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Hacking democracy: a simple, legal way to put the power in the hands of the people
Literally all the problems in the way we're governed right now are due to the people with decision making power being disconnected from their constituents. No one except those running the military industrial complex want our tax dollars to fund endless war. No one except the bankers want our tax dollars to bail them out.
Occupy wall street, anonymous hacking government emails, peaceful protestors yelling at passerbys on weekends, hundreds of thousands of people signing online petitions, anarchists dropping out of college to go live in the woods, these techniques have not proven at all effective in fixing the broken system. No one seems to want to get to the root of the problem, the power structure itself.
I propose an online direct democracy system that any registered voter can use (not only members of a particular political party) that would allow every citizen in a community to propose, edit, upvote, comment, and vote on legislation that impacts their community. But this system is toothless without the hacking democracy part of my plan.
A person (not a politician) runs for office under the platform that he will exclusively use this decentralized decision making process to make decisions. Imagine that instead of his own brain deciding whether or not to pass legislation, he agrees to submit to the whims of the people. He will still be proposing legislation through this system, but now everyone can. If he has good ideas, the citizens will vote for his legislation. If he doesn't, he can just execute the legislation his constituents come up with.
I have a million bulletproof counter-arguments for any criticism of direct democracy & I have the time to explain them to you, but the most important idea you need to consider is this: we need to incrementally improve the system. No one is going to come up with a plan tomorrow that fixes all of society's problems and instantaneous paradigm shifts aren't practical.
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Feb 26 2013: It's a good idea on itself, however I don't believe you are taking into account the human factor. First of all not every body is expert on everything, so my first question is: For complicated problems that require specific knowledge to solve, how are you going to make sure that the people who votes really understand the problem, the proposed solution(s) and the consequences before casting a vote???. Second and more important, most voters work 8, 10, 12 or more hours a day, how are you going to convince them to spend their free time reading a ton of information, then spend more time deciding whether it affects them or not, then more time analyzing how it affects, and the even more deciding how to vote. How much time you think an average person is willing to invest on this???, How much time is required to read all the legislative information generated in just one day??? What if I'm ill in bed and can't read during all the time a legislation that affects me directly is being discussed??? What if a computer failure keeps me away for weeks and during that time is approved a law that puts me on disadvantage??? To keep bad ideas from becoming laws, people must vote with their brains otherwise you are creating a very efficient way to convert bad ideas into laws. How on earth are you going to make sure people vote with their brain and not with their gut???
My final vote: Impractical.
Feb 26 2013: 1) For complicated problems that require specific knowledge to solve, how are you going to make sure that the people who votes really understand the problem, the proposed solution(s) and the consequences before casting a vote?
A: The same way we do now. Congressmen and elected officials seek out help from experts. With hacking democracy, those experts can throw in their two cents without needing to bribe anyone or schedule a meeting. They just comment on legislation directly. This is similar to NulPunt: http://nulpunt.nu/
2) How does hacking democracy deal with the problem of every single citizen not having the time to make informed decisions on every piece of legislation?
A: First of all, many politicians in the current system don't make informed decisions. Look at anything concerning internet law or drug law. Secondly, unlike in Australia voting is not mandatory. If you really trust other people to make decisions for you, you don't have to participate. People would most likely only vote on things they care about. Many people wouldn't even get involved, but they would be agreeing to submit to any decisions made by their fellow citizens. As for being physically unable to read while others are making decisions: can you think of a system that would solve this theoretical problem? No, you can't. Hacking democracy is not a utopia. It's an objective improvement on the current system we have in America.
3) How does hacking democracy prevent people from making bad decisions?
A: Each piece of legislation proposed must provide a feedback mechanism that analyzes the affects of the legislation. This can be anything from a simple survey to environmental research. Initially people will still make bad decisions, as all leaders do today. But once enough data is gathered, we will know what legislation measurably improves society, and what legislation doesn't. This is only way to truly determine if legislation is beneficial. No one can predict the future.
My final vote: Practical
Feb 26 2013: 1) How many citizens do you believe will have the time, money and will to hire experts to make decisions for them??? Impractical!!!
2) Yes many politicians don't make informed decisions, but how much of them 20%?, 40%?, 50%? how many citizen will make uninformed decisions? 70%?, 75%?, 90%? you don't have a solid argument unless you show some figures. I don't have the figures either, but I am sure if a congress man/woman who's sole propose is to read and understand legislation is unable to make informed decisions, then it is quite obvious that someone who has to work full time on something else is in more risk of making uninformed decisions. Want to convince me of the opposite, then show the figures and back them up with a scientific research.
3) How on earth are you going to make sure those data are unbiased?, moreover, in such a changing legal world as you depict it, how the law enforcement officers will be sure what they do is correct??? because it seams like laws will be somehow volatile.
4) You failed to answer the most important questions: How are you going to explain and convince a hard working person who gets home tired to spend his/her little free time on your system instead of using it for something more pleasant??? How much time an average person is willing to spend on your system??? How much time is required for an average person to reach and read the contents effectively, that is not missing something important???. Until you answer this questions in convincing way I wont change my vote: Impractical!
Feb 27 2013: 1) Very few. Most of the information will come from the few that care enough about the issue to post information freely online. This is how it is already. People literally take the time to put up fliers, argue on the internet, etc all the time. The only difference with hacking democracy is that all these people would be more directly connected to the people they elect.
2) So you're claiming that just because someone where's a suit, they are more qualified to make decisions? Most of what politicians do these days is not reading legislation and voting on it. It's mostly playing political games, worrying about getting re-elected, fundraising, and running ad campaigns.
3) How are you going to make sure any data is unbiased in any system? If there is a problem with society, people won't need much more information than exactly what it is in order to change it. Police officers, just like now, will have to be informed of the law as it changes. They may still accidentally violate the law when apprehending citizens, just like they do now. This is okay because the only people who really need to know the law are lawyers and courts.
4) Do you know what taxation is? If the average person doesn't give a shit where 20% of their paycheck goes, that's fine. But if they want that money to be put to good use, they will go out of their way to have their voice heard in politics. The amount of time people spend on politics is directly proportional to how much they give a shit about what happens to the money that is taken from them. That's not to say with hacking democracy we have to always have taxation. Allow me to digress: it would be possible to repeal taxation laws and simply use a kickstarter system, where people only paid for government services they wanted. In fact, this could happen alongside regular taxation laws.
If you are truly as inquisitive as your question mark usage would indicate, I implore you to look through the FAQ: http://hackingdemocracy.wordpress.com/faq/
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This section describes functions for resizing a window without changing the size of its frame. Because live windows do not overlap, these functions are meaningful only on frames that contain two or more windows: resizing a window also changes the size of a neighboring window. If there is just one window on a frame, its size cannot be changed except by resizing the frame (see Size and Position).
Except where noted, these functions also accept internal windows as arguments. Resizing an internal window causes its child windows to be resized to fit the same space.
This function returns delta if the size of window can be changed vertically by delta lines. If the optional argument horizontal is non-
nil, it instead returns delta if window can be resized horizontally by delta columns. It does not actually change the window size.
If window is
nil, it defaults to the selected window.
A positive value of delta means to check whether the window can be enlarged by that number of lines or columns; a negative value of delta means to check whether the window can be shrunk by that many lines or columns. If delta is non-zero, a return value of 0 means that the window cannot be resized.
Normally, the variables
window-min-widthspecify the smallest allowable window size. See Deleting and Rearranging Windows. However, if the optional argument ignore is non-
nil, this function ignores
window-min-width, as well as
window-size-fixed. Instead, it considers the minimum-height window to be one consisting of a header (if any), a mode line, plus a text area one line tall; and a minimum-width window as one consisting of fringes, margins, and scroll bar (if any), plus a text area two columns wide.
This function resizes window by delta increments. If horizontal is
nil, it changes the height by delta lines; otherwise, it changes the width by delta columns. A positive delta means to enlarge the window, and a negative delta means to shrink it.
If window is
nil, it defaults to the selected window. If the window cannot be resized as demanded, an error is signaled.
