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Windham officials say special master helping
New London - How a state-appointed "special master" could help turn around the city's school system has yet to be determined, but school board members in Windham, where a special master has been in place for nearly a year, say the process appears to be helping there.
"My advice would be to work with an open mind,'' said John Adamo, a 15-year member of the Windham Board of Education. "And board members need to speak their mind. It's important to have good dialogue."
But Adamo admitted "the jury is still out" on whether or not the school system's 3,000 students will benefit from the state intervention.
Last July, Steven Adamowski, former superintendent of the Hartford public schools, was appointed by the state to supervise the Windham school system.
Windham is similar in make-up to New London, with a high proportion of low-income families and a large number of students who are not fluent in English. Like New London, Windham has had failing standardized test scores.
On Wednesday, the State Board of Education announced it was sending a special master to New London to help find ways to raise the district's failing test scores, which are the fourth-lowest in the state.
The special master will work for one year in New London, state school board spokesman Jim Polites said Thursday. The state will pay the special master's salary. Polites could not say whether the New London program would be similar to Windham's.
"In the coming weeks, we will make the appointment,'' Polites said. "All the details have to be worked out." The appointment is expected to be made by July 1.
The state has had an observer at New London's school board meetings since last year, when former Chairman Alvin Kinsall requested it. Retired Groton Superintendent James Mitchell has filled that role and attended school board meetings since October.
In March, Lol Fearon, chief of the state's Bureau of Accountability and Improvement, and representatives from the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education started to attend the meetings.
In the wake of a state audit that found the New London schools and school board needed "powerful" intervention, Superintendent Nicholas Fischer also told members of the State Board of Education during a meeting that more help was needed.
In Windham, the nine-member school board had asked the state for help. Last August, Adamowski, who served as the superintendent in Norwich from 1983 to 1987, arrived with about $1 million in state funding, which includes the cost of his $225,000 annual salary. He is assigned to the district for three years.
Under Adamowski's leadership, the school system has reorganized its central office to direct more resources to students; reassigned some staff; reorganized the middle school, sending fifth-graders back to the elementary schools; and rearranged the board's agendas to allow more public participation and clear explanations of proposed actions.
The board is also looking at a new busing plan that will save the district thousands of dollars annually, and the town is building a science, technology and engineering magnet school as part of its high school. That school is expected to open in September 2013.
The board is also working with the Windham Town Council on extra funding to help improve reading in the district. The council is scheduled to vote later this month on a one-time $750,000 expenditure from its fund balance to purchase a new reading program.
"A few years ago, I would have been hanged in effigy if I had proposed that,'' said Councilor Mark Doyle, who was on the school board for 20 years and is now serving his second year on the council.
He said there was a lot of board bickering and mistrust between the council and the school board before Adamowski arrived.
"There's certain advantages to having Steve come in. He brings his years of experience and a certain confidence in his decisions,'' Doyle said. "I think when he was brought in, there was a sigh of relief.''
Although the special master has the legal authority to order the school board to reopen union contracts with an expedited arbitration process that must consider the "financial capability'' of a city, that has not happened in Windham.
"The teachers' union is well aware he has that power and can use it,'' Doyle said, adding that the unions are working with the administration to implement changes.
The school board appears to be working well with the superintendent and Adamowski. Murphy Sewall, chairman of the school board, said they have a "nice collaborative relationship.''
"I think it's going terrifically, but the proof will be in the pudding when we start getting test scores back,'' Sewall said.
"The main thing is that it's incorrect to regard the special master as taking over the school board. Members should not view it that they are irrelevant. ... I don't believe my school board members think they are obsolete,'' he said.
Longtime Windham school board member Susan J. Collins said some people in her community, including board members, were apprehensive about the state coming in to assist.
"People were very, very scared and concerned about what was happening,'' she said. "But I never felt that way. I felt we needed all the help we could get."
Collins, who has served on the school board for about 27 years and whose eight children attended Windham public schools, said she has disagreed with some of Adamowski's decisions but has always felt comfortable voicing her concerns.
"It's not bad to have a fresh set of eyes walk into a school to see things that people who have been there for a long time don't see,'' said Collins. "The bottom line is, whatever we can do to help these kids, we have to do it. It's not about egos. We can't keep losing kids."
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Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich — who briefly surged in the polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination back in January — essentially conceded the long-running contest to his rival Mitt Romney, whom many GOP leaders are starting to call their 2012 standard-bearer.
During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Gingrich referred to Romney as "far and away the most likely Republican nominee." He added that he would surely support Romney's presidential bid once the former Massachusetts governor attains the number of delegates required to clinch the GOP nod.
However, Gingrich has no immediate plans to bow out of the nomination battle. The former House Speaker told Fox News that he intends to stay in the race to shape Republican policy platforms — and presumably push Romney, whom Gingrich has repeatedly called a "Massachusetts moderate," to adopt more conservative positions.
U.S. & World
On Monday's edition of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" the ABC late-night host poked fun at Gingrich's refusal to back out of the race — and speculated that the politician merely wants to raise more money to compensate for nearly $4.5 million in campaign debt.
"He's got a huge debt, he wants to keep spending—very presidential," Kimmel quipped.
Kimmel asked if Gingrich's fundraising blitz is even feasible.
