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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
JA of the Day: volume v
Never, ever do this. A 19 year old inmate at Merced County Jail was complaining of pain. Corrections officers discovered this inmate had hidden something. Not a paper clip. And no, not a book from the inmate library. He hid a 5 inch long shank. Where did he hide it? Not in his sleeve. He had to have it surgically removed from his biscuit. And I am not meaning the buttermilk kind.
This inmate said he had no idea what it was when he found it. Guess what Inmate McFool, I didn't know what a crossbow was at one point either but I promise you, if I found one, the last storage spot that would come to mind would be my badonkey donk. PS: Get a pair of pants with a POCKET. And for the love of Jailhouse Rock, please smarten up or you are going to have a long term relationship with Merced County Main Jail.
Dear City Administrator handling the budget for Merced: Did you already create a slush fund for stupid people? I know its not your fault, but maybe a nice apology to taxpayers who paid for this surgery. Should he win? I don't know. This awesome act of idiocy might not top this jackassery:
Jason Z. approached the drive-thru window of a Detroit Wendy's on foot. With a blue bandana around his face, he pointed a rifle through the window and scared a female employee. She ran away and he attempted to use a code to open the cash register. The Manager intervenes and they wrestle over the cash drawer. Jason Z. gets away WITH the cash and hops into his getaway car sitting in plain sight. The getaway car is driven by a girl who previously worked at the Wendy's and was recognized by several employees. The police are called and when they arrive the Manager identifies the robber who is also dating the former employee. How is she so sure? Jason Z. is her son and when he was attempting to steal the drawer, she shouted in his face, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?
Jason Z. and your pitiful getaway car driver, get comfy in jail because you are clearly staying there. Anyone who robs a fast food joint in which they worked is a jackass. Anyone who robs a fast food joint in which their Mother is the manager is a pitiful jackass. Fred Flinstone, using BamBam as a weapon and driving a car with rock wheels, using only his feet as accelerators would do a better job than you two clowns. And congratulations, you are the JA of the Day.
PS: You know who is not a JA? Your Mom who tried to kick your ass and then told the police it was you. Your Mom is a badass.
PPS: Blogger is acting up on me today and I am having issues publishing comments.
PPPS: Apparently, Blogger wants to be nominated for volume vi..because not only am I having comments not post, I am also having issues all day posting comments on other blogs. Just kidding Blogger, I would NEVER call you a JA but straighten up now please. Good boy.
76 comments:
Wow. Tough call on who is the bigger JA.....
Robbing the Wendy's WHERE your mom works OR sticking a shank UP your ass.......???
It's a draw.
- April 7, 2010 at 6:12 AM
- the walking man said...
The link to Jason Z is dead because the News archived the story here is another one...DumbAss His 22 year old girl friend already had 3 kids. Real bright couple. Now the taxpayers get to support the whole family in a variety of ways for a number of years, although I doubt either of the two adults will see much more jail time than time served. We are in the process of downsizing our prisons, letting more violent felons than these two idiots go.
The first guy...Just consider it a jailhouse condom or a rape prevention kit.
- April 7, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- Slamdunk said...
I had not seen these 2, but enjoyed them--thanks. I also liked the JA last week who in an attempt to avoid police during a pursuit, jumped a tall fence and landed in a women's prison.
- April 7, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- MrsBlogAlot said...
LOL! You could not make this jackassness stuff up!!
Now please someone give that badass mother down there a crown!
- April 7, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- mo.stoneskin said...
I think I like you most when you're like this. I can see why you're an attorney. Is "badonkey donk" every-day attorney language?
- April 7, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Intense Guy said...
Maybe we should remove the taxpaying public from the inmate healthcare system altogether... first we buy them viagra (for what??!?) and then we operate on useless carcasses like this one.
Maybe the Wendy's robber will end up as JA #1's boy toy... Karma? Calling Karma... where are you Karma?
- April 7, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Will Burke said...
Thanks. That was awsome!
- April 7, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- Unknown said...
*speechless* serously there are NO words NONE.. just shake my head an move on mumbling about the fact that they seem to be multiplying faster then they can do something stupid to take themselves out..
- April 7, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- Simply Suthern said...
Thank goodness most criminals aint too bright.
You are right, His Momma Rocks.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- Jen said...
Makes you wonder what will become of the world with all these idiots out there - but clearly it wasn't the mother's fault her son's a JA, right?
- April 7, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- MommaKiss said...
- April 7, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Mental Note: Do not read "Let's Have A Cocktail" while drinking your morning coffee.
You owe me one Macbook Pro...
- April 7, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- Jules AF said...
Owww that story made MY biscuit hurt.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Unknown said...
Those two are like a pair of bookends! both idiots!
loved the rape prevention kit comment!
Thanks for the laughs this morning!
- April 7, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Taylor-Made Wife said...
I gotta go with Jason Z. I mean the inmate is a flippin idiot, but it takes a true JA to rob from your MOTHER!
- April 7, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Laura said...
What? Uh wow this just left me speechless. Stupid criminals.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- Bossy Betty said...
Hummmm. Future politicians perhaps?
- April 7, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Umm, did this happen in Kentucky? Cause I'm just saying...my neighbors...yeah.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- One Photo said...
Amazing as these stories are and I agree, both are definitely Class A JS's, all I can think about is that poor woman, having to confront her son, who is robbing the store she works at. Now that's a real parenting nightmare.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
I am having blogger issues as well...
As an aside, if you are ever lucky enough to have a tour of Leavenworth prison (a guided tour by invitation, not court ordered), you will see a lovely display of many items found ... um, ... there.
Anything short of a full pitcher of margaritas would not surprise me
- April 7, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Allyson & Jere said...
So, this is my first time ever being to your site. ThetaMom featured you as her favorite, so I hopped over. You are hysterical, I enjoyed your "takes" on the JA's as much as I did reading of their stupidity. By the way, I'm going with Jason Z, 'cause really?...walkup window robbery, of YOUR MOTHER? No Bueno! Anyway, thanks for a good laugh. I'll certainly be back!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Dumbwit Tellher said...
another testament to why I'd like to live on an island, far...far away from civilization. Takes all kinds in all places. Fabulously funny story as always JM. Hope your doing well this week & had a terrific Easter? x
- April 7, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- LenoreNeverM♡re said...
Not the mom's fault I assume?!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Scrappy Girl said...
Wow...stupid is spread far and wide...lol
- April 7, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Yankee Girl said...
That mom works for ratting out her douchecanoe son.
Where do people like this come from? There must be some farm that just breeds idiots.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Busy Bee Suz said...
I was thinking of getting my husband a set of golf clubs, but was unsure where to hide them...
So many idiots...so little time.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Kristina P. said...
People are so stupid. My husband is a paramedic. The things people put in their orafices. Crazy!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Brian Miller said...
hahaha. these are awesome. way to go mom for laying the smack down on your boy...maybe his cell mate will teach him how to hide things better....
- April 7, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- mCat said...
Funniest laugh I have had all day!
- April 7, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Herding Cats said...
Sometimes I truly feel that there is no hope for humanity...who does this kind of stuff? Wow.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm pretty sure I went to high school with both of those geniuses.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Ingrid de Villiers said...
Dear Jenny....thanks for visiting my blog and your encouraging comment, I really appreciate it!
I love your blog...it is so different...I couldn't help smiling because I couldn't believe what I was reading on your post...amazing!
- April 7, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Andrea said...
It's hard to believe people can be so stupid!
- April 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- The mad woman behind the blog said...
Wow. Just wow.
- April 7, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Myya said...
Good for that mom! That stupid kid well actually both those stupid kids are TOTAL JA's!
- April 7, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- shortmama said...
Im scared that I live in the same country as people that stupid!!
- April 7, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Jessica said...
wow, thats one smart character...
- April 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Writing Without Periods! said...
Don't you just love Bad Ass Moms!!!
I do.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- ThatsBaloney said...
Yes Blogger is not cooperative today.
I like your JA posts. Makes me feel like a good person.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Alexandra said...
Some things just make no sense. Sigh.
Wonderful writing, as always. Such substance.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Wow. Is there some kind of celebrated Oscar type of award for boneheads? Because there totally should be.
