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To help improve air quality, The Clean Air Campaign is asking people to look at alternatives to driving alone during the warmer months when air pollution is more likely to form. In metro Atlanta, half of all smog-forming emissions come from the tailpipes of cars, so keeping your car off the road on your way to and from work makes a positive impact.
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The Columbia Area Earth Day Festival is turning 25!!! We hope you will help us to make this an extra special celebration by joining in the festivities as a vendor, performer or visitor. This year, the Columbia Area Earth Day Festival will be held on Sunday, April 27th. We are currently taking booth registrations. If you are a business, organization, or artisan interested in getting a booth, be sure to get registered by the regular deadline of March 31st in order to avoid late fees.
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PARTICIPATE IN ECO AVENUE: Eco Ave. is at the heart of Earth Day. It is the central block in the Street Fair where we congregate the booths that are involved in sustainability education.
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Kawasaki Rider Tom Sykes and the Ninja ZX-10R Claim 2013 World Superbike Championship
After missing the 2012 World Superbike title by one-half point, Kawasaki Ninja pilot Tom Sykes would not be denied the 2013 championship. Entering the final round in Jerez, Spain, Sykes knew he needed to put his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R on the podium in the first race of the doubleheader to claim the World Superbike Championship and he did just that, finishing third.
"Words cannot describe how I feel. When I was dreaming I had goose bumps and it was magical to even dream I could be world champion," said the popular Sykes. "But that was maybe 2% of what I am feeling now after winning the title. My Ninja ZX-10R was working very well. All things considered I have to be very happy today. It was good for the championship that it got decided at the final round again, especially at this beautiful circuit, with these great fans. The championship win has not fully sunk in yet but it will do soon, I'm sure."
Sykes began extending his points lead at Laguna Seca in late September. The fun-loving British rider won the first race of that double header and then finished fourth in the second race to pad his lead to 23 points in World Superbike's return to Monterrey, Calif. after a 10-year absence.
American road racing legend Scott Russell was the last Kawasaki Ninja rider to win the World Superbike Championship, taking the title 20 years ago aboard his Muzzy Kawasaki ZX-7RR. The two had statistically similar seasons as Sykes rode his ZX-10R to 9 wins, 18 podium finishes, 8 pole positions and 13 fastest laps, while Russell collected 5 wins, 18 podiums, 4 pole positions and 3 fastest laps.
Sykes has now concluded the 2013 championship season with 447 points, 23 markers
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Manchester, NH — Lucas Lessio registered his first professional hat trick, but the Manchester Monarchs scored twice in the final 1:43 of regulation and Sean Backman added the game winner on overtime to give the Manchester Monarchs a 4-3 win over the Pirates Saturday. The win gives Manchester their first VIP Cup title, presented by VIP Tires & Service. For more information on the VIP Cup Series, visit www.vip-cup.com.
The Pirates and Monarchs traded power play opportunities in the first, but neither team could convert, despite the Pirates outshooting Manchester 11-6. In the second, Lucas Lessio caught fire. After a Manchester penalty 16 seconds into the period, Lessio got his first tally of the period 27 seconds in to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. Manchester's Jordan Weal tied the game at the 4:05 mark, but Lessio struck again. After serving 2 minutes in the box for delay of game, Lessio caught a pass out of the box and buried it past Monarchs starter Patrik Bartosak for his second of the period. Lessio completed the hat trick at 13:22 of the second, taking a feed from Darian Dziurzynski and putting it past Bartosak again, becoming the Pirate to register a hat trick on the road since former Pirate and current Coyotes forward Rob Klinkhammer did it against St. John's on October 23rd, 2012.
The Pirates tried to preserve their lead in the third, but Manchester's Jordan Weal matched Lessio's scoring output. With the extra attacker on and 1:43 left, Weal got his second goal of the game to cut the Pirates' lead to 1. After a penalty to Brandon Yip, Weal tied the game with 30 seconds left in regulation, capping off his hat trick and tying the game at 3.
In overtime, the Pirates were unable to convert on a power play, and Manchester's Sean Backman beat Louis Domingue at 3.19 of the extra frame to give Manchester the VIP Cup title.
The Pirates wrap their 2 day road trip tomorrow as they face the Providence Bruins in Providence. Game time is set for 3:05 pm and can be heard on WLOB 1310 AM as well as WEZR FM 105.5/AM 1240 in the Lewiston/Auburn area and WTME AM 780/1450 in Oxford County. The game can also be heard online at portlandpirates.com by clicking "Listen Live" and can be seen live on AHL Live at ahllive.com. The pregame show starts at 6:40 with Jeff Mannix.
Follow all the action on the Pirates official Facebook page and Twitter account (@PortlandPirates) with the hashtag #PiratesAway.
