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How we can get that "Good local school" everybody wants
My comments came in response to a doctor and Lib Dem councillor who commented firstly that the next nearest schools to her were 11 and 12 miles away respectively, so that her choice was in fact limited; and that most people did not want choice, they just wanted "A good, local school."
In this latter point she was, at least in part, correct – choice is not an end in itself, but a means. The point of choice (and competition, and markets, and all those other scary things that cause Social Democratic stomachs to knot in fear) is that it is the most effective driver in improving standards.
The reason for this is simple, and one that liberals should consider to be a matter of fact: monopolies do not serve their customer's interests. By comparison, nothing encourages providers to satisfy their customers more than competition, or "freedom of exit" as one might also put it. It is the fact that I can take my money and spend it elsewhere that makes those firms that I patronise continue to struggle to provide the best goods and services available; while others struggle equally hard to woo me with better offers. So for example, my employer has recently expressed its dissatisfaction with the supplier of sandwiches for lunch meetings by switching to another supplier, which is far easier and more efficacious than trying to make the previous supplier change their methods.
And here is where my frustration with the Defenders of the State(/us quo) begins. For the opposition to choice in public services is in the end a belief that citizens should be obliged to utilise public services that are delivered by pubic servants and managed by the government even if that provision is inferior to alternatives that are on offer. Lest my publically-employed readers and colleagues move to quickly to jump to the defence of the public sector, I should add that nothing in that statements implies that public services do or must deliver poorer outcomes for citizens. What I am saying is that if a patient or parent believes that they can access better healthcare or schooling elsewhere, it is the height of arrogance to deny them their freedom to do so.
This was clearly why Nick Clegg told the Manifesto Conference on Saturday that "every patient should have a guarantee of treatment within a specified waiting time - and to drive the NHS to deliver that, everyone should have the right to receive private treatment, paid for by the NHS, if the waiting time's not met." This need not divert a single penny of taxpayers' money from the NHS, if only it is able to deliver prompt treatment, but if the NHS is unable to deliver on that simple requirement then patients should be free to get their treatment elsewhere, rather than being compelled to wait for months or years (often in acute pain or with consequent deleterious effects to their health and wellbeing) for the NHS to be able to deal with them.
Of course, choice will not be exercised by every citizen, and one of the greatest concerns of those opposed to choice is that it will benefit the articulate and the pushy at the expense of the marginalized. But this is not in fact the case at all, for the choice of some is beneficial to all. If I continually go to the same electricity provider or supermarket without ever exercising choice, I still benefit from the freedom of others to choose, which drives all providers to aim to deliver the best. This is so common in private markets as to go largely unremarked. Yet evidence from districts where parents have been given school choice suggests that the same applies to public services, too: the standards of public schools did not fall when the ambitious parents exercises choice and moved their children to private schools; rather, the public schools responded by "upping their game", improving their own teaching in an attempt to limit the exit of their citizen/customers.
Hence my interjection at the Manifesto Conference: choice raises standards across the board, not just for those exercising their freedom.
But what of our doctor and councilor who lives so far from other schools that she fears that choice in her village is meaningless? Real choice in fact still exists, because she can exit. The example of the Elmgreen School is instructive: dissatisfied parents, rather than tolerating inferior education for their children, exercised their freedom to exit the public system by taking their public money and financing an entirely new school. In their case, it was a novel idea that required the local authority's permission, but in theory any group of parents could do just that, using their public money to home-educate, or pooling their resources to set up a local school or merely hire teachers to visit them at key times to teach their children.
Choice is too often seen as a Trojan Horse for privatization, but that is a lie spread by those for whom individual as opposed to collective solutions are anathema. Real choice may very well be private, but it just as equally may be public, voluntary, charity, religious, co-operative, self-help or any of a host of other possibilities. As Clegg went on to say, "the state must oversee core standards and entitlements. But once those building blocks are in place, the state must back off and allow the genius of grassroots innovation, diversity and experimentation to take off"
And as for the much-stated assertation that voters do not actually want or care about choice, I will conclude as I did at the conference by reminding readers of what David Bell, the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, once commented: people may say that they do not care about more choice, but just try taking away the choice that they have already been given!
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- Tristan said...
A good summary.
The old 'people don't want a choice' mantra is tired and frankly misses the point.
At the risk of extending the debate further - the privatisation issue is something liberals need to address. Privatisation should be seen as a good thing. What is bad is the way it is usually a way for political friends and rent seekers to gain power and for the government to gain some revenue and (more) power over the private sector.
- 15 January 2008 at 09:04:00 GMT
- mhuntbach said...
This whole "good school"/"bad school" debate is based around the idea that the "goodness" and "badness" of schools is something to do with the school buildings or teachers or something else intrinsic to the schools themselves.
Mostly it isn't - the dominating factor in whether a school is "good" or "bad" is the pupils. If the pupils come mainly from educated professional parents, it'll be a good school almost regardless of any other factors. If the pupils come from poor uneducated backgrounds, it'll be a bad school almost regardless of anything else.
Growing social division seems to have made this problem worse - the once reasonably common poor working class family who nevertheless avidly read books and had a reasonable intellectual grasp of the world around them seems to have vanished.
So for all this fine talk of parents actively choosing schools, and this driving standards up, what most parents who care really are up to is trying to make sure their kids aren't educated alongside the kids of the parents who don't care or can't cope.
The problem is however you divide things up, the parents who don't care or can't cope and their kids will still be there. This is, to use that horribly over-used phrase, the "elephant in the room". And I've just read dozens of LibDem blogs on this subject, and none of them dare discuss this elephant, so, to be frank, all these fine ideas about "choice" are pretty worthless when it comes to really dealing with the problem of school "quality".