"How do you continue to make money when you've already admitted you probably won't win?"
Luckily, Kimmel has an answer to that question in the form of a faux-campaign ad for Gingrich's ailing campaign.
The pitch? "This election, there's only one candidate who promises to stop talking for 4.5 million dollars."
The title? "STFU Newt!"
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Dutch HUG
The Dutch Haskell Users' Group meet monthly in an informal setting. The group was born on 19 April 2009 at Hac5. Since the Haskell programmers in the Netherlands are multilingual, the language used is usually English.
Anyone is welcome to join, from beginners to advanced users.
Do join us!
Mailing list
A mailing list dutch-hug is available at Google Groups. On the list, we discuss dates and times for new meetings and other Dutch HUG related affairs.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10th at 19:00. No specific plans have been made as of yet, see the mailing list for up to date information.
The sixth meeting was on Monday, October 12th again in the Utrecht University Library. There were two talks:
- Andres Löh talked about lhs2TeX, a tool for typesetting Haskell code using LaTeX.
- Yaakov Nemoy talked about the status of Haskell packaging in Fedora and how to do it yourself.
The fifth meeting was on Friday, September 11th, in the Utrecht University Library. There were three talks:
- A propositional logic system in Haskell by Thomas B.
- Generic Programming: what, why and how by José Pedro Magalhães (video).
- Extensibility and type safety in formatting: the design of xformat by Sean Leather (video).
Afterwards we relocated to The Basket for some well deserved drinks.
The fourth meeting was in again Utrecht, on Thursday, August 13th.
The third meeting was on Wednesday, July 8th. We met over drinks in Utrecht and chatted about Haskell.
The second meeting was on Tuesday, June 9th at the top floor of the library in Amsterdam. We had interesting conversations, and more than one laptop was pulled out of its bag to show off some Haskell code!
The first meeting was in Utrecht on Tuesday, May 6th 2009. We met over drinks at the Stairway to Heaven.
For the currently scheduled meetings, see the Google calendar or subscribe to the iCal version.
Note that this schedule is preliminary, please follow the mailing list for up to date information.


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The Beer Babe
Geary's announces Summer Ale design winner
A winning label for D.L. Geary Brewing Company features an iconic summer treat. Read on
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'Wild Beer Round Up' at Allagash featuring Emotional Honey on Saturday
If you're at all a fan of wild beers (or even if you are not), you're going to want to get in line for this one. Read on
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In'finiti to become Liquid Riot Bottling Company
Owners state that name conflicts prompted the renaming of the brewery/distillery. Read on
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Tonight: Industrial Park Challenge at The Great Lost Bear
Eight breweries. One night. All the bragging rights. Read on
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2015: The year of the Maine beer growth spurt
This year will be a year of growth - and possibly some growing pains - for Maine's craft breweries. Read on
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Happy Birthday to Geary's Pale Ale
One of Maine's pioneering beers is celebrating a birthday today. Read on
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5 ways to bring beer into your Thanksgiving
When I first started writing about beer, the idea of bringing beer to the Thanksgiving table was one that would elicit more than a few brow raises and questionable looks. Read on
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First look at Oxbow's Portland tasting room
Far from the woods of Newcastle, Maine lies a warehouse on Washington Avenue with a rather nondescript door. Read on
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"Freshman Class" of breweries featured Sunday
A new Portland Beer Week event showcases new breweries in a fast-paced "Freshman Orientation" format. Read on
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The funky, ghostly Allagash Ghoulschip returns Saturday
Around a corner, lurking in the looming shadows of some grain storage vessels, is a small, unassuming cabin with a stained glass 'A' on the door. What goes on behind those doors is shrouded in secrecy... Read on


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Court of Appeals Ruling Overturns District Court's Finding, Permits EEOC's Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Houston Funding II LLC to Go Forward
HOUSTON–Overturning a federal trial court's decision from the Southern District of Texas denying the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's discrimination lawsuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held unanimously yesterday that firing a woman because she is lactating or expressing milk is unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978). Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act to protect working women against discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition.
The appeal arose from a lawsuit filed by the EEOC on behalf of Donnica Venters, who claimed that she was fired after giving birth once she inquired as to whether she would be able to pump breast milk when she returned to her job. The EEOC sued, alleging that the employer, Houston Funding II, LLC, engaged in sex discrimination. The district court dismissed the lawsuit (EEOC v. Houston Funding II LLC, No. 4:11-CV-2442) on a motion for summary judgment. Following that decision, the EEOC appealed to the Fifth Circuit (EEOC v. Houston Funding II LLC, No. 12-20220)
In its decision, the lower court ruled that "lactation is not pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition," and thus decided that "firing someone because of lactation or breast-pumping is not sex discrimination." The district court suggested that "pregnancy-related conditions" ended on the day that a mother gives birth.
"Pregnancy discrimination is something that the EEOC takes seriously and sees far too often," said David Lopez, General Counsel of the EEOC. "We are gratified that the Fifth Circuit gave plain meaning to the words of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and ruled in our favor that discrimination on the basis of lactation is discrimination on the basis of sex."
In examining and overturning the lower court's ruling, the Fifth Circuit addressed the question "whether discharging a female employee because she is lactating or expressing breast milk constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII." The appeals court found that "it does."
