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ABC News' Lisa Stark takes to the simulator after taking a sleeping pill.
Aug. 14, 2012 -- "I feel a little bit zombie-like, I have to admit."
On Tuesday's World News broadcast, correspondent Lisa Stark demonstrates the dangers of driving after taking sleeping medication. She traveled to the University of Iowa, home of the most advanced driving simulator in the country, to reproduce the experience of driving while under the influence of such medication.
Before the trial, she demonstrates abilities of a good driver within the simulator.
"You did fine in your test run," Omar Ahmad, director of operations for the National Advanced Driving Simulator tells her. "You were alert, you were paying attention, you were able to track, you were fairly well within the speed limit, your eye movements were consistent with someone who's alert, scanning the traffic around them as you should be."
Stark then takes a sleeping pill and undergoes another series of driving simulations. The first, at 30 minutes, demonstrates the effects during the medication's onset. Its effects are already noticeable.
"Lisa is now driving in the passing lane at a velocity of about 53 miles per hour in a 70 mph speed zone," reported Ahmad, in the control room at the time. "This is very dangerous."
"And now she's stopped blinking… She's really just zoned out," said Susan T. Chrysler, the simulator's director of research.
"Am I on the wrong side of the road?" Stark is heard asking. During this session she weaves along the interstate and occasionally veers onto the shoulder of the road. She runs at least one red light.
She undergoes another session at 90 minutes – at the drug's peak time of effect – during which time she nearly swerves into a truck. She narrowly misses one parked vehicle, but hits another. She falls asleep the minute the car is stopped. Asked to walk in a straight line, she is unsuccessful.
"I didn't feel that I was in control and I felt that I couldn't take in all the information on the roads and the car," says Stark. "I should not have been driving in that position."
Her last drive takes place four hours after taking the drug. Although her response times are improved, she continues to have seconds of zoning out, called "micro-sleeps."
"I think we can pretty safely say that we would recommend that she not drive a vehicle even at this point," said Ahmad. "Her reaction is indicative of somebody who's still somewhat impaired. "
Although the term "sleep driving" has been used to describe impaired driving due to misuse or abuse of sedative drugs like sleeping pills, the term technically refers only to cases when individuals drive while actually asleep or not fully conscious – much like sleep walking. These individuals typically drive in an impaired or unsafe manner.
First reported in 1996, sleep driving falls under the category of "complex behaviors" that can be side effects of certain sleeping pills. Other reported complex behaviors include sleep eating, sleep sex and sleep violence.
Such complex behaviors, however, are actually quite rare. In a review from 1992-2006 reports, researchers found a total of only 14 reports of sleep driving.
A much more common concern of sleep medications is impaired driving due to misuse of these drugs. In 1999-2005, a study found that zolpidem, a common sleep medication that also is manufactured under the name Ambien, was the major intoxicant in 187 of 8,121 DUI arrests in Wisconsin -- in other words, 2.3 percent. The DUI arrests occurred at all times of the day and night, with nearly a quarter of them occurring between 8:00 a.m. and noon.
"A good safe medication that can quickly get you to sleep is on the market, but if you take it at the wrong time, that's the problem," says Dr. Mark Eric Dyken, director of sleep disorder center at the University of Iowa. "If you take it when you're supposed to be awake….it's gonna be dangerous."
This danger persists if people drive too soon after taking the drug. Package inserts on sleeping medication recommend at least seven to eight hours of sleep before engaging in activities such as driving. Because the half-life of zolpidem, for example, is 2.5 hours -- meaning 50 percent of the drug is eliminated from the body every 2.5 hours -- it should take about seven to eight hours for most of the drug's effects to leave the system. At this rate, about 97 percent of the drug is out of a person's system 12.5 hours after they take it.
The pill's developer, Sanofi-Aventis, says it stands behind the safety and efficacy of Ambien when used as directed, and there is a clear warning on the drug label that patients should receive 7 or 8 hours asleep before being active.
Despite this, many people may be driving before the drug is out of their system. In an American study conducted by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, zolpidem was found in 0.12 percent of daytime drivers and 0.01 percent in nighttime drivers. In a similar survey in Norway, where hours of daylight can be extremely long or short and many people use sleeping medication to manage sleep schedules, levels of a sleeping medication called zopiclone was found in 2.3 percent of drivers during weekdays and 1.9 percent on weekends.
This dangerous trend of drivers under the influence may continue, as the market itself has grown 13 percent over the last four years, to 60 million total prescriptions written for all sleep medications in 2011, contributing to a $1.6 billion market. Popular sleeping drugs include zolpidem, as well as eszopiclone (Lunesta), temazepam (Restoril), and triazolam (Halcion).
Since its approval in 1992 for the treatment of insomnia, zolpidem has been the best-selling sleep medication – a trend that continues to climb. Prescriptions for all forms of zolpidem have increased in 29.8 percent from 2007 to 2011, with 44.8 million prescriptions written in 2011, 95 percent of which are for the generic version.
This increase in sleeping pill popularity should be tempered with the knowledge of their side effects. In 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed the labeling of zolpidem to include warnings that the drug could increase the risk of depression or suicidal thinking. A 2008 revision of these warnings added complex behaviors, including sleep driving and hallucinations, to the label.
Patients should also exercise caution to obtain at least the recommended amount of sleep – 7 to 8 hours – after taking sleeping pills. Any less sleep, and patients may exhibit the types of impairment that are common to sleepy drivers: poor or slow coordination, nystagmus (rapid back and forth eye movement), lack of balance, poor performance on sobriety tests, slow or slurred speech, muscle flaccidity, impaired vision, drowsy, tired, confused, disoriented appearance, and short term memory loss.
