a belief in the existence of a supreme being and to religion in general. Repeatedly in this trial, Plaintiffs' scientific experts testified that the theory of evolution represents good science, is overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community, and that it in no way conflicts with, nor does it deny, the existence of a divine creator.
To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact
Page 137 of 139[edit]
that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.
The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the ID Policy. It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy.
With that said, we do not question that many of the leading advocates of ID have bona fide and deeply held beliefs which drive their scholarly endeavors. Nor do we controvert that ID should continue to be studied, debated, and discussed. As stated, our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom. Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court.
Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an
Page 138 of 139[edit]
imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources. To preserve the separation of church and state mandated by the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Art. I, § 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, we will enter an order permanently enjoining Defendants from maintaining the ID Policy in any school within the Dover Area School District, from requiring teachers to denigrate or disparage the scientific theory of evolution, and from requiring teachers to refer to a religious, alternative theory known as ID. We will also issue a declaratory judgment that Plaintiffs' rights under the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have been violated by Defendants' actions. Defendants' actions in violation of Plaintiffs' civil rights as guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 subject Defendants to liability with respect to injunctive and declaratory relief, but also for nominal damages and the reasonable value of Plaintiffs' attorneys' services and costs incurred in vindicating Plaintiffs' constitutional rights.
Page 139 of 139[edit]
1. A declaratory judgment is hereby issued in favor of Plaintiffs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Defendants' ID Policy violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and Art. I, § 3 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 65, Defendants are permanently enjoined from maintaining the ID Policy in any school within the Dover Area School District.
3. Because Plaintiffs seek nominal damages, Plaintiffs shall file with the Court and serve on Defendants, their claim for damages and a verified statement of any fees and/or costs to which they claim entitlement. Defendants shall have the right to object to any such fees and costs to the extent provided in the applicable statutes and court rules.
- s/John E. Jones III
John E. Jones III
United States District Judge


text:
Apple has quietly posted a Safari web app directory, similar to the one for Dashboard Widgets, featuring every available iPhone-optimized web 2.0 service or web app created by human hands. Ok, so these aren't the apps we're looking for, and there are dozens if not hundreds of directory sites in existence already, but let it never be said we iPhone users are in want of a good web browser. Right? crickets chirping
[Update] Amazingly this directory isn't formatted for iPhone. Strange that Apple would build a web app directory for iPhone, designed to be accessed from a desktop.


text:
2010 Texas Reading Club
Catch the Reading Express!
¡Súbete al tren de la lectura!
Downloadable Color Clip Art
Created by Kim Doner
'Three Kids' JPEG and GIF Download
The top two images are JPEG files and the lower image is a GIF file with transparent background.
Move your cursor over the image you want and RIGHT click. Select "Save Picture As..." then save it to your computer's hard drive.
See more detailed instructions.
Small JPEG image (300 X 233 pixels):
Large JPEG image (450 X 350 pixels):
Large GIF image with transparent background (450 X 350 pixels):