- 15 January 2008 at 23:47:00 GMT
- Norfolk Blogger said...
Choice has led to thousands of parents driving their children across boroughs and countys every day. And let's be clear about which parents get this choice, they are the middle classes.
Matthew makes the point well about the growing social division this is causing. We have an education apartheid, with kids from middle class background abandoning schools because they have the "bad kids who don't pass exams", which is what parents base their choices on, often ignoring the Ofsted reports on the schools which show excellent teaching standards.
Choice is only "choice" if you have the choice. I have the "choice" to buy a Rolls Royce, but I cannot afford it. We need to make sure choice is a proper one, for everyone, and not the elitist choice we ahve at the moment.
- 20 January 2008 at 18:12:00 GMT
- Tom Papworth said...
Nich (Norfolk),
I agree with your second point, but education vouchers would provide that choice for everyone. The Royles Royce isn't the point: the choice most people have is between a Volvo and a Peugeot and a Renault etc. This competition drives up quality. Give every parent a voucher for (say) £5,000 and let them shop around, and all schools will improve.
And that addresses your first point. As I said in the main article, it doesn't matter if one does not exercise choice oneself, as the fact that others have choice drives up standards for all - as has been proven in places where school choice exists, such as Sweden and parts of America and Canada.
- 21 January 2008 at 15:14:00 GMT
- Tristan said...
I see mhuntbach is back on his refuted position...
As is repeatedly shown, choice improves all schools, even if not everyone exercises that choice.
Also, the status quo (which as far as I can tell mhuntbach supports) denies opportunity to those who wish to have it. That is deeply wrong.
We cannot force people to seek an education, all we can do is offer opportunity.
As for Nich's points: He reiterates the false freedom idea - you cannot be free to fly - its not possible. Of course actions are restrained by circumstance, what we can do is make sure the state does not hinder actions.
In the current system a few get to choose Rolls-Royces, a few more get Volvos or Fords, the rest however are stuck with Ladas because the state seeks to plan the system.
In a choice based system, there's still be a few who could choose Rolls-Royces, but the majority would be able to choose Volvos or Fords and Lada would go out of business.
- 21 January 2008 at 15:45:00 GMT
- mhuntbach said...
I'm not against choice in education provision, I'm just pointing out it isn't the panacea for education problems which some hold it to be.
I'm simply talking about what anyone who's involved in the real school issue knows to be the truth.
Tristan - do you deny the point I'm making - that the dominant feature in what makes a school "good" is the pupils in it?
- 24 January 2008 at 21:48:00 GMT
The 'pupils' are one feature of a good school. Other features could be: a management team whose main aim is to please parents, rather than to pacify other (public sector) bureaucrats. Or teachers who are free to teach in the light of their professional knowledge and experience, rather than according to the latest fashion in state manufactured, jargon-riddled, utopian drivel.
It's quite telling that those keenest to use the power of the state to prevent parents choosing the education best suited to their children do so on the basis that some parents are too thick/untrustworthy/incompetent to be allowed to do so.
- 1 February 2008 at 18:41:00 GMT


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First class oil production crude sunflower oil refinery equipment with CE
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|crude sunflower oil refinery equipment
|crude sunflower oil refinery equipment
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|Raw material:
|crude cooking oil
|Crude sunflower oil refinery equipment
|Stainless Steel SS304/316
|Oil Production Line
|Chemical oil refining and physical oil refining
|Application range:
|Low consumption
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|200-300kg per one ton crude oil
|12 Months
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Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,ltd. have engaged in Oil Refinery Equipment and Microwave Equipment since1997 in China,with 20 years` experience and 80 engineers,, scientific research, manufacturing, installation, commissioning.We can provide customers with design and services of 1-2000 tons oil equipment.factory occupied area is over 100,000 square meters,more than 3200 customers all around the world, we greatly hope to have the opportunity to serve you.
Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,ltd. has finished hundreds of successful projects over the years: peanut oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil, animal oil,grape seed oil, acer truncatum oil, peony seed oil, walnut oil, hemp seed oil, pine oil, tea seed oil, papaya oil, milk thistle seed, and other special type oil.We have independent import and export department. Our equipment has been successfully exported to more than 100 countries: Russia, Australia, India, Afghanistan, Cameroon,and so on.
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1.We undertake pre-treatment, pressing, extraction, oil refining and the auxiliary projects, the services include civil negineering, process design, auto-control, layout plan and the and oils further processing, e.g.soybean phospholipids, proteins, rare and high-value oils. In addition, we undertake process design and construction of feed mill, wheat flour plants.
2. 10-500T/H oil material first cleaning,drying and storage section turn-key project.
3.100-3000 T/D oil pretreatment, shelling and pre-press workshop turnkey project (soybean hot peeling, bean skin crushing; the soybean extrusion, high oil contained pre-press cake extrusion, and high oil contained embryos puffed; of direct puffed).
4.100-3000T/D leaching workshop turnkey project (Towline extractor, Rotocel extractor, loop type extractor, LD separated machine, the full negative pressure evaporation, paraffin wax recovery, leaching workshop degum, phospholipid concentrate).
5.30-1000T/D oil continuous grade two or one physical (chemical) refining production line.
6.20-600T/D Crude palm oil, rice bran oil, corn germ oil dewaxing turn-key project
7.10-200T/D Fatty acid esterification production cooking oil production line.