ABC News' Stark had been a great example of what happens after taking a sleep medication and driving. After three drives, she reviewed her experience, recounting her memory of two of her drives while on the medication.
"But you actually had three drives while you were on the Ambien," simulator research director Chrysler told her.
"I had three drives?" she asks. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," Chrysler confirms. "You were so asleep when we stopped that we had to wake you up in the driver's seat to get you out of the car."
"Well, I don't remember that many drives," says Stark. "I don't remember that many drives so clearly. One of them at least is a blur."


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Anyway as a result of that I looked up Nenthead mines and found their Facebook page that has some pics of different styles of skips, again gauge info is missing as are any dimensions.
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PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — It may have taken 46 years, but one boy's postcard has made it home to Mom.
Bert Jacobson sent the postcard to his mother in Pauls Valley, Okla., in January 1967, when he was 13 years old. The card, from the Old Country Store Museum in Hereford, Penn., arrived last Friday.
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The postcard was sent with a 4-cent Abraham Lincoln stamp. The card reads: "Mom, Hi. We've been having a great time."
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Retired Immigration Judge Jimmie Benton
Highlights EOIR Management and Training Weaknesses
Frank Serna wrote me from Houston CCA in June, where he'd been locked up for 14 months. An immigration judge in 2004 held a hearing and found credible his mother's testimony and other evidence of his U.S. citizenship and terminated proceedings, but in 2012 Immigration and Customs Enforcement ignored Frank's narrative and their own records and brought him in again. He was surprised, "ICE picked me up in 2009 and let me go." After a six month sentence in Laredo in 2012 for drug possession he thought he was free, "But then when I got out, ICE was there, and I was thinking, 'Why are they picking me up?'"
Obviously this just had to be a huge mistake. Serna, whose best language is English, said, "It seemed like a last minute decision." Once he was in an immigration court one he figure'd he'd explain everything and be released.
But that's not what happened. On May 8, 2012 Immigration Judge Jimmie Benton said he heard the 2004 recording in which Immigration Judge Cary Copeland in Dallas had terminated the proceedings. According to the records, the government had failed to prove Frank was an alien and waived appeal.
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At the hearing on May 8, 2012 Frank, without funds for an attorney, tries his best to stave off this unlawful and unjust deferral of his freedom. He tries to squeeze in between Benton's interruptions the correct legal analysis to explain how the law and facts confirmed his U.S. citizenship, but Benton cuts him off, "That's for the government to determine, that's not for you to determine. If the government determines you are not a U.S. citizen you can try to convince me."
In other words, in some strange legal world of his own creation, Benton had decided that immigration courts are not part of the government, and also that he could have another agency make a determination that under res judicata was his to make.
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Andrew Free, Serna's attorney, said of the May 8, 2012:
About a year later (May 31, 2013), Benton "separated from the EOIR" according to Lauren Alder Reid, a public affairs official at the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Benton says he retired. On June 7, 2013 Houston Immigration Judge Saul Greenstein terminated proceedings on the basis of reviewing the 2004 recording and immigration court order at the time. Under Benton, the hearings had dragged out for over a year and Benton ordered him deported. Greenstein, aware of all this, held the first hearing on June 3, 2013 and four days later Serna was released.I have rarely had such a visceral reaction to a piece of audio. It's just infuriating. I found myself screaming at the disembodied voice of the judge in my laptop.
With unlimited resources at its disposal, and backdoor channels to sway Citizenship and Immigration Services agents from issuing people like Frank Serna Certificates of Citizenship -- more on that later -- ICE is appealing Greenstein's order.
|Frank picking up mail informing him government will be appealing the immigration judge decision to terminate deportation proceedings
And Benton? I saw him in his old grim, windowless court at the Houston CCA in July. He was there to barter with the ICE attorney for his client's bond, along with the dozen other private attorneys. I heard it was his first time back in his old court since he left. The incongruity of the situation was palpable but it was business as usual, though Benton seemed to get a better deal from the ICE attorney for his client than the other attorneys did, $4,500 compared to the median $7,500.
Benton's Recollection of the Frank Serna Case and Others
We spoke today by phone. I asked him about the Frank Serna case and others in which the word was that Benton refused to allow hearings unless respondents first filed N600 applications. He defended this practice, "I tell them, that way they have two bites at the apple," a phrase that I indeed heard verbatim from respondents and attorneys who had appeared before him. "That way if they are unable to convince the government, they have an opportunity to try to convince me." Again, pretty much what he told Serna during that hearing.
But all the cases I'd heard about, including Serna's, showed ICE attorneys in ex parte communication with the CIS and Benton rubber-stamping the denials. I asked Benton if he ever terminated proceedings on the basis of US citizenship after an N600 application had been denied. He couldn't recall any.
Benton said that the paperwork for the N600 applications helped prepare for the hearings, but the rationale only worked for the government attorney and himself. He could not produce any reasons for why it would be beneficial for a US citizen to have to wait in detention for an N600 decision instead of having the hearing before Benton. This isn't to say it's not a fair strategy for IJs who have confidence in their own abilities to independently evaluate an administrative record, just that Benton lacked the training and qualifications to do this, and admitted as much. (Greenstein, on the other hand, is a former attorney in the Office of Immigration Litigation.)
And indeed when Serna's denial came back (via the government attorney, who gave a copy of it to Serna the day of the hearing), Benton just read it verbatim as part of the record for preparing the deportation order, and failed to countenance Serna's arguments about the evidence his mother shared with the immigration court in 2004.
Benton told me that if someone objected and wanted to have the hearing they could, though that does not seem plausible, at least for Serna. In fact, even attorneys told me that Benton refused to have hearings unless they filed N-600 applications.