text:
Think Lean Daily Message
"Some parts of a legal project require examination through a watchmaker's eyepiece. Others do not. The key then, is to investigate, in a plan..."
Recommended Stories
Not Quite 'Just Say No,' but SEC Warns of Risk in Marijuana Investing
"If you are considering investing in a company with operations relating to the marijuana business industry, understand that the company may be criminally prosecuted and this may impact the value of your investment," the SEC said in a new advisory Wednesday.
Proskauer Lands Corporate Partner From Dechert
Corporate and capital markets partner William Tuttle traded one out-of-town firm for another in Washington.
The American Lawyer
"It's Not About Dumping White, Male Lawyers:" Signatory to Open Letter Explains Why This Diversity Push Is Different
Turo CLO Michelle Fang says giving more work to diverse lawyers doesn't have to mean firing existing, trusted advisers. It's about building new trusted relationships.
Featured Firms
Presented by BigVoodoo
More from ALM
The Ultimate Guide to Drive Law Firm Growth and Client Success with AI
From Intapp
Learn how your firm can apply technologies such as intelligent automation and AI across the entire client lifecycle to win more business, operate more profitably, and deliver higher levels of client satisfaction.
Harnessing Data to Win More Business
From Intapp
This ebook examines how firms can leverage data and technology to build stronger client relationships, empower business development, and fuel growth.
Law firms face a time and billing crossroads
From Intapp
This eBook examines the gaps and inefficiencies in the current state of timekeeping and billing at law firms.
Premium Subscription
With this subscription you will receive unlimited access to high quality, online, on-demand premium content from well-respected faculty in the legal industry. This is perfect for attorneys licensed in multiple jurisdictions or for attorneys that have fulfilled their CLE requirement but need to access resourceful information for their practice areas.
Team Accounts
Our Team Account subscription service are for legal teams of four or more attorneys. Each attorney is granted unlimited access to high quality, on-demand premium content from well-respected faculty in the legal industry along with administrative access to easily manage CLE for the entire team.
Bundle Subscriptions
Gain access to some of the most knowledgeable and experienced attorneys with our 2 bundle options! Our Compliance bundles are curated by CLE Counselors and include current legal topics and challenges within the industry. Our second option allows you to build your bundle and strategically select the content that pertains to your needs. Both option are priced the same.
From Data to Decisions
Dynamically explore and compare data on law firms, companies, individual lawyers, and industry trends.
Exclusive Depth and Reach.
Legal Compass includes access to our exclusive industry reports, combining the unmatched expertise of our analyst team with ALM's deep bench of proprietary information to provide insights that can't be found anywhere else.
Big Pictures and Fine Details
Legal Compass delivers you the full scope of information, from the rankings of the Am Law 200 and NLJ 500 to intricate details and comparisons of firms' financials, staffing, clients, news and events.
Elite Trial Lawyers 2019
July 18, 2019
New York, NY
The National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes law firms that have performed exemplary work on behalf of plaintiffs.
Trust & Estates Litigation Forum 2019
March 07, 2019 - March 09, 2019
Annual forum for the world's leading trust and estate litigators.
Global Independent Law Firms Forum 2019
March 27, 2019 - March 28, 2019
Conference for leaders of independent law firms from around the world, chaired by Charles Martin, Macfarlanes' senior partner.
IF NOT NOW WHEN? Achieving Equality for Women in the Courtroom and ADR
Sponsored by: NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) | November 05, 2018
DATE: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 TIME: 2:00 pm EST / 11:00 am PST COST: Complimentary Sponsored by: Conversation…
How Legal Financing Benefits the Bottom Line
Sponsored by: Burford Capital | March 05, 2018
[ON-DEMAND] Learn about financing structures and pricing and how it helps firms remain competitive.
Litigation Finance: A Tool to Improve Client Service & Profitability
Sponsored by Burford Capital | December 07, 2017
[ON-DEMAND] Join this webcast to learn what's driving the five-fold growth of litigation finance and how it can improve your firm's profitability.
Associate Attorney
NEW YORK, New York, United States
Well established general liability and medical malpractice defense law firm seeking associate attorneys with 2-5 years litigation experience...Apply Now ›
Associate - Westchester
Westchester, New York, United States
Westchester Insurance Defense firm seeks attorney admitted in NY and CT with 5 to 10 years of experience in both states in insurance defense...Apply Now ›
Garden City, New York, United States
Garden City, NY office of Pillinger Miller Tarallo is seeking attorneys admitted in NY, NJ admission a plus, with 5 10 years' experience i...Apply Now ›
TAL Web
PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR Announces that Chicago-based Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLPhas merged into Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Expanding our firm's reach to eight locations across the country.View Announcement ›
NYLJ Web
In MemoriamView Announcement ›
NJLJ Web
Norris Mclaughlin are pleased to announce to welcome Shana Siegel !View Announcement ›
ALM Legal Publication Newsletters
Sign Up Today and Never Miss Another Story.
As part of your digital membership, you can sign up for an unlimited number of a wide range of complimentary newsletters. Visit your My Account page to make your selections. Get the timely legal news and critical analysis you cannot afford to miss. Tailored just for you. In your inbox. Every day.
Copyright © 2019 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