The optional argument ignore has the same meaning as for the function
The choice of which window edges this function alters depends on the values of the option
window-combination-resizeand the combination limits of the involved windows; in some cases, it may alter both edges. See Recombining Windows. To resize by moving only the bottom or right edge of a window, use the function
adjust-window-trailing-edge, below.
This function moves window's bottom edge by delta lines. If optional argument horizontal is non-
nil, it instead moves the right edge by delta columns. If window is
nil, it defaults to the selected window.
A positive delta moves the edge downwards or to the right; a negative delta moves it upwards or to the left. If the edge cannot be moved as far as specified by delta, this function moves it as far as possible but does not signal a error.
This function tries to resize windows adjacent to the edge that is moved. If this is not possible for some reason (e.g., if that adjacent window is fixed-size), it may resize other windows.
The following commands resize windows in more specific ways. When called interactively, they act on the selected window.
This command adjusts the height of window to fit the text in it. It returns non-
nilif it was able to resize window, and
nilotherwise. If window is omitted or
nil, it defaults to the selected window. Otherwise, it should be a live window.
The optional argument max-height, if non-
nil, specifies the maximum total height that this function can give window. The optional argument min-height, if non-
nil, specifies the minimum total height that it can give, which overrides the variable
If the optional argument override is non-
nil, this function ignores any size restrictions imposed by
If the option
fit-frame-to-bufferis non-
nil, this command may resize the frame to fit its contents.
This command attempts to reduce window's height as much as possible while still showing its full buffer, but no less than
window-min-heightlines. The return value is non-
nilif the window was resized, and
nilotherwise. If window is omitted or
nil, it defaults to the selected window. Otherwise, it should be a live window.
This command does nothing if the window is already too short to display all of its buffer, or if any of the buffer is scrolled off-screen, or if the window is the only live window in its frame.
This function balances windows in a way that gives more space to full-width and/or full-height windows. If window-or-frame specifies a frame, it balances all windows on that frame. If window-or-frame specifies a window, it balances only that window and its siblings (see Windows and Frames).
This function attempts to give all windows on the selected frame approximately the same share of the screen area. Full-width or full-height windows are not given more space than other windows.
This function attempts to make window as large as possible, in both dimensions, without resizing its frame or deleting other windows. If window is omitted or
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A 25-MILLION DOLLAR FUNDRAISING GOAL IS UNDERWAY...TO HELP GREENVILLE COUNTY GROW BIGGER AND BETTER. TONIGHT...THE MISSION IS TO DO THIS BY BUILDING APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS. WYFF NEWS FOUR'S MYRA RUIZ IS LIVE AND LOCAL IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE... MYRA.... THE PEACE CENTER IS ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS THAT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN...TO DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. THE 25-MILLION DOLLAR GOAL IS JUST ONE WAY TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO ALSO SPEND THEIR MONEY ELSEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY. - NATS DANCE - PROFESSIONAL DANCERS OF THE CAROLINA BALLET THEATRE...ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MOVEMENT TO BUILD A STRONG ARTS COMMUNITY...ESPECIALLY WITH HELP FROM THE METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL.... "Probably would not be here without them. It's a vital part of CBT support, really." FUNDING FROM MAC...HAS HELPED THEM REACH OUT TO SCHOOL CHILDREN...AND EXPOSE THEM TO DANCE. "So sometimes somebody who can't articulate it through words can articulate it through the way that they move or the way they relate to somebody else..." "...and I think that's what the arts allow -- children to feel." FROM THE SCHOOLS....TO THE STREETS. THE ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL ARTISPHERE HAS BARELY BEEN AROUND FOR 10 YEARS....AND ALREADY...RANKS AMONG THE TOP TEN ART FESTIVALS IN THE COUNTRY. AND THE CROWDS BRING MORE THAN ATTENTION TO GREENVILLE. "We estimated a 5.5 million dollar economic impact over the course of the three days last year." "Just in one weekend." "In one weekend." MAC JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RAISE 25-MILLION DOLLARS...TO BUILD ITS GRANT PROGRAM...WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS...ART GROUPS...AND ART EVENTS. "Look at the role that they've played in Greenville's downtown revitalization. Look at the that they've played in tourism." "If they come to Greenville as a tourist destination, they're gonna have to have something to do. I mean they're not coming here to go to the bowling alley." BUT THEY ARE GOING TO THE "ARTCADE." VISUAL ARTIST MELINDA HOFFMAN RECEIVED FUNDS FROM MAC...TO CREATE THIS MACHINE...WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR CLAWS ON SMALL PIECES OF ORIGINAL ART... "So this is a collection of local art and local artists, so we're trying to bait people into trying a little local art and hopefully they'll be come real collectors." COMING UP AT SIX....WE'LL TELL YOU WHY ALAN ETHRIDGE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL WILL MEET ITS GOAL. MYRA RUIZ, WYFF, NEWS FOUR, LIVE IN GREENVILLE.
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THERE'S A NEW PROCEDURE AT THE GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM THAT IS A GAME CHANGER FOR POTENTIAL STROKE SUFFERERS. AND AS WYFF NEWS 4'S SEAN MUSERALLO REPORTS, GHS IS THE FIRST HEALTH CENTER IN THE NATION TO PERFORM IT. DOCTOR TOD HANOVER, IS A VASCULAR SURGEON. HE SHOWED US THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF HIS PATIENT WHOSE CAROTID ARTERY WAS BLOCKED. IN THE BEFORE, YOU CAN SEE THE PINCHED ARTERY IN HER NECK. HE SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED IT USING A NEW, INVESTIGATIONAL PROCEDURE. 30:34 "it's completely different from the gold standard of carotid surgery. THIS IS WHAT THE GOLD STANDARD CAROTID SURGERY LOOKS LIKE. DOCTOR HANOVER DEMONSTRATES HOW THE ARTERY IS ACCESSED THROUGH AN INCISION IN THE NECK. THE ARTERY IS OPENED. PLAQUE REMOVED. THE ARTERY CLOSED. THE PATIENT IN THE X-RAYS HAD TWO SURGERIES LIKE THAT, BUT IT DID NOT PREVENT PLAQUE FROM REACCUMMULATING. SHE SUFFERED A STROKE. 32:24 "we needed to do something different and she came at the perfect time that we were available to do this procedure." THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM WAS CLEARED TO PEFORM THE SILK ROAD PROCEDURE. IT'S THIS DEVICE. IT REQUIRES A SMALLER INCISION IN THE NECK. BLOOD FLOWS FROM THE PERSON'S NECK AND LEG, BYPASSING THEIR BRAIN. THAT'S CRITICAL IF ANY PLAQUE IS IN THE BLOOD. THE FILTER ON THE SILK ROAD WILL CATCH IT. 39:23 "she's doing extremely well. she's very happy, she's recovered from her stroke and she can talk now. she can go about her life." WITH PROPER EXERCISE AND DIET, DOCTOR HANOVER SAYS SHE'LL STAY THAT HAPPY AND HEALTHY AFTER THIS SURGERY. SEAN MUSERALLO WYFF NEWS 4 GREENVILLE. DOCTOR HANOVER SAYS THIS PROCEDURE WILL BE HELPFUL IN A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS. BUT HE SAYS IT'S GROUND BREAKING BECAUSE... BEFORE THIS, HIS PATIENT HAD NO OTHER OPTIONS. THE FDA IS STILL IN THE PROCESS
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The Bulfinch Hotel near TD Garden is unveiling a new, more upscale identity on Monday when the recently renovated property officially becomes the Boxer.
The hotel, located in a triangular 1904 building on Merrimac Street, has a vintage feel, with an old-time room key rack behind the front desk, a circa 1860 map of Boston on the lobby ceiling, and industrial-era accordion lamps in the guest rooms. The restaurant, formerly Flat Iron Tapas Bar, is now called Finch, and has wingback chairs, a weathered wood floor, and a newly exposed glass wall bringing in more light.


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An elementary school basketball player with Down syndrome was the star of a recent game when she scored a basket with the help and cooperation of both teams.
The video of Abigail Kidd, from New Prospect Elementary in Lawrenceburg, has had thousands of views online and has brought tears to the eyes of many who watched the determination and sportsmanship on display.