The Pirates have announced eight guaranteed dates for the 2014-15 season as the Pirates return to the Cumberland County Civic Center! Group tickets are available for all eight of the announced dates and flex and season tickets for the 2014-15 season are now on sale! For more information on the guaranteed dates, click here and for more information on ticket plans, call 207-828-4665.


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Are you into smart guys?
I am into smart guys, because I enjoy learning from them and having good conversation -- it's sexy.
Do you like live theater?
I do enjoy live theatre. Acting in a broadway show is a dream I need to check off my list.
If you could go to any museum in the world, which one would it be?
If I could visit any museum in the world, It would be the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain because it has one of the largest and most impressive collections in the world, including a bunch of works from Spanish artists like Goya, Velasquez, Murillo, and El Greco.
What was your favorite subject in school? Why that one?
My favorite subject in school was always drama, and art class, because I love acting and painting and creating things. Now in college, my favorite subject is psychology, because I can better understand the world and the behavior of others.
What date should a guy plan to impress you?
I'm a sucker for surprises. If there's something tastefully spontaneous or adventurous, I'm in! I would love a man to keep me guessing what's next. I'm not asking to be flown to different countries every time we see each other, I just don't like routines. Dinner and a movie gets boring after a while. I need more excitement! Introduce me to a new type of food, take me to an art exhibit, challenge me with a hike or intense bike ride, something! Any thoughtful planning for time to spend together is appreciated.
Are you into smart guys? Why or why not?
I'm am totally drawn to smart guys! There's nothing more alluring and sexy than a man that is educated and can offer me a good challenge! I've noticed the conversations are more interesting and hardly get dull. I can't stand a guy that doesn't know how to talk about or focus on other things besides himself or materialistic things.
Are you into art or photography? Who's your favorite artist?
My favorite artist is Diego Rivera. I just love his paintings! I was introduced to his work In high school. I used to be very in touch with my Mexican culture. I found myself in a phase of reading Chicano literature as well as viewing and visiting our local gallery, La Raza Galeria, to satisfy the curiosity of my roots. When I look at Diego Rivera's paintings, I can't help but imagine and attempt to feel what his subject is thinking and feeling in the moment he painted them.
What was your favorite subject in school? Why that one?
Oh, I had two! My favorite subjects in school were psychology and sociology. I know everyone is unique and different but I've always wanted to know and understand how and why people think and act the way they do. Like, what makes people tick? So when I actually got the opportunity, I found it so interesting to observe and study human behavior individually and as groups. I think everyone should take a few of these courses in school, maybe it will help people be more understanding toward one another. A step toward world peace? Long shot I know.
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Do you like live theater?
I think that I would enjoy a live theater show, but I have never been to one. There you go guys, that would be a good date to impress me.
If you could go to any museum in the world, which one would it be?
I would love to go to a museum in Italy or Rome. I'm Italian and I enjoy learning about the Italian culture. I have never been to either of those places and would love to check it out one day.
What was your favorite subject in school? Why that one?
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Despite its daring aspirations and 3D-like party tricks, the brave, new Fire Phone's lack of Google services will alienate anyone who expects the flexibility of a modern Android phone.
Get ready for living-room gaming, Amazon-style: a new controller aims to bring games to the big screen with Fire TV.
The 2013 Kindle Fire HD works perfectly as an e-reader with a few extra tablet features, but users looking to take full advantage of Amazon's ecosystem should pay more for the Fire HDX.
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33 U.S. Code § 385 - Seizure and condemnation of vessels fitted out for piracy
Any vessel built, purchased, fitted out in whole or in part, or held for the purpose of being employed in the commission of any piratical aggression, search, restraint, depredation, or seizure, or in the commission of any other act of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, shall be liable to be captured and brought into any port of the United States if found upon the high seas, or to be seized if found in any port or place within the United States, whether the same shall have actually sailed upon any piratical expedition or not, and whether any act of piracy shall have been committed or attempted upon or from such vessel or not; and any such vessel may be adjudged and condemned, if captured by a vessel authorized as mentioned in section 386 of this title to the use of the United States, and to that of the captors, and if seized by a collector, surveyor, or marshal, then to the use of the United States.
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Surveyor, referred to in text, is probably an obsolete office in view of act July 5, 1932, ch. 430, title I, § 1,47 Stat. 584, which abolished the offices of surveyors of customs, except at the Port of New York. Ports of delivery, except those which were made ports of entry, were abolished and the use of the term "port of delivery" was discontinued under the President's plan of reorganization of the customs service communicated to Congress by message dated Mar. 3, 1913.