Also, I have to thank you for making me almost pass out cold from lack of oxygen after I laughed so hard at the line "He had to have it surgically removed from his biscuit". BISCUIT! That is just effing fantastic and I am so stealing it. And when I do, I probably won't even credit you. So in advance, thank you. :)
- April 7, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Vodka Logic said...
Not just jackasses but effin idiots.. omg. They deserve what they get.
Did you read about the robbers who colored in their faces with black magic marker...yep they got caught too.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- alabaster cow said...
ouch just...ouch.
- April 7, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- brokenteepee said...
Did he think his mother would just LET him do it?
Good for her.
blogger can sometimes be extremely frustrating
- April 7, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- Linda @ A La Carte said...
These are some stupid JA's for sure!
- April 7, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Unknown said...
Blogger has been vying for this nomination all week.
Hey, Blogger!
I hate you!
Love, All the anonymous commenters over at DeNae's blog but totally not DeNae. She loves you and can't understand why those horrible anonymous commenters wrote you that nasty note.
- April 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Bumpkin on a Swing said...
I love this post, I am not a JA, and I too hate Blogger today, but any other day will suck their butt, well you know why, and also think you Jenny Mac, rock!
- April 7, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- The Single Mothers Chronicles said...
I am speechless because you've done such justice to these tales!
- April 7, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Heather said...
Hey! Theta Mom talked about your blog, so I thought I would come take a peek! I like what I see so far. I'm going to browse around for a bit!
- April 7, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Ed said...
Definitely some dumbasses,
It's so sad what they are teaching kids in school nowadays.
- April 7, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- carissa said...
oh my goodness gracious. how stupid, but oh so funny!
- April 7, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- MommyLisa said...
That mom should get an award from Wendy's...total BadAss.
I hope she doesn't get fired.
- April 7, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Unknown said...
I heart badonkey donk.
Also, Blogger is giving me and lots of others issues today. So it's not just you.
- April 7, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Sara @ Domestically Challenged said...
Sometimes the idiocy of our culture astounds me. Wait, nah, I think we've seen most all of it!!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Leiah said...
These people are how I like to say, "Eat up with the dumbass".
Talk about getting your biscuit buttered. I have one of those crazy brains that has to try and figure this out. He hid the shank himself. Up there. How limber was this idget that he could put it up there and not slice himself to smithereens while doing it? See - crazy, crazy thought processes going on here.
And that Mama should have whacked him upside the head, grabbed him by the ear and dragged his sorry behind in through that drive-thru window, all the while beating him with her shoe until the cops got there. And he better be glad he didn't have a Southern Mama because you know she would have wailed some tail until the law got there. I'm just saying.
- April 7, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...
Great post on the stupidity of criminals! Heehehehe!!! Love it!
Yea, I'm havin' trouble with blogger too. The comments are delayed and eventually show up. I found this out when I commented three times on a post. Then BAM, finally all three popped up.
God bless and have a wonderful Wednesday!!!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- HalfAsstic.com said...
The mom definitely takes the prize for Most Valuable Player. If only all mother's were that responsible!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Megan said...
I am laughing VERY loudly at the 2 JA stories... blows my mind how DUMB people can be.
I got here from your mention in Theta Mom's blog today- and you can bet your ass I'll be back! I read your last dozen or so posts and LOVED them all!
Keep up the amazing work!
- April 7, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Katherine said...
Stopped by from Heather at Theta Mom, and there is no way I'm not commenting.
A classmate of my husband's from high school robbed the local pizzeria...while his brother was on shift. His brother called the cops. Good thinking there, JA!
- April 7, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Julie Harward said...
Hi there...thanks for your visit...come say hi any time! Loved the humor here :D
- April 7, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- J.J. in L.A. said...
Hands down, Jason is the BIG winner. Detroit is a big city so you'd think he'd be smart enough pick another Wendy's to rob.
- April 7, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Oh I have to just laugh at these! What idiots. Although, it is making me feel PRETTY smart right about now :-)
Blogger did the same to me :-(
Have a great night!
- April 7, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Shamrocks and Shenanigans said...
I just gave you an award!! You can pick it up at Shamrock and Shenanigans
- April 7, 2010 at 6:29 PM
We had an incident in Tucson where a guy robbed a Circle K and he had a motorcycle helmet to hide his face but the helmet had in big letters "Property of" with the idiots name on it. First and last name! LOL!
- April 7, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- Caty said...
Thanks for another laugh. I think I could nominate a new JA of the day everyday!...and unfortunately am acquainted with many of them.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:18 PM
- Uptown Girl said...
wowzers I'm sort of grateful for these JAs bc I just laughed pretty hard. I needed that. Who robs a fast food joint where their mom works with a rifle these days anyway? Passe.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:22 PM
Oh dang, there are stupid people out there. I really hope I don't become one.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- JenJen said...
jackasses around the world...let's collect them all and put them in a tube sock.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- secret agent woman said...
Too dumb to be alive.
- April 8, 2010 at 6:28 AM
- KristinFilut said...
I had serious commenting issues yesterday. Grrr...
Wow, talk about stupid criminals! It takes a special kind of idiot to do those things!
- April 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Mom in High Heels said...
Ah, the future of our country. One more reason I homeschool.
- April 9, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- The Absence of Alternatives said...
Oh my goodness. LOL. And sad at the same time. Yup, you are right: the mom is a badass!
- April 9, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- People Who Know Me Would Say: said...
There's JA's and then there has to be some category above and beyond it for these two!
What we do know is that, at least in the first instance, crack was involved.
- April 10, 2010 at 6:30 AM
My sister always said you run into one JA a day! Thanks for participating in Friday Follow. Rita @ One 2 Try.
- April 11, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Mrs. M said...
I just don't get how some people can be so amazingly stupid. How do they make sense and justify any of that in their pea-brains!?
- April 11, 2010 at 3:23 PM
LoL. I think I know Jason Z lol.
- April 17, 2010 at 12:12 AM


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SOUTH BRONX, N.Y. — At Validus Preparatory Academy, a new public high school in the poorest congressional district in America, students have kept journals since the early primaries, created election art, studied opinion polls in math classes, designed brochures on the issues, read memoirs by the candidates and even delivered speeches in their stead. And after the principal dashed around to plumbing supply stores for enough PVC pipe to build a voting booth, they got a chance to punch their own electronic ballots in a national mock election for students.
Being so steeped in the presidential race, the students at this predominantly African-American and Hispanic school on Bathgate Avenue are a little on edge about the outcome. They say they are excited about the possibility that Sen. Barack Obama could become the first black person elected president of the United States. (In the mock election results so far , 88 percent of Validus students chose Obama.) But many also admit to some nervousness that it won't happen. And even if he does win, they're crossing their fingers that he'll be up to the job.
"If Obama doesn't win, it's a big disappointment," said Dorian Whyte, 18, who moved to New York City from Jamaica. "And I think if he does win, also, it can be a disappointment, if he doesn't deliver."
'I just hope that he keeps his word'
"I just hope that he keeps his word, as he's said, that he's going to make a lot of good changes," said Shaday Brown, 17, whose uncle is the noted Black Arts playwright Ben Caldwell. "I just hope he's up to his part, just hoping he's going to do what he says he's going to do."
"We're in an economic crisis. He's going to really have to step his game up," said Jaquan Arzu, 16, from Honduras, whose father is serving in the U.S. Army. "First day coming in, he has to hit the door running."
The students said that the Democratic candidate's life story is not unlike theirs. Many of the students are immigrants from Africa and Latin America. Many have multiethnic ancestries. Many, maybe most, are being raised by single mothers and grandmothers. Like Obama's family, they are putting their hope in a better education, and in the belief that minorities can get a fair chance in the United States.
These students didn't live through the 1960s. Heck, they didn't even live through the 1980s. More than once, when asked what role race plays in their lives, they answered, "Can you repeat the question?"
'Race doesn't really matter'
In some ways racial tension is muted in the South Bronx, where there are few whites. The school rolls list only one white student out of 426.
"I live in the Bronx. Race doesn't really matter," said Ahmed Hunt, 18, who played the part of Obama in a school program. "We can go as high, as far as we want. Bronx has some really good schools, some really good students. I go to a real great school."