Benton also told me that he interviewed Serna's mother and made his determination only after he had reached her, or someone whose phone number Serna said was hers, and found the information she gave him not sufficient. I was pretty sure that in that time frame, Frank's mother was deceased and asked if perhaps he was confusing that event with the hearing he'd listened to from 2004. Benton then and in a subsequent email was adamant about having spoken with Serna's mother and that this was during a hearing.
Sorry. I can not listen to the recording at my office because there are no speakers attached to my computer. will listen to it this evening. Regardless, I will swear to you that I called the person he identified as his mother to receive from her the information she provided to IJ Copeland. There was no written decision in the ROP explaining how he arrived at his decision. Yes, my general policy was to require N600 to be filed before I would consider hearing evidence of US citizenship. By my way of thinking that gave respondents two opportunities to establish their claim, organize their evidence and at the same time provide me the DHS position on the citizenship claim.. In a number of cases DHS found they were citizens, issued certificates of citizenship and motioned to terminate proceedings. I do recall instances were DHS refused to adjudicate the N600 because the fee was not paid and they would not issue a fee waiver. Those cases I decided without DHS' adjudication. Based upon the two cases you brought to my attention I was obviously flawed in my analysis of the citizenship claim. It would also be fair to say that I was weak in the area of citizenship. This was definitely something that EOIR should have addressed in the form of training. The substantive IJ training involving active give and take, questions and learned input from colleagues has been sorely missing for several years now. I retired on May 31, 2013. None of my decisions have ever been the subject of discipline, admonishment or attention by the Chief Judge. The one complaint against me in my nearly 18 years on the bench involved an off the record statement I made to Respondent's attorney wherein I told her that if the case was remanded I would understand if she ask that I recused myself (this was an LPR cancellation matter). My decision to retire was manifold: retirement eligible since 2011, lack of professional respect for OCIJ management because my immediate supervisors could not find there way around an immigration court, lack of meaningful training, crushing case load, the current flux in the immigration laws (not comfortable with issuing removal orders for people who may in the near future be eligible for releif) and my desire to enter private practice where there is no pressure to be financially successful.


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You and S&W are late to the party.
Google ".21 Genghis" and see that Alexander Arms has had these for years . . .
yes i knew about AA's work with the round i just don't want to spend that kind of $$ just to fire a few cheap dirty 5.45's-- i was thinking a $90 5.45 barrel re-worked into a AR upper i all-ready have. one thing that is a concern--on the S&W they claim you can load 27 5.45's in a AR-30rd mag?
i question if that is actually doable?? or is it??
sounds like a good idea to me!
well been playing around with the bushmaster 30rd mag with the green follower. to me it looks like stacking more than a few 5.45s in it would be a no-go.
7 rounds maybe--
i am going to play around with a couple of old bulgy-plastic 5.45 mags and see if one can be cut down enough to fit in the AR magwell.
If S&W is releasing an upper, I am sure they have some mags lined up. There is a mag manufacture that I believe is going to make a hi-cap version for them. Colt made a 7.62x39mm version that didn't sell well because there was no hi-cap mag.
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As predicted, online retailers did okay during the holiday season. Actually, a little bit better than predicted, according to comScore. The Web-tracking service predicted a three percent bump and is now reporting that sales jumped by five percent in the last two months of the year. That's $27 billion and change, all told.
The summary table (click to enlarge):
A couple points:
- Sales were pretty lousy last year, what with the economic collapse and everything. So a five percent increase over that isn't staggering.
- As comScore (SCOR) has pointed out throughout the season, it was the big guys–Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Wal-Mart (WMT)–that dominated online sales this season.
- The numbers don't tell you what sort of stuff people were buying, but comScore says folks spent a lot on consumer electronics (I, for example, am the very happy new owner of a 32-gig iPod touch) and jewelry and watches (nope).
- Look what happens when it snows a lot, as it did 10 days ago. People stay home but keep shopping.
- No clue what was going on Dec. 15, though. Thoughts?


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Moss has had much success working with agent Bouna NDiaye over the past two seasons. The tandem has uncovered the hidden talents of Ronny Turiaf, Mickael Gelabale, Ian Mahinmi, and DJ Mbenga just over the last two seasons and have started a trend of finding mobile big men with the work ethic and intensity thats worth following. Each of the four aforementioned players are all known for their length, defensive intensity, and mobility to create problems for the opposition. Technique and repetition were the key words of the day for all these prospects and Moss runs the type of solid routine that can clearly get results.
The morning session was close to two hours with both players working at a vigorous clip. Neither said a word nor showed any outward signs of fatigue as they methodically went through every drill, stopping briefly perhaps once or twice for water. The players started with standard ball-handling drills as well as jump-stop and other balance and fundamental positioning work. The regimen went extensively into hand-eye coordination and touch development, which is clearly paying off as both players showed a soft clean release of the ball. Motion drills were incorporated into the shooting routines and the players worked from 3 attack angles during each series of repetitions. Much of the shooting work was predicated on recovery speed and endurance, which is certainly to the benefit of these two big men.
Player Evaluations:
Saer Sene, 70 235lbs, Center, Senegal
The most important thing to remember when evaluating Sene is how new most of this drill work is to him and how raw a physical specimen he is. Moss made no attempts to hide this fact and was actually quite enthusiastic about the progress Sene has made over such a short period of time.