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All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate ordered abolished with such offices to be terminated not later than December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. All functions of offices eliminated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
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Kennebunkport, ME, United States (4E) – The search for two missing male students in Kennebunkport, Maine has been suspended Wednesday after divers assisted by sonar equipment failed to find any leads about them.
Kennebunkport Police Chief Craig Sanford said in a statement Wednesday evening that the Maine Marine Patrol together with its dive team, had completed search operations for 21-year-old Zachary Wells from Burlington, Vermont, and 23-year-old Prescott Wright from Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Sanford added that although sonar equipment located some areas that required closer inspection, divers found nothing after checking the areas.
The search Wednesday remained along the coast of Cape Porpoise where clothing was discovered a nearby island the day before.
The water search will be suspended until new information comes along, although the Marine Patrol will continue with routine patrol missions in the area involving the case as needed, revealed Sanford.
Wells and Prescott have been missing since December 19 or 20, Sanford said. They were last seen drinking beer with some friends at Wells' home along Mills Road, which is situated near the water.
Both are students at The Landing School, which informed police after they failed to show up for class.
Wells is a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with black hair, hazel eyes and weighing approximately 150 pounds. He has a surgical scar on his neck. Wright is a white male, 6 feet 4 inches tall, with brown hair, blue eyes and weighing approximately 200 pounds.
Authorities have been searching the area since the two men disappeared.
Sanford claimed there were no indications of foul play and no evidence of a fight or other issues before the men vanished.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Kennebunkport Police Department at (207) 967-2454.
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The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers.
197 Readers' Reviews
February 10th, 20095:43 pm
After viewing the trailer, I thought this was a takeoff of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt! Except Brad & Angelina had real sex appeal and fireworks on screen and off!
— Monterey7, west coast
March 19th, 20098:57 pm
Comparing this with 'Mr & Mrs Smith' is like comparing fine Persian carpets with processed cheese. 'Duplicity' is sexy, cool adult entertainment, not a videogame like 'Smith.' As for knockoffs, does anyone remember Prizzi's Honor?
— minimogul, Los Angeles
March 19th, 20099:32 pm
Why would you compare a Persian carpet to processed cheese???
Anyway, this sounds like a pretty good movie but not good enough to pay $12 to see it. I will wait for the DVD and rent it for a dollar.
— Essie, Cincinnati
March 20th, 20099:38 am
well good tight and dry may sound like a bond drinks order but having seen this film last purely on the fact that
a. there was nothing else without CGI or violence
b. i always liked julia roberts
i left impressed. it wont win awards but it is very well made and the pacing aka timing is very good. the film's pedigree maybe bourne but it is more watchable and a thousand times more enjoyable, less red bull shakey cam and - key point - less predictable than jason, james or the ocean's team
— velocite, sydney
March 20th, 20095:29 pm
The ever durable Mr. Wilkinson and Ms. Chalfont were -thank goodness- the two anchors in a film that wobbled and careened all over the lot. Contrived and confusing, capped by zero chemistry between Roberts and Owen, Ms. Robert's character came off as thoroughly unlikable. Lord knows why poor Mr. Owens, a charmer as always, would suffer Ms. Robert's soul-less persona. Even the usually entertaining Mr. Giamatti was reduced to misdirected scenery-chewing. Anyone wishing the effervescent fizz of the classics sited in Mr. Scott's overly enthusiastic review (I suppose that comes of being so severely deprived of anything competent being released lately) will taste flat champagne instead.
— MJ, New York
March 20th, 20095:41 pm
oh dear. AO Scott must have been a different movie than I did. I thought Duplicity was lifeless, confusing and boring. Julia looked tired and unkempt with the most lacklustre wardrobe and there was no chemistry whatever with Clive Owen. No, this was a dog of a movie.
— babslou, sydney
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March 20th, 20095:41 pm
This film was a waste of my money-tedious, long and uninteresting. No chemistry at all between the two leads, and not one character I cared about enough. Watching this film made me wish I'd stayed home and rented Topkapi.
— LeeNYC, Brooklyn, NY
March 20th, 20095:42 pm
A.O. Scott is totally off the mark on this one. This movie is a. seriously boring and b. often confusing. That's it. Unless you just want to gaze at Clive. Wait for DVD if you must. ReelTalk's Jeffrey Lyons had it right.
Note to Gilroy (re plot point)): All hair is DEAD!! Do some research next time.
— Tippi, ny
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March 20th, 20098:31 pm
With the chronology repeatedly moving from present to past and back again, I found it difficult to keep the story straight. It plays a little like a blend of murder mystery and espionage, but needlessly difficult to follow. After it wrapped, I couldn't understand the point of all the intrigue. Did the CEO who conceived the plan go to that much trouble just to embarrass the other CEO? Was that the point? If that was the reason, it doesn't seem plausible to me. Considering the ability of the two lead actors, you would think the screenwriter would have given them dialogue that was wittier. The two actors performed well, in spite of the script's shortcomings.