The Fifth Circuit noted the biological fact that lactation is a physiological condition distinct to women who have undergone a pregnancy. Accordingly, under Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, firing a woman because she is lactating or expressing milk is unlawful sex discrimination, since men as a matter of biology could not be fired for such a reason. The case was remanded back to the lower court for a trial on the merits.
"Now that the Fifth Circuit has reaffirmed the EEOC's long-standing position about the broad coverage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, we look forward to trying the underlying case," said Claudia Molina-Antanaitis, trial attorney in the EEOC's Houston District Office which brought the initial litigation. "We hope this litigation sends a message to other women that discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions is against the law and that the EEOC is here to help."
One of the six national priorities identified by the Commission's Strategic Enforcement Plan is for the Commission to address emerging and developing issues in equal employment law, including issues involving pregnancy-related limitations, among other possible issues.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC may be found at www.eeoc.gov.


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Philippine Government Ignores Public Concerns, Continues To Push Extreme 'Cybercrime' Law
from the not-listening dept
One of the striking -- and depressing -- features of the Internet today is the almost universal desire of governments around the world to rein it in through new laws. We wrote about one such attempt in the Philippines a couple of months ago, where the government is trying to bring in some particularly wide-ranging and troubling legislation. Although the Philippine Supreme Court put a temporary restraining order on the law, the Philippine government is not softening its stance, and has asked the court to lift the order. Its arguments are pretty worrying:
"there is always a presumption of validity that attaches to every legislative act"
Oh, really?
It also said the law only "regulates and penalizes" acts defined as cybercrimes like hacking, and does not prevent the petitioners from using the Internet and expressing their thoughts.
Well, that rather depends on how you define cybercrimes, of course.
The government said "traffic data" referred to in the Cybercrime Law is "non-content data" that consists of the origin, destination, route, time and date of the communication. It said that unlike content data, which is considered private, traffic data is an "auxiliary to the communication and is necessarily shared with a service provider who is a third party."
That is exactly the same erroneous argument used by the UK government to justify its Snooper's Charter. The problem is that some traffic data -- like destination Web addresses -- give considerable information about the content being viewed. For example, if people are visiting Web sites that are critical of the Philippine government, it's pretty clear what they are reading about.
The GMA News piece quoted above lists many other dubious arguments given by the Philippine government in favor of lifting the ban. Ironically, the way it dismisses or ignores the important issues raised by petitioners to the Supreme Court only serves to confirm the impression that the government is not really interested in achieving a fair and balanced solution here, but intends to push through its plans regardless.
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When most people think about customizing a car, they think about improving the car's performance. Cars with extra-large engines stuffed under the hood, trucks with a lifted suspension to better crawl over rocks and massive superchargers are common at most car shows. But there's a special brand of customization that doesn't have anything to do with making the car go faster. When it comes to this type of customization, it's all about making it bajito y suavecito (low and slow).
Lowriders are a type of car customization where the goal of the customization is not increased performance. Instead, lowriders try to make their cars as sleek, stylish and sexy as possible, usually by dramatically lowering the car's suspension, adding body work like fender skirts, lowering the roof line and applying a flashy coat of paint. Inside, lowriders are all about comfort, with plush seats and banging sound systems.
Lowrider style evolved out of Chicano culture in California in the 1930s. At the time, immigrants began to buy and customize older cars -- usually Chevrolets. Seeking to differentiate themselves from the dominant hot-rod culture of the era, early lowriders (who called themselves pachucos), didn't customize their cars for nights at the drag strip. Instead, they wanted cars that would look good and be comfortable as they cruised the streets, hoping to meet girls.
From that urge to impress girls has grown an enduring custom car style that's even influenced some production cars. To learn more about lowrider style, check out these 10 great lowriders.
1939 Chevrolet
Chevrolets were the original car of choice for lowriders for a few reasons. First, in the 1930s and 1940s, Chevrolets were less expensive than many other cars (including Fords), which put them in reach for more of the Mexican immigrants who were launching the lowrider culture. Second, many lowriders preferred the looks of Chevys, and in 1939, according to many pachucos, Chevy had a winning design. The 1939 Chevy has a sweetly sloping rear end, clean, prominent grille and aggressive fender flares -- exactly what many lowriders were looking for. Lastly, Chevy suspensions were easy to modify, giving the cars the stance the lowriders were after.
Few of those original 1939 Chevy lowriders survive today, but a modern example of the style is Joel Garcia's 1939 Ford Master Deluxe, which was featured in Lowrider Magazine. Joel calls the car Precioso, which means precious, and it's not hard to see why. One feature that Joel added to the '39 Chevy that the original pachucos didn't have is air bags. No, not the kind of air bags designed for occupant safety -- these air bags are part of the suspension and are used to raise and lower the car at the touch of a button. This is one 1939 Chevy that's come a long way since pachucos lowered their cars by putting bags of sand in the back.
1941 Ford
Okay, so we said the original lowriders tended to prefer Chevys over Fords, but there still were (and are) some great Ford lowriders out there. In addition to being more expensive than Chevrolets in the 1930s and 1940s, Fords were often overlooked for lowriding because of the shape of their bumpers. While Chevy bumpers were relatively flat, Ford bumpers had a bulge in the middle. When the car was lowered, the bulge would drag the ground. So if a pachuco wanted to lower a Ford, he usually had to switch out the bumpers -- something that was not only expensive but also required the extra legwork of finding just the right replacement bumpers.