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(1)Neutralization section
After heating, oil is then carried out with caustic soda to saponify the fatty acids and to ease the removal of the precipitate in centrifugal separator. The contact is made in mixer, and then a short contacting time is allowed in reactor. The lye saponifies the fatty acids in the oil and forms soap stock, which is removed together with the gums and the excess caustic solution. The caustic soda solution is coming from the caustic dosing device. The neutralized oil still contains small amounts of residual soap, which must be minimized before further processing. Some soft hot water (usually boiler treated water or steam condensates) is added to the oil in mixer and is then sent to washing centrifugal separator, where the residual soap is separated from the oil. The oil is dried under vacuum as the residual moisture must be reduced. The oil is first heated in a plate heat exchanger, by means of low pressure steam. The oil is then dried under vacuum in the dryer. of the bleaching section with its vacuum group. Then the oil is sent to the bleaching section by pump.
2)Bleaching section
Crude oil is fed to the oil-earth mixer through heat exchanger and heater. Prior to bleaching, the bleaching earth is dosed into the oil by means of a volumetric dosing system. The bleaching earth hopper is installed above the oil-earth mixer and assures continuous operation of the plant. The hopper can be automatically filled by means of the pneumatic earth feed assembly. After bleaching earth dosing, the oil flows into the bleacher. After bleaching, the oil-earth mixture is sent to filter and security filter by means of pump. After the filtration operation, oil recovery from spent cake is done by steam blowing and the spent cake is discharged and evacuated through a chute to a disposal container.
3)Deodorization Section
The bleached oil is first de-aerated in a buffer tank, It works at the same vacuum as the deodorizer and acts also as buffer feed capacity. After deaerator, Oil is sent by pump to be preheated by the heat exchange with the deodorized oil to a temperature between 190° and 210°C, and deodorized oil is cooling to a temperature of about 135°C. Finally, the oil is heated by conduction oil or high pressure steam until it reaches the final deodorizing temperature. After deodorization, the oil is cooled with feeding oil, polished, and pumped into storage tank.
This cooling and contact combined with a lower velocity will allow catching nearly all fatty acids distillates present in the gas flow.
4)Crystallization Section
Feedstock is heated and pumped to crystallizers. The oil is cooled according to a pre-determined cooling profile by means of controlling the temperature of the cooling medium circulating in the cooling coils. The design of this cooling profile depends on the quality of feedstock and the quality of olein/stearin fractions required. This is to keep the oil homogenized with frequency mechanical agitation in the crystallizers. A typical cooling program lasts for a certain time, depending on the quality of feedstock and product. When the oil appears as a thick semi-solid mass (slurry) containing stearin crystals in liquid olein, it is ready for filtration. If the crystallization result is not desirable, the slurry can be circulated through the feed oil heater for re-heating before being sent back to the feed oil tank for re-processing.
5) Filtration Section
When crystallization is completed, the slurry is fed to the Membrane Filter Press for filtration. The operation includes filter feed, filtering, squeezing and cake releasing. When the chambers are full after cake forming, the pumping will stop and the membranes are inflated to squeeze dry the filter cakes. After which, the residual oil in the core is blown dry by compressed air. Thereafter, the filter is opened and the cake will drop into a stearin tank. The stearin cake is melted in this tank by steam coils before it is discharged to storage. Olein flows into the olein tank, and is pumped to the outer olein storage tank.
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1. Ensure to timely provide complete sets of equipment and accessories.
2. Ensure that one-time installation debugging acceptance.
3. To provide high quality material with preferential price.
4. Priority to provide customer our new craftworks and products.
5. Free training technological operator to ensure the trained staff can operation independently.
6. In the installation process,we will appoint a installation supervision staff on the spot.
7. we will offer an experienced project manager, organize a good installation team for the work of field installation debugging.
8. After the equipment field assembly and installation, we will be also responsible for the single equipment debugging, online debugging and Feeding trial operation,
to ensure that equipments can normal operate in full load conditions.
We will provide all kinds of information and records according to the requirements of the bid.
The qualified completion files will be provided to customers according to their requirements within one month after acceptance.
9. In the warranty period, all because of the quality of products has caused the damage or failure of equipment, suppliers will take the responsibility for the free repair and replacing spare part.
10. Due to the damage caused by the customer,we only charge material costs for repair and replacement.
11. After the receipt of customers notice,we will suggests the method to solve problem within six hours,or send specialist to the site to solve the problem within twenty four hours.
Brief Instructions of First class oil production crude sunflower oil refinery equipment with CE:
first class oil production crude sunflower oil refinery equipment with ce is made of stainless steel, after research and development of technical personnel to improve successful general multi-functional food machinery, the roasting machine is designed according to the market need , model fashion luxury, integrating all kinds of nuts type mechanical performance advantages, stable mechanical properties, adopting closed belt transmission, use liquid gas heating type, energy saving, high efficiency, safety, hygiene.
first class oil production crude sunflower oil refinery equipment with ce adopts horizontal cylinder, 360 - degree circular mixing roll, automatic cycle stirring, heating and stirring evenly, relative seal, braised fire effect is very good, convenient operating in pan, funnel replenish roasting materials, save time and effort. With functions of automatically be out of the pot, automatic sand and chestnut separation function, operation simple and convenient, quick, and easy to understand, and many other advantages. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,ltd. also offer special formula and technology of making better food color and taste.
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Last week, my friends and I marathon watched the three extended LOTR movies, and did some BrikWars in between. There were two battles, the first of which was the Black Riders attack against Aragorn and the Hobbits at Weathertop. Here's the first battle, the second is a few posts down.
Starting Overwatch
Three of the Ringwraithes starting points.
The Fellowship Starting Point, with the Hobbits and Aragorn around the fire.
The other side of Weathertop, where the Witch King and another RingWraith started.
A better view from the ground level.