But there is racial tension at times between blacks and Hispanics in the neighborhoods, and between recent immigrants and established families. There are fights in the lunchroom, as at any school anywhere, though the spark is more likely to be a filched French fry than a racial slight.
At the same time, students are well aware of events in the wider world. The same day that students were calmly talking about race and the election, federal agents from the ATF were busting up a half-baked plot by skinheads in Arkansas and Tennessee to attack a black school and assassinate Obama. "In some places it's different," Hunt said. "I went to Ohio. I would go to use the bathroom in a public place, it's like they'll treat you differently."
Hunt said he has been following the election closely, staying up to watch debates. "It's pretty historic" whether Obama wins or not, he said. "If he loses, it's history because he got that far."
As one of about 15 Muslim students in school, he also has been listening carefully to some of the campaign rhetoric.
"They say, 'Oh, he's Muslim.' It does make me upset," Hunt said. "They say it in a way of, like, oh, that's bad, why would we want an Islamic person in office.
Some students said they could barely believe that the country would elect a black man as president.
"At first I'm like, he shouldn't even try, 'cause they wouldn't let him," said Stacia Thomas, 17, from Guyana. "After all, he's African-American. They would never let that happen, a black guy in the office. But then I'm like, he has a chance."
'I'll try to pick up the pieces'
Now she has her hopes up. Like many students, one of her main concerns is the high cost of college. Tuitions in colleges across the nation ust went up by another 6 percent on average. At Validus, about seven in 10 seniors are on track to graduate on time and go to college. Most will start with applications at the City University of New York, others at the state universities, and a few speak of the private schools whose banners hang in the school atrium, such as Georgetown and NYU.
"This is the first time that I'm actually into it, like I really want to know who's going to win, and I'm hoping it's going to be Obama," Thomas said. "Because he's young, he's vibrant, he appeals to youth. Because it's like the problems that we're going through right now, like financial issues, concerned about college and being able to pay for it, he's the only candidate that's prepared, ready and willing to help us make a brighter future.
"If McCain wins, I'll be crushed, because I do not want to see McCain running this country. I don't think he's fit enough. ... I'll try to pick up the pieces and move on, I guess."
There are McCain supporters at the school, 19 students out of 270 voting in the mock election, but they didn't turn up for videotaped interviews (on this page) with msnbc.com.
'You have to look at other aspects'
The Obama supporters are quick to state that they're not supporting him just because he looks different from the 42 white men who have been president.
"Everybody's like, 'Oh, he's black, let me vote for him.' That's not how it falls," said Kenneth Obasuyi, 17, whose mother and father came to the U.S. from Nigeria. "You have to look at other aspects, too."
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Students listed their top issues, in the mock election, as health care, the economy and education.
Interest in the election began early in the long primary season. A retired special-ed teacher, Brenda Walton, started papering the walls of Validus with election headlines last fall. (She had the tabloid Daily News and the Post, so the main characters in the news are known as "Hil," "Mac" and "Bam.")
She said the possibility of a black man in the White House might seem to offer Validus students a role model. But with few fathers at home, and only two black men on the 30-person faculty, "that's so far out there, they can't see it. They need role models they can touch," she said.
The school was created by Brady Smith, a former English teacher who not only is the principal but also a dominating presence with "mad skills" in the faculty-student table-tennis tournament held in the atrium at lunchtime.
Principal Smith said it would be too easy to reduce the students to demographic stereotypes. He referred to critiques such as comedian Bill Cosby faulting black parents for not instilling proper values.
"It's a shame that it's oversimplified: 'single-parent families,'" he said. "It's an issue, but the fact is, it takes addressing so many different issues. It's different for every student. To pull a Cosby is incorrect for many. Once you're on the ground, things that seem like issues from 20,000 feet are not issues — they're realities. You can't let them be the barriers to success. You have to overcome them. "
Obama's appeal in the school is not confined to black students. Excitement is strong among Hispanic students, too.
Abigail Payano, a senior who will be able to vote for the first time on Tuesday, will be going to the poll on Tuesday with her daughter, Abriana, who will turn 2 on Christmas Day. After supporting Hillary Clinton in the primaries, Payano is voting for Obama now.
"I want for the election now: I want my daughter to have an education better than I'm receiving now. I want her to go to a better college."
Payano said she hopes to be a lawyer or social worker, helping women deal with domestic violence and civil rights.
Christopher Gonzalez, whose grandparents moved from Puerto Rico to New York, will also be voting for Obama.
"It just opens up people's eyes to see that anything's possible," said Gonzalez, 18, who lives with his mom, three sisters and older brother. "I mean, after centuries of white presidents, there's a black president. I mean, soon there's going to be a woman president.
"If he can become president, why can't a Hispanic become president?"
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Women are allowed to cycle, but not to go anywhere: They have to be nowhere else but in parks, to be dressed in full Islamic body coverings and accompanied by a male relative. They are allowed to bike for recreational purposes only, not as a primary mode of transportation.
I would have thought women were not allowed to drive but allowed to cycle in Saudi Arabia if I did not read the recent news on lifting ban on women's cycling. Now I know that Saudi women did not have the right to cycle until this week. I now know that it is a crime for them to cycle to a nearby park without accompanied by a male relative, and even if they are accompanied by a male relative it is a crime for women to cycle to a nearby hospital to see their sick parents or children.
I tell you what exactly happened in Saudi Arabia. Women who are in prison cells for their crime being women are now allowed to walk on a narrow and dark prison cell corridor while they are heavily shackled and guarded by the prison guard.


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WHO'D be a state school principal? Long hours, angry parents, bolshie teachers, loads of responsibility. No wonder many school leadership positions are proving hard to fill.
And now things could be getting even more interesting as the state government seeks to raise the performance of Victoria's students and place them nearer the top of world rankings.
Education Minister Martin Dixon yesterday went a step further in outlining his vision for schools by releasing a position paper on his "third wave" of reform. This proposes new approaches to curriculum, teaching, resource sharing and assessment.
At the core of everything is the promise of greater autonomy for schools. What principal wouldn't jump at the idea of more freedom over how their school operates and what is taught?
In reality, many shoulders will sag at the thought of having to take on so much more, especially when the inevitable questions arise as to how some of the reforms will be funded.
These days – after cuts to VCAL and TAFE, and with an eye to the wider budgetary constraints facing Spring Street – almost every government initiative in education is viewed through the funding prism.
One answer, implied in the government's position paper, is that principals will have to add entrepreneur to their job descriptions and find the money themselves.
Mr Dixon said he wanted schools to reach out to non-government organisations, other levels of government, community organisations, individuals and businesses "to see what they've got to offer schools in terms of resources".
That sounds ominous.
Autonomy is an interesting term. It can mean freedom to operate the way you want. It can also mean you're on your own.
At the very least, though, principals will be able to console themselves that they are getting more power to put those unruly parents in their place.
Ken Merrigan is Education Age editor.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Beat the Streak Report: Monday, Oct. 5
Tuesday's recommended picks
Magglio Ordonez, OF, Tigers
.462 AVG (18-for-39) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
Carlos Guillen, OF, Tigers
.407 AVG (11-for-27) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
Jason Kubel, OF, Twins
.727 AVG (8-for-11) lifetime vs. Tigers starter Rick Porcello
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
Most of the front-runners fell from the top of the BTS pack over the weekend, leaving the leaderboard with some of its lowest numbers since the beginning of the season.
stongematt79 emerged as the new leader with a 21-game streak, with emld75 just behind him at 20 games.
Any attempts to set new all-time or season records are out the window at this point, but there's still one more chance for fans to tack on a final game to their streaks with Tuesday's AL tiebreaker between the Tigers and Twins.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Joe Mauer (MIN): 9.8%, 0-for-3
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 8.8%, 1-for-3
3. Derek Jeter (NYY): 4.6%, 2-for-4
4. Magglio Ordonez (DET): 4.4%, 4-for-4
5. Albert Pujols (STL): 3.6%, 1-for-5
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champion_88 thanks for posting your yearly stats – very complete.
Mine are not so complete but here goes:
178 days with player in the game
140 days with a hit
36 days with no hit
2 days with player not in the game.