In 1941, however, Ford bumpers didn't have a bulge in the middle. Plus, several other factors were combining to make Fords more affordable. In 1942, automotive production in the United States shut down to aid the war effort. After the war was over, American soldiers returned home with extra money in their pockets, and they wanted to spend it on new cars. That not only revved up the American automotive industry, it also flooded the used car market with 1941 models, bringing down prices.
A modern example of a 1941 lowrider is Joe Moran's 1941 Ford Custom. With pearlescent paint, an in-the-dirt stance and even the original hand crank (to be used when the car's battery was dead), it's easy to see the payoff for lowriders who ventured in to Ford territory.
1950 Mercury Eight
Of course, lowriders aren't confined to just Fords and Chevys, even when the style started becoming more mainstream. With ingenuity and a sense of style, any car can become a lowrider. And as time passed, lowriders started tricking out classic cars. In the 1970s and 1980s, classics from the '50s became a popular lowriding trend.
The 1950 Mercury Eight is known as a lowriding car mainly because well-known lowrider Steve Gonzales showed his around southern California. The 1950 Mercury Eight makes a smooth lowrider, thanks to wheel flares that extend from the car's front fenders all the way to the doors, creating a sleek and somewhat fast profile.
The Mercury Eight's grille isn't as prominent as some other 1940s and '50s lowriders', but it's fairly intricate, so when it's fully chromed and polished, it makes quite a statement. Inside, the Mercury Eight has a large and luxurious interior, which is perfect for lowriders looking to add custom fabrics to create lavish interiors for cruising.
Chevrolet Impala
You simply can't talk about lowriders without mentioning the Chevy Impala. The Impala has been in production since 1958 (although there was about a 10-year break in the late '80s and early '90s). Because the Impala was a popular car in the '50s, '60s and '70s, there are still plenty available for customization, and the Impala (especially models from the 1960s) is seen by some as the quintessential lowrider.
In contrast to the curvaceous 1940s and '50s lowriders, the Impala is relatively angular and squared off. The Impala came as both a coupe and a convertible, allowing for more individuality among lowriders since there were more body styles to choose from. Plus, since lowriding is concentrated mainly in Southern California and the Southwestern United States, who wouldn't want a tight convertible to cruise in?
Typically, lowriders will leave Impala sheet metal alone, opting instead to show off the car's lines using bright colors and lots of metallic or pearlescent paint. More effort goes into the suspension. The Impala is a rugged car, so it's a good candidate for dancing -- that's where the suspension is fitted with air bags or a hydraulic system that allows the car to hop and jump off the ground.
1965 Buick Riviera
For lowriders who like the Impala's looks, but want something a little different, maybe a little more upscale, there's the Buick Riviera. The Riviera first gained notoriety for the fact that it was lighter than most Buicks, yet had the same amount of power. That made it an excellent performer -- though that's not exactly what most lowriders were after.
The Buick Riviera was marketed as a luxury car, and that made it appealing as a status symbol for lowriders cruising the strip. While the first generations of the Riviera were fairly conventional, Rivieras in the 1970s had a boat tail, which combined angled rear glass and a sloping bulge of sheet metal (that looks like the bottom of a boat) into a sleek and distinctive rear end.
The Riviera already had a pretty cushy interior, so all lowriders had to do was add some style through custom sound systems, fabrics and other stylistic touches.
1950s Chevrolet Trucks
Of course, cars aren't the only type of vehicle lowriders modify -- lowrider trucks are popular too -- especially Chevy trucks from the 1950s.
A customized suspension on a truck isn't unheard of. But while most custom truck suspensions lift the truck up, lowriders, of course, want the truck body lower. This makes the truck pretty useless for what it was originally built for: rugged outdoor work. However, it provides a whole new area for customization. Since the truck won't be used for work anymore, the truck bed becomes available real estate.
Lowrider trucks typically have stylishly turned-out beds. Instead of rugged bedliners, many beds have polished wood and chrome floors or a bed full of subwoofers and other speakers. Lots of lowriders keep their trucks looking smooth by adding a tonneau cover over the bed, which gives the truck a finished look. Because 1950s trucks typically had small, work-oriented interiors, custom lowrider trucks can't really have interiors that are as plush as other lowriders. Still, truck owners often trick out their interior with vibrant fabrics and finishes. Outside, a coat of bright paint -- something that wouldn't quite fit in down on the farm -- is the preferred finish on most lowrider trucks.
Lincoln Continental
While lowrider 1950s trucks may be short on interior comforts, Lincoln Continental lowriders have luxury to spare.
If a lowrider really wants to show the world what he or she's got, the car of choice is the Lincoln Continental, especially models from the third and fourth generations of the car, which ran through the 1960s and 1970s.
The first thing that strikes you about the Lincoln Continental is its size. This is one gigantic car. At the front end of the Lincoln is a pugnacious upright grille, which most lowriders coat in gleaming chrome. Heading back from the grille is a stretched hood, then a huge passenger compartment with four doors (the back doors open to the rear), but no middle pillar. The rear deck is also extremely long -- long enough to make you think the Continental would be a great choice for mobsters.