Abigail was always an underdog. With special needs and countless other health problems, she was born with no heart valves or walls. So, at just 5 months old, she underwent open heart surgery and doctors said she would never live to be 1.
But, 12 years later, her heart beats strong and she is an unlikely member of the New Prospect Lady Tigers basketball team.
When the time came for the team's first game of the year, many thought, surely, Abigail wouldn't get in.
"We showed at the ball game, and we thought she would shoot some in warmups and then sit on the bench. She was just so excited to get a uniform and be on the team and drink a little Gatorade," said her father, Tommy Lee Kidd.
But, then, coach Katie Busby walked down the bench and told Abigail it was time for her to play, too.
Before long, there was a chain reaction as Abigail grabbed the ball and ran. The referees ignored the rules, and the opposing team - a good team in a close game - stopped guarding and started cheering.
"I look up and she's coming down the court toward me, and on both sides, everybody in the gym is on their feet," Busby said.
Six persistent shots later, Abigail shot the ball through the hoop and got a hug from the opposing team's best player.
"I stopped to help her, because I think everybody needs a chance," said that opponent, Madison Wheeley, from Ethridge Elementary School.
Nothing was planned and no one knew what was going to happen, but everyone knew it was the right thing to do, because everyone needs a chance.
"God doesn't make mistakes, and we saw that display of amazing grace on the basketball floor," Tommy Lee Kidd said.
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It was a struggle last fall for the South Kingstown girls tennis team as the Rebels made their return to Division I.
After two successful campaigns in Division II in 2010 and 2011 – where they posted a combined 20-8 regular season record – wins were hard to come by last season as the Rebels finished near the bottom of the standings.
As the team prepares to open their 2013 schedule, while they may face their share of challenges, it is shaping up to be a much-improved Rebels squad this fall.
The start of regular season matches this week could not come soon enough for the Prout girls tennis team.
With a large core of returning players, it is not practice, but actual play, particularly early in the season, that will be pivotal for the Crusders as they look to improve upon last season's 4-8 finish.
The schedule makers certainly didn't do the Narragansett football team any favors this season.
Last fall the Mariners didn't clinch a playoff spot until the second-to-last week of the season and if they wait that long this year they may be out of luck.
"We're going to have to definitely play well in the beginning because those games in late October and November, they could be tough," Narragansett coach Dick Fossa says. "You don't want to be in must-win games against Middletown, Mount Pleasant, Classical and East Greenwich."
On paper, it can be said the 2012 season for the South Kingstown football team is one best soon forgotten. Just one season after finishing third in just their second season in Division I, the Rebels dropped to the basement, going 0-8 last fall.
In practice, however, going through such a season can be beneficial for a young athlete as a way to quickly learn nothing in sports is a given and teach the kind of fortitude needed to succeed on the field.
NARRAGANSETT- The School Committee approved the memorandum of agreement between the Narragansett School Department and the Chad O'Brien Memorial Scholarship Fund for the NHS wood floor during the meeting on Wednesday, August 21.
The Chad O'Brien Memorial Fund will donate a gift of $150,000 toward the completion of the Narragansett High School Gymnasium renovation project. The scholarship fund will also contribute a gift of $10,000 toward the introduction of a mental health awareness program at the high school.
HOPKINTON—A recent letter from Gov. Chafee to Town Manager William McGarry contained a pleasant surprise: This year, Hopkinton is being awarded $131,335 from the Rhode Island Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The amount is nearly twice last year's amount.
"It was wonderful to see. We got almost double what we got last year. And it's not often you get double from the state one year over another," said Council President Frank Landolfi at Monday night's council meeting.
RICHMOND – The Richmond Town Council voted unanimously to appoint Keven Miller to the Chariho Regional School District Committee Tuesday night to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former chair Michelle Cole.
Cole resigned from the school committee last month citing her family's schedule as the reason for her resignation.
Miller was appointed for the remainder of Cole's term, which ends November 2016, at which time Miller could run for re-election if he so chooses.
NARRAGANSETT - A Narragansett man is suing St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, the Rhode Island attorney general, Pope Francis, and others, claiming the church's tolling bells have caused him emotional distress and led to the demise of his marriage.
Check out the story in Friday's Narragansett Times.
The Narragansett Town Council voted unanimously last night to appoint Pamela Nolan as town manager. According to her contract, Nolan will assume her new position Oct. 1
For the story, pick up Friday's Narragansett Times.
NARRAGANSETT - On tonight's Narragansett Town Council agenda is a motion to appoint Pamela Nolan as town manager.
If the council approves her contract and she is appointed, Nolan will take over for Interim Town Manager Richard Kerbel.
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Hockey's Different Here
My dad used to tell me to acquire "tools you can use" in every job I had growing up. I learned the value of packing some water with you while picking rocks for Bud Leetchman. I learned the value of getting things in writing early in my work life courtesy a forgetful but well meaning boss of mine.
"Tools you can use" must be the theme of the Oilers coaching staff's breakfast meeting today. And tomorrow. And the next day.
Folks, they just don't have the horses to compete against Calgary and Vancouver this season. The Oilers (as currently constructed) are going to use lots of at-bats to see if men like JF Jacques and Ryan Stone are "tools they can use" in constructing the future.
It's all well and good, I like the idea of building. However, we've been in this pattern since 2006 summer and at this point the Edmonton Oilers are in real danger of becoming a development club for the good teams.
While we as fans fret over a Robert Nilsson, the Calgary Flames are picking up a Nigel Dawes on waivers. While we pray in silence for the further erosion of Kipper's career to the south, we also know that their management group will move swiftly in that area should the need arise.
Edmonton? We're the roto baseball team that acquires as many new kids as possible then throws them out there to see who develops. And then we shed a few each summer (Glencross last summer, Brodziak this season) because the rules forced the issue.
I honestly thought Steve Tambellini was going to be a different GM, address need, pursue balance, give this team a chance to hit the highway and take it to the limit.
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Mad Decent signee LIZ is back with the aptly named "Y2K," which she told Billboard is "Baltimore/Jersey club inspired, epic and dynamic." That LidoLido beat is certainly dynamic, but what she didn't mention is it's built on Timbaland's turn of the millennium tricks, like syncopation, snappy stop-starts and high-pitched vocal samples. It's another offering that places the breathy-voiced '90s nerd smack in the middle of the synthetic millennial R&B she grew up with, like Aaliyah or TLC's FanMail (which turns 15 this weekend!).
"Y2K" is off LIZ's forthcoming Just Like You EP (out February 27), which also includes the clubby "All Them Boys." Hear it below.
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Parents at Weigand Elementary School in Watts delivered a "parent trigger" petition to LAUSD on Tuesday.
Parent Trigger is part of a state law that allows parents to petition for change at failing schools.
Parents tell our investigative producer Heidi Cuda that Weigand API scores have been in the bottom of the district for too long, and that the elementary school has been in "program improvement" status since 1997.
"I'm not doing this to harm anyone," says Llury Garcia, the mother of a second grade student. "I'm doing this because kids come first, and this movement is not only mine, it's for all the parents."
Although Fox 11 was invited to attend a meeting with teachers and parents over this issue, LAUSD would not allow our camera inside the auditorium.
Ingrid Vileda, the south area chairperson for UTLA, says the purpose of the meeting was to give information to parents about the teachers' plans to improve the school.
"I think this is a political issue and both the community and the students are being used in a political issue," says Vileda. "We know that publicly we've been fighting to survive in our unions and to exist and we think this is an assault on our union."
Parents say they stand by their teachers, but they say they've been trying for two years to replace their principal Irma Cobian. Calls to Cobian were not returned.
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Tonight on Covenant Key FM, join us for "Fulfilled Life" with teacher Brock Hollett. Brock is currently teaching about "Jesus: the Fulfillment of the Book of Genesis." The purpose of the series is threefold:
- Understand the Book of Genesis in a systematic fashion.
- Understand how Jesus fulfilled each passage of the book.
- Understand how we in the modern church should live as a result of #1 and #2.