78.6% success rate
I had 215 total hits.
You can check out your trophies in the "Results" drop down menu. Click on the "Trophy Room" icon and you get to your trophy page. Gives you a good idea of your results in all games you played.
Does not seem to by any restriction on how many times you can take the same player for post season BTS.
Tuesday 10/6
Tigers have a tough asignment v. Twins in MINN.
I'm going with Jason Kubel to get a hit in this Twins victory.
Rookie Starter – Porcello DET is in a spot that could make him a hero.
For the start of LDS – I'm watching the weather at each site before making picks. NYY, PHIL — night games = cold weather and hitting do not go together. LA looks better for hitters. Phils hitters have had some hits v. ROX Jimenez.
Is it a day/night game in Phil?
CARDS Carpenter has been lights out lately – I'm not taking any Dodgers in Game 1.
This is going to be tough each day. Let's help each other out. A 10 game streak means opening day tickets!
check out the game day weather at this site – even gives you the wind conditions!
I am going with Kubel… hope to end the season on a high note !
I'm going with Ordonez on Tuesday.
I believe the winner for the hitters though for October is just the longest streak. Only one person wins, unlike in September where everyone that reached the threshold won.
They just set a minimum of 10 games because if it was really hard, they would not want to give a prize away for a 3-game hit streak.
I wish they would go back to World Series tickets as the prize, instead of All-Star and Opening Day tickets!!!


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Mystery Missile Contrail a PSYOP?
Mystery Missile Contrail a PSYOP?
The mystery missile contrail is probably a psyop (psychological operation) – in an earlier post, I mentioned there were something not adding up. It is about the missile contrail-clip from CBS, that shows few seconds of a supposed missile launch and apparently a glimpse of a flash caused by anti-missile laser…
Psyop Manual
Former NATO ambassador Robert Ellsworth, editor of Jane's Missiles and Rockets Doug Richardson, retired US Navy Captain Joe DeNigro and Wayne Madsen supports the theory, that it is indeed a missile, a big and solid missile, possibly a ballistic missile launched from a submarine. I say it is heading towards LA, because we all saw the contrail and it was blamed by Pentagon and many others to be just a contrail made by airplanes, either US Airways flight 808 or UPS902, which both was heading towards the costal line from west to east, heading for LA area. But in the CBS video, it is clear for many including me and the four gentlemen presented above, that it was indeed a missile.
The confusion is complete. Are we looking at the same footage all the way through the CBS presentation of the mystery missile contrail, or did they put a clip of a real missile launch (and the following shooting down with anti-missile lasers), in between the other clips showing ordinary contrails created by airplanes, to create a psyop? Well, I am just the guy that was blown back in the chair with bad temper, because of bad video editing, which in the end, only helps to promote fear. For those who want to go deeper, see TV Networks 9/11 Fraud
What provokes me to follow the theory of a psychological operation, is that CBS chooses to cut or zoom out exactly where a mysterious flash appears. Why cut or zoom out in the middle of an apparent dramatic event? Why not show the successful shooting down of a doomsday missile bound for Los Angeles with their new anti-missile laser technology? Why only show a doomsday missile heading for Los Angeles and not the following elimination of that threat? I see a clear intention to trick people to believe, that a nuke was fired and that people were in great danger, and you only do such things, in the creation of a psyop. But they did show us a glimpse of an apparent shooting down, but why?
I think we are getting fooled by someone in CBS or their owners. They are simply trying to setup awareness of the possibility to be wiped out by nuclear weapons – a psychological operation in action. We just saw a glimpse of the US 'Star Wars' lasers bringing down a ballistic missile and someone using pieces of it, to scare the hell out of us. I just don´t understand the deepeer meaning behind, but I do smell a psyop…
- Mystery Missile Unseen Footage (another theory of a coverup/psyop)


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Matthew Saville will direct from a screenplay by rising Australian star Joel Edgerton, who will also produce alongside Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Pictures and Rosemary Blight of Goalpost Pictures Australia. Ben Grant of Goalpost will serve as executive producer.
The Solution's Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson are on the executive producer roster alongside and Joel Pearlman and Seph McKenna.
Shooting was scheduled to commence in Nov 5 in Sydney on the story of a motor accident involving a police officer that leaves a young child in a coma. Tom Wilkinson, Jai Courtney and Melissa George round out the key cast.


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Eddie's Pizza Truck: What to Expect
Eddie's Pizza Truck
No fixed address; follow @EddiesPizzaNY on Twitter for daily location updates; 917-439-7522; eddiespizzany.com
Pizza style: Bar pies
Oven type: Cecilware electic ovens
The skinny: Eddie's of New Hyde Park brings its renowned bar pizza to Manhattan in a truck that cooks your pizza to order. Right now, however, the wait time is excessively long for pizzas that are more bar snack
Price: $7 for 10-inch plain "bar pies"; toppings $1.50 each
Can you take "bar pizza" out of the bar? That's the question facing Eddie's Pizza Truck as it makes its debut. The truck is affiliated with Eddie's of New Hyde Park, which bills itself as "Home of the Bar Pie."
Eddie's out on Long Island is beloved among a lot of folks who grew up in or around New Hyde Park. In fact, the woman behind me in line was talking about how she'd been eating it since she was a kid. But how much of that praise is nostalgia- or beer-google-induced? Is Eddie's — and bar pizza in general — good only in the context of drinking, when you just want something to soak up the alcohol?
But, first, what's a bar pie, you ask? As our man Ed Levine says, "It's usually very thin-crusted to (I'm guessing) leave plenty of room in the eater's stomach for beer. It's baked in a gas oven that may have replaced a coal oven if the bar is old enough. Bar pizza is made with decent, commercial, aged mozzarella and comes topped with canned mushrooms, standard pepperoni and, if you're lucky, house-made sausage."
The Eddie's Pizza Truck hit the streets last Thursday doing a free-pizza giveaway at noon as a promotion. Figuring that scene would be a madhouse, Slice waited until Friday to try the truck.
Here's what we encountered and what you can expect. I would be remiss not to issue this caveat: I assume they are still getting their sea legs (or should I say P legs?), so I'm hopeful they'll work service kinks out with time.
Wait Time in Line: Budget About 45 Seconds Per Person in Line
I got in line at 1:19 p.m. The line was about 25 people deep. Not a mob scene but still a pretty decent queue for a food truck. The line moved at a little less than a minute a person; I placed my order at 1:39 p.m. Not too bad.
Pizza Cook Time: About 30 Minutes (for Now?)
Once I placed my order and got my ticket, the cashier told me it would be a 15- to 20-minute wait while they cooked my pizza. Eddie's Pizza Truck cooks all pizza to order, which is different from most pizza trucks you've seen around NYC, which almost all specialize in Sicilian by-the-slice pies.
In reality, I got my two pizzas—a plain bar-size pie (10 inches) and an Eddie's Special bar pie (sausage, meatball, onions, pepperoni, peppers, and mushrooms)—around 2:12 p.m., a 31-minute wait. To be clear, that was wait time after ordering.
My total wait time was 53 minutes.
The takeaway (at this point, given that prep times may improve): You might as well be taking lunch at a sit-down restaurant at this point. This is not a quick grab-and-go lunch, folks.
The Pizza Itself
This is one of the thinnest pizzas I've ever eaten. The only pizza that comes close in my memory are the pies at Cafe Fiorello across from Lincoln Center.
If you are looking for "oven spring" or "hole structure" and/or a nice "crumb," this isn't the pizza truck for you. The crust is about as thin as a flour tortilla.
As far as flavor goes, there's not much to the crust itself. Here, the sauce, cheese, and toppings have to do all the work. On the plain bar pie, the sauce was thick, and the dominant notes were what Nick Solares has called "mixed Italian herb." The cheese is low-moisture part-skim mozzarella. There's a bit of saltiness to the whole affair, though that flavor was fighting it out with the excessive flour still coating the bottom of the slices.
The Eddie's Special was better, with most of the flavor coming from the sweet Italian sausage spiked with bits of fennel seasoning and from the meatballs. The other toppings were fairly standard, though — diced onions and green peppers and pepperoni that didn't have enough oven time to crisp up nicely.