Lowriders like the Continental because its huge size makes an immediate statement, and its interior is roomy and comfortable enough for extended cruises. When you get the Continental lowered, it looks even longer. The only adornment on the body tends to be the car's grille, which means that blingy rims stand out. Given the Continental's size, some lowriders chose to go with more subdued paint colors and add interest through pinstriping, while others go with the wild colors lowriders are known for, making sure their Continental creates an immediate impact on everyone who sees it.
1984 Buick Regal
Lowriders don't just modify classic cars from the 1950s and '60s. More modern cars get the treatment too.
A popular lowrider model is the second-generation Buick Regal. That generation ran almost 10 years -- from 1978 to 1987. That gives customizers plenty of inexpensive cars to work on, plus a lot of available replacement parts.
While lowriders from the 40s and 50s are round, and lowriders from the 1960s tend to be angular, the Buick Regal is a coupe with a flat, squared off body. It doesn't have the sharp flourishes of the Impala or acres of chrome. Instead, the Regal is a blank canvas for showing off aftermarket parts like vibrant, eye-catching wheels. Since the car is so understated, the accessories can do the talking.
With the Regal, most lowriders add flashy custom rims, and some even go so far as to add a little bling to the engine, coating it in chrome or even gold plating parts of it. And while the Regal has a sleek profile because it's a coupe, there's still plenty of room inside, so lowriders typically add crushed velvet or velour seats and a powerful stereo, of course. Adding even more style to the Regal is a continental kit, which puts the spare tire on the car's rear end, just above the bumper. That spare tire usually gets the full custom treatment and ends up sitting like a jewel on the back of the car.
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is another car from the 1970s and '80s that's popular with lowriders. It's related to the Buick Regal, but some lowriders prefer it, and a Monte Carlo can usually be found for less money than a Regal, too.
The Monte Carlo's interior also helps set it apart from the Regal. The fourth-generation Monte Carlo (which ran from 1981 to 1988), featured a smoothed-out body with more integrated bumpers. That made it easier for lowriders to make it look like the car was carved from a single piece of metal, a look that many prefer. Additionally, the Monte Carlo had the same empty-canvas look that the Buick Regal had, allowing lowriders to highlight their custom wheels.
Finally, the Monte Carlo's name conjures up images of glamour, intrigue and of course, gambling. Many lowriders used those images to develop the theme for their custom Monte Carlo lowrider, using pinstriping, custom fabric and wheels to bring the theme to life.
2007 Toyota Camry
Not all lowriders are classic American metal. And as lowriders became mainstream, they became popular in other countries as well, including Japan. So it makes perfect sense that Toyota, one of Japan's preeminent car makers, would want to celebrate 50 years in the United States with an anniversary edition Toyota Camry lowrider.
To get it done , Toyota had Lowrider Magazine completely customize the car, adding bright orange paint, a two-tone interior and, of course, a lowered suspension. Japanese and other import cars are slowly gaining ground in lowriding circles. While most Japanese cars are modified for performance, lowriding an import means adding lots of sound equipment and converting the interior from that of a basic commuting car to that of a luxury cruising machine. In addition to custom upholstery, Japanese lowriders also typically sport custom seats and dashes along with a couple of key features that can't be left out of any lowrider -- flashy wheels and an in-the-dirt stance.
For more information about lowriders and other related topics, follow the links on the next page.
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More Great Links
- DeLoach, Dick. "Baraja de Oro." Lowrider Magazine. (Nov. 5, 2009)http://www.lowridermagazine.com/features/0210lrm_84_buick_regal/index.html
- Hoillc, Edgar. "Tight Grip: 1965 Buick Riviera." Lowrider Magazine. (Nov. 5, 2009) http://www.lowridermagazine.com/features/0809_lrmp_1965_buick_riviera_dallas_texas/index.html
- Lowrider Magazine. "1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe: Precioso." (Nov. 5, 2009) http://www.lowridermagazine.com/features/0703_lrmp_1939_chevrolet_master_deluxe/index.html
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Glee Review: When It's Over, Is It Really Over?Miranda Wicker at .
One thing is certain after tonight's episode of Glee: Things are officially done for Kurt and Blaine and Rachel and Finn. Our dynamic duos won't be reconciling any time soon. Mega bummer.
But in other McKinley news, "Glease" rocked the house, and proved to me, once again, life is better on Glee when the drama stays in high school.
I'm a fan of Grease. I grew up watching it and singing along and found myself doing the same tonight, which is always a good sign. While "Greased Lightning" was a bit slow and forced, the slumber party scene, aside from the hideous costuming, felt like something that Kitty would do: invite the girls over for the purpose of humiliating one (or more) of them.
Overall, the McKinley production of Grease was pretty great. Perhaps not as good as Rocky Horror, but it definitely wasn't terrible. And did anyone else who's a fan of the film besides me marvel at just how much Sugar looked like the original Frenchy? The similarity was downright freaky!
But the ultimate purpose of tonight's episode wasn't about the musical at all. That was simply a means to an end. Or two ends, to be more specific.