Turn 1
Merry (ginger hair), being expendible, goes off to face the wraiths, while Pippen curls up next to the fire, "conserving his energy". Frodo grows a pair and decides to face off with them as well instead of dropping his sword and crawling like he did in the movie.
Sam also jumps into the fray, and manages to accomplish Jack shit.
The Witch King sneaks around the back. The other wraiths attack but they sucked and didn't do anything.
Aragorn appears with a torch to distract the wraiths.
He kills one, setting him aflame like a gasoline water balloon.
Turn 2
Pippen sees a wraith that snuck in through a hole in the wall and scurries away to distance himself from it.
Merry absconds from combat and takes Pippens sword so he can dual-wield.
Frodo and Sam take a step in badass, managing to each kill a wraith.
They victorious embrace in an ambiguously fabulous manner.
Sam then does a downward thrust and stabs the Witch King, but fails to kill him.
The Witch King ignores the fat hobbit and stabs Frodo through the heart with his flail.
The other wraith crit fails, sending himself into the campfire.
Aragorn then uses his heroic feat to thrown his sword at the Witch King, impailing him. It fails.
Turn 3
Pippen throws Merry into the fire in an attempt to crush the wraith into the fire.
Frodo falls off the watchpost.
Sam uses his action to get Frodo to his feet.
Aragorn then throws flaming Merry at the witch king.
Completely immolating both of them.
Victory to the Fellowship!


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Update on courthouse shooting victim
FROM THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT - On Wednesday, March 14, Samantha Jackson was shot and run over by her father in the Jefferson County Courthouse Parking Lot. Minnie Ray Sebolt was killed during the shooting and two others were shot but were treated and released.
Jackson was critically injured but has continued to fight to stay alive and recover.
Samantha's family would like to thank everyone for all of the prayers and support. Sam is a fighter and has defied the odds. Sam is in stable condition and for her birthday (Friday, April 13) she was able to have her feeding tube taken out and took some bites of real food. She is alert and tries her best to communicate but still has a tube in her trachea and can't talk yet. Sam manages to keep smiling looks forward to participating in her church's praise team again.
An account has been set up with Chase (Account Number # 449632178) to help with the expenses. Sam has moments when she is still in fear for her life and her mother tries hard to be at the hospital for as many visits as possible. Sam has siblings so her mother has to travel back and forth (out of town) and it has taken a toll on their finances. ANY financial donation is much appreciated.


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Ricky Passmore – on trial in York County on charges of violent felonies police say were aimed at keeping a black man from consorting with his ex-wife – testified on his own behalf Tuesday that he is not a racist.
"People keep wanting to say I'm a racist," Passmore said from the witness stand. "I got nothin' against a black person that don't hurt a white person."
Passmore claimed he toted a sword – with brass knuckles in his pocket and a hanging rope in his car, next to a rifle and ammunition – just to scare off his ex-wife's new boyfriend, identified in court only by the nickname "Chip."
"Chip" is street slang for crack cocaine, Passmore claimed, and his ex-wife's new boyfriend brought "black street thugs" around his three kids.
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A white boyfriend for an ex-wife would be OK in the world of Ricky Passmore.
A black boyfriend, well, that's grounds for a midnight phone call to his daughter – during which Passmore praised her for embracing the Confederate flag and slammed blacks as animals – and a trip to his ex-wife's home at 5 a.m., armed with a sword.
Passmore, 46, has two prior convictions for assault under his belt. This man, referred to repeatedly by his own lawyer as a "redneck," admitted he was on his way to jail the week after the June 19 incident because he had not paid child support and had no money.
What he did have, though, was a homemade club he referred to as a "redneck doorbell." His teen daughter said her father called it by another name – " 'N'-knocker."
Yes, the N-word came up more than three dozen times in Passmore's trial. Each time, it was Passmore who said it, on a recording of the phone call to his daughter.
The Herald does not publish the N-word – that horrible, brutal, derogatory word that bigots use to describe black people.
But maybe The Herald should publish what Ricky Passmore said so many times, so people could read in the paper how Passmore told his teen daughter on the phone how black men want to get with white women to "make a bunch of monkey kids."
How blacks "want to destroy our family, our blood lines, our family history."
How it "takes strength" to walk through life with "Passmore blood," which apparently pumps hatred of blacks through his veins.
How he and others would "stand up against the (N-word) assault."
The N-word – there's almost five centuries of hate rolled up into that six-letter word – was used so often in that courtroom that the 12 jurors, all white, couldn't seem to stop cringing.
Charles "Doody" Dunlap, one of the bailiffs on duty in the courtroom, celebrated 44 years as a police officer in York County on Tuesday.
He was one of York County's first black deputies. His brother, Carl Long, was an all-star in baseball's segregated Negro Leagues, back in the days when black men were hung from trees by mobs of hateful whites and even governments after all-white courts sentenced them to die for the crime of looking at a white woman, let alone sleeping with one.
Dunlap stood like a Sequoia tree of pride in that courtroom and listened to the words that had been used to demean black people for centuries. He did not waver.
Toni Johnson, a black public defender, came into the courtroom for a few minutes Tuesday to observe the trial. Last year, she defended a former member of the Ku Klux Klan. Her face shone with the smile of pride in doing a job with great strength, as the awful words of hate caromed around the courtroom.
Out in the courthouse lobby sat Big Jim Williams, a black constable after a lifetime as a black police officer, proud to help people his whole life. The word bigots use to describe people who look like him seeped under the courtroom door. Nobody ever used that word to Big Jim's face.
The avalanche of Ricky Passmore's calling black people the N-word started Tuesday in court with the victim: his ex-wife, who even Passmore admitted in court was the subject of his threats.