— mjohnevans06, Paso Robles, CA
March 20th, 20098:31 pm
Disappointing since I adiore Clive Owen- repetitious and redundant-I won't use AO Scott as dependable reviewer again-too easy to please
— cynical sophisticate, Hackettstown Clearviw Cinema
March 20th, 200910:01 pm
By the time the movie arrives in Japan, I might have forgotten all about it...if it weren't for Mr. Scott's review. Most movie reviews are Ho Hum but this one was a pleasure to read--great prose, excellent compostition, interesting insights. Even if the movie turns out to be a dud (but how could it be with Clive Owen starring?--meeeeow), I will remember this review. Thanks.
— nancy, japan
March 20th, 200910:01 pm
After high expectations, I was totally disappointed in this movie - boring in all aspects in spite of a great cast ensemble. Many people walked out of the theater very disappointed. Two thumbs down. What movie did A.O. Scott review again?????
— JadeSpirit, Williamsburg, VA
March 21st, 200910:26 am
Does A.O. Scott have points in this?
I feel as if I saw a completely different movie than the one he reviewed.
Rather dull pace, no sparkling dialog, no heat between the two stars, little plausibility in terms of plot. He wishes for a great Cary Grant but this was a shabby imitation at best.
— Angus, NYC
March 21st, 200910:26 am
within a fortnight owen came up with two movies on the same themes of banking scams ,double play ,secret deals and illicit funds which are both set in some really exotic and smart cities ,
one with naomi watts and the other with julia roberts .
this rather baffling duplicity seems to be a conspiracy rather then a coincidence .
both the movie define a recession era in a immoral operation which has become a rather trademark for the collapsing stock market .
i wonder whether they gave the girls a choice to opt for one or the other as they both were similar in plots and locales too.
— usman khawaja, havering,london,england
March 21st, 200910:26 am
The acting was superb but I have to admit I was so confused.
— bobboehmer, woodbridge,nj
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March 21st, 200910:26 am
A.O. Scott is right on, and the twists continue to the closing credits - the moral lessons of this caper flick are as hard won as they are well earned! Clive Owen is as close as we will get to Clark Gable, and Julia Roberts has matured into the perfect femme fatal. This is not a romantic comedy, because couples will squirm a bit as it delves into the world of trust and integrity at every level, from the Corporate office to a honeymoon suite in Rome.
— Nick Lappos, Southlake TX
March 21st, 200910:26 am
I liked it but it was somewhat confusing, especially because the sound in the theatre was bad and they dropped part of one reel.
— Susan, texas
March 21st, 200910:26 am
There was no there, there. Only the opening scene was worth watching. It was hard to see what either of the protagonists saw in each other. Cold and boring throughout with nary a hint of suspense.
— ajk, nyc
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March 21st, 200910:30 am
I'm really surprised by all of the low ratings by readers. This was a highly entertaining film in every way - whether its the eye candy locations as Scott mentions, the rapport between Roberts and Owen, or the commendable fact that this film didn't talk down to its audience. Perfect adult entertainment as another said; I couldn't agree with Scott's review more.
— diana, london
March 21st, 200910:30 am
The trailer looks as if Julia Roberts and Clive Owen filmed there scenes with brick walls then the editor spliced them together to look like they were in the same scene. Stiff, boring & predictable. Clive is easy on the eyes but, boy what a mistake Tony. People wanna jump on your train but who's drivin' this wreck?
— Paulette Triska, New York, NY
March 21st, 200910:30 am
Witty dialogue, stylish filming, many laugh-out-loud moments and unpredictable twists in plot...loved it. I don't always agree with A.O. Scott (I've been talking about the bore-fest of 'A Christmas Tale' since his review enticed me to see it last November) but can't split on this one.
— RK, New York City
March 21st, 200910:30 am
Uninteresting, no chemistry between Clive Owens and Julia Roberts, it generally sucked as entertainment!
— Humblehobart, Phoenix AZ
March 21st, 200910:30 am
So looking forward to seeing this but what a let down! Mr Scott must be settling because this is nothing even remotely close to the Cary Grant/Tracy & Hepburn genre. It's the audience who is duped into thinking they'll get a big payoff at the end - who cares about one corp titan winning over another???
— MovieGal, San Jose, CA
March 21st, 200910:30 am
This is a very attractive (?elegant) movie with two very attractive actors at the top of their form.
Even the scenery, filmed around the world in London, Zurich, Rome, New York, Miami are attractive and fit right into the excellent photography, fast movement, and crisp dialgoue. 4 Stars!