Rachel and Finn are now so broken up they don't even want to have contact with one another, even in song. And Kurt refused to speak to Blaine after borrowing Rachel's courage and bravado. I can't say that I saw reconciliation coming for either couple, but at least there's closure now. Their final words, or some of them, are chronicled on the Glee quotes page and were actually heartbreaking to listen to.
The doors are still open for Santana and Brittany and Mike and Tina, though, so fans of those couples should be excited.
I truly can't even begin to think about how clunky the story with Brody is right now. Did he really just sleep with a dance teacher? That whole thing is a hot mess and it makes me kind of cranky to think about being asked to care what happens to him.
I know that Cassandra is bitchy and has it out for Rachel, but Brody sleeping with her, even in the context of Cassandra's conversation with Rachel about Rachel going back to Ohio, makes no sense. While we haven't exactly gotten a lot of characterization for Brody, tonight didn't fit and was, in my opinion, simply an opportunity to have him take his shirt off again.
When this season debuted, I thought the New York scenes were fantastic and fresh and kept the show alive. I was disinterested in the stories of the new high school students. After the past two weeks, I wish more than ever that Rachel and Kurt Take New York had been an actual spin-off instead of what's beginning to feel like baggage.
We all lamented the noticeable absences of Mike, Mercedes, Santana, Puck and Finn in the first several episodes of Glee Season 4. After tonight, aside from the whole Santana-as-Rizzo lunacy, I'm convinced that writing their whereabouts into the dialogue without writing them into the physical scenes was the way to go.
The same needs to be done with Rachel and Kurt no matter how much I love them.
Here's the thing: Rachel and Kurt are Glee. They are and always will be. But they're not in glee club anymore. And neither are any of the other graduates who've gone off to do their own post-high school things.
While watching Marley and Kitty tonight, and seeing the way Kitty manipulated Marley, and then watching Marley and Ryder, I found myself asking "What if these characters had come first?" If we'd gotten Ryder and Marley and Jake and Kitty first, chances are good we'd feel about them the way we feel about Rachel and Kurt and the other graduates now. In short, our new McKinley High School students need their fair shake, and they won't get that with the dueling story of Rachel and Kurt in New York always diverting our attention.
Those are my musings on things so far, anyway. No doubt there are those who'll disagree with me. I'm okay with that.
What did you think of "Glease"? Are you more or less invested in McKinley after the past two weeks?
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So, this idea has been batted around for ages; a proper shop within the forest.
It has been agreed by the Forest WG that the front room, on your left as you exit the building by the main blue doors, be used for this.
So, lets talk about it and work out the best way to get it done.
The room is reasonably empty, and ready.
we need a whole bunch of tables, more like cabinets, so that stock can be displayed on top and kept inside.
The stock should be staffed.
it should be a resource for the artists that our artists community supports, a good place to sell there products.
The guys from Saraswati are on board and have plenty ethical stock to sell .. lets get more! I'll speak to Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity.. any other ideas?
I don't thing it should be called "The Forest Indoor Market" .. as it will not sell only Forest product. any ideas for a cool name?
I aim to have it open by the end of feb.
I am pushing this through, gathering crew. It is a community project, and will need a WG full of enthusiastic community members to get involved.
¡Viva el capitalismo!
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Records, publishing, shop etc.
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Back in July, I wrote this first rant called: The Twitter Secret – why & how to use Twitter for B2B and technology businesses. Rant #1, where I give a detailed explanation of how to use Twitter properly in business applications. By now I would have thought most people would have figured out the "why" of Twitter.
But no.
Back in July, when I wrote this post, The Pew Institute reported that for 2009, Twitter awareness was at a remarkable 80%+ but usage was relatively low at around 7 – 8%. People tied themselves in knots to explain it. Many suggested that Twitter's relative youth accounted for its low usage numbers and that surely over time, its influence would only grow.
Guess what. A year later and the latest Pew Institute usage numbers for 2010 say Twitter is still at 8%. This time around, it's harder for people to explain it away in the same way. So now a new crop of answers try to explain the awareness/ usage gap.
Therefore, in the interest of efficiency, I will explain the secret of Twitter in 140 words or less (yeah I know I am cheating – so sue me).
Twitter is important to you if:
- You need to distribute a lot of content, e.g. media people, reporters, PR/ publicity folks, agency folks, marketers, analysts, bloggers AND online commerce site
- You need to consume a lot of content, , e.g. media people, reporters, PR/ publicity folks, agency folks, marketers, analysts and bloggers
- You want to outreach to specific media/ people in your industry
- You want to outreach to specific customers or customer groups
- You hope to develop a better way to hear customer input
- You hope to figure out what Twitter is REALLY good at, write a book and get rich 🙂
So unless you fall into one of the categories on this list, don't worry about Twitter for right now. It's probably not that crucial to your business. Go ahead – you can definitively cross this question off your list. Now you know.
Happy new year!
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COLUMBUS -- Democrats in the Ohio House continued to voice concern Wednesday that some votes cast in last month's general election will not be counted, particularly in two tight races that could result in a super majority for Republicans in the chamber.
Reps. Kathleen Clyde, from Kent, and Debbie Phillips, from Albany, said the minority caucus is weighing its options to ensure provisional ballots cast by eligible Ohio voters are not tossed.