Passmore came to her home early the morning of June 19 – also known as "Juneteenth," the date in 1865 that is commemorated as the end of slavery in the United States – after downing three 22-ounce beers. He told her he did not like her dating a black man.
"Let that (N-word) be there when I get there; we will see who the real man is," Passmore told his ex-wife.
Then came all the recorded epithets from Passmore's phone call with his daughter – including Passmore's telling his daughter that at his house, 10 miles away, "there is no (N-word)s sniffing around here."
He claimed blacks were trying to brainwash his son and that his ex-wife would get what she deserved for dating a black man.
"I'm going to treat her just like I'm gonna treat that (N-word) – no mercy," Passmore told his daughter, before heading to his ex-wife's home with enough armaments for a small war.
This week's trial was officially about the charges of kidnapping, assault, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and burglary – the only charge the jury convicted him on late Tuesday night.
But there was no doubt the trial was also about race. Racism and hatred. It was about the tools of hate, the weapons entered into evidence – swords, guns, ropes and brass knuckles.
And it was about the most cutting, brutal weapons of all that are used to slice and slaughter and demean and destroy – Ricky Passmore's own word to describe black people.


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In a sea of models, we met Noemii J at SpoCom earlier this year. She was an up and coming girl and walked off the show stage with the bikini contest crown. From that moment, we knew she had to get into Super Street. Born and raised in sunny SoCal, she's a mix of Filipino, Japanese and Vietnamese. She's a super sweet girl who's fun, ambitious and loves to party. Enjoy getting to know her here and make sure and say what's up to her on Instagram. Let her know Super Street sent ya!
What do you do for a living?
As of right now I'm modeling and getting ready to pursue a career in occupational therapy.
Well that doesn't sound like too much fun... What else do you do?
Well I love to shop! Grocery shopping, thrift store shopping, shoe shopping, room shopping and shopping for the dog!
Certified shopaholic! So do you have any special skills?
I have a few but I'm really good at giving back massages. [Sounds like my type of girl! —MJ]
With a happy...Oh never mind. What are some of your pet peeves?
I can't stand when people chew their food really loud. Oh, and people who have squeaky shoes!
And how about a bad habit you have?
I have a tendency to not fold my clothes after they get out of the laundry so they end up wrinkled! I leave my clothes all over the place, too!
Messy girl... Okay, what was your worst job?
I worked at Chik-fil-A in the Del Amo Mall—I was 16 at the time. I used to hate leaving work smelling like chicken grease! Sexy, huh? Haha!
Nothing sexier than a hot girl and a chicken sandwich. Anyways, favorite drink at the bar?
I'm a Hennessey and Coke type girl. If I want to switch it up, it'll be a margarita on the rocks.
What do you do to kill time?
I either go on Instagram or Pinterest. And I'm not going to lie, I selfie a lot!
We've noticed... How many tats do you have and what do they mean?
I have nine. On my left shoulder I have the Holy Mary prayer that symbolizes my Filipino family. On my right shoulder, I have Japanese cherry blossoms which represent the Japanese side of my family. Family means the world to me!
Very cool. So biggest turn-on?
I love a man who can cook and is musically inclined. But being tall, dark and handsome is definitely a plus!
And craziest place you've hooked up?
I'm blushing! I think the craziest was in a Target parking lot. I hope the guy isn't reading this!
Last but not least, favorite part of your body?
My eyes...and my boobs!
Your eyes are our favorite, too...
Noemii J
Birthday June 3
Location Los Angeles, CA
Instagram @noemii_j
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Jeanne Jones had previously identified Leon Powell Jr., 27, of Inglewood, as one of two burglars. Powell pleaded guilty to residential burglary on Jan. 15.
"Mr. Powell, with all of his apologies, won't give us the name of the man with him," Jones said. "I'm still in shock people can do this to other people."
Jones told San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Gill of her terror when awakened in bed by two men ransacking her home and looking for jewelry on the night of Oct. 5, 2013. Jones' husband was out of town during the incident.
"I had a cell phone ripped out of my hand," Jones said. "Two men were going through my bedroom, throwing things around." Jones added that the jewelry contained irreplaceable items, such as her grandmother's wedding ring.
Deputy district attorney Jalyn Wang urged a six-year sentence, while the probation department recommended four years.
"This was not a crime of opportunity," Wang said. "She was targeted."
Jones' home has been burglarized three times. The first case centered on the boyfriend of a former caretaker. Extensive sentences were handed down to four men in a 2011 home invasion robbery.
Powell was silent in court. His attorney, James Pokorny, said his client has remorse and recommended a two-year term. "He got pulled into something that was over his head," said Pokorny.
Gill gave Powell credit for two days served and imposed a fine of $1,344. Gill ordered that restitution payments would be taken before any money is collected for the fine.
Powell's DNA was found on disconnected wires to Jones' video security system. Pokorny claimed Powell's DNA was found because he worked in the security industry.
Wang said her office recently forwarded evidence to the defense that Powell's cell phone signal was used to ping off cell towers in La Jolla the night of the burglary.
Except for gems the burglars dropped, the jewelry has not been recovered.
Jones, 77, is internationally known in the field of light cuisine and the author of more than 30 cookbooks. Her "Cook It Light" recipe makeover column reaches 30 million readers a week.
Jones said she has put up her house for sale.


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When is the correct time to maintain your heating and cooling systems?
There are specific times you could engage yourself in Heating and Air Conditioning Repair and maintenance activities. There is no challenging and quick rule concerning this, the following ideas can be more than helpful to you.