— Gordon Schaye, Rolling Hills California
March 21st, 200910:30 am
Anytime I hear someone say a movie is "too complicated" I start to fear for our future. Ever hear of a plot twist? It's a movie. How complex can it be? Bet you're really struggling with this financial crisis thingy everyone's been talking about, aren't ya? Michael Clayton would have been good too if hadn't been so "needlessly" complex.
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16 Readers' Suggestions
August 10th, 2010
6:29 pm
Little Napoli is my favorite restaurant in Carmel, and easily beats out the two other European restaurants on Dolores St. mentioned in the article. I like the lamb shank osso bucco, but all three times I have been I have seen nothing short of superb.
— Anonymous
May 20th, 2010
4:21 pm
Em Le's restaurant in Carmel has the best French Toast I have ever tasted. It is served piping hot, sprinkled with cinnamon, powdered sugar, and slices of almond. It melts in your mouth! It's served with their own homemade syrup. It is too good for words. Get ready for a real treat when you stop in here.
— Anonymous
February 24th, 2010
8:33 pm
I had the best dinner of my entire trip at Em Le's on Dolores between 5th and 6th. The lamb shank is outstanding! I highly recommend it.
— Anonymous
March 30th, 2009
7:39 pm
Down the gorgeous highway one from Carmel you'll find the River Inn on the Big Sur river where you can have a terrific black angus burger and sweet potato fries while you watch the river life. Watch out for the Steller's Jays who will steal your fries!
— Anonymous
March 11th, 2009
5:51 am
Try Grasing's! Just had the best dinner there. They also offer Saturday and Sunday Brunch.
Superb wine list, great food and excellent service.
Superb wine list, great food and excellent service.
— Anonymous
January 29th, 2009
4:42 pm
We live less than four hours away, and visit Carmel-by-the-Sea two to three times a year. Our very favorite restaurant is L'Escargo on Mission Ave., north of Ocean. Chef Lutas is the owner/Chef, and he offers dishes in the French Procancal style. The atmosphere is dressy casual, no coat and tie required. Have his rendition of crem caramel for dessert, it is not like any you have ever seen.
Other restaurants we like are: The Carmel Chop House on San Carlos, north of Ocean--ask for Mark Fenneren to wait on you; The Rio Grill in the Crossroads shopping center; and last but certainly not least you have to have Saturday or Sunday brunch or lunch at Rocky Poing ten miles south of Carmel on Hwy 1. The food if good, but the restaurant sits on a cliff overlooking the ocean and you go there for the million-dollar view.
Other restaurants we like are: The Carmel Chop House on San Carlos, north of Ocean--ask for Mark Fenneren to wait on you; The Rio Grill in the Crossroads shopping center; and last but certainly not least you have to have Saturday or Sunday brunch or lunch at Rocky Poing ten miles south of Carmel on Hwy 1. The food if good, but the restaurant sits on a cliff overlooking the ocean and you go there for the million-dollar view.
— Anonymous
January 29th, 2009
2:57 am
Katy's place for pancakes - has been a local favorite for 20+ yrs... Casanova's is wonderful for dinner (has also been around for 20+ yrs)
— Lisa, Menlo Park, CA
January 26th, 2009
2:45 pm
We felt the most at home in one Italian restaurant in Carmel-by-th-sea, Little Napoli. It had great, inviting, friendly service with delicious food that tasted better than back at home in Jersey. The cannelloni was delicious and the house red complimented the Italian food perfectly. They're right off of Ocean on Dolores and 7th. If you want a great meal with ambiance that makes you feel like family, you can't go anywhere else.
— Anonymous
January 25th, 2009
4:07 pm
We fell upon a truly unexpected terrific meal at Bahama Billy's... the best we had during our 2 day visit to Carmel/Monterey. Carmel was so much nicer than San Jose where we were staying for a conference my husband was attending.Unfortunately we only had 2 days to see what we could. We stopped at Bahama Billy's for a late lunch which ended up being "Happy Hour/Half Price" Island Time. The Hostess sat us in the bar area which had this "Special" The food was great, the service and the drinks were great!!...all half price.How do they do this??? We don't see many deals like this in N.Y. It was a great find for us and we hope to return someday to see all we missed in Carmel.
— Anonymous
January 24th, 2009
7:19 pm
My favorites are Da Giovanni in Lincoln Court and of course the French Poodle on 5th and Junipero; two of the best ever, anywhere.