text:
0 Items (Empty)
Recently Viewed Items
Your Shopping Cart
Your shopping cart is currently empty. If you would like to make a purchase today, add items to your shopping cart.
Lawn Gardening Tools is located at the following address:
Lawn Gardening Tools
2694 Reeves St.
Dothan, Alabama 36303
United States
Lawn Gardening Tools can be contacted via telephone at (855) 743-5537, or via email by clicking the link below:


text:
Barney takes home Cubs' defensive award
CHICAGO -- Second baseman Darwin Barney was named the Cubs' Wilson Defensive Player of the Year on Thursday.
The award was announced on MLB Network.
CHICAGO -- Second baseman Darwin Barney was named the Cubs' Wilson Defensive Player of the Year on Thursday.
The award was announced on MLB Network.
Barney led all National League second basemen in fielding percentage, and he made just four errors in 139 starts. He posted a .799 zone rating, seventh best in the NL.
Founded in 2012, the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award winners are determined by using a formula that balances scouting information, sabermetric analysis and basic fielding statistics. In addition to picking team-specific honorees, Wilson selected the top defensive player in the National League (Gerardo Parra ) and American League (Dustin Pedroia ), as well as each league's best defensive teams (D-backs, Orioles/Royals tie).
Wilson Sporting Goods has been the Official Ball Glove of Major League Baseball for over 20 years. Beginning with the introduction of its first glove in 1919, Wilson has outfitted thousands of Major League players, from Ernie Banks to Barney.
The GIBBY trophy for Defensive Player of the Year, for which Barney is nominated, will be awarded as part of the 2013 Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards, which are based on voting by media, front-office personnel, MLB alumni and the Society for American Baseball Research, as well as fan balloting on MLB.com.
Through Sunday, Dec. 1, fans will be able to cast their ballots at MLB.com for the year's top defensive star, with no individual league affiliation.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


text:
Two months after announcing plans to sell its overseas wealth-management unit, Bank of America is in advanced, exclusive discussions about a potential $1.5 billion to $2 billion deal with the Swiss private-banking firm Julius Baer, said a person familiar with the matter.
Purchasing the Bank of America division would significantly increase Baer's size and scope, this person adds, adding particular strength in Asia and Latin America. Bank of America is selling its entire non-domestic business with the exception of its Japanese division. The bank will continue to cover foreign clients, however, through its U.S. offices.
Spokesmen for Bank of America and Baer declined to comment on the matter.
Bank of America has been under pressure during the past year to pare costs and raise additional cash as it prepares itself for the Basel III regulations, which increase the need for liquidity and capital buffers. A sale of its non-U.S. wealth-management unit would be the latest divestment in a long series of transactions intended to better focus the business and raise additional cash.
Julius Baer, which manages assets of roughly $187 billion, is Switzerland's biggest private bank. In recent years, it has been under investigation by U.S. prosecutors for allegedly aiding Americans in tax evasion.
—By CNBC's Kate Kelly


text:
Tickets are now on sale to the public for seats inside a special Lipscomb section at the Bisons basketball game at Ohio State on Tuesday, Nov. 24. The tickets are located in the lower level and are available for $27.
Tickets can be purchased by contacting Andy Lane, National Bison Club Executive Director, at (615) 966-5853 or email@example.com.
Tickets in Lipscomb's allotment for the matchup with Vanderbilt on Nov. 16 are sold out. Tickets are still available through the Vanderbilt ticket office at 615-322-GOLD.
Lipscomb will also be taking a fan bus to the Bisons' game with Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec. 19. The bus will leave early Saturday morning and return after the 2 p.m. (EST) game. The cost is $65 and includes bus transportation and a ticket to the game. To reserve a seat or for more information, please contact Andy Lane.
Individual tickets to Lipscomb's games at Cincinnati and Arizona are expected to be available in the coming weeks.