Given its thinness, you'd think this pizza would be crisp. My pizzas were crisp at the outer edges but the tips were surprisingly floppy. You might attribute this to the boxing, but I had walked about two blocks to Madison Square Park to try a slice. I don't think it should have sogged out in that short a time. This is a pizza that needs to be eaten right away while hot.
Bottom Line: Is It Worth It?
So, can you take the bar pies out of the bar? If this were Colony Grill's bar pizza, maybe. But here, I wonder if some of the sway that Eddie's brick-and-mortar location holds over people is context-related. I'm sure the 50-minute wait would have been more palatable if the truck also sold beer to quaff while in line.
Like I said, they're still getting things together, I'm sure, and hopefully they can squeeze some minutes out of the process, but right now, I would either budget out your full hour for lunch (and who has that kind of time these days?) or wait until they get faster.
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GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) – The start of yet another school year is closing in and that means sports begin too.
Student athletes are required to have sports physicals before they participate to make sure they are healthy and fit to play. It might even be the only doctor's visit that year making the standard sports phsyical even more important.
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For middle or high school students without insurance coverage, GV Health Plan will offer $25 exams August 6th from 1-6pm at the Beckwith Family Health Center. Appointments are necessary, call 616-949-2410 to schedule.


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The Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator integrates imaging and radiation delivery. It can be used to deliver numerous forms of radiotherapy, and gives your doctor the opportunity to tailor your treatment and choose the method that is best for your particular case. TrueBeam synchronizes radiation dosage, real-time tumor tracking and imaging (Image-Guided Radiation Therapy or IGRT) with millimeter precision. It delivers 3D-Conformal radiation therapy, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), RapidArc Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), all from one system.
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The Eichlerholic here, with a holiday message.
One Christmas, as a kid, I saw something mind blowing... blobs of colored light, floating in space, encased in glass. Friends of our family put their Xmass tree, all lit up, BEHIND the obscure glass of their Eichler, producing the effect!
The result was a nebulous, Zero-G composition of huge, floating, intersecting blobs- essentially one, big, multi-colored Xmass light. Video links below...
When I tried this years later (with glass rescued from a torn-down Atherton Eichler, then leaned against my conventional window) observers wondered how I accomplished this effect.
The most amazing thing is how the composition looks like in motion... to the innocent onlooker walking or driving by. This year, I introduce three new videos I took in widescreen, 2 of them in HD.
(If you try this, I'd love to see pics of your handiwork! Please feel free to contact me at... http://www.wallys.com/contact_new.htm)
HD versions:
Standard version (for speed of download):
...and for those of you who have video problems, go here for stills...
Dont forget! Tell me what you came up with, and happy EICHLERHOLidays!


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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have answered 14 questions on science and technology issues.
President Barack Obama and his GOP challenger, Mitt Romney, have sent in their answers to the political campaign's highest-profile science quiz — the 14 questions on science and technology issues posed by Science Debate 2012 — and Romney's answer to the climate question is already stirring up some buzz.
The answers distill the candidates' stands on topics ranging from ocean health, to the federal support for innovative research, to the process for developing science policy, to the proper way to plan for a potential pandemic. The territory covered by the questions has shifted somewhat since 2008: For example, stem cell research appears to have become a non-issue, while Internet policy gets its own question this time around.
But it's Romney's response to the question about climate change that has drawn the most attention.
For months, Romney has been criticized for going back and forth on the issue of what to do about global warming. He generally acknowledges that greenhouse-gas emissions have had an effect on climate, but he's backed away from policy responses such as carbon cap-and-trade markets.
Starting with last week's Republican National Convention, Romney has been turning Obama's environmental policy into a punch line: "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans, and to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family." (Romney has used the "heal the planet" line at campaign stops since then.)
In his response to Science Debate's climate change question, Romney said it looked as if the world was warming, and human activity was contributing to that trend. But he opposed a cap-and-trade scheme and spoke against "economy-suppressing regulation." Instead he said he favored "robust government funding" for research into low-emission, high-efficiency industrial technologies. Here's the full question as well as the answers from Romney and Obama:
Climate change: The Earth's climate is changing and there is concern about the potentially adverse effects of these changes on life on the planet. What is your position on cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, and other policies proposed to address global climate change — and what steps can we take to improve our ability to tackle challenges like climate change that cross national boundaries?
Mitt Romney: "I am not a scientist myself, but my best assessment of the data is that the world is getting warmer, that human activity contributes to that warming, and that policymakers should therefore consider the risk of negative consequences. However, there remains a lack of scientific consensus on the issue — on the extent of the warming, the extent of the human contribution, and the severity of the risk — and I believe we must support continued debate and investigation within the scientific community.
"Ultimately, the science is an input to the public policy decision; it does not dictate a particular policy response. President Obama has taken the view that if global warming is occurring, the American response must be to slash carbon dioxide emissions by imposing enormous costs on the U.S. economy. First he tried a massive cap-and-trade bill that would have devastated U.S. industry. When that approach was rejected by Congress, he declared his intention to pursue the same course on his own and proceeded through his EPA to impose rules that will bankrupt the coal industry.
"Nowhere along the way has the president indicated what actual results his approach would achieve — and with good reason. The reality is that the problem is called Global Warming, not America Warming. China long ago passed America as the leading emitter of greenhouse gases. Developed world emissions have leveled off while developing world emissions continue to grow rapidly, and developing nations have no interest in accepting economic constraints to change that dynamic. In this context, the primary effect of unilateral action by the U.S. to impose costs on its own emissions will be to shift industrial activity overseas to nations whose industrial processes are more emissions-intensive and less environmentally friendly. That result may make environmentalists feel better, but it will not better the environment.
"So I oppose steps like a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system that would handicap the American economy and drive manufacturing jobs away, all without actually addressing the underlying problem. Economic growth and technological innovation, not economy-suppressing regulation, is the key to environmental protection in the long run. So I believe we should pursue what I call a 'No Regrets' policy — steps that will lead to lower emissions, but that will benefit America regardless of whether the risks of global warming materialize and regardless of whether other nations take effective action.
"For instance, I support robust government funding for research on efficient, low-emissions technologies that will maintain American leadership in emerging industries. And I believe the federal government must significantly streamline the regulatory framework for the deployment of new energy technologies, including a new wave of investment in nuclear power. These steps will strengthen American industry, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and produce the economically-attractive technologies that developing nations must have access to if they are to achieve the reductions in their own emissions that will be necessary to address what is a global issue."
Barack Obama: "Climate change is the one of the biggest issues of this generation, and we have to meet this challenge by driving smart policies that lead to greater growth in clean energy generation and result in a range of economic and social benefits. Since taking office I have established historic standards limiting greenhouse gas emissions from our vehicles for the first time in history. My administration has made unprecedented investments in clean energy, proposed the first-ever carbon pollution limits for new fossil-fuel-fired power plants and reduced carbon emissions within the federal government. Since I took office, the U.S. is importing an average of 3 million fewer barrels of oil every day, and our dependence on foreign oil is at a 20-year low. We are also showing international leadership on climate change, reaching historic agreements to set emission limits in unison with all major developed and developing nations. There is still more to be done to address this global problem. I will continue efforts to reduce our dependence on oil and lower our greenhouse gas emissions while creating an economy built to last."
Romney devotes a lot more space on his answer, but he has a more complex case to make — a case that accepts the idea that industrial activity is changing the climate, but that the right kind of industrial activity can solve the problem. "This is what I call the technology trap, where clean energy technology is used to delay action, rather than to foster action, on climate change," Joe Romm writes on the Climate Progress blog, which has been reliably critical of Romney in the past.
What do you think? Feel free to register your opinion in our admitted unscientific online poll, as well as in your comments below. And be sure to take a look at all 14 questions and answers, either on the Science Debate website or at Scientific American.
Extra credit: The other question that was close to my heart was the one on space policy: Obama sticks to his game plan for sending humans to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars in the 2030s — that is, long after the end of his second term. Meanwhile, Romney complains that America's leadership in space is "eroding" and vows to "bring together all the stakeholders" in the space effort to develop a fresh plan to rebuild NASA. He also says "a strong and successful NASA does not require more funding, it needs clearer priorities." Reminder: NASA receives about 0.5 percent of the federal budget (less than $18 billion in 2012), and some outside observers (including astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson) say that funding level should be doubled.