— GW, California
January 24th, 2009
5:23 pm
PortaBella is the "Quintessential Carmel Restaurant." Mediterranean country cuisine on Ocean Avenue. Terrific food, great service and one of the best places to people-watch in all of Carmel. Try the Salade Nicoise with Seared Red Tuna and a glass of bubbly or white wine. It's heavenly. Put it on your must visit list. Find them at www.carmelsbestrestaurants.com
--Lou Richards
--Lou Richards
— Vietnam Veteran, California
January 24th, 2009
5:16 pm
If you're looking for French Toast, you can't go wrong at Em Lee's on Deloris Street. Catch a seat at the front bar, enjoy the coffee & people watching and....presto....a huge mound of string French Toast arrives sprinkled with cinnamon....awesome ! I might also suggest the Corned Beef Hash at the Lodge at Pebble Beach, none finer in America. By the way, you don't need to be a guest, just get a table facing the Pacific and take in the ambiance. It's a little pricey but hey....you're on vacation ! For those looking for coffee and freshly baked pastry for breakfast, the Carmel Bakery on Ocean Street should also be sampled. Grab a blanket, a newspaper and hit the beach for an unforgettable dining experience.
— E Paul Lian, Scottsdale, AZ
January 24th, 2009
3:17 pm
For a quick trip to sunshine when Carmel-by-the-Sea is fogged in take the ten mile trip to Carmel Valley village for a meal at Cafe Rustica. Not a bad meal on the menu! Hike it off at Garland Park on the way back.
— Jack Canning, Monterey, CA
January 24th, 2009
2:49 pm
Sorry, just one more suggestion. In the mood for coffee & pastry for breakfast? Stop in at the Carmel Bakery on Ocean Street, buy a morning newspaper and start the day down by the Pacific enjoying the scene with all of the trimmings...can't be beat.
— Anonymous
January 24th, 2009
6:48 am
If you like Eggs Benedict, you can't go wrong at Katy's Place, on Mission St. between 5th and 6th.
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0190: Collaborate, but collaborate better than thy neighbor(?).
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We've had several meetings this year that have all had a similar message: "create a competitive environment in your classroom to motive your students". We are told that they respond well to competition. They should always strive to do better than their neighbor. We are also expected to tell them that they are working toward a reward, even though we can't decide what the reward will be, or even if it will exist at all. And, at the same meetings we are told to put students in groups to "work together".
I understand what "we're" shooting for at my school. We're in trouble with the state—deep. Our goal, rather, our prescribed goal is to do anything we can to get the state of our asses. Administration is fumbling for any answer—little bits of 3rd hand research they've picked up at workshops and mashed together with whatever dung the consultants have passed down. Encouraging heavy competition between individuals and then asking for group collaboration is a bit contradictory. I understand this is an oversight. They're worried. We fear for our jobs.
The collaboration side of this equation gets swept to the side fairly quickly unfortunately. It's the unfed dog in the fight. Collaboration does not come naturally among my colleagues. We've been compared and divided by test scores, academic subject areas, grade levels, and meetings involve listening to one person ramble on about how we need to work together, but we never get the chance. So teaching collaboration is quite foreign for many—impossible for others. And, it cannot be ignored that the real goal for the higher-ups is to get the scores up to keep jobs and what-not, and I'm sure somewhere the really-higher-ups just want to keep everyone divided and on the never ending challenge of always outdoing thy neighbor (I'm sure this statement is just a mad raving of a cynical fool).
So what are we to do? What am I to do if I find encouraging brutal competition among my students unethical, cruel, counterproductive, and unfortunate? I've been reprimanded for not putting the sticker charts on the wall for my students to chart their progress against their neighbor. My learners happen to be working with each other—motivated as a group for the sake of the group and the learning.
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Underground Education is revolutionary, but does not aim to teach or incite external revolution; rather, it aims to nudge minds awake. Underground education begins the moment you see something that needs to be taught, and you teach it regardless of time allotted. Teachers engage in this daily. It is not a specific plan or curriculum. It is simply teaching, an art that has been and is being rendered obsolete through excessive and oppressive testing procedures. Underground Education begins with you, the teacher, examining the current curriculum as is, and critically supplementing it with what you know to be educational best practice.
Early elementary teachers often don't have time to help their learners master the skills necessary for reading. Take the time. Make sure they really learn to read. You know how to assess their literacy. Help them develop every single tool they need to engage in 'reading'— their worlds
and the word. Talk to them, let them talk. Spend time questioning and exploring. Build motor skills and number sense. If a concept is tough to grasp and you must move forward, don't neglect to go back even if is just for that one child. Teach. You know how to do it. No evaluation, third party, or administrative office can tell you to neglect a child in the name of an assessment. Underground teaching is about providing learners with what they need. It's about exploring curiosity. It involves teaching and stimulating every child and mind as though they belong in gifted classes. Early elementary teachers build a firm foundation. The slogans say this is so, teachers make it so.