text:
Pearl Wedding Invitations
Refine Your Search
Design Color
Special Features
Card Format
Paper Type
Print Type
Love It!
Satin Touch - Invitation
Love It!
Pearl Trim - Invitation
More Designs
Love It!
It's Up To You! - Invitation
Love It!
All That Shimmers - Pearl Invitation
Love It!
Lovely - Invitation
Love It!
Pure Romance - Invitation
Love It!
Your Carriage Awaits - Invitation
Love It!
Love Knot - Invitation
Love It!
Romantic Butterflies - Invitation
The incredible shine of pearl foil is absolutely perfect for wedding invitations! Our collection of pearl foil wedding invitations includes a variety of gorgeous designs from traditional and romantic to modern and sophisticated. Hearts, couples, polka dots, roses and so much more all look amazing in pearl foil. Just imagine your wedding details displayed so beautifully. Looking for more foil color options? Be sure to browse our entire collection of foil wedding invitations.


text:
Wild In Boston Monday Night To Battle Bruins
The Minnesota Wild are in Boston Monday night for a matchup with the Bruins (6 PM, 1390 The Fan). Minnesota enters the game with a firm grip on seventh place, the top wild-card spot, in the Western Conference.
The Bruins have the best record in the Eastern Conference at 45-17-5 (95 points) and lead the Canadiens by 14 points for the top spot in the Atlantic Conference.
The Wild are 35-22-10 and recently went 1-0-3 in a four game home stand. Nine of Minnesota's next 11 games are on the road.