If you have a heating and cooling system, carry out maintenance activities in the course of the fall.
For air conditioning unit, execute repairs and maintenance tasks once a year just before the wintertime time begins.
For heating systems, do upkeep at the very least the moment a year, simply before the summer.
The best ways to perform precautionary maintenance on outside devices
The following tips help you carry out Heating and Air Conditioning Repair and maintenance tasks on outside units. Check for the refrigerant level in the air conditioner. Make changes if the refrigerant level is reduced.
Use a special brush to wash the clutter within the system. Don't completely rely on vacuum to give you a spotlessly cleanse system.
Check the base pan. Do you view any kind of obstructions? If yes, discharge it.
The fan motor may go through wear as well as tear. Inspect as well as estimate if you will want to fix it. View if you may go on using the fan motor with some lubrication.
Open the command box. Examine for the wiring. The command box can have an assortment of electric devices. This consists of capacitors, circuit boards, and sump heats up to call a few.
Carrying out exams on indoor systems
The blower assembly in the system could possibly gather a ton of dust. Examine this component and cleanse it. View if the burning blower is cleanse. Cleanse off debris from this part.
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Gas heaters may have holes. As well as if left undiscovered may cut down on the effectiveness of the system. After your boiler cools down, evaluate this part. Plug any type of holes.
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Cooling systems Set a high studying to the thermostat. Don't overuse your air conditioning unit when the weather condition is awesome. Don't put digital appliances below a thermostat. Boiler Place the thermostat in a place that is not in the vicinity of doors as well as windows. Set a reduced studying for the thermostat.
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As per the American Dental Association, individuals with lesser dental troubles visited their dentists at least the moment a year. Individuals with no dental troubles visited their dentist at least thrice a year.
The adhering to are the reasons you ought to visit your dentist.
Locating tooth decay early Tooth decay ought to be ceased in its tracks in the very early stages. Otherwise it will certainly aggravate and trigger damage. In the course of your see to a Tampa Dentist, s/he might recommend you load specific locations within your teeth. You might be unsure. Later on you realize that there are these tiny tooth cavities building up when you view the intra oral exam results. So your dentist is in fact trying to step in very early and cease more damage.
If you may visit your dentist at least thrice a year, you guarantee that you never have any type of problems of tooth decay. If you don't, then you may have problems in the future. As well as correcting these problems can be uncomfortable.
Cleaning teeth You might be cleaning 2 times a day, but it would not be ample to totally keep your teeth plaque-free. There are some locations in your teeth that a tooth brush can not hit. When you check out a Tampa Dentist, you can receive your teeth washed totally.
The dentist has unique devices that is utilized to get rid of solidified plaque. The dentist even takes out decay, hidden dirt bits, as well as debris from your teeth. And you may be shocked at the quantity of filth your Tampa Dentist takes out. For all the while you believed that you were brushing well as well as had the cleanest teeth!
Detecting dental ailments early Oral cancer impacts beyond twenty 5 1000 individuals every year in America. A dental inspection may expose the initial indications of this type of cancer. Patients may receive their cancer dealt with at its very early stages as well as encounter full remedy. The majority of commonly, the main reason for delay in therapy is the delay in locating this type of cancer. As well as this makes a see to the dentist all the a lot more crucial.
Locating gum disease Gum illness are created due to shortage of care. It may even be created due to unsatisfactory nutrition. A regular dental checkup may locate such problems in their budding phases. The dentist will definitely aid you take preventive steps to stop further irritation.
Research has actually shown that some major conditions have a connection to gum condition. The direct relationship has actually not been established yet, it is more desirable to stay on the much safer side.
Having excellent dental health fits through your overall health insurance. Do not deny yourself normal dental therapies. Be on the much safer side. Visit a Tampa Dentist frequently.
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Basic Truths About SSRI
There's a ton to understand about selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), the most generally suggested kind of antidepressants. Essentially, this is madeto target the mind chemicals liable for our frame of minds. The advantage concerning the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors is that contrasted to additional antidepressants, this is discovered to have much feweradverse effects, on top of its effectiveness at addressing mood issues.
There are a great deal of medication that are presently listed|detailed|noted|specified} on the market place, as well as approved by the FDA, that have selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. As researches have revealed, this is an integral element in mood-improvement medications due to the fact that of its ability to block out the reabsorption of serotonin in the mind, which in turn alleviates depression, varying from the modest to serious situations.
Of program, due to the fact that of the strongly hypersensitive nature of said medications containing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors,
it is n not surprising that these go under meticulous as well as hefty scrutiny from the
FDA, particularly because like all other drugs, there are certain adverse effects to it, although it is considered to be much more secure in general. Among the common side outcomes credited to it might be trouble sleeping, uneasiness or agitation, queasiness, problem, drowsiness, sleep loss, weight gain, rashes, as well as dry mouth, amongst others.
It ought to even be expected that the intake of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors will definitely have an effect on one's sexual drive, however regardless of all these, it is still taken into consideration by and/or large to be alright sufficient to justify the authorization of the FDA.
Again, merely because it is accepted by the FDA, it does not suggest that one should take the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors drugs indiscriminatelyMedicines These need to be given with the prescription of your medical doctor, and taken with proper info.
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Hey, former Supreme Court Justice of the United States, Sandra Day O'Connor, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your recent interview with the Chicago Tribune's editorial board. I really can't express how awesome it is that over a decade after you cast the fifth vote to end the Florida recount and make George W. Bush the forty-third president, you totally recognize what a boneheaded move that was.
What was it you said?
"'It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue,' O'Connor said last Friday. 'Maybe the court should have said, 'We're not going to take it, goodbye.'"