Upper elementary teachers face the fourth grade slump. The transition from learning to read to reading to learn, and beyond that, an even greater emphasis on testing. Learners arrive lacking basic skills for numerous reasons, teachers don't have time to go back and teach K-4. You don't, but you must. This is a tough critical slump. The focus, as you know, must center around enabling the learners to glean information from texts— math, reading, social studies, science, the physical world, cultural contexts, etc. This period is quite critical. Learners decide at this point if they can "learn" or not. So often kids never learn to glean any valuable or interesting information independently from the texts lain before them. This is the point where a decisions made about whether "learning" is cold and pointless or meaningful and enriching. Behavior problems blossom out of thin air for those who are behind and lost. Every child should be able to pick up a book or look at a problem, on paper or in world, and glean information and generate critical questions. They should have vocabulary and the ability to acquire vocabulary to talk about what they experience. The vocabulary and language must belong to them, it must be internalized. Of course, there is no time for this in a class full of 30+ struggling fourth graders. You're frustrated, exhausted, beat down. It will take you chasing rabbits in class, letting them explore seemingly random trains of thought, hallway, lunchroom, and playground conversations. It will require think-alouds and scaffolding of cognitive processes galore. It requires teaching and nurturing critical thinking and problem solving skills constantly and weaving instructional strands together. It requires teaching social skills and building language to express complex emotions. It involves dialogue. Much of this sounds like teaching according to "best practice"; it is teaching the child, the human, not the test. To recap and summarize, upper elementary must aim to enable a child to learn and know s/he can learn. The tools must have a chance to be used. Learners must develop a stake in their own learning. Their curiosity must be explored. They must find what motivates them. They must be successful more than enough to have the desire and payback to continue learning.
From here forth, education involves mass testing. Everything is for the test. Students are known as proficient, basic, and minimal. Names are lost. Discipline, emotional, academic, you name it, problems multiply at this point.
Anything missed in elementary, say fractions, is multiplied from here forward. A kid without a solid understanding of multiplication can derail a pre-Algebra class in a second. The trend is triage. Help who you can. This does not suffice, of course, but what can you do? Parallel curriculum to supplement, reinforce, develop, skills to scaffold this learner to be as close to where they need to as possible. There is not time for this, I know, but it must be taken. The second half of education— middle school, junior high, and high school function academically as a place to deepen skills and augment learning. Pacing guides and high stakes testing obfuscates this though. Secondary teachers beat their heads against their cages trying to figure out how to help their learning learn independently. Kids arrive with so many pieces missing. By this time the cumulative affects of missing pieces here and there make the puzzle seem impossible. Teachers are forced to make tough decisions. The outliers are often thrown out with the bath water. Educational triage- teach to the middle. Learners and teachers are beyond frustrated at this point. It's survival.
What can be done? Help them, the learners start connecting information, give them problems to solve. Perhaps its a problem in their own world. Something they can arrive at in dialogue. Help them, or watch them work it out through dialogue. Note their cognitive processes, go back and help them notice those processes. Help them learn to understand how they are thinking, how they are solving the problem. Let them see that they are critically working through cognitively complex stuff. Help them write it. Help them teach it. Slowly draw these skills into academic sundries. Help them note their own problem solving/learning ability. Turn them loose on a skill within their ZPD (remember that?), encourage them to teach that skill, to a neighbor, to you, to the world. Help them become powerful learners and collaborators. Everyone has mad skills that can contribute to the group. Perhaps Johnny isn't the best reader, but his reasoning skills are out this world, his contribution to the collective intelligence of the class, this world is invaluable.
The world functions as a huge cooperative learning project. Schools do not, but they don't then victims are left behind without a clue they ever had anything to offer— learners and educators. Education leaves people disillusioned and lost, Underground Education seeks to empower and awaken. Underground Education will not allow a learner to pass through a system without finding their value. Underground Education is not dictated by the test or the State agenda of intellectual suppression; rather, it is dictated by the needs of the learners in your care. Here, the educator is the professional. Reform is in your hands, not the hands of the distant, gravy-train riding, ed policy pricks. A top down model cannot work in the underground. Education is for the People. It is by the People. It does not celebrate labels, failures, or separation by assessment measures. It seeks to teach and help learn.
Most important teachers who bother to teach in the Underground must be connected. We must band together in this struggle. We must collaborate and innovate. We must share our methods and our aims. We, together, can revolutionize education. We are not reformers or policy makers; we are teachers, we make decisions, we implement them. We stand together.
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0085: Unpacking the phrase "education is your ticket out of poverty."