"Ohio is the heart of it all politically," Clyde told reporters during a press conference at the Statehouse. "We are the most important swing state in the entire country. And more than anyone else, we really need to lead, because the spotlight is on us. Instead, we're leading in all the wrong things, and thousands of Ohioans' votes are being illegally and needlessly rejected."
Husted's office is downplaying the concerns.
"We disagree with the representative from the 68th district as this is simply another attempt to create controversy where none exists," Matt McClellan, spokesman for the secretary of state, said in a released statement. "We are confident in our reading of the law, which has been affirmed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. We are required to follow the law and uphold the integrity of the process."
Provisional ballots are submitted by voters who forgot their IDs, neglected to update their registration addresses or faced other questions about their eligibility.
The ballots receive extra scrutiny, with voters given time to verify their eligibility with county officials after Election Day.
About 205,000 provisional ballots were cast in the general election, according to unofficial totals posted by the secretary of state.
Democrats have been critical of Husted on the issue, saying his directives to elections boards will result in potentially eligible ballots being discarded.
And much focus is on two Ohio House races that will require automatic recounts, where provisional ballots could determine whether Republicans have a large enough majority to bypass Democrats when passing ballot issues.
Clyde urged Husted on Wednesday to address concerns about provisional ballots, "so Ohio can avoid costly litigation and Ohioans' votes will rightfully be counted."
Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog.


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We're not usually fans of long-form, live-streamed events, which can hold viewers hostage to fickle Internet connections. But Thursday night brings an event that's worth logging on for: the premiere of YouTube's "Life in a Day" movie at the Sundance Film Festival.
For the uninitiated, the film is the ultimate group DIY effort – a pastiche of about 1,000 of the 80,000 clips shot by regular folks from around the globe last July 24 and uploaded to the video site.
The movie chronicling 24 hours in the life of the world is 90 minutes long. But we've spent far more (and probably too much) time clicking through the some of the 4,500 hours of raw material, which ranges from the mundane (clips of people cooking and eating) to the funny (lots of mugging for the camera) to the sad (multiple hospital scenes) to the life affirming (newborns making their video debuts).
The movie strikes us as a kind of an old-school Life magazine photography project (think 1974's "One Day in the Life of America") re-animated for the Internet age, when we're all potential filmmakers whose lives, on some level, merit at least a few seconds, if not 15 minutes, of fame.
Filmmakers Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald ("The Last King of Scotland") helped assemble the film, which can be viewed here Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
However the final product turns out – and our hopes are high – the debut of "Life in a Day" stands as a welcome counterpoint to the glitz of the Hollywood movie awards season, which ends Feb. 27 with the Academy Awards.
The debut also comes less than a month after movie critic Roger Ebert pushed a YouTube short showing scenes the post-Christmas blizzard in New York for an Oscar nomination. "Idiot With a Tripod," alas, didn't make the list of Best Short Film (Live Action) nominees announced Tuesday.
But we may yet see Oscar smile on a movie spawned on YouTube or elsewhere on the Internet (even if in the case of "Life in a Day" speeches by thousands of collaborators would make the seemingly interminable awards broadcast even more so).
"Life in a Day" certainly would be eligible in next year's contest. National Geographic Films reportedly revealed plans this week to release the movie in theaters beginning July 24 – one year to the day ordinary citizens from nearly 200 countries took out their cameras for an experiment in chronicling our times.
In the meantime, go here to see some of the clips (warning: it's addictive time suck) and check out a promo for the movie below:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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LOS ANGELES — Regardless of the outcome, the 100th Rose Bowl Game will be a perfect ending for Michigan State offensive lineman Fou Fonoti.
He will have come full-circle, from Mayfair High School and Cerritos College to East Lansing and back to Southern California to wrap up his collegiate career before a throng of family and friends in the "Granddaddy of Them All" when the Spartans square off against Stanford at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Pasadena.
"It's been a blessing," Fonoti said. "It's been a long journey. For this to be my last collegiate game, back home in front of my family, with my (football) brothers in the Rose Bowl is definitely exciting.
"I'm excited for the experience. I just want to live it up."
It almost didn't happen.
Fonoti was set to finish with the Spartans last season, but a broken leg before the third game of the 2012 season pushed his plan back a bit, which he couldn't be happier about after helping Michigan State to the Big Ten title this season, allowing him the opportunity to end his career in Pasadena.
"It's a huge thing for him to win a championship this year," Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. "It's a great indication how God works in mysterious ways.
"Last year, he broke his leg. We ended up 7-6 that year. Now here we are 12-1 and in the Rose Bowl. He graduated at mid-year, comes back to his family. All the pieces of the puzzle sort of fit together. It's very exciting."
Fonoti has been a steady lineman for the Spartans. He's started 29 games, including 10 this season and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten, helping Michigan State rush for 2,638 and pass for 2,632. He's also been credited with 45 blocking knockdowns this season, including 5 1/2 in the Spartans' 34-24 victory over then No. 2 Ohio State that clinched their trip West.
It's the type of play Dantonio envisioned when he sold him on the mid-west lifestyle.
"I was very involved in his recruitment," Dantonio said. "He was going to be a long way from home, was a long way from ever seeing snow, but that risk, that trust he had in us has paid off."