text:
The topic of cloud lock-in is getting quite some attention as of late, and it definitely needs to be a primary concern for anyone planning to move business critical applications to the cloud. (And who isn't planning on that these days?) Given all the different layers of cloud computing the conversation can quickly get more confusing than anything else. At Cloud Connect a few weeks ago the lock-in discussion bounced from Salesforce.com to Google App Engine, and then to Amazon Web Services within a single argument -- which just makes no sense. To put it simply, different layers of cloud offerings vary widely when it comes to the dangers of lock-in.
Lock-In Hypothesis
Let me state Thorsten's Lock-in Hypothesis:
The higher the cloud layer you operate in, the greater the lock-in.
This means that if you use an application in the cloud, such as an all-in-one CRM package, you have the highest chance of getting locked-in. Move one level down to a platform in the cloud and you are somewhat less likely to get locked-in. Google App engine is one example: you can move a simple Python app off that platform fairly easily, but anything of substance that uses its BigTable storage and other services will end up relying on a lot of proprietary technology. This "black box" effect locks you in more than, for example, a platform like Heroku where apps follow more of a standard Rails code base. When you move down to an infrastructure cloud, such as Amazon Web Services, it becomes even easier to see how you can move your application stack from one provider to another. After all, there's not much distinguishing the Linux box you get in EC2 from the Linux box you get at GoGrid. But even here, lock-in needs to be thought through because the system behavior - from storage persistence to networking details and on and on - is far from identical.
So where does this leave us? I've been talking about lock-in, but what does that really mean? Well, with cloud computing you outsource the operation of compute resources to a cloud vendor who "runs" your application and who "stores" your data. Lock-in occurs with this vendor to the extent it is prohibitively expensive or time-consuming to run your application elsewhere or move your data elsewhere. Whether this "elsewhere" is another vendor or whether it is your own infrastructure is not important: if you can't move, or it costs a lot or takes a long time to do so, you're locked-in. We recently asked our customers and prospects what concerned them most about lock-in. Here are the results:
The Layer Cake
Lock-in can actually occur at many levels in the stack, and that's why the cloud layers differ in their effective lock-in risk. The more code that is controlled "behind the curtain" by the cloud, the more you tend to lose freedom. Conversely, the more that is under your control, the easier it is to replicate it elsewhere and retain freedom. Here are a number of different layers at which you could find yourself locked-in:
- Application: do you own the application that manages your data or do you need to find/write another one to move?
- Web services: does your app make use of third-party web services that you would have to find or build alternatives to (e.g. storage, search, billing, accounting, ...)?
- Development & run-time environment: does your app run in a proprietary run-time environment and/or is it coded in a proprietary development environment? Would you need to retrain programmers and rewrite your app to move to a different cloud?
- Programming language: does your app make use of a proprietary language, or language version? Would you need to look for new programmers to rewrite your app to move?
- Data model: is your data stored in a proprietary or hard to reproduce data model or storage system? Can you continue to use the same type of database or data storage organization if you moved or do you need to transform all your data (and the code accessing it)?
- Data: can you actually bring your data with you and if so, in what form? Can you get everything exported raw, or only certain slices or views?
- Log files and analytics: do you own your history and/or metrics and can you move it to a new cloud or do you have to start from scratch?
- Operating system and system software: do your sysadmins control the operating system platform, the versions of libraries and tools so you can move the know-how and operational procedures from one cloud to another?
All these issues become pertinent when you face questions such as: "How can I move my Force.com application or my web site running in Google App Engine to my own data center?" Or "Can I get the click-stream data for my site out of the platform so I can analyze, for example, last year's traffic compared to this year's?" Or "Can I easily move an application between my datacenter and EC2 easily?"
Altitude Increases Lock-In
The value proposition of the higher cloud layers is appealing and I predict more and more movement in that direction. But lock-in is one of the issues that really gives me pause and that has kept me in the past from adopting some of the services that otherwise have looked compelling.
Let me pick on Google App Engine for a minute. Suppose you develop your site on App Engine and you find yourself having to move away for whatever reason. I don't know of a good solution for you at that point. While there are ways to port an app from App Engine to Django it's not clear this is really an answer if you're running a high volume production app. It's going to be interesting to see whether we will end up with commercial or perhaps open-source App Engine clones that are "industrial strength" to the point where one can really contemplate moving a big app from one App Engine vendor to another. (Well, first Google App Engine needs to be complete enough to host the types of apps where this is a real concern.)
An example closer to home is Amazon's Simple DB. I've been interested in Simple DB since I first heard about it, but we have yet to use it as part of the RightScale service and the #1 reason is lock-in. For example, we store audit entries for everything that happens with our users' servers and I'd love to get those out of the SQL database they're in. Simple DB may be a good solution to the problem from a technical point of view, but we don't see how we'd be able to move that data out of Amazon without major headaches. In addition, we need to be able to run all pieces of the RightScale service in other clouds and we'd have to build an alternate storage solution there. By the time we do that we might as well only use this alternate solution and forego Simple DB altogether.
At the level of infrastructure clouds like Amazon EC2 the questions around lock-in are somewhat different but still pertinent. The cloud vendor provides what I like to think of as the "atoms of computing," namely processing, storage, and networking. You get to build your infrastructure using virtual machines (EC2), disk block devices (EBS), hashed storage buckets (S3), security groups, etc. This means that the choices of programming language, development environment, runtime environment, database storage and so forth are all yours and can all at least in principle be duplicated in another cloud, at a traditional hosting provider, or in your own datacenter. Where lock-in starts to creep in is in the system architecture and in the operations infrastructure (automation, scripts, procedures) that your sysadmins put in place to manage everything.
Maintaining Freedom of Choice
One of the principles that I've upheld in the design of the RightScale system from the beginning is transparency. Everything happening on your systems should be visible to you. This not only means that you can find out why something happened and who did it, but also that you can replicate it elsewhere. There's no magic happening behind the curtain to which you're held hostage. I love it when others can do magic for me and save me a lot of time and effort by providing a pre-built platform. But there are solid reasons - both business and technology-related - to demand the ability to look into the "secret sauce." That way, I can be enchanted by the magic but not locked in to the magician. Our users need to be able to enjoy the same capability.
A second principle we follow is to focus as much as possible on standard software, architectures and configurations. This means that our solutions can easy be replicated elsewhere, such as in your own datacenter. This can present more of a challenge when designing for a cloud environment, which is why we provide cloud-ready solutions for various types of scalability, but it also frees you from being tied to a particular cloud.
In the end, there may not exist a zero lock-in option. In fact, certain kinds and degrees of lock-in are probably unavoidable and are actually tolerable. The point is that the lock-in question is an important consideration to take into account when choosing among different cloud computing alternatives, and it's equally important to keep the differences among cloud layers in mind when you decide what you're willing to live with. All clouds are not created equal, and all clouds do not create equal lock-in. The key is to know the implications of your cloud choices.