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The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and
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Womack of the Valentinos, opera singer Betsy Bare and Shayla Leftridge.
"We're excited to have Landau and Autumn performing," said Hall
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Virginia musicians who have long-standing careers,
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up-and-coming musicians.
"After all, not only do they represent the future of West
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The induction ceremony will take plact Nov. 16 at the
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The doors are scheduled to open at 7 p.m.,
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The event will mark the fifth class of inductees, and a
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native Steve Harvey will open the show.
The 2013 inductees are: Melvin and Ray Goins, Marshall,
Moss, Tim O'Brien, Ada "Bricktop"
Smith, Eleanor Steber and The Swan Silvertones. Murphy will receive the 2013
Spirit Award.
Former major league ballplayer and current ESPN commentator
John Kruk will co-host the event along with singer Mollie O'Brien.
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I want to know according the Qur'an where is Allah?
asked May 08 '13 at 20:02 yaqin ♦ 833●10●40
edited May 30 '13 at 06:48 Muhammad Abdul Ahad ♦ 1.8k●2●3●14
@Ahmadomar this a prime example of their tajsim. Salaam
(Jan 16 at 15:52) yaqin ♦
@Yaqin.... Bro. this is the worst of the question and debate which I have being seen in this world nowadays..... Innovation and heresy combined.... May Allah save us from all these baseless questions......
(Jan 16 at 16:42) Ahmadomar
Salam , Lol but it worth to know In case if someone ask , i will say it is good and bad question because the different between atheist and religions is they believes in god so as Muslim we shouldn't be asking question like this because if you remember Allah name which is all seeing and knowing so what I want to say is Allah know those question and I will try to find the answer for your question if I can.
Jazakallah krie
(Jan 16 at 16:56) Bibi Amina ♦
@Ahmadomar ma'shallah this is the state of the ummah. I beg Allah to grant you your dua. Salaam beloved
(Jan 16 at 20:20) yaqin ♦
in the beginning, Allah was alone and there was nothing with Him. then, He created everything including the time and the place/s.. so there is no place that will include/encompass Him.. Higher is Him than our imagination.. there is nothing as like Him.
answered Aug 27 '13 at 13:40 inclined2truth 387●1●1●6
Salam plz visit this site to find answer for ur question.
http://www.sultan.org/articles/ISLAMFAQ.html Salam and thanks
answered Nov 10 '13 at 13:45 Bibi Amina ♦ 636●2●8
Salaam I have my answer sister which has nothing to do with madhab most of the sites you post are pushing a school of thought. If you can take my answer and post it anywhere and see who can refute it without implementing a school of thought that contradicts the quran. Do it and see for yourself. Salaam
(Nov 10 '13 at 14:09) yaqin ♦
Sorry brother. Salam
(Nov 10 '13 at 14:20) Bibi Amina ♦
Sister no need to be sorry I'm just informing you so you will know.salaam
(Nov 10 '13 at 17:50) yaqin ♦
IN THE NAME OF GOD!salam.Quran: AL-Baqara: وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ ( 186 And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright. ( 186). AL-Waqia:فَلَوْلَا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ ( 83 ) وَأَنْتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنْظُرُونَ ( 84 ) وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ( 85 Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying) ( 83 ) And ye are at that moment looking ( 84 ) - And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not - ( 85 )
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A Fool's Utopia 2.14.13: Celebrity Crushes
Posted by
Ron Martin
on 02.14.2013
This week in one man's utopia in honor of Valentine's Day we take a look at some of my celebrity crushes as a child/young man. Also, we talk
, Presidential Pex and candy from the early 90s.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. Though I think it to be an exploitive holiday created by Hallmark solely for the sales of cards, chocolates and flowers, I am not above using it to my advantage when it comes to column topics. In lieu of spouting off about Valentine's Day episodes of classic television shows (maybe next year?), I've decided to take this time and space to use Valentine's Day as an excuse to go through the many "crushes" in my life. When I say "crushes," I of course mean celebrity crushes. I am sure that the crush I had on Allison Rhudy in 11th grade has no entertainment value to you. Though it should be mentioned that she turned out lovely.
Alyssa Milano
The first poster I ever purchased was out of a magazine. It was a
Teen Beat
Teen Bop
or something like that. It was my sisters. However, I saw an ad in it for a poster of Alyssa Milano. I can honestly say that outside of a lifelong crush I've had on Linnea Quigley (because of her breasts being the first pair I had ever seen, thank you
Return of the Living Dead
), Sam from
Who's the Boss
was my first real celebrity crush. I purchased the ad via mail and waited the appropriate 6-8 weeks for delivery. Does anyone else remember when it took 6-8 weeks to get something delivered? I forgot about it. It seems like about four months after I sent off for the poster, I finally got it. It began an obsession to cover ever square of inch of my wall (and something ceiling) with crap. This obsession lasted until I was almost 30. The picture above isn't the poster that I got, but it is kind of the same. She was sitting on a chair or something and was a bit older. I lost interest pretty much when
Who's the Boss
jumped the shark and she cut her hair short. I've never liked her with short hair.
Kathy Ireland
The first issue of the
Sports Illustrated
famous swimsuit issue that I ever purchased was the one pictured above, the 25th Anniversary issue with Kathy Ireland on the cover. This led to a long obsession. I bought no fewer than 4 Kathy Ireland posters and pretty much any magazine that she was featured on the cover of. Through the early to mid-90s, I littered any room I lived in with pictures from all sorts of swimsuit magazines – the majority of Ireland. I even went so far as to buy her workout video. I have an old VHS hidden somewhere with the made for TV movie "Danger Island" starring Ireland and a bunch of clips of her on various talk shows. Perhaps one day that will make for a fine
Alicia Silverstone/Liv Tyler
I was nearing adulthood when my favorite band, Aerosmith, started releasing videos starring Alicia Silverstone. Then, of course, I only knew her as the "girl from the Aerosmith videos," but a crush was formed. While I didn't divulge as much with Silverstone as I did with others (frankly, there just wasn't a lot out there), I was still in lust. That is, until the video for "Crazy" where Alicia was paired up with Liv Tyler and I lost all interest in Silverstone for Tyler. There's probably some deep down psychological reason for this with her dad fronting my favorite band, but I'm not a psychologist. However, if the last image I have before I die is of Tyler in skin tight leather pants shaking her ass as she pumps gas – I think I'm okay with that.
Soleil Moon Frye
You would think with us being the same age that Soleil Moon Frye would be a lifelong celebrity crush of mine, but not so. Yeah, I watched
Punky Brewster
but come on, I was like six years old and girls were gross. It wouldn't be until much later that I would develop one sided feelings for Soleil. That would be during her B-horror movie career when she starred in movies like
Pumpkinhead 2
I've Been Waiting For You
. Add that to
Sabrina: The College Years
and I was hooked, breast reduction surgery or no. Though I've never purchased Soleil Moon Frye merchandise (unless you count
Pumpkinhead 2
in a four movie set), we did tweet her on
The Resurrection of Zombie 7
podcast to see why she had to gain twenty pounds for the role. And if she would ever consider dating me if she got a divorce. She never responded to either question.
Didn't see that one coming, did you?
Very Necessary
was a big album during my high school years, which is an accomplishment considered that time was dominated mostly by the onslaught of Grunge. With songs like "Let's Talk About Sex," and "Shoop" getting plenty of airtime on both the radio and MTV, it was hard not to notice Spinderella doing her thing in the background – occasionally getting a front spot with Salt N' Peppa. Neither Salt nor Peppa did much for me (Peppa scared me), but a glance of Spinderella was always good for the heart. And the Spank Bank. Hey, at least I'm being honest.
NOT PICTURED ABOVE BUT ALSO CRUSHED UPON: Samantha Fox, Kelly LeBrock, Justine Bateman, Paula Abdul, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Daisy Fuentes, Christina Applegate, Miss Elizabeth, Susanna Hoffs, Nina Gordon and Louise Post.