The physical attributes Sene brings to the table are impressive and even more so when thought of in the context of his lack of any formal weight training and overall developmental experience. When talking to Moss, he projected that Sene could put on 30 pounds of muscle without altering his agility or range of motion whatsoever. After seeing Senes impressive frame there is no disagreement. Sene has the ability to touch the rim while standing and uses his phenomenal length to its fullest extent both offensively and defensively. Once his lower body strength is improved hell be a terror on the boards and in the paint defensively.
Athletically, Sene has quick feet and is fairly fluid. Nothing he did in the drills was geared to a speed for gauging his peak explosive ability, but Sene was up to his elbows effortlessly on his dunk attempts while going half speed. At one point, coach Moss asked if I had a camera so I could take a picture of him slapping the top of the backboard, so theres not much more to say about him in terms of shot blocking potential.
Skills wise, Sene has a long way to go before hes game ready. Sene is working on harnessing the most fundamental of concepts such as jump-stops, post footwork, body positioning, and other form related core basketball concepts. Because of this, all of Senes drill work was done at a more measured pace in order to maintain the fundamental approach that is essential for him at this stage in his career. Moss was quick to point out that there are a number of things that Sene does well that simply do not translate into this setting, and that is understandable. Sene has got to continue to develop his hands. While the touch is soft he had only modest success receiving the ball, though not poor. Repetition is something that this 19 year old needs before he can become the aggressor in any offensive area.
Sene does have some tools that are refined enough to serve as an excellent foundation for his future game. For one, there are shades of Kareem in his hook shot. The release point has to be near 11 feet in the air with Sene utilizing the full length of his reach and enormous hands to cup the ball effortlessly before the smooth release. While the footwork isnt there yet to be a competent offensive weapon, his release is high and consistent with good form, making it unblockable on any level. Sene was actually at his best when doing the motion shooting drills, using glass as well as dropping the ball in directly with an excellent arching trajectory. The improvement on execution during these drills serves as a good indicator of Senes ability to perform better in live situations where his instinct takes over.
The negatives are obvious with a player whos only played 3 years of organized ball. He doesnt have the lower body strength to hold position in the post against NBA centers and will not be able to simply rely on timing and reach to block shots. Because of the lack of leg strength, Sene cannot establish a low base and hell need that on both sides of the ball in the paint. Sene has no defined footwork or feel for the post at this point aside from his nice finishing ability. Hes still at the rudimentary stages of learning how to get himself into a position to utilize his excellent shooting form, so primary offense is not an option at this stage. Also, the lack of repetition leads him to tweak his delivery after a miss or two, though a quick word from Moss here and there would snap him back into line.
The most significant portion of the workout, and what truly will determine if he becomes a factor in the NBA, is his attitude and approach to the game. From what we saw and heard, these areas are only going to serve him well. Sene is visibly hard on himself when failing to execute effectively and was vocal on numerous occasions. But, he also maintains his signature smile and seems to genuinely be having a good time while pushing himself through the routine. Despite there only being two players here, Sene never looked winded, never rested his hands on his knees or said a word about the pace of the drills.
Overall, there is plenty to be encouraged by with Saer Sene. He is definitely a player that shows all the traits that lead one to believe that hell continue to develop. But, situation will be essential for Saer as hell need a ton of extra attention from the coaching staff of whatever team chooses him. Hes quiet, but has a warm personality that will only serve him well as he attempts to overcome the language barrier and become an active part of whatever organization chooses him.
The best situation for Sene would be one where he has some type of veteran to emulate and practice against, but also have some young players who he can identify with and come to when things are tough. Also, Sene will need a coach that knows how to foster development through positive instruction instead of someone who relies on intimidation and fear to get their message across. A team like Boston, Atlanta, or even Phoenix would be ideal for the various reasons mentioned above.
Itll take some time to harness his talent but our opinion is that anyone looking for rebounding and interior defense from the center spot, and has the patience to wait for it, would be happy with what their working with.
Reda Rhalimi, 611 255lbs, Center/Forward, St. Marys
Rhalimi was certainly the less heralded of the two prospects coming from an unspectacular St. Marys program and spending 3 years in anonymity with limited playing time and injury. But, continuing with the trend that NDiaye and Moss have established, Rhalimi showed skills that exceed his limited reputation.
Rhalimi has good quickness for a player his size and can face up from 15-18 feet and hit his shot with regularity, despite a slightly flat trajectory and less than perfect form. Rhalimis feet splay apart slightly and his release point is roughly three quarters above his head, so he doesnt take advantage of his sizable reach to its fullest extent. Rhalimis post work and feel on his moves was very solid and his ability to finish with power only served to emphasize these points. Rhalimi has a strong core and can spin and change direction on his secondary moves quite well and has the strength to absorb some contact.
Rhalimis hands are solid for the position and he can control the ball cleanly with either his left or his right. Rebounding ability is tough to gauge for him due to the nature of the workout and the lack of game film on him. But, hes got a good frame and seems very active overall, so there is some indication that he has the tools to handle things on the glass.
Considering the small sample of game experience there is to work with, its no surprise that Rhalimi hasnt been on anyones radar to date. But, there is skill here and with a continued approach to his development as well as some good fortune with his health, Rhalimi could parlay his enthusiasm and energy into a shot at the pros.
Rhalimi obviously is working out of a hole and has a ton of questions to answer because of his choice of school. If his heart is set on the NBA hell have to earn in the hard way, but hes got a shot if he works at it and is patient. Another quality character guy, Rhalimi was realistic with his personal assessment, saying its always been my dream to play in the NBA, but I just want to play. There is a lot of Ronny Turiaf in Rhalimis game and they have virtually the same body and athleticism, so hell be playing somewhere next season and getting paid for sure.


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Nothing changes
To the editor:
After recording and reviewing the first meeting of the Sanford City Council, I can see that very little has changed. If the first meeting was any sign of things to come, nothing ever will change.