#teaching #revolution #literacy #education
I heard the phrase "education is your ticket out of (insert situation)" used by teachers, principals, parents, counselors, etc., etc. I've used it. I think it is often spouted thoughtlessly in the attempt to focus students on the task we choose for them. It positions education as a panacea and me, the educator as the distributor of that all important cure. This phrase, when used like this, turns into a tool of oppression, forcing students to focus on the falsehood that I, the teacher, have something that they need, and will withhold it until they bend to my will. This statement asks for non-critical compliance. By saying, "education is your ticket out", it is implied first that the learner is already in an undesirable situation. Judgment is passed, the learner is told that he or she is inferior and needs a way out, the way which is provided by the educator or the education system. Second, the statement implies that the alternative is better. By leaving one class of people, the family, friends, and neighborhood the recipient of education will suddenly better off. They will then be the haves, having left the have-nots behind. This language does not encourage transformation; rather, it encourages blind abandonment. It serves to turn the underclass and the oppressed into oppressors themselves. Additionally, it positions teachers or the education system itself as the catalyst for change or even as savior. As long as the oppressed believe they require a savior they will always be oppressed. Transformation must be the aim of education, not forced dependence.
I do not mean to say that education is not a tool for transformation or even transcendence. It is. Unfortunately, it is often poised as a means to "leave those poor people behind". As long as education is just a ticket out then there will be no transformation of the rapidly growing underclass in our country. Education should benefit the community not just the individual. As teachers, we must be cognizant of our language. We must do our best to empower learners and communities to do what's best for them. If that means leaving, so be it. If it means uniting to become better educated, and to reduce crime, and build their own economy, then let it be. As long as teachers function as missionaries who drop in, feed the ailing and runaway, then there will be no change. True education is not a ticket out, it is a tool for transformation.
0082: 7th Grade Student reflections on participating in SOPA Blackout and Calling U.S. Reps
#BlackoutSOPA #Democracy #education
These are a few of the responses my students wrote regarding their participation in their democracy. Keep in mind they are in the seventh grade. Additionally, the school is nearly 100% free lunch, and we are at risk of being taken over by the state for test scores. Does testing assess this?
K.W. wrote
I felt surprised and excited at the same time. I felt those ways because asking someone to vote against SOPA and PIPA was the first time I been a part of helping. I was surprised because I had never associated with anyone from Washington D.C. before. I was excited because the next day they started changing their mind.
S.P. wrote
Yesterday, by calling the National Senate to vote against SOPA and PIPA, I felt like I did something extremely historical and important. I had this feeling because I felt that I did something that would've helped everyone later in life. By keeping this a law or enforcing it will lower our intelligence and cause a lot of problems later on in life. Being a part of this moment of history will be remembered. No free Internet is just like having a school with no children. Going against this, I know made history.
J.B. wrote
What I did yesterday was amazing. I did something that could change history. I told someone to vote against SOPA and PIPA. It's a blackout. We called Washington DC and ask if they could go against SOPA and PIPA because we need the Internet for school and so we can do projects. And now they're going to vote on it on January 24 2012
M.J. wrote
I felt so important asking them to vote against SOPA and PIPA. It made me feel good about myself of what I did. I was happy about calling the senators. That was the best thing I did that day. When I got home I wanted to call them again, I wanted to tell my whole family about it.
T.T. wrote
So yesterday we protested and I feel good because we helped someone. Most of the people I helped were my very own school mates. We need the Internet and its websites. We should vote against PIPA because it affect information and free rights to download things and post things so just vote against it for the sale of every child's learning.
0073: #Education as Utopia, or Heaven, or Not so boring, or Humanizing
#SOS #revolution #teaching
If I had my way, if schools were to slide from the dystopian clutches of training and ennui, then how would they look? I struggle to produce an image, and I find it hard to recall what I know about how people really learn and function. But, here goes.
We'll start with the teachers. Teachers would work together, and now just during rare and pointless faculty meetings. Teachers would plan, teach, and reflect together. It would be a team effort. Subjects would not be segmented, they would work in concert to solve problems, some real and some invented for simulation. So, I suppose all curriculum would be problematicized, problem-based learning. Of course, basics would be taught, literacy, math, etc. And, those basics would be mastered. But, while they were being mastered real problem solving would be in progress. Teachers and students would work in collectives to solve problems. I think that would suffice as curriculum. People would all have strengths and weaknesses, different strengths and weaknesses, and strengths would be used, and some weaknesses would be strengthened or forgotten (teachers included). Additionally, something practical and tangible would come from the work done in school, a product, new information, perhaps money, something other than a score. Decisions would be made democratically. That means the role of principal and upper administration might no longer exist. That might mean teacher training would have to be different. It might exclude or include some from the teaching field. Teachers would have to be devoted to the process, and