1. Just when I thought the candy companies couldn't surprise me anymore, I see this…
They've turned the leaders of our nation into candy. PEZ dispenser collectors everywhere just jizzed in their pants a little. I guess it's a natural progression from Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck PEZ to Presidents, but what's odd about the two sets of five available right now to the general public is that the ten Presidents highlighted are all the ones you forget when you're trying to recite the Presidents. If you were to guess five Presidents to be immortalized on PEZ dispensers, it would probably be Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, perhaps Madison, Monroe, Roosevelt or JFK. It's entirely possible that all these Presidents already have their own PEZ dispensers and I've just overlooked it. The two sets I saw included…..
EDIT: After some research I found out that I stumbled across the second and third "editions" of the Presidential PEZ and they are merely going in order. The first edition included Presidents 1-5; the second edition included Presidents 6-10 and so forth. I believe there are only three editions to date. I feel a little on the stupid side for not realizing they were in order, but not stupid enough to actually change the paragraph above. What have I learned today? Laziness > Masking Stupidity
2. Love the
SNL in the 80s
special on NBC last Sunday.
Saturday Night Live
is such an odd piece of television history – there's nothing to compare it to. I think the show has done a fine job of taming the DVD market first with its
Best of…
series which included DVDs for not only particular actors but parody commercials, Christmas, Halloween, music performances, sports skits and even their 25th anniversary show. Then they started releasing the seasons individually on DVD. For some reason, they just stopped after Season Five. I understand there was a big transition after that season, but people like myself would still like them to continue with the seasons – it's been four years! I'd rather see Season Six on DVD than
The Best of Keenan Thompson
. The next move should be to release DVD compilations of certain skits with commentary from those involved. I would buy a
Wayne's World
compilation DVD. Or
Goth Talk
. Or Matt Foley, Inspirational Speaker.
a. I like the position the Colts are in. They are one of the top teams with cap room to spend. There is a plethora of good left tackles available for free agency, which will bring the price down. I'd really like to see them grab Paul Kruger from Baltimore. Baltimore is already over the cap, they haven't paid Flacco yet and Kruger will be an unrestricted free agent. I have much more faith in Ryan Grigson than I did Bill Polian near the end of his run. Grigson drafted three players (Luck, TY Hilton, Vick Ballard) that would probably go in the first round if the NFL were to redraft today. Polian didn't have a draft anywhere near that since the Colts won the Super Bowl in 2007.
b. Now with the NFL done for the season, college basketball has my full and undivided attention. Particular Big Ten basketball, which is amazing right now. Five ranked teams plus Minnesota, who has been in and out of the rankings. Add to that the fact that any of the other six teams can compete on a nightly basis (ie, Indiana at Illinois) and every game is worth watching. People here get pissed when IU goes to a place like Northwestern and only wins by 4 or 5 points. I tell them any road win in the Big Ten is a good win no matter how many points they win by. The Big Ten Network is my friend right now, and I don't think its implausible for two Big Ten schools to sneak into the Final Four come March.
c. Am I the only one who finds it funny that the NFL is scrambling around trying to create contingency plans in case of bad weather in early February in New York for the Super Bowl next year? The game being delayed? Played on a Saturday? If this actually has to happen, the NFL will have a black eye only because of its greed in getting the game into the New York market. Personally, I hope it goes smooth. I would love the game to be rotated amongst stadiums, not just domes and warm climates.
4. I am so happy that
is back on my TV. The first few episodes of the new season (or continuing episodes of last season – I don't know how they work these things) have been fantastic. I know I'm biased, but I particularly loved the possession episode with a cameo from Robert Englund. How is it that a show that's almost complete improvisation can be so much funnier than most scripted shows on TV – and almost every scripted show that gets huge ratings (I'm talking about every show minus maybe
Parks and Rec
As an aside that has nothing to do with
, I also love the random and unexplained appearances by Joel McHale to give one off jokes on
. Basically Tosh is admitting his show is just a ripoff of
Talk Soup
5. Did I miss some sort of transition or is Valentine's Day and Easter really making a move to become the next Halloween/Christmas in the candy department. I think I've seen more new candy items for these two holidays this year than I have the past five years combined. My usual Valentine's Day/Easter candy consumption is normally relegated to a couple of packages of the delicious Mini-Eggs and a couple of packs of Peeps. Now they have Peeps year round and Mini-Eggs are also a Christmas treat, so technically, I don't need Easter at all.
However, I've noticed Easter fighting back with giant sized Reeses Eggs, Twix eggs, Snickers eggs and that's just what I can think of off the top of my head at the gas station. My guess is if I went looking for even more crazy things, I would find them. I used to say that Easter was the second best time of the year for candy (just behind Halloween), but that was back when you could only get Peeps at Easter – now everything is year round, it seems like it got passed up. Easter is making a comeback. All hail the roundish thing that comes out of a chicken's butt!
While the most recent Super Bowl rates 11th in all time percentage of households, what the top rated Super Bowl in this category? You don't need to actually give the number, you can just name the participants for credit.
ANSWER: Super Bowl XVI (The Sand Francisco 49ers vs. The Cincinnati Bengals) pulled in a 49.1% of households. I'll give ups to COBY PREIMESBERGER because he had the right teams, just the wrong Super Bowl. The two teams also played in Super Bowl XXII, which pulled in 43.5% of households.
Who has appeared most on the cover of
Sports Illustrated
's swimsuit issue?
Well, we're finally leaving summer camp and leaving the
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series behind us. The Wrap Up show is streaming below. Subscribe for free on
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I couldn't find a commercial for either of the things I'd like to talk about today, so above is a random commercial for NERDS cereal. I've talked about NERDS cereal before with its two flavors in the same box and even the NERDS cereal bowl that had a divider in the middle so as not to mix the two flavors. We all pulled the divider to let the two flavors mingle because we were mischievous like that, but that's not the point.
The point is Dweebs. Perhaps you have never heard of the long lost cousins of Nerds (yes, that is how they were promoted as cousins of Nerds candy), but in the early 90s Willy Wonka debuted Dweebs. Dweebs differed from their cousins in that they were a bit larger and more chewy. You know the stocking stuffer coal candy that comes around every Christmas that's really coal shaped gum? Kind of like that. Only in fruit flavors. And not quite as large. And not gum. Okay, nothing like that. A bigger nerd that was chewy instead of crunchy – how about that?
The trick with Dweebs is that they were always trying to outdo their more popular cousins. They accomplish this by not offering you one flavor per box; not offering you two flavors per box like their cousins, but Dweebs offered you
flavors per box! That might have been part of the downfall of Dweebs as I specifically remember the middle box being a bitch to open and pour. Whatever the reason, Dweebs didn't last long. After a few years they of the three flavored box became the stuff of legends like unicorns and dragons. That's right – unicorns, dragons and dweebs.
The second novelty candy I'd like to talk about today is brought to you buy Domino's Pizza. No, Domino's Pizza did not pay me for ad space in this ad (though I am open to the idea – you reading this Dominos?). What I am talking about is bubble gum that was paid for by Domino's. I'm hesitant to say that they produced the gum – I'm sure they just paid a candy company to make tiny Domino's pizza boxes filled with disc shaped bubble gum that vaguely looked like pizza.
And that's what it was. Nothing too special outside of the fact that you had a small pizza box with a coupon on the back that entitled you to a free topping on a Domino's pizza. I remember chewing this – even though at the time I was way too old to be mesmerized by pizza shaped discs of bubble gum in Domino's, I was. Honestly, if it were around today, I still would be. And I don't even like Domino's pizza.