There are many things that stayed the same. One of our old-time councilors has already decided to make changes to the new charter that he swore was the best thing to happen to Sanford. At earlier meetings, all he did was praise the new charter up and down and beg to have it approved. Not only that, he did his best to keep the taxpayer from questioning the charter committee's brilliant work. He also did his best to keep it from being talked about during informational meetings. He cut the taxpayer off every chance he got.
After jamming the new charter down our throat, it was voted on in November and, by bad luck, approved. The town attorney had gone over it and approved it. The charter committee approved it. Now that it is on the books, he found out there was something that he feels was left out, by accident of course, and now he wants to put in his changes.
I say too bad. He should have thought of that addition when things were still open. People were warned to read the charter very carefully. It is not good for the taxpayer and gives the city too much power. Whatever the council wants, the council will get. The taxpayer now has no say in anything the council wants to do. That does not mean everything will be for the good of the city — only what the Council thinks is good.
Council, 100 percent; people, 0 percent. Things will only get worse as time goes by.
Watch your taxes go up.
As I said, nothing changes and nothing will, as long as the good old boys and girls are in power.
I just hope the taxpayer will keep an eye open and finally see what is happening to Sanford. Please watch the televised council meetings, and if you see something you don't like or understand, ask questions. Remember, you live in Sanford and have every right to speak up. Don't you think it is time for change in how your City of Sanford is run?
Roger Christensen
Sanford School Department spends too much
To the editor:
I am glad to see the governor trying to get Maine schools in order.
I live in Sanford and have been trying for years now to get the attention of the residents to look at what the school budget is every year. I have written letters to the Sanford News on several occasions to try to wake people up. I have also written to the town councilors, members of the school committee and the superintendent of schools (most with no response), and every year they cry that more money is needed for education.
There is a ratio of 10.6 students to each teacher, and we hear over and over that smaller classrooms are needed. All the information needed for people to see is in the town reports every year, but I guess people just don't look at it. Our elected officials have been elected year after year and used little effort to cut school spending. There are too many cliques in Sanford and in other cities and towns. The good old boys and girls are just afraid to demand that the schools stop asking for more.
I have enclosed some facts I hope will bring attention to Sanford taxpayers to see the waste. Everyone wants our kids to get a great education, but I see little money used for the kids, with most monies going to administration salaries. Our taxes went up 10 percent this year; as someone on Social Security, these increases will eventually force myself and many others to move.
The following information was taken from the Town of Sanford 2010 — 2011 Annual Report.
There are approximately 3,200 students to 300 teachers, a ratio of 10.6 students per teacher.
When it comes to salaries in the school system, 84 are making between $40,000 and $50,000 a year; 82 are making between $50,000 and $70,000 a year; 10 are making between $70,000 and $80,000 a year; and 12 are making between $80,000 and $100,000 a year.
Along with this, the school department spent approximately $4 million for vendor services.
The average Sanford resident's salary is $20,000 a year, with total household income of $37,000. This makes it difficult for us to keep up with the tax increases every year because of foolish spending.
At last count, there were over 700 people employed by Sanford Schools. Some, of course, receive lower salaries, and I assume some are part-time, but the fact remains that the Sanford School Department spends way too much money. Hopefully, the governor's cuts will force our schools to cut unnecessary spending and freeze some of these ridiculous salaries.
Teachers need to be evaluated and make an effort to educate our kids properly. Have you seen many kids today that can do simple math without a calculator? What happened to good, old fashioned education? Do we need to supply kids with 500-dollar iPads? Why are there so many assistants to top administrators? When I was a kid, our principal was also a teacher. They had no assistants and every teacher had to stay after school to give extra help for those who needed it. Now many try to get out the door before the students, so they don't get stuck behind the school buses. Negotiations with the unions need to be done by people who are qualified and aren't afraid to say no to their demands.
Thanks to the governor in trying to get Maine's schools back in order.
Dan Condon
Internet has its limits
To the editor:
It is sad that so many people have stressful experiences using the Internet. It's sad because of the misperceptions of what the Internet is and what its limitations are.
As a reference point and search tool, the Internet is unparalleled in the history of communication. It makes finding information enjoyable rather than vastly time-consuming. Before the Internet, we did all of our work through reading books and researching at libraries and took our notes by hand and later typed them on a typewriter. Of course, everything is now at our fingertips, and even libraries can be reached online. This is a great advantage for students.
Conversely, studying and research are less personal. All Internet engagements are impersonal and, in many cases, problematic because they require little social contact and result in a loss of personal experiences. Now, when young people seek to meet someone, they tend to use the Internet and form relationships without personal contact with individuals. This at the very least is a questionable or risky practice.
You haven't met someone unless it's in person and he or she is sitting or standing in front of you, conversing with you, face to face. Meeting someone on the Internet can increase your vulnerability and make you susceptible to con artists and predators.
Does this mean Internet dating is bad? Not necessarily. A person can meet someone on the Internet, but they should not be duped into thinking they're in a complete and valid relationship with that person until they meet face to face. Only then can you evaluate whom you have met. Only then can you determine the mental, physical and emotional compatibility between you and that person.
In consideration of all those who have been tricked, fooled or hurt, please realize the limitations of the Internet.
John Flynn


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A small victory for freedom and common sense, though for the wrong reasons:
A court in Breda, Netherlands has overturned the smoking ban the government imposed last summer. The judge ruled that the ban violates Article One of the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The judge argues that the ban disproportionately affects the owners of small establishments with no additional staff.