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Also some great shots by ahremsee as well,
It seems that from at least one vintage car tag that the location is standing in for a local in NYC in the 1930s. Interestingly in NYC filming last week one vintage car sported a car tag with "36" on it, denoting the year 1936, but in Cardiff the car Alex is seen emerging from sports a 1938 car tag. It's unclear if these are meant to be seen in that sort of detail on screen, but if so it could mean that the plot in the 'past' spans at least a 2 year time period.
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Why do my results differ from other speed tests?
Your Internet experience depends on the bandwidth available to you when you attempt to retrieve content from the Internet. Available bandwidth is defined as your theoretical bandwidth minus unavailable bandwidth. Your theoretical bandwidth is determined by your network infrastructure - including your wiring, network interface, routers and the service provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Unavailable bandwidth is determined by what others are doing on the network at any given time. This is includes both Internet and non-Internet traffic on your network as well as variations in the bandwidth being supplied by your ISP and background congestion on the Internet itself.
Figure 1 shows how your typical available bandwidth varies over a given time interval.
Figure 1 shows how your typical available bandwidth varies over a given time interval.
SchoolSpeedTest measures your available bandwidth at the time you take the test. We do this by transferring a file from our servers to your device and measuring the time it takes. This is illustrated in Figure 2 by the shaded area A. From this we calculate your average available bandwidth as expressed in megabits per second. This number represents how much data you can receive from the Internet in one second.
Other speed tests use a different method to calculate your bandwidth. They take multiple, much smaller samples over a given time period as shown in Figure 3 and represented by area B1 - B12. In order to minimize the impact of other network users on your results, many popular test sites discard the slowest 30% and fastest 10% of these samples in calculating their speed results. They then use the remaining samples to calculate an average speed.
In a digital learning environment much of the bandwidth usage is based on video. Unlike other forms of Internet usage, video requires continuous streams of bandwidth for the user to have a good experience. As shown in Figure 4, for the given time interval T, the first video user will have a high quality, uninterrupted experience as they will be using the available bandwidth represented by area V1. The second simultaneous video user during this time interval can also have a good experience as there is sufficient continuous bandwidth as shown by area V2. The third simultaneous video user, represented by area V3, will have a few interruptions to their available bandwidth. This will degrade the video quality for user three. As you can see in this illustration, the video experience will continue to degrade when more simultaneous users are added during this time interval and may be unusable by the 8th simultaneous video user.
The SchoolSpeedTest method was specifically designed to provide a representation of what a teacher can actually do at a given time in his/her environment. Because video is a critical component in a typical digital learning environment, the SchoolSpeedTest method provides a closer approximation of the amount of continuous bandwidth available to support video than other speed tests. In contrast, while other speed tests may report a higher bandwidth speed, their methodology is less reflective of the actual capacity available for digital learning.


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Islamic Execution—This Friday, June 23, the New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty will present the award-winning Iranian film Day Break beginning at 7 p.m. at the KiMo Theater in Downtown Albuquerque. The film was shot inside Tehran's century-old prison and revolves around the imminent execution of a young man found guilty of murder. In Iranian society, a victim's family not only has the right to condemn or forgive an accused killer, they also have the responsibility of carrying out said execution. This apparently leads to an all-too-common situation, in which criminals are stuck in prison at the whim of families wavering between forgiveness or revenge. The film is a well-made, well-acted think piece, sure to spark discussions of both the death penalty and cultural differences between the United States and the Middle East. A public forum will be held after the screening led by the film's award-winning producer/director, Hamid Rahmanian. Tickets are available online (www.nmrepeal.org), through Ticketmaster (888-7800) or at the KiMo Box office.
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Look Both Ways
Death-dealing Aussie indie sees a light at the end of the tunnel
A man accidentally steps in front of a train, killing himself. Who and what he was is unimportant now. It is the repercussions of his death, the slow ripples that it sends out and how it affects people--most of whom never even knew him--that we're supposed to be keeping an eye on here. This seemingly everyday accident is the catalytic event in Aussie filmmaker Sarah Watt's deft, death-obsessed drama Look Both Ways.
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Martin (1977)
Growing up a poor Mexican child, I cut my horror teeth (sharpened my fangs?) watching "Dialing For Dollars" on KOAT-7 hosted by beloved local weather guru Howard Morgan. Driven by an insatiable desire to quench my thirst for terror, I would race home from school to catch classic horror films starring the likes of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (not to mention kick-ass science fiction and Godzilla movies!). So you will have to understand that I'm a pretty tough nut to crack when it comes to vampire films. Quite frankly, most of them just ... suck. It takes a pretty solid effort to make a fan out of me. Luckily for horror freaks such as myself, the good people at Lions Gate have chosen to finally release a truly great, often ignored vampire mini-masterpiece on DVD. I'm talking about horror legend George A. Romero's Martin.
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"Pants Off Dance Off" on Fuse
You can tell, just from the title, that Fuse TV's "Pants Off Dance Off" achieves a Zen-like level of simplicity and stupidity that many TV shows strive for, but few truly attain.
Week in Sloth
The Week in Sloth
"Master of Champions" (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) Assuming there's no game seven of the basketball play-offs, ABC will unveil its new show featuring unusual people and their "Ripley's Believe It or Not" skills. Tonight, for example, a lowrider car jumps rope, a card-thrower kills fruit and a yo-yo champ does tricks. ... Apparently, this show was time-delayed from 1957.
"Spaced" (BBC America 9 p.m.) Before they got famous with Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright created this weird, original, unbelievably funny sitcom about a man and a woman who rent an apartment under the pretense that they are married.


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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) Maurice Barrow came off the bench to score 13 points and grab 10 rebounds as Fairfield beat Rider 65-52 Sunday, snapping a two-game winning streak for the Broncs.
Colin Nickerson added 13 points to go with four steals and Derek Needham had 12 points for Fairfield.
Rider (6-5, 1-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) led by as much as 11, 26-15, in the first half before Fairfield used a 17-4 run over the final 4 minutes to cut the deficit to 32-29 at intermission. The Broncs missed their first six second-half shots and Fairfield capitalized, taking a 45-34 lead before Rider's first bucket of the frame.
Fairfield (5-5, 1-1) led by at least six the rest of the way.
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Learn about the risks associated with uranium mining in a humid climate like exists in Virginia and find out how you can help prevent the mining moratorium from being lifted.
We fought for our air, we fought for our water, and we fought for our soils. We fought for economic development that plays off the region's strengths without jeopardizing existing businesses and economic engines. We fought for an enlightened vision of the Commonwealth's future—and it worked. VA's legislators couldn't ignore the overwhelming support of the ban, and the four bills were killed before they came out of committee.
Gov. McDonnell's Uranium Working Group—the first step to lifting VA's moratorium on uranium mining and milling in 2013? Read our article from The Piedmont View.
The much-anticipated National Academy of Sciences report on uranium mining in Virginia has finally been released. The report confirms that mining in the Commonwealth would expose Virginians to serious risks of radioactive contamination of our water, air, land and farm products.
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The next two weeks should seem like a familiar run for the Galaxy. On Saturday, the club visits Texas for a tilt against the Houston Dynamo and then return home to face Real Salt Lake.
The last time the Galaxy played Houston and RSL within a week of each other, a championship was on the line.
In order to get back to that level, Los Angeles will have to try and deal with a tricky Houston side in a tough environment. The Galaxy are 1-2-2 all-time at Robertson Stadium and haven't scored a goal there since 2007. But Houston didn't score against the Galaxy in their lone meeting there last year, either.
The Galaxy expect nothing but a tough game from Dynamo.
"We still have to come out and look to start off well," Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant said. "In both games we came out of the gates well and got an early goal. That makes a big difference when you can put the other team on their heels and have them chase the game. We really want to start off well, and we did that."
Houston will be missing a key piece of its puzzle. Forward Brian Ching injured his hamstring against Real Salt Lake on April 1 and was ruled out for four to six weeks. In his place, Houston coach Dominic Kinnear might turn to Luis Ángel Landín, who replaced Ching against RSL.