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|Astronomy and Astrophysics 542 (2012) 9
|Formation and long-term evolution of 3D vortices in protoplanetary discs
|H. Meheut1R. Keppens2F. Casse1W. Benz3
|Context. In the context of planet formation, anticyclonic vortices have recently received much attention for the role they can play in planetesimal formation. Radial migration of intermediate-size solids towards the central star may prevent them from growing to larger solid grains. On the other hand, vortices can trap the dust and accelerate this growth, counteracting fast radial transport. Several effects have been shown to affect this scenario, such as vortex migration or decay. Aims: We aim to study the formation of vortices by the Rossby wave instability and their long-term evolution in a full three-dimensional (3D) protoplanetary disc. Methods: We used a robust numerical scheme combined with adaptive mesh refinement in cylindrical coordinates, which allowed us to affordably compute long-term 3D evolutions. We considered a full disc radially and vertically stratified, in which vortices can be formed by the Rossby wave instability. Results: We show that the 3D Rossby vortices grow and survive over hundreds of years without migration. The localised overdensity that initiated the instability and vortex formation survives the growth of the Rossby wave instability for very long times. When the vortices are no longer sustained by the Rossby wave instability, their shape changes towards more elliptical vortices. This allows them to survive shear-driven destruction, but they may be prone to elliptical instability and slow decay. Conclusions: When the conditions for growing Rossby-wave-related instabilities are maintained in the disc, large-scale vortices can survive over very long timescales and may be able to concentrate solids.
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Eric D. Goodman
It recently occurred to me that for all my decades of writing, I've written at least part of every draft novel and short story at the same, simple desk. A modest, pine desk that belonged to my father.
I was 12 when I wrote my first draft of my first novel in a spiral notebook and then transcribed it on an old PC in a forgotten word processing program called "Multimate." I did so at my father's desk.
I remember Dad purchased it as a natural, untreated pine desk for his first PC back in 1983. One Saturday, he applied the red honey stain—and it's remained intact for about three decades.
When I needed a desk for my first computer and Dad decided it was time for a new desk of his own, I inherited the modest pine. I've always planned to get a newer, nicer desk—a handsome cherry wood or mahogany goliath with room for lots of scribbled notes. But when I recently realized how loyal this desk has been to me and my writing, I began to think: this will always be my primary writing desk.
Of course I write in other places too—an office, writing retreats—but as long as the old pine holds up, I think I'll remain loyal too.
I try to surround myself with things to inspire me when I write. Just about everything on or around my desk is there for a reason. Here are a few of my muses …
When I was an exchange student in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, I remember spotting this Don Quixote statue in an art shop. It was a little pricey for me as a student, but I kept coming back to look at it. "It's you," my friends said. Finally, my Russian professor advised me that I should buy it and always have it on my desk to inspire me. I did, and I have.
The candle holder was purchased in St. Petersburg, Russia, at a museum. It's a duplicate of the dragon candle holder Leo Tolstoy used when he wrote by candlelight.
The wooden manuscript box was a gift from my kids on father's day. Although it's usually filled with notes, not manuscripts.
The glass paperweight is a handcrafted rendition of Venus made with ash from the 1980 Mt. St. Helen eruption. It was a gift from my family on my 40thbirthday. It's heavy, making it useful when the window's open on a windy day.
A friend and fellow writer crafted the fountain pen out of wood from the desk of former U.S. Transportation Secretary and San Jose mayor Norman Mineta. This had special meaning to me as I was born in San Jose.
My thesaurus and Strunk & White are always nearby … although lately I tend to find my sources online.
My favorite author, John Steinbeck, watches over me as I write. I picked up this woodcut at the Steinbeck Center in Salinas, right down the road from his boyhood home.
My writing studio is small, so a friend built in ceiling-to-floor bookshelves along one wall. That allows for a lot of books. About one and a half of the shelves are filled with signed editions. The shelf also holds family photographs and trinkets I've collected over the years.
But the nucleus of the room is this modest pine desk. My dad's been through three or four desks since he gave this one up. Someday he might ask for it back.
Eric D. Goodman has been writing fiction at the same modest desk for about 30 years. His debut novel in stories, Tracks, was published by Atticus Books on June 30. He regularly reads his fiction on Baltimore's NPR station, WYPR, and at book festivals and literary events. He's probably at the old pine desk right now working on revisions for his second novel.
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Berkeley-based filmmaker Peter Chang likes breaking boundaries in his work, be it in space or time. His latest oeuvre, Deus Ex Homine, is a beautiful stereoscopic 3D motion-controlled time-lapse short film. In it, the camera sweeps around the Bay Area: taking in server farms in Silicon Valley, indoor gardens, Berkeley's Gather Restaurant, and Oakland artist Jeremy Mayer at work building astonishingly lifelike robots out of old typewriter parts.
Chang, who majored in English at UC Berkeley and worked for many years as a photo-journalist, established his production company Cinefugue in San Francisco in 2006. He said it focuses on innovative uses of cutting-edge technology with themes related to humanity's future and the young generation. A previous project, Lightscapes, a TV show for Discovery HD Theater, was the first television program to feature mostly time-lapse photography.
Chang says he likes to think of time-lapse photography as a "god's eye" technique that compresses time. "It's a way to get people thinking about the future, by making it seem as if time passes quickly. … Continue reading »


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Village Board discusses potential fiber optic grant SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday discussed an application for a grant to fund a fiber optic project. The competitive grant would allow the village to implement fiber...
- Posted April 18, 2014
Sugar Grove discusses senior living development
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday discussed the planning and restrictions that would accompany a village zoning district exclusively for seniors over the age of 55. The 60-unit apartment complex designated for seniors would be...
- Posted April 4, 2014
Fenili completes School of Police Staff, Command
Photo: Sugar Grove Police Sergeant Gary Fenili (left) was recognized by the Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday for having completed Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command. Fenili is just the second Sugar Grove Police...
- Posted April 4, 2014
Hill's Country Store promotes epilepsy awareness
KANEVILLE—Hill's Country Store, aka the "Purple Store," in Kaneville, is participating in the Great Purple Cupcake Project for the second consecutive year, from now through Sunday, March 30, at the store's location, 2S133 Harter Road. The project...
- Posted March 28, 2014
Sugar Grove shows its support for McCannon
SUGAR GROVE—The friends and family of Matt McCannon welcomed over 250 people to his benefit on Friday, March 14, in the Pine Room at Bliss Creek Golf Course in Sugar Grove. McCannon, a long-time Sugar Grove resident,...
- Posted March 28, 2014
Virgil church celebrates Lent fish fry milestone
VIRGIL—For over 20 years, St. Peter and Paul Church of Virgil has offered its surrounding community a weekly fish fry during the season of Lent, bringing locals together for a night of quality food with a good...
- Posted March 27, 2014
Sugar Grove discusses General Fund
SUGAR GROVE—After several months of a harsh winter, the Sugar Grove Village Board has found that it's over the estimated budget for several departments, including Public Works department, Streets, and Building and Maintenance departments. The Village Board...
- Posted March 7, 2014
Construction plans underway for Route 30 and Dugan Road
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board earlier this year announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is conducting a study on the road improvement plans necessary for Route 30 and Dugan Road in Sugar Grove. IDOT...
- Posted February 21, 2014
Big turnout for Troop 7 pancake fundraiser
Photo: Elburn Boy Scout Troop 7 had a good turnout for its annual pancake breakfast Sunday morning at the Elburn American Legion, in downtown Elburn. AJ Smith, 4, of Oswego went out to breakfast with his grandpa...
- Posted February 14, 2014
Plans underway for Dugan, Granart Road improvements
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday authorized agreements regarding scheduled improvements for Dugan and Granart roads. The first actionable item authorized an engineering services agreement for the intersection of the two roads. Village Engineer David...
- Posted February 13, 2014
Boy Scouts demonstrate creativity in Pinewood Derby
Photo: The Elburn Boys Scouts Pack 107 went all out with its creations for this year's Pinewood Derby event, held at the former middle school building on Meredith Road on Friday. From Nascar and Spongebob to LEGO...
- Posted February 2, 2014
Preparation begins for the International Crown
SUGAR GROVE—The International Crown, expected to be one of the LPGA's largest events, will take place in summer 2016 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, and the Sugar Grove Village Board is ready to do what...
- Posted January 23, 2014
New sports bar to move into former Runway to Galway facility
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday approved a 2013-14 liquor license application for Round Up Sports Bar & Grill. The restaurant will move into the building that previously housed Runway to Galway, located at 1942...
- Posted January 10, 2014
Sugar Grove sets its hopes high for 2014
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board's plans and projects for 2014 could warrant huge economic growth in future years. The board will continue to lead a hotel feasibility study in 2014, originally initiated in 2013. The citizen...