text:
A fun cartoon grab/swipe sound effect that would work well for games and comical animations. This audio fx could also be used for various other cartoon sounds like jumping or falling down. The sound is 24 bit .wav format.
If you like this sound effect then make sure to also check out:
- Cartoon Bounce FX 001
- Cartoon Bounce FX 002
- Cartoon Impact 001
- Cartoon Run 001
- Cartoon Beam Up FX 001
Check out more high quality sound effects, logos & idents, music -
- Audio Intros And Logos
- Sound FX
- Industrial And Metal Sounds
- RPG Game FX
- Cartoon And Comical Sounds
- Sci-Fi And Futuristic Effects
High resolution and seamless textures, backgrounds, patterns, tiles -


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - What kind of music do you like? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student 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 What kind of music do you like? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Music View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message 759292Joined: 11 Jun 2007Posts: 4Location: MIE,JAPAN Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: What kind of music do you like? I like "rock&roll" and"METAL" my favorite METALband is "IRON MAIDEN" my favorite rock&roll band is "thee michelle gun elephant" What kind of music do you like? Back to top hanbunkuukiJoined: 11 Jun 2007Posts: 8Location: Gifu,Japan Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: I like michell gun elephant too I like japanese rock band Asai Kenichi and Chiba yusuke is great sing a songwriter That is pure rock Back to top 759292Joined: 11 Jun 2007Posts: 4Location: MIE,JAPAN Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: yes!! you are nice boy!!!popopopopo-----!!! Asaikennichi'svoice is very very high!!!! last month I went to "karaoke" with my friend. my throat was brake. my voice was die. Back to top IrialJoined: 01 Apr 2007Posts: 43Location: Spain Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: i like J-pop, K-pop, Ch-pop, OST and spanish music. I love THE TRAX and Spitz_________________What is life? A frenzy. What is life? An illusion, A shadow, a fiction, And the greatest profit is small; For all of life is a dream, And dreams are nothing but dreams. Back to top 759292Joined: 11 Jun 2007Posts: 4Location: MIE,JAPAN Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: like spitz!!!!! me to!!!!!! I like "sora mo toberuhazu" "robinson" Back to top JamilyaJoined: 27 Jan 2008Posts: 12 Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:53 am Post subject: Music Hi! I like many kinds of music, but especcially I like rock. Such as Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park, Tokio hotel, The Rasmus. What about U? Back to top blackdiamond13Joined: 24 Jun 2008Posts: 3 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: heheee I am a METALHEAD FOR LIFE!!!1 Iron Maiden is the best! Up the Irons! Also Dark Tranquillity. And they're coming to play Israel!!! I can hardly wait. Israel has a great metal scene btw if anyone is interested. I like other stuff too, though. Punk, some blues, Sinatra. blackdiamond13 @ Jemsite Back to top shennonJoined: 27 Jan 2009Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:23 am Post subject: Hi, Jazz is my kind of music. I love to listen jazzy music and I also trying to learn jazz piano. I also like Classical, alternative, brit pop. _________________ Shennon I love Phone video sharing with friends Back to top beibeizhuJoined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 61 Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:41 am Post subject: MY favorite of Music Hello,Nice to meet u. I like classic music and pop songs. When i unhappy or feel upset,I will listen to some classic music to adjust my bad mood. If I go to a party with my good friends or colleagues in KTV, I will sing a lots of pop songs to relax and happy. Back to top Jenniferdu521Joined: 29 Mar 2009Posts: 72 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:49 am Post subject: Hi all When I was young, I like rock music. I felt the Rock can make me relax in my early age. Now, I like some kinds of pop music and light music. I do not have enough time to pay attention to music. So, just listen some well known pop music. Back to top coolstufferikJoined: 27 Apr 2009Posts: 12 Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject: Free Printable Music I I like mostly all kind of music but to play them on some instrument I need to take help of some printable music sheets. Back to top F9750021Joined: 18 May 2009Posts: 8 Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: I like pop music. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Music All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel 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 Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