With Landín up top instead of Ching, Houston changes a little bit.
"It's a different look," Dunivant said. "Ching has been one of the best forwards in this league for the last six years so he's a dangerous guy. They'll definitely miss him. Landín brings a different set of problems for you. He's a target striker. He's crafty, too."
Against RSL, Landín showed his craftiness. He held the ball inside the box and drew contact from RSL defender Jámison Olave. Landín hit the ground and drew a penalty kick.
Still, even a possible embellishment is not reason for the Galaxy to alter their game plan.
"That's the job of the referee," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said. "You can't play a game concerned about players trying to sell fouls. It's part of the game and I think it's the job of the referee to get those calls right."
Landín, though, isn't the player with whom the Galaxy seem most concerned.
"[Geoff] Cameron and [Brad] Davis are their most dangerous players," Galaxy right back Sean Franklin said. "Cameron is a guy who can get the ball in the middle and play balls wide, and he's looking to get into the box and get his height on some of those crosses so we've just got to be around them. Brad Davis loves to use his left foot. We've just got to be around them and making sure we don't lose track of where they are on the field."
Tactics aside, Galaxy players said what mattered more was their intensity.
"We have to bring it," Franklin said. "When we go there this weekend we have to come out with that same mentality, that we're not going to let someone out-pressure us."


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1. With the regular season about to end, several coaches around the league will have their fate decided over the next week with several pink slips expected to be handed out this coming Monday. Jacksonville (Jack Del Rio), Kansas City (Todd Haley) and Miami (Tony Sparano) fired their opening day coaches in midseason and there are four more potential firings. Let's start in San Diego where Norv Turner has been rumored to be a coaching casualty for weeks. Perennial contenders and 2007 AFC Conference finalists in Turner's initial season, he was not able to build on early success and with this week's 38-10 blowout loss to the Lions, the Chargers will miss the postseason for a second consecutive season. That is not an acceptable result to owner Dean Spanos given the team's talented personnel and Turner will almost certainly pay the price on Monday.
2.In St. Louis, the rumors have been flying wildly about who will replace Steve Spagnolo but there are just as many reports that owner Stan Kroenke will stick with him for a fourth season in 2012. With a 10-37 record during his three-year stay and this year's 2-13 record heading into a Week 17 matchup against the 49ers, the numbers would indicate that this should be Spagnolo's last season in St. Louis. However, injuries to key personnel have decimated the Rams at quarterback, along the offensive line and in the defensive backfield which may prompt Kroenke to bring Spagnolo back for the final year of his contract in 2012. If Spagnolo is let go, he will be a hot defensive coordinator option with the Eagles and Giants the front runners to secure his services.
3. While Spagnolo appears to be the head coach most likely to be fired outside of Turner, the Bucs Raheem Morris has earned that distinction. After finishing with a surprisingly solid 10-6 record in his second season as the team's head coach, the Bucs have slumped badly in 2011, currently sitting at 4-11 and in the midst of a nine game losing streak. A closer look reveals that the Bucs 2010 record was more than a bit misleading, with five wins of three points or less, a schedule that included the weak NFC West and just one win against a quality opponent (a Week 17 win against a New Orleans team that had nothing to play for and pulled several starters in the fourth quarter). Look for general manager Mark Dominik to jettison Morris and the Bucs to move in another direction. With a talented young roster, the Tampa Bay job should attract plenty of solid coaching candidates.
4. Other coaches on the hot seat include Indy's Jim Caldwell, the Eagles Andy Reid and the Giants Tom Coughlin. Caldwell has been hamstrung by a squad that was devoid of talent behind Peyton Manning and his future seems tied to Manning's. If Manning returns, the team will likely attempt to re-sign many of their veteran free agents and bring Caldwell back in an attempt to make a Super Bowl run. While Reid has taken plenty of criticism for his team's poor season, he is the league's most tenured coach and his comments in recent weeks seem to indicate that he is secure for the 2012 season. The Giants have been perhaps the league's most inconsistent team in 2011 but can reach the post-season with a win this week in a home game against a Cowboys squad whose quarterback will be playing with a bum throwing hand. If Coughlin's Giants squeak into the postseason, he likely secures his return for next season.
5. Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson suffered a gruesome knee injury this week against the Redskins, tearing both the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee. While the Vikings have said they expect their star running back to be ready for the 2012 season opener, that assumption may be a bit unrealistic given that he will have a recovery period of just over eight months, a short period of time for that type of injury. Peterson is a possibility to open next season on the physically unable to perform list which would require him to miss at least the first six games of the season. Even if he is ready by opening day, he will not be the same player he was prior to the injury for at least the 2012 season. Based on that prognosis, Peterson should rank no better than an upper tier RB2 for next year and Toby Gerhart merits consideration as an early season flex option in larger leagues.
6. Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson announced this week that he may retire at the conclusion of this season. A free agent at season's end, Tomlinson has assumed a traditional backup role to starter Shonn Greene after being used in more of a timeshare role during his initial season in New York (2010). With just 224 rushing yards to go along with 38 receptions for 426 yards, Tomlinson ceased being a useful flex option for fantasy purposes. Having spent 4th round draft picks on Joe McKnight in 2010 and Bilal Powell this season, the Jets seem unlikely to spend a high draft pick in the 2012 draft to find Greene's backup for next season. Dynasty leaguers should consider McKnight the frontrunner to assume that role although he did little as a rookie and has struggled to run the ball effectively during his first two years in the league. In the only start of his career, he carried the ball 32 times for 158 yards against Buffalo in Week 17 of the 2010 season.


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Rotator cuff problems
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that attach to the bones of the shoulder joint, allowing the shoulder to move and keeping it stable.
- Rotator cuff
tendinitisrefers to irritation of these tendons and inflammation of the bursa (a normally smooth layer) lining these tendons.
- A rotator cuff tear occurs when one of the tendons is torn from overuse or injury.
Alternative Names
Swimmer's shoulder; Pitcher's shoulder; Shoulder impingement syndrome; Tennis shoulder; Tendinitis - rotator cuff; Rotator cuff tendinitis; Shoulder overuse syndrome
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The shoulder joint is a ball and socket type joint where the top part of the arm bone (humerus) forms a joint with the shoulder blade (scapula). The rotator cuff holds the head of the humerus into the scapula and controls movement of the shoulder joint.
The tendons of the rotator cuff pass underneath a bony area on their way to attaching the top part of the arm bone. When these tendons become inflamed, they can become more frayed over this area during shoulder movements. Sometimes, a bone spur may narrow the space even more.
This problem is called rotator cuff tendinitis, or impingement syndrome, and may be due to:
- Keeping the arm in the same position for long periods of time, such as doing computer work or hairstyling
- Sleeping on the same arm each night
- Playing sports requiring the arm to be moved over the head repeatedly as in tennis, baseball (particularly pitching), swimming, and lifting weights over the head
- Working with the arm overhead for many hours or days (such as inpainting and carpentry)
- Poor control or coordination of your shoulder and shoulder blade muscles
Poor posture over many years and the usual fraying of the tendons that occurs with age may also lead to rotator cuff tendinitis.
Rotator cuff tears may occur in two ways:
- A sudden or acute tear may happen when you fall on your arm while it is stretched out, or after a sudden, jerking motion when you try to lift something heavy.
- A chronic tear of the rotator cuff tendon occurs slowly over time. It is more likely in those with chronic tendinitis or impingement syndrome. At some point, the tendon wears down and tears.
There are two types of rotator cuff tears:
- A partial tear is when a tear does not completely sever the attachments to the bone.
- A complete or full thickness tear refers to a through and through tear. It may be as small as a pinpoint or all of the muscle tendon. Complete tears have detachment of the tendon from the attachment site and would not heal very well.
Early on, pain occurs with overhead activities and lifting your arm to the side. Activities include brushing hair, reaching for objects on shelves, or playing an overhead sport.
- Pain is more likely in the front of the shoulder and may radiate to the side of the arm. However, this pain always stops before the elbow. If the pain travels beyond the arm to the elbow and hand, this may indicate a pinched nerve.
- There may also be pain with lowering the shoulder from a raised position.