Haha! Yeah that probably would've been better. Oh well! Hindsight's twenty-twenty! No point in crying over spilled milk, a $3 trillion war, torture, a crippled economy, a bunch of dead American soldiers, dead Iraqis, budget-busting tax cuts, a botched hurricane response here, a financial meltdown there, environmental degradation and persecution of government scientists, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, or a few hundred other terrible things the guy you voted into office did.
I couldn't help but watch George W. Bush's jaw-droppingly insipid, un-self-aware interview with Charlie Rose on CBS, and think to myself, "Man, it is not just a bad dream, it is not just outrageous to think that this guy was president for eight years—it's downright painful." Whoever voted for him sure has to feel like a total fool at this point!
And there was O'Connor admitting the court made a poor decision taking the case, that under Florida election law, each county had every right to count ballots based on its judgment of the intent of the voter, and the Supreme Court made a partisan choice to install Bush, the loser of the national popular vote as well as the electoral college by many reasonable (though not all) measures. Even though Jeb Bush and Republican legislature in Florida made a hilariously racist pre-election effort to disenfranchise as many black people as they could, thereby eliminating tens of thousands of votes that would have tipped the election to Al Gore by a comfortable margin, the Bush team still needed an assist from a Reagan-appointee who was overheard doling out conspiracy theories about the Democrats in the days after the election.
Thanks, Sandy. The acceleration of climate change during the Bush years surely made your name more relevant (haha, devastating hurricane joke!).
We, the American people, are so grateful you can look back at the choice you made to pick our president and say to yourself, "Whoopsies, looks like I might have miffed that one."
Certainly, Sandy, you and your compatriots' votes have definitely not—repeat, definitely not—given most of us the assumption that the law exists only as a superstructure to protect the interests of the rich, powerful, and connected. It's not like the guy you voted into office in 2000 picked yours and Chief Justice William Rehnquist's replacements, thus dooming the country to the thumb of the most regressive decision-making body in a generation. It's not like you helped give us Citizens United or anything! You weren't on the court then, so your sterling reputation as a fair and impartial arbiter of the law is unscathed.
So thanks a whole f***ing bunch, Sandy. You will be remembered fondly as a paragon of jurisprudence, who can look back misty-eyed at the end of a long career and life and know that the decision for which you will be most remembered was only a total, abject, unequivocal disaster.


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ATHENS, Ga.
When Oregon and Kansas State both went down, Aaron Murray whooped it up as much as any Georgia fan. He knew what that meant for the Bulldogs: a shot at the national championship.
Ive never screamed so much at the television and prayed so much in my life, Georgias star quarterback said Tuesday. It was definitely an exciting night. We were screaming, high-fiving, hugging, group hugs. It was a lot of fun.
Funny thing, though. Outside of this state, hardly anyone is talking about the Southeastern Conferences other title contender.
Instead, everyone is gushing about the possibility of two storied programs Alabama and Notre Dame playing for No. 1.
Georgia, it seems, is just an afterthought.
We dont mind being the underdogs, Murray said. We know what we have to do, and thats win games. If we do that, well be good to go.
Indeed, while it may appear the third-ranked Bulldogs are trying to sneak in the back door, they have exactly the same path to the championship as the top-ranked Fighting Irish and second-ranked Crimson Tide.
Win out. Win it all.
For Georgia, it started with Saturdays regular-season finale against state rival Georgia Tech (6-6). The Bulldogs have won 11 of 12 in the series and more than held up their end in a victory against the high-scoring Yellow Jackets. Still, coach Mark Richt worked hard to ensure his team doesnt get caught looking ahead to the SEC championship game against Alabama the next week.
He went to some rather extreme measures to keep the one-game-at-a-time mentality. Richt refuses to even say whether he was watching last Saturday night when Kansas State got blown out by Baylor and Oregon lost in overtime to Stanford, allowing Georgia to jump to No. 3 in the BCS standings.
If anyone tries to bring up Alabama or the BCS, Richt wont even respond.
I had to hang up on my mom, he said, only half-joking.
Richt insists theres been no discussion with his staff about what might happen beyond the Georgia Tech game, and he said theres no need to remind his players its business as usual.
We meet every day to talk about how were going to handle the week who were playing next, what kind of challenges they bring, what were going to do on a daily basis to get ready for them, Richt said. Thats all we do.
After Saturday, the picture is even clearer.
Notre Dame (12-0) picked up a critical 22-13 victory against disappointing Southern Cal, and the Trojans were hampered further by the absence of star quarterback Matt Barkley. He didnt play because of a sprained right shoulder, forcing the Trojans to give freshman Max Wittek his first career start. Alabama (11-1) opened as a 33-point pick over hapless Auburn, which is winless in the SEC and wrapping up its worst season in decades.
If all three favorites win, Notre Dame is assured of a spot in the Jan. 7 BCS championship game in Miami. The SEC title game between Alabama and Georgia (11-1) essentially would serve as a national semifinal.
Of course, nothing is assured in this sport.
Just ask Kansas State and Oregon.
Not to get negative, said Georgia linebacker Christian Robinson, pondering the idea of losing to the Yellow Jackets with so much on the line, but it could be horrible. It could be everything we didnt want this season to be about. People would pile on everything negative they could think about us.
We have an opponent coming here that probably hates us more than any other opponent. And its probably mutual.
Its stunning that Georgia (11-1) had clawed its way into this position considering what happened Oct. 6.
The Bulldogs rolled into South Carolina for a crucial game between two unbeaten teams and got blown out. They were behind 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and lost 35-7, scoring a meaningless touchdown in the closing minutes just to avoid a shutout.