The correct reason why the smoking ban is doubly absurd is that it targets private, not public places and in particular ones where most customers come specifically for smoking. The fact that passive smoking can lead to cancer is quite irrelevant here because no one is forcing a non-smoker to go to these places.
A similar law in the US, for instance, would immediately ban most hookah bars. I would think anyone would see the underlying absurdity and inherent dangers immediately but apparently that is not the case.
I am also surprised — as when I read the linked comment above — at most people's amazing lack of understanding of the basic libertarian principles and their propensity to attribute positions to their opponents that they do not hold. (For the uninitiated, this is usually referred to as a strawman argument)


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Southwest Airlines plans big Atlanta announcement | Business
ATLANTA -- Southwest Airlines is planning to celebrate its first year of flying from Atlanta with a big announcement.
On Feb. 12, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Inc. plans to hold an event at the AirTran Corporate Center in College Park. A big announcement is anticipated that will further the airline's presence in Atlanta.
"This is the year where we really get to work on building Atlanta," Gary C. Kelly, CEO and president of Southwest, said in a Jan. 24 call with analysts. "And the nice thing is we've had just such a wonderful reception in the community. So we're very pleased with the reaction to the Southwest brand ... So we got a big year coming up, though, for Atlanta, no question."
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler will join Southwest executives including Jeff Lamb, senior vice president of administration and chief people officer, for the upcoming event.
Southwest Airlines began flights to and from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Feb. 12, 2012. The airline made its way to the city by acquiring Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Airways for $1.4 billion in 2011.


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Kickstarter heroine Kristen Bell stars in the Sundance premiere directed by Liz W Garcia. Joker Films handles international rights.
Screen Media and Focus World, the alternative distribution channel operated by Focus Features, will release The Lifeguard in theatres and on digital platforms this summer.
The Lifeguard follows a formerly successful woman who leaves New York and returns to live in her parents' house in the suburbs after her career and love life come crashing down.
Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr and Amy Madigan round out the key cast. Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures, Harto and Garcia of La Pistola and Attic Light Films' Milan Chakraborty produced.
Screen Media president Suzanne Blech and director of marketing and acquisitions Seth Needle negotiated alongside Focus evp of strategic planning, business affairs and acquisitions Avy Eschenasy and director of alternative content and distribution Kent Sanderson. CAA represented the film-makers.
Bell hit the headlines earlier this month when she and Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas raised $2m on Kickstarter to make a feature version of the hit mid-2000s TV mystery show in which Bell starred.
Warner Bros said if the fundraisers reached the target it would assist in various aspects of distribution, marketing and publicity.


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Former Steamboat Springs woman accused of faking cancer, stealing $7,000
Steamboat Springs — A former Steamboat Springs woman who police say faked having cancer turned herself in Friday morning at the Routt County Jail.
A judge signed off on the arrest warrant Wednesday.
Elizabeth Emilie Bateman, 34, also is accused of hosting a fundraiser for a fake cancer charity and spending the $7,000 in proceeds on herself, for which she faces a felony theft charge.
Bateman, who currently lives in New Mexico, was booked at the jail, posted a $10,000 bond and then was released.
In late March, Steamboat Springs Police Department Detective Dave Kleiber began investigating the allegations after being contacted by resident Michelle Beck and a Crime Stoppers tipster. The story that unraveled was one of lies, fraud and deceit.
Kleiber identified 28 victims who had given money to the sham charity for which Bateman held a fundraiser. The Friends Through the Fight charity supposedly was created to raise money to make wishes come true for adults who have cancer.
"The victims that I spoke with, they weren't angry over the loss of the money," Kleiber said Wednesday. "They were angry over the violation of trust — just being scammed."
Kleiber spoke with Beck — who said she got to know Bateman through Rex's American Grill & Bar, where the women worked at separate times — and said Bateman told her early in their friendship that she had cancer.
According to Bateman's blog post from 2011, she had been diagnosed with a terminal form of leukemia four years ago and she did not have long to live. She moved to Steamboat from Texas in 2009.
"Living in a small mountain town in Colorado was always on my bucket list … so why not?" she wrote.
Beck believed the story.
"If you looked at her, you were like, 'Yeah, this girl has cancer,'" she said Wednesday.
Without any of Bateman's family nearby, Beck said she offered to help Bateman and allowed her to move into her house, where she lived for about seven months.
Beck said she did not work last winter so she could help take care of Bateman, who used a wheelchair and oxygen. Beck said she would wake Bateman in the middle of the night to give her a shot of what Beck thought was liquid morphine that needed to be administered every six hours.
Eventually, Beck learned that the liquid with which she had been injecting Bateman was a saline solution, Kleiber wrote in the arrest warrant.
Beck said it is sickening to recall the situation.
"I believe some days she laid on my couch knowing exactly what she was doing and loving every minute of it," Beck said.
Beck said she gave Bateman rides to Edwards, Texas and other places to get chemotherapy and other cancer treatments.
It is not thought she was seen by doctors, according to the arrest warrant.
"We shaved her head because she was like, 'My hair is starting to fall out again," Beck said.
Beck said she also was tasked with helping Bateman with the phony charity she had started. Beck said Bateman suggested they hold a benefit to raise money for the charity in about March 2012.
They held the benefit at Rex's, where Bateman worked part time. Rex's owner, Rex Brice, said Thursday that Bateman was a good worker, had a good attitude and always was willing to help with community-service projects. Brice said he donated to the Friends Through the Fight charity fundraising event personally and as a business.
"I was a little shocked to hear she was not sick, to say the least," Brice said.
A professional photographer volunteered to document the fundraiser, and Beck's husband's construction company, Beck Construction, donated $2,000.