text:
Rhetorical question; but I have seen it come up in other breeds.
Dog is OFA either fair/good - shouldn't make a difference to acl, but just to put it out there.
Dog has acl tear both legs and repaired; should dog be bred? Are acl injuries hereditary? Does the conformation of the dog lend to acl tears and thus the conformation being passed on lend to offspring with acl injuries.
ACL tears have been linked to hypothyroidism; is this also a concern when acl problems are experienced; have people checked thyroid when acl tears happen before they breed their dog?
Just curious;


text:
Great value furniture assembly throughout Coventry
Welcome to great value flat pack assembly. We operate in throughout the United Kingdom upto seven days a week and can assemble furniture from all stores. We are IKEA assembly experts but we offer flatpack assembly for furniture from all major stores.
You buy it, we build it!
Our service is easy to use. All you need to do is buy your furniture, arrange for delivery and we will visit at a convenient time to professionally assemble your furniture in Coventry.
We could beat your best quote by up to 10%
If you already have a quote why not use our Pricebeater service and see if we can save you money? Just get an online quote, tell us your best price so far and we will see if we can beat it.
Where we operate
We operate in throughout the United Kingdom up to seven days a week. We have a dedicated team in London and a network of furniture assembly professionals throughout Coventry.
We operate upto seven days a week
To make life easier for you we operate up to seven days a week depending on your location. We'll agree a convenient time for us to visit at the time of booking.
Get a free no obligation quote
You can get an online quote or email email@example.com. Please remember to specify where you are located. If you are in London you can call us direct on 02031 433 296. Visit our contact page for more information.
Bed frames from £25
Chest of drawers from £25
Five years of buildmyflatpacks.com
This September we are celebrating our fifth birthday. We've served thousands of satisfied customers throughout the United Kingdom, have saved thousands of wasted weekends, days off, stress and arguments. Here's to the next five years!
About our professional team
We've hand picked our furniture assemblers. All of them are experienced and treat your furniture as if it were their own.
Wardrobes from £25
Dining table and chairs from £50
Prices may vary due to the complexity of the items being assembled and there is a minimum of £50 per callout. Visit our prices page for more information or get an online quote for a more accurate price.


text:
Remember I told you that I hardly ever make my curry from scratch because there are many good curry pastes readily available in Malaysia?
Go to any markets or stores one can find various selection of curry pastes–they usually come packaged in small plastic bags. All you have to do is adding your meat or seafood to the curry paste and you will have a pot of sinfully good–and authentic–Malaysian Indian-style curries.
That being said, this seafood curry was prepared just that–from a seafood curry paste that I brought back from home.
The curry paste was very good; there are mustard seeds, cardamons, cloves, and curry leaves in the paste–which are some of the secret spices/ingredients for a very good pot of Indian-style curries…
For my US readers, you might be more familiar with Thai or Indian curries offered here at Thai or Indian restaurants. Malaysian curries are quite different.
Unlike Thai curries, Malaysian curries are not sweet because coconut milk is used sparingly to complement the spices but not overshadow their tastes.
Also, no sugar and fish sauce are added so you get the natural flavors of the ingredients–be it meat, chicken, fish, or other seafood. Malaysian curries are also heavier in spices and thus hotter.
Compared to the Indian curries, Malaysian curries are also different because yoghurt isn't used. The cooking style originated from the southern part of India, but had since been localized to a Malaysian taste.
Anyway, everytime I go home to Penang, I am sure to bring back loads of these curry pastes. They keep well in the fridge and last a few months. If you would like to find out more about what brands I like, drop me a comment or email.
Other Curry Recipes:
Latest Recipes:
SUBSCRIBE TO RASA MALAYSIA NEWSLETTER AND GET EASY AND DELICIOUS RECIPES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX. If you try my recipe, please use hashtag #rasamalaysia on social media so I can see your creations! Follow me on Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter for new recipes, giveaways and more.