- Posted January 1, 2014
Kaneville looks forward to 2014
KANEVILLE—Kaneville Village President Pat Hill's list of goals for 2014 are straightforward and to the point. There are road improvements she would like to complete this next year, concerning the resurfacing of Merrill Avenue and Lovell Road...
- Posted January 1, 2014
SG Village Board reflects on 2013 accomplishments
by Natalie Juns SUGAR GROVE—When Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels reflects on the village's 2013, he thinks of the accomplishments and progress the Village Board made this year. Progress with the Route 47/I-88 interchange and Dugan/Route...
- Posted December 29, 2013
Kaneville looks back on the year
by Natalie Juns KANEVILLE—Kaneville Village President Pat Hill believes the village's greatest accomplishment for 2013 was saving its local village post office. Hill found out in early December that the village's efforts to save the Kaneville Post...
- Posted December 27, 2013
SG Citizen Survey yields encouraging results
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday discussed the results of the village's 2013 Citizen Survey. Results from the survey were generally positive, though residents reported dissatisfaction with economic development and cable TV. The cable TV...
- Posted December 20, 2013
WCC opens new field house
SUGAR GROVE—Waubonsee Community College opened the doors of its new Sugar Grove campus field house on Dec. 6. Student athletes, athletic instructors and community members gathered at the field house that day and were able to participate...
- Posted December 20, 2013
Best year yet for Holiday in the Grove
Photo: Sisters Cary and Cara visit with Santa at the Sugar Grove Community House Saturday during the Holiday in the Grove. More photos are below the story. Photos by Patti Wilk SUGAR GROVE—The Holiday in the Grove...
- Posted December 13, 2013
SG Village Board approves 2013 proposed tax levy
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday passed the proposed 2.4 percent increase for the 2013 Tax Levy with five yes votes, and two no votes from trustees Sean Herron and Kevin Geary. Sugar Grove will...
- Posted December 6, 2013
Sugar Grove Village Board hosts road improvement open house
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday hosted an informal road improvement open house at the Sugar Grove Public Library. The open house was in regard to the village's road improvement research for Dugan Road and...
- Posted December 6, 2013
MP Fun Fest Committee to sponsor Make and Take event
by Natalie Juns MAPLE PARK—Kids and parents alike will enter into a fun evening filled with creative crafts and holiday gift making at the Make and Take Event, sponsored by the Fun Fest Committee, on Wednesday, Dec....
- Posted November 29, 2013
Between Friends Food Pantry sponsors toy, book drive
by Natalie Juns SUGAR GROVE—Many are blessed with plenty of food, the warmth and protection of a home, and an abundance of presents around the holidays for giving and receiving. But there are people in our community...
- Posted November 28, 2013
Graceffa appointed to SG Library Board
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Library Board on Nov. 14 appointed its newest board member: Pat Graceffa, a dedicated Sugar Grove Library Friend and longtime village resident who was a write-in candidate for a Library Board seat last...
- Posted November 25, 2013
SG board discusses potential turnabout
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday discussed the possibility of placing a two-lane turnabout that would connect Route 30, Granart Road and Bucktail Lane. Tim Sjogren from TADI, Inc., and Tony Simmons from HR Green,...
- Posted November 22, 2013
Holiday spirit arrives in Sugar Grove
PHOTOS: Holiday In The Grove's third annual lighting of the tree was held Saturday morning at the Sugar Grove Community Center. The Sugar Grove Fire Department chauffeured Santa Claus to do the honors in lighting this year's...
- Posted November 18, 2013
Levy increase?
SG Village Board announces proposed 2013 Property Tax Levy SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday announced the village's proposed 2013 Property Tax Levy. Village President Sean Michels said that the village is considering raising the...
- Posted November 8, 2013
Sugar Grove conducting hotel feasibility study
SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove Community Development Director Richard Young and Village President Sean Michels announced on Tuesday that they are in the process of implementing a hotel feasibility study. They said they are looking to share the cost...
- Posted November 8, 2013
Proposed Ace Hardware location scheduled to open in SG next spring
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday discussed the proposed Ace Hardware store that will be located on the corner of Capitol Road and Galena Road. The store will feature an outdoor selling area for seasonal...
- Posted October 18, 2013
Kindness Campaign honored by Kane County Board
Photo: Speaker Renee Dee of Sugar Grove proclaiming Oct.13-19 2013 Kindness in Kaneland week at Tuesday's Kane County Board meeting. Photo by Lynn Logan GENEVA—The Kane County Board displayed a great honor to the Kindness Campaign on...
- Posted October 11, 2013
SGVB declares 'Kindness in Kaneland Week'
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday designated the week of Oct. 13-20 as Kindness in Kaneland Week to coincide the Kaneland area's Kindness Campaign 2013. The Kindness Campaign is supported by Knights Against Bullying and...
- Posted October 4, 2013


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Back in 2006, Saab brought out the Aero-X , a concept considered a piece of art at that time. Now, five years later, Saab has one-upped that concept with the launch of the new Phoenix Concept at the Geneva Motor Show. This concept previews the design language of the next generation of Saab cars.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Saab history, you should know that the "Ursaab" name says a lot. It was Saab's first model to be launched on the market and the Phoenix takes its inspiration from it as a play on the rising of the Phoenix. We're thinking that if the future of Saab looks anything like this, then they will truly rise from the ashes, just like the Phoenix bird did.
"The PhoeniX establishes a new reference point for the future of Saab product design," says Jason Castriota, Saab Automobile's Executive Design Director. "It symbolizes a renaissance of the innovative spirit and passion that drove Saab to build its first car. We're now taking the visual DNA forward with what we call 'aeromotional' design, adding emotion, power and fluidity. This design aesthetic will shape and differentiate future models in the Saab portfolio."
Hit the jump to read more about the Saab PhoeniX concept.
The new Phoenix concept is inspired by Saab's aviation roots and features a liquid-like skin and a teardrop cabin that resembles a dark ice block and appears to erupt from the center of the muscular bodywork.
Up front, the concept features Saab's signature three-port grille, a body-colored central wing that incorporates the LED headlamps, and two prominent ripples that flow along the hood into the disguised windshield pillars. The concept continues with butterfly-opening doors to provide enhanced access to the low-slung cabin, while the rear hints at the teardrop rear styling of the Ursaab. The concept has no exterior mirrors; instead small cameras on slim stalks provide rearward vision.
The new Phoenix concept features a 2+2 cabin with shell-like seats and metalized interior sections that mimic the exposed network of a rollover cage. Saab has opted for a driver-focused instrument layout with a circular pod in front of the driver, shaped like the afterburner of a jet engine that presents data in tandem with the head-up display.
Also, the Phoenix concept is the first vehicle to feature Saab's new IQon car communications platform that uses Google's AndroidTM operating system.
The concept is powered by a highly efficient, 1.6-liter turbo engine driving the front wheels combined with Saab's innovative eXWD system. The engine delivers a total of 200 HP, while the electric motor adds a total of 34 HP. The electric motor is powered by a small battery pack that is recharged using regenerative braking.
The engine is mated to a six-speed manual transmission and offers a combined cycle fuel economy of 56.5 mpg with CO2 emissions rated at 119 g/km.
The eXWD system comes with three operating modes: Eco, Sport, and Traction. Eco mode delivers optimal fuel and CO2 efficiency; Sport mode includes maximum power assistance with torque vectoring across the rear axle for greater chassis control; and Traction mode enables optimal grip at take-off and in slippery conditions.
When Can I Buy One?
To be frank, the Phoenix Concept will never be available for purchase. It was only developed as a preview for Saab's future design language.
Saab has announced that the PhoeniX won't make it to production since it was only produced as a preview of the company's future design language. But the automotive market has lots of hybrid sports coupe ready to take it on if it were ever brought on the market. The Honda CR-Z , for starters, is a hybrid model that is powered by a 1.5 Liter gas burning engine combined with an electric motor that provides an additional 14 HP for a grand total of 124 HP and 131 lb-ft of torque.