Kleiber's investigation looked into how the money was spent.
"There are no transactions documented on the bank account balance sheet that would indicate any money from the account was utilized to support Friends Through the Fight 'make a wish' activities," the warrant states.
The warrant mentions how Bateman's Facebook page and blog show her on beach vacations, a skydiving trip and a helicopter ride.
It is thought Bateman also held two fundraisers in Grapevine, Texas, the warrant states.
Friends began becoming suspicious of Bateman's cancer claims in March after Beck made her go to the emergency room at Yampa Valley Medical Center because Bateman claimed she was vomiting blood.
"I made her go to the ER, and the whole time she was just freaking out," Beck said. "I didn't get it, and now I do."
Beck said doctors told her Bateman was not physically sick. Friends confronted Bateman, and Bateman posted on Facebook four days after the hospital visit that she never had cancer, according to the warrant.
Bateman then moved to New Mexico, where she currently is living.
Beck said she told police about the incident because she was worried Bateman again would take advantage of people.
"I don't want anyone ever, ever to go through this," she said. "It's horrible."
Bateman's father, Al Bateman, said Wednesday that he was leaving with his daughter Thursday for Steamboat so she could post bond at Routt County Jail on Friday.
She "is very distressed about everything she has done in the past," Al Bateman said. "She is seeking counseling."
Bateman is due in court at 8:30 a.m. June 18. The Routt County District Attorney's Office has not filed formal charges.
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FYI to all.... I found a 4.0 version at : http://www.extjs.com.br/forum/index....e;topic=4808.0
It works great!
FYI to all.... I found a 4.0 version at : http://www.extjs.com.br/forum/index....e;topic=4808.0
It works great!
im using this plugin to mask an ip address like that:
but when i want to write an ip addres like 192.168.1.2 doesn't work, i must put 192.168.001.002Code:var comp = new Ext.form.TextField({ name:'ip-address', fieldLabel:'ip address', plugins: [new Ext.ux.InputTextMask('999.999.999.999', true)] });
is there any way to solve this problem
I create a project to build ExtJS extensions. And put this InputTextMask in them.
The version works with Extjs 4.
The project is in: https://bitbucket.org/giovanni/extjs/
Awesome extension first off, is there an example for email input?
Is it possible?
I have used the masking plugin - it works but i have a specific requirement.
1. When the page is loaded it is not showing the masking for the field, Even though i have set. Only when i click inside the field that it shows the masking.
2. When i doi should just get the field value without masking, ie i should get "1111111111" instead of "(111)111-1111" .Code:Ext.getCmp('phone').getValue()
example of code that i tried:
Any help is appreciated.Code:{ xtype: 'textfield', fieldLabel: 'Phone', id: 'phone', allowBlank: false, plugins: [new Ext.ux.InputTextMask('(999)999-9999', false)] },
In my application I have defined a form to edit employees. This form is instantiated on the main employee edit page. I have another instance of this for that exists in a hidden window. For some reason having 2 of the same objects with input masks as children really messes things up. I have been able to throw together a simple test case that breaks in the same way as my actual application.
When I run this I get the following errorCode:Ext.define('form', { extend: 'Ext.form.Panel', items:[{ xtype:'textfield', fieldLabel: 'test', plugins: [new Ext.ux.InputTextMask('99999-9999', false)] }] }); var win1 = Ext.create('Ext.Window', { height: 300, width: 300, items: Ext.create('form') }); var win2 = Ext.create('Ext.Window', { height: 300, width: 300, items: Ext.create('form') }); win1.show(); win2.show();
Can someone else verify this behavior?Code:TypeError: this.field.inputEl is undefined this.inputTextElement = this.field.inputEl.dom
Last edited by brentdooley999; 6 Aug 2012 at 2:21 PM. Reason: I think I changed my reference to "Ext.ux.InputTextMask". You might have to change your example locally.
Yes brentdooley999, I am experiencing the same problem. I have a 'master' form with a plugin field on it. When the form is extended to two children, I get lock-up on the field. Anyone solved this?
[email protected] and '@domain.com' is fixed and user have exact 4 digits, them you could.
This plugin is broken on IE 11 and any other browser which adheres to the new standards used for text selection. Does anyone have a fixed version?
Hi, as per previous post I have found that the plugin is broken in later browsers. There have been changes to how selections and ranges are worked with that have broken the functions getCursorPosition and moveCursorToPosition. Has anyone had a go at fixing this? I've had a look but can't figure it out.
I'm on ExtJS 4.2.
Assuming this did work, would this plugin also work on Touch?
Derek Bennnan.


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John Rosenthal
May 4, 2013
The Libyan militia group that the State Department hired to defend its embattled diplomatic mission in Benghazi had clear al-Qaida sympathies, and had prominently displayed the al-Qaida flag on a Facebook page for months before the deadly attack.
That organization, the February 17th Martyrs Brigade, was paid by the U.S. government to provide security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. But there is no indication the Martyrs Brigade fulfilled its commitment to defend the mission on Sept. 11, when it came under attack.
The assault claimed the lives of four Americans: Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, information officer Sean Smith, and former Navy Seals Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in the line of duty since 1979.
Several entries on the militia's Facebook page openly profess sympathy for Ansar al-Sharia, the hardline Islamist extremist group widely blamed for the deadly attack on the mission. The U.S. State Department did not respond to a Newsmax request for an explanation as to why the February 17th Martyrs Brigade was hired to protect the mission.
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Accidental plagiarism: It has a long prominent history
Now that the Cavalier Daily's Honor Code issues have passed, let's remember that privacy, plagiarism, and free speech are often in conflict in any real world, not just on the Internet or in a college class.