Fonoti's football career started at Mayfair High School, where he was first team All-CIF-Southern Section in 2008, He then spent two years at Cerritos College, earning Junior College All-America honors before going with his gut and signing with Michigan State prior to the 2011 season.
The decision didn't exactly go over well with his family and friends.
"I kind of got that look, 'Are you sure? What's going on?" Fonoti said, recalling the day when he told his family he was going to East Lansing to play for the Spartans. "But that was huge for me to even say that to them because never in a million years would I think I'd be playing for a school in Michigan, trying to walk to class in some snow and going through an ice storm. At that time I didn't see (benefits), but it's been a blessing in disguise."
Fonoti made an immediate impact for the Spartans. He started the final 11 games of the 2011 season and ranked third on the team with 31 knockdowns. He also didn't yield a sack while helping Michigan State to an 11-3 record and 33-30 victory over Georgia in the Outback Bowl.
He hit a bump in the road last season when he broke his leg during practice before the team's third game. But that heartbreak turned into opportunity and he wasn't going to waste it. He instead got back to work.
"I just had to continue to get healthy," Fonoti said. "I spent a lot of time with the training staff, trusting in them. That was my main thing, to just continue to run more. It's definitely been huge."
He was able to start 10 of team's 13 games this season, helping the Spartans win 11 of 12, including the last nine in row to earn the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
Now he hopes to finish the season and his career on a winning note. He knows it won't be easy. Stanford features one of the better defenses in the country. But he also notes that there weren't too many who believed Michigan State could beat Ohio State in the Big Ten title game.
"We've come too far to fall too short," Fonoti said. "I'm blessed to be here with my family and my (Spartan) brothers and the mindset is all about finishing. The main thing is just to win this game. Coach (Dantonio) talks about completing your circles, and when I made my decision to come to Michigan State, I couldn't see it in the long run.
"It still hasn't hit me that we'll be playing in (the Rose Bowl)."


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The Pokémon Navigator (ポケモンナビゲーター Pokemon Nabigētā) also referred as PokéNav (ポケナビ Pokenabi) is a device produced by the Devon Corporation under Mr. Stone's orders. The counterpart of the PokéNav is the PokéGear in the Johto region, Pokétch in the Sinnoh region, and the C-Gear in the Unova region. The PokéNav have been introduced in the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Emerald series. The main protagonist obtains the PokéNav after obtaining his/her first gym badge and taking back the Devon Goods that one of the Team Magma/Team Aqua members have stolen.
The creation of the PokéNav was ordered by Mr. Stone. The reason for the development of the PokéNav was because Mr. Stone wanted to find a way to keep track of a Pokémon feelings. The PokéNav appears to be small and has the appearance of a compact-disc-shaped device. The PokéNav has many functions such as the Map of the Hoenn region, Condition were you can look for the condition of your Pokémon, mostly used by coordinators, Trainer's Eyes which contains important information about the trainer and it can also led to rematches, Match Call a replaced function of the Trainer's Eyes and, Ribbon were you can see the ribbons that you've obtained so far.
There are different kinds of known functions in the PokéNav. In total there are 5 useful functions which are: Map, Condition, Trainer's Eyes, Match Call and Ribbon. Trainer's Eyes has been replaced by Match Call in Pokémon Emerald.
This function displays the map of the Hoenn region along with the current location of the protagonist. It has a zoom capacity that zooms in a town or a city the player visited during his travels, also, the player can just zoom in a town or a city but it doesn't display the town outline. While being zoomed, the important building has each a color:
- Red stands for the: Pokémon Center.
- Blue stands for the: Poké Mart.
- A lavender color stands for: Pokémon Contest.
- A brown color stands for: Pokémon Gym.
This function allows you to see the condition of one of your Pokémon. Condition is mostly used by Pokémon coordinators.
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The first option in the Condition function. This option allows you to view your Pokémon contest attributes which are: Cool, Beauty, Cute, Smart and, Tough. Known is that there is a green patch in the middle if you are checking your Pokémon status which will expand depending on how prominent your Pokémon attribute is. When is grows to a certain attribute it will gain a star. To obtain such kind of attributes depends on the Pokéblock you are feeding to your Pokémon. This is mostly used for Pokémon Contests, it can boost the interest of the audience for the Pokémon that has been selected to participate in the Pokémon Contest.
Search is the second option from the function Condition. This option let you search through all the Pokémon you have, including the Pokémon that you have stored in your PC.
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Trainer's Eyes is the third option from the PokéNav. It records all the 69 trainers you have fought in the game including Gym Leaders and the members of the Pokémon League. Next to their name there is a squared Poké Ball flashing which means that they want a rematch. You can also gain some information of the trainer that you've battled before, their sprite will make an appearance, their strategy, a description of their Pokémon and their self-introduction. In order to have a rematch with the trainers you've met and battled you must first have all five gym badges around the Hoenn region. Trainers Eyes has been replaced by Match Call in the Pokémon Emerald video game series. Here is a list of Pokémon Trainers that can be obtained in the Trainer's Eyes function:
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Match Call
This is the final option from the PokéNav. It list your Pokémon who have one a ribbon in a special event such as: Pokémon Contest or defeating the Pokémon League. You can see the ribbons while pressing with the A button on a certain Pokémon who obtained a ribbon. You can also get information about the ribbon the Pokémon obtained during the special event.