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text: Posted Online: Jan. 09, 2013, 10:46 am Support pours in for Fri. RIBCO benefit concert Comment on this story By Jonathan Turner, email@example.com Photo: Back in the band's heyday, the members of Tripmaster Monkey: From left, Jamie Toal, Wes Haas, Chris Bernat and Marty Reyhons. If you plan to come to what's shaping up to be an unforgettable night at RIBCO Friday, get there early. Two of the Quad-Cities most popular bands --Tripmaster Monkey and Einstein's Sister — are reuniting in a blockbuster, four-band benefit concert. With music starting at 9 p.m. (at 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island), the lineup includesThe Dawn and Three Years Hollow, cover is $7, and the night's proceeds will help local record producer and engineer Rob Cimmarusti with medical expenses. He is battling pancreatic cancer. "All four bands have a massive history with Rob," Kerry Tucker of Moline (guitarist for Einstein's Sister) said. "He's basically the Quad-Cities musician's best friend. He's a great engineer, a great live sound guy, a phenomenal sound guy, and one of my favorite singers in the Quad-Cities." The benefit will include a raffle and silent auction of many donated musical items, such as electric guitars, microphones, concert tickets, T-shirts, recording equipment and production software. Mr. Tucker said on the Facebook page for the event (facebook.com/events/497267373640169): "Collecting from all of these folks yesterday, reminded me, once again, of what great friends Rob has and what a great friend he has been to all of us!" "Griggs came through like you would not believe," he said this week of the local music store. "Rob, being a musician everybody knows who he is, all the music stores came through." What sets Mr. Cimmarusti (who's in his 50s and has worked years with Davenport-based Real Trax Recording) apart are his invaluable personal and professional connections with artists, said Sean Ryan of The Dawn and Jim the Mule, who's recorded with him for six years. In its storied career, Tripmaster Monkey put out three releases in the mid-1990s on Sire/Warner Bros. Records and toured the US, all while getting MTV airplay and critical acclaim. When they broke up in 1997, lead singer Chris Bernat went on to found Chrash, drummer Marty Reyhons joined Einstein's Sister, and guitarist Jamie Toal headed to Chicago. Mr. Toal now lives in Los Angeles, and bassist Wes Haas lives in Portland, Ore. When Tripmaster reunited in 2009 for RIBCO's 30th anniversary, Mr. Haas missed it then, with Pat Stolley filling in. (Mr. Haas will be here Friday.) The former Einstein's Sister members all still live in the Quad-Cities. Mr. Tucker,Mr. Reyhons (who plays with Jim the Mule now) and Bill Douglas have all performed with members of Tripmaster over the years. "We're really close bands; there's never been an ounce of competitiveness," Mr. Tucker said. "It's total support." Those three, plusMr. Bernat and Mr. Cimmarusti also all appeared on Mr. Ryan's most recent record, "All Time Low," which came out last summer, produced by Real Trax. Sean Ryan & The Dawn is an Americana band.The hard-rock/metal band Three Years Hollow played the Chicago area stop on the third annual Rock Star Energy Drink Uproar Festival tour in August, and will tour nationally this winter with Eye Empire and Sevendust. An Assumption High School grad who left the Q-Cwhen he was 26, forming the Chicago band Tenki, Mr. Toal has kept in touch with his old bandmates and really is looking forward to seeing them again. "It's going to be phenomenal," he said Monday from L.A. "Rob is a huge part of the local music scene. He's worked with just about everybody; he has a character that's unique to no one but himself. They don't make many like Rob. We want to come together and give him a great night." "He was definitely a friend of the band," Mr. Toal (who now writes for an advertising agency) said of their old sound engineer. "We wanted to do something; it's also just get everybody together and see them.". "Rob was such a big part of our musical upbringing," Mr. Haas said, noting this is the first time all four Tripmaster guys have played together in 12 years. "He recorded our first demos when we were teenagers and later became our full-time touring sound person, as well as engineer and producer. "He's just such a generous person in general and he really cares deeply about doing the best job possible with music and he's helped out so many bands throughout the years," Mr. Haas said. Now working as a project manager and designer for a design/build firm in Portland, Mr. Haas said he most enjoyed the "collaborative creative process" that came with putting songs together as a group. "Whether it was starting a song from scratch, recording new material in the studio, or just preparing for a show, we are all contributing to a common goal that would culminate in a live show or an album being completed," he said. In early December, Mr. Toal came back here to hang out with Mr. Cimmarusti. "Hewas doing great. Rob still has the spirit he's always had," he said. "He's fighting the good fight. He'sfighting it hard. It's the same old Rob; he's just a little thinner." To donate If you can't make it to Friday's show, you can still help Mr. Cimmarusti by donating to the Rob Cimmarusti Benefit Fund at any Valley Bank in the area, or by mailing a check to the fund, Valley Bank, 2020 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA 52807.


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Neurim Pharmaceuticals announced today publication of the results from an exploratory Phase 2 randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of add-on Circadin® (Prolonged Release melatonin 2mg) to standard therapy in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. The study, published in the Clinical Interventions in Aging Journal, demonstrates positive effects of the drug on cognitive performance and sleep maintenance in the AD patients.
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"Endogenous melatonin levels are reduced already at preclinical AD stages. Because melatonin is important for good sleep quality and because poor sleep quality has recently been linked to AD, it was important to investigate whether replenishing the missing hormone would be beneficial in AD patients and whether such effects would be related to the improvement in sleep" said Dr Tali Nir, head of clinical trials at Neurim Pharmaceuticals.
In this study, 80 patients diagnosed with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, with and without insomnia co-morbidity, receiving standard therapy (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors with or without memantine) were randomly assigned in a double-blind manner to 2 mg of Circadin® or placebo treatment nightly for 24-weeks. The paper reports that patients treated with Circadin® for 6 months had significantly better cognitive performance than those with placebo as measured by Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Mean Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - cognition (ADAS-Cog) did not differ between groups. Sleep efficiency as measured by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Component 4 also improved with Circadin®. In a subgroup of patients suffering from comorbid insomnia, Circadin® treatment resulted in significant and clinically meaningful effects vs. placebo in mean IADL (p=0.032), MMSE (+1.5 vs. -3 points, p=0.0177) sleep efficiency (p=0.04), and median ADAS-Cog values (-3.5 vs. +3 points, p=0.045) . The treatment was well tolerated.
"We are very pleased with the encouraging data demonstrating efficacy and safety of add-on Circadin® for 6 months on cognitive functioning and sleep in patients with mild-moderate AD. This publication comes at an exciting time when the causal relationship between sleep disturbance and the AD-relevant accumulation of beta amyloid in brain was discovered" said Prof. Zisapel, CSO of Neurim Pharmaceuticals. "This study demonstrates the significance of good sleep quality and melatoninergic mechanisms in improving both cognition and sleep problems in Alzheimer patients and calls for further focus of this mechanism in AD treatment".
About Circadin:
Circadin® is a novel sleep medication approved by regulatory agencies around the world for the treatment of primary insomnia in patients aged 55 and over. Approval was based on positive effects of Circadin on sleep quality, sleep induction, and daytime functioning without impairing cognitive performance.
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Neurim Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a neuroscience drug discovery and development pharma company creating drugs for brain restoration & reinforcement. Circadin®-Neurim's first approved drug, is commercially available in over 40 countries. Neurim's advanced-stage pipeline products include prolonged-release melatonin minitabs for pediatric insomnia and Piromelatine for sleep disorders and Alzheimer's Disease.
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Shure's Performance Listening Center (PLC) managed by Dean Giavaras is used internally for a myriad of reasons. Operated by the Product Development Division, Shure associates use it daily to test and evaluate microphones, critical listening, recording, photo shoots, and even band rehearsals. It's our very own private studio. But from …tagsBoston SymphonyBuddy GuyChamber BluesChicago Symphony OrchestraCorky SiegelHowlin' WolfJim SchwallLittle WalterMuddy WatersNew York PhilharmonicSeiji OzawaWillie DixonShare: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email
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When I was a kid, I started listening to Blues music and grew to be a big fan. I always wanted to meet the guys making the music, and getting in this business made that come true. In 1977, I went to a concert at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago and photographed Muddy Waters …Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email


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