According to STATS LLC, no team that has finished No. 1 in The Associated Press poll or claimed the Bowl Championship Series title with such a lopsided loss on its record. The worst defeat by a champion came in 1983, when Miami dropped its opener to Florida 28-3 but rebounded to win its last 11 games, including an upset of then-No. 1 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
Georgia dropped to No. 14 in the AP poll after the debacle in Columbia, which most thought was too far back to have any shot at No. 1. But the Bulldogs bounced back with five consecutive wins, most notably a 17-9 triumph over Florida, and kept climbing as one unbeaten team after another fell in defeat.
After South Carolina, especially, we had to take a step back and realize that we can control our future, tight end Arthur Lynch said. We havent looked ahead.
Now, even though the Bulldogs are one of just three teams that controls its own destiny, theyre not breaking from the philosophy that has served them well.
So this week, it was all about Georgia Tech.
No matter what the records are, or whats happening, nothing changes the fact that if we lose to them, its a living hell for the next 365 days, Lynch said. Its what fuels me and gets me motivated. If youre not motivated for this game, you probably shouldnt come to Georgia. You always have to beat Tech.


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Research Shows Racial Inequality Among PrEP Users
A new CDC analysis suggests that only a small percentage of Americans who could benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill for HIV prevention, have been prescribed it. In the first detailed analysis by race and by risk group, CDC researchers also found that while two-thirds of people who could potentially benefit from PrEP are African-American or Latino, they account for the smallest percentage of prescriptions to date.
The findings were presented at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston by Dawn K. Smith, MD, MPH, MS, an epidemiologist and medical officer in CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. Dr. Smith presented the new CDC estimates of PrEP needs and an examination of available data on PrEP prescriptions from a national database of prescriptions filled by commercial pharmacies in the United States.
Results indicate that, in 2015, approximately 500,000 African-Americans and nearly 300,000 Latinos across the nation could have potentially benefited from PrEP based on CDC clinical guidelines. However, only 7,000 prescriptions were filled at retail pharmacies or mail order services for African-Americans and only 7,600 for Latinos during a similar time period (September 2015 - August 2016). While racial and ethnic data were not available for one-third of the prescription data, the analysis found a substantial unmet prevention need.
The gap between how many people could potentially benefit from PrEP and how many received it was smaller among whites, yet still considerable. Of approximately 300,000 whites who could potentially have benefited from PrEP, only 42,000 prescriptions were filled at retail pharmacies or mail order services.
"One of our most powerful tools for HIV prevention remains largely on pharmacy shelves," said Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. "PrEP can be a potent prescription that strengthens prevention options for people who are at high risk for HIV infection."
Study underscores need to get PrEP to more who could potentially benefit
The Food and Drug Administration approved PrEP for HIV prevention in 2012. When taken daily as directed, PrEP can reduce the risk of sexually acquiring HIV by more than 90 percent and the risk of HIV infection among people who inject drugs by more than 70 percent.
To help direct provider and public education efforts, CDC researchers developed a new method for estimating where PrEP need is greatest. The analysis combines data on risk behavior with the latest information on HIV diagnoses nationally and in states.
"We know that in addition to risk behavior, the prevalence of HIV in communities plays an important role in a person's likelihood of infection," explained Smith. "We now have a powerful picture of where PrEP's potential impact could be greatest."
The new national estimate is that about 1.1 million Americans overall are at substantial risk for HIV and should be offered PrEP. However, only 90,000 PrEP prescriptions were filled in commercial pharmacies in the year examined.
Actual PrEP use is somewhat higher than these estimates, because some Americans obtain PrEP through demonstration projects or non-commercial pharmacies, including military health plans, or managed care consortia that operate their own prescription drug programs. Previous studies suggest that commercial pharmacies account for roughly 85 percent to 90 percent of all PrEP prescriptions.
CDC working to expand PrEP awareness and access
CDC is presenting the new data on PrEP need and uptake as part of ongoing efforts to maximize PrEP and all available prevention strategies.
"Closing gaps is an important step for PrEP," said Eugene McCray, MD, director of CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. "CDC is committed to equipping providers and all people living with and at risk for HIV with the information and support needed to maximize the impact of PrEP and all proven strategies."
CDC is leading efforts to build awareness about PrEP and help ensure that it is available to everyone who could potentially benefit from it. For example:
This article originally appeared on hiv.gov.


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We get it, you get it, and everyone gets it, the camera on the Lumia 920 kicks ass. Whether devouring photons in low-light situations or reproducing great audio in videos, the 920 can handle it all with aplomb.
So here is another one of those videos showing off a killer feature unique to Nokia and their PureView technology, specifically the optical image stabilization. The video puts a Lumia 920 and a competitor on a hexacopter at the Nokia Lumia 920 launch event in India.
The video below shows off what appears from those in attendance to be a Samsung Galaxy SIII up against the Lumia 920. Both devices were attached to the copter and were recording a video of the audience at the same time, then the video results were put up on stage side-by-side for the audience to see the difference in video quality and how the OIS handled being on a bumpy ride. The results speak for themselves.
Videos like this are fun to see the great imaging tech we have available on the Windows Phone platform. You'll also remember the interviews we had the other day at CES with Juha Alakarhu and Chris Weber – both reitereated the same message that the combination of Windows Phone and Nokia's imaging tech was only getting started and this year will only get even better. To say they were both extremely excited about the future would be an understatement.
We can only imagine the combination of camera technology in the 41 megapixel monster 808 PureView and optical image stabilization of the Lumia 920. That duo isn't improbable and hopefully our imagination will become reality at Mobile World Congress.
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