At first, this pain may be mild and occur only with certain movements of the arm. Over time, pain may be present at rest or at night, especially when lying on the affected shoulder.
You may have weakness and loss of motion when raising the arm above your head. Your shoulder can feel stiff with lifting or movement. It may become more difficult to place the arm behind your back.
The pain with a sudden tear after a fall or injury is usually intense. Weakness of the shoulder and arm is often present, along with a snapping sensation of movement.
Symptoms of a chronic rotator cuff tear include a gradual worsening of pain, weakness, and stiffness or loss of motion. The exact point when a rotator cuff tear begins in someone with chronic shoulder tendinitis may or may not be noticed.
Most people with rotator cuff tendon tears have pain at night. Pain that is worse at night may wake you up. During the day, the pain is more tolerable and hurts with certain movements.
Over time, the symptoms become much worse and are not relieved by medicines, rest, or exercise.
Signs and tests
A physical examination may reveal tenderness over the shoulder. Pain may occur when the shoulder is raised overhead. There is usually weakness of the shoulder when it is placed in certain positions.
X-rays of the shoulder may show a bone spur. They can be done in your doctor's office.
If your doctor feels you may have a rotator cuff tear, you may have one or more of the following tests:
- An ultrasound test uses sound waves to create an image of the shoulder joint. It can often show a tear in the rotator cuff.
MRI of the shouldermay show swelling or a tear in the rotator cuff.
Sometimes, a special imaging test called arthrography is needed to diagnose a rotator cuff tear. Your doctor will inject contrast material into your shoulder joint. Then an x-ray, CT scan, or MRI scan are used to take a picture of it. Contrast is usually used when your doctor suspects a small rotator cuff tear.
Treatment involves resting the shoulder and avoiding activities that cause pain. It may involve:
- Ice packs applied 20 minutes at a time, 3 - 4 times a day to the shoulder
- Taking drugs like ibuprofen and naproxen to help reduce swelling and pain
- Avoiding or reducing activities that cause or worsen your symptoms to worsen
For more information about managing your symptoms at home and returning to sports or other activities, see
You should start physical therapy to learn exercises to stretch and strengthen the muscles of your rotator cuff.
If the pain persists or if therapy is not possible because of severe pain, a steroid injection may reduce pain and swelling in the injured tendons, to allow effective therapy.
With rest and exercise, symptoms often improve or go away. However, this may take weeks or months to occur.
Rest and exercise may help someone with a partial rotator cuff tear who does not normally place a lot of demand on the shoulder.
You may need
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Expectations (prognosis)
Many people recover full function after a combination of medications, physical therapy, and steroid injections after an episode of rotator cuff tendinitis. Some may need to change or reduce the amount of time they play certain sports to remain pain-free.
People with tears of their rotator cuff tend to do well, although their outcome is strongly dependent upon the size of the tear and how long the tear has been present, as well as their age and pre-injury level of function.
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if persistent shoulder pain occurs. Also call if symptoms do not improve with treatment.
Avoid repetitive overhead movements. Develop shoulder strength in opposing muscle groups.
See also:
Burbank KM, Stevenson JH, Czarnecki GR, Dorfman J. Chronic shoulder pain: part II. Treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2008;77(4):493-497.
Burbank KM, Stevenson JH, Czarnecki GR, Dorfman J. Chronic shoulder pain: part I. Evaluation and diagnosis. Am Fam Physician. 2008;77(4):453-460.
Greiwe RM, Ahmad CS. Management of the throwing shoulder: cuff, labrum and internal impingement. Orthop Clin North Am. 2010 Jul;41(3):309-23.
Matsen III FA, Fehringer EV, Lippitt SB, Wirth MA, Rockwood Jr. CA. Rotator cuff. In: Rockwood CA Jr, Matsen FA III, Wirth MA, Lippitt SB, eds. The Shoulder. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 17.
Seida JC, LeBlanc C, Schouten JR, Mousavi SS, Hartling L, Vandermeer B, Tjosvold L, Sheps DM. Systematic review: nonoperative and operative treatments for rotator cuff tears. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Aug 17;153(4):246-55.


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Choosing a chiropractor can be difficult because the majority of chiropractors are involved in unscientific practices [1,2]. If you do decide to consult one, begin with a telephone interview during which you explore the chiropractor's attitudes and practice patterns.
Try to find a chiropractor whose practice is limited to conservative treatment of back pain and other musculoskeletal problems. Ask your medical doctor for the names of any who fit this description and appear to be trustworthy.
Membership in the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapists (CAMT) is a very good sign, but the number of chiropractors who belong to this group is small. CAMT's "orthopractic guidelines" describe a science-based approach to manipulative therapy.
In addition to manual manipulation or stretching of tight muscles or joints, science-based chiropractors commonly use heat or ice packs, ultrasound treatment, and other modalities similar to those of physical therapists. They may also recommend a home exercise program. For most conditions that chiropractic care can help, significant improvement should occur within a few visits.
Avoid chiropractors who advertise about "danger signals that indicate the need for chiropractic care," make claims about curing diseases, try to get patients to sign contracts for lengthy treatment, promote regular "preventive" adjustments, use scare tactics, or disparage scientific medical treatment or preventive measures such as immunization or fluoridation.
Avoid chiropractors who purport to diagnose or treat "subluxations," who have waiting room literature promoting "nerve interference" as an underlying cause of disease, or who post charts or distribute literature suggesting that chiropractic might help nearly every type of health problem.
Avoid any chiropractor who routinely performs or orders x-ray examinations of all patients. Most patients who consult a chiropractor do not need them. Be especially wary of full-spine x-ray examinations. This practice has doubtful diagnostic value and involves a large amount of radiation.
Avoid chiropractors who "prescribe" dietary supplements, homeopathic products, or herbal products for the treatment of disease or who sell any of these products in their offices. For dietary advice, the best sources are physicians and registered dietitians.
Avoid chiropractors who offer Biological Terrain Assessment, body fat analysis, computerized "nutrient deficiency" testing, contact reflex analysis,, computerized range-of-motion analysis, contour analysis (also called moire contourography), cytotoxic testing, electrodermal testing, Functional Intracellular Analysis (FIA), hair analysis, herbal crystallization analysis, inclinometry, iridology, leg-length testing, live blood cell analysis (also called nutritional blood analysis or Hemaview), testing with a Nervo-Scope or similar spinal heat-detecting device, Nutrabalance, NUTRI-SPEC, pendulum divination, reflexology, saliva testing, spinal ultrasound testing to "measure progress, surface electromyography (SEMG), thermography, a Toftness device, weighing on a twin-scale device called a Spinal Analysis Machine (S.A.M.), or any other dubious diagnostic procedure identified on Quackwatch.
Avoid chiropractors who utilize acupuncture, Activator Methods, allergy testing, applied kinesiology, Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.), chelation therapy, colonic irrigation, cranial or craniosacral therapy, laser acupuncture, magnetic or biomagnetic therapy, Neuro Emotional Technique (NET), or Neural Organization Technique (NOT), or who exhibit a dogmatic attachment to any other specific chiropractic technique or school of thought.
Understand that some chiropractic treatments involve significant risk. Spinal manipulations involving sudden movements have greater potential for injury than more conservative types of therapy. Be aware that chiropractic neck manipulation can cause serious injuries. Neck manipulation should be done gently with care to avoid excessive rotation that could damage the patient's vertebral artery. It should never be used unless symptoms indicate a specific need for it. A small percentage of chiropractors advocate neck manipulation to "balance" or "realign" the spine no matter where the patient's problem is located. I recommend avoiding such chiropractors.
Never consult a chiropractor unless your problem has been diagnosed by a competent medical practitioner. Don't rely on a chiropractor for diagnosis. Although some chiropractors know enough to avoid diagnostic difficulty, there is no simple way for a consumer to determine who can do so. As an additional safeguard, ask any chiropractor who treats you to discuss your care with your medical doctor.
Remember that although manipulative therapy has value in treating back pain and may relieve other musculoskeletal conditions, chiropractors are not the only source of manipulative therapy. Physical therapists, many osteopathic physicians, and a small number of medical doctors do it also. The Canadian Association of Manipulative Therapists is a good referral source for Canadian practitioners.