Plagiarism and privacy, especially, must be immensely confusing to people who've grown up seeing the world through the lens of an ever-present cell phone. If you began "cutting and pasting" and "sexting" within a few years of learning to read and if your Facebook page seems to shout "Look at me; I'm an idiot"– yet you're honestly surprised when potential employers hold that idiocy against you– are you capable of distinguishing right and wrong in areas that befuddle, well, almost everyone?
Our national bully pulpit, for example: After lifting the history, words, and even manner of British politician Neil Kinnock, and acknowledging his F for plagiarism in a law-school course, Joe Biden still became our current vice president. And President Obama himself read sentences in his 2008 addresses pulled verbatim from speeches by the Massachusetts governor without attribution.
One brilliant political cartoon in that 2008 campaign, indeed, had Hillary Clinton, after she called Barack Obama on that slip of the teleprompter, shouting "plagiarism" at John McCain defiantly proclaiming, "I did not have sex with that woman."
Today, Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson is being accused for lifting scenes in her not-yet-finished movie Effie from an American writer who handed her script to Thompson's husband a dozen years ago, and the rock band Poison is facing a lawsuit because its guitarist brought along chart-topping music which he'd obtained in auditioning for another band a quarter century ago. Pop diva Beyonce, meanwhile, has admitted to lifting dance moves from a Belgian ballet in the video for her new song, "Countdown," and Hangover II is facing plagiarism charges for both the screenplay and the tattoo that adorns one of the actor's faces.
In the recent past, such names as novelist Ian McEwan, playwright Bryony Lavery, historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, and New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg have been blasted for extensive use of someone else's written work. Even though Harry Potter "creator" JK Rowling survived a copyright suit from a plaintiff who had long ago written about a magician named "Larry Potter" dealing with "muggles," Rowling didn't have any qualms about filing a plagiarism suit against a fan for putting together a guidebook praising her Potter stories.
As a longtime communications professor, I don't know– again– what to think. Of course, I didn't find out all the above incidents through first-hand research. I had immense help from the Internet; and, no, I haven't taken the time to include the citations, of which there are often dozens saying pretty much the same thing.
Is there a "truth" about plagiarism? I don't know. I do know that the original American "authority" on stealing another's words is Mark Twain. Probably the most quoted American of all time, often considered the father of American letters, a man who lost millions in stolen copyright, the author of the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the subject of a glowing Ken Burns' documentary, Twain "accidentally" stole the preface to The Innocents Abroad from Oliver Wendell Holmes. That's according to Twain's autobiography. "Accidental" is his word.
"Accidental plagiarism?" Sound like Joe Biden or Stephen Ambrose, doesn't it? Probably the Cavalier Daily reporter, too. Although online sites today sell students a check on their work to prevent "accidental plagiarism" (and then sell professors and universities programs to catch it), more than half of college students admit to plagiarizing, and over half of college professors say catching them is not worth the trouble.
But Twain's "accidental plagiarism" happened in the 1870s, long before journalists sought PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper?) certification and discovered lucrative sideline careers as TV talking heads.
Since Holmes was still alive, Twain simply apologized. Holmes wrote back, Twain recalled in his autobiography, assuring "that there was no crime in unconscious plagiarism; that I committed it every day, that he committed it every day, that every man alive on the earth who writes or speaks commits it every day and not merely once or twice but every time he opens his mouth; that all our phrasings are spiritualized shadows cast multitudinously from our readings; that no happy phrase of ours is ever quite original with us, there is nothing of our own in it except some slight change born of our temperament, character, environment, teachings and associations; that this slight change differentiates it from another man's manner of saying it, stamps it with our special style, and makes it our own for the time being; all the rest of it being old, moldy, antique, and smelling of the breath of a thousand generations of them that have passed it over their teeth before."Read more on: plagiarism
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Plagiarism? We ain't got no plagiarism. We don't need no plagiarism ! I don't have to show you any stinkin' plagiarism! (I must be remembering someing from the film festival)
During the cold war, the Soviets were often accused of "plagiarising" U.S. military aircraft designs. The point made by the Soviets was that to make an aircraft meet specific flight requirements using the laws of physics which everyone has access to... sometimes things end up looking the same.
Plagiarism? We ain't got no plagiarism. We don't need no plagiarism ! I don't have to show you any stinkin' plagiarism!
All plagiarists (is that a word?) know when they have plagiarized
Twain could afford to be philosophical about it all as he had made his stash and blew it. Had he been in Holmes shoes would he have been so philosophical? Had Tom Sawyer made it to the shelves before him, snatched from his own hand, tweaked by a total stranger and called "The Exciting Adventures of Nathan Sawyer" would old Mark have lit up his pipe and retired to his verandah to muse on the innocent foibles of "unconscious plagiarism"? I very much doubt it. He suffered neither fools nor thieves gladly and the real plagiarist is both. If our daughters or sons decide to become writers do we quote Mark Twain to them and assure them that when their work is pilfered, as it is likely will be if it is any good, it is all okay and the thieves didn't really mean it? Alternatively, do we tell them to pack it all in as there are many out there who are so confused about what plagiarism is that they steal 'accidentally'... all of the time... and some of them call themselves 'literary agents', people entrusted with unpublished work?
Accidental plagiarism there certainly is; but what about focused, deliberate plagiarism? It is the difference between remembering a good joke and rifling somebody's manuscript. Let us hope neither you nor somebody close to you has to endure the latter as it is a crime any reasonable person must view with utter contempt. If we don't, then we might as well all give up any creative endeavour whatsoever. What then becomes of our culture do you suppose? And will Mark Twain's ghost show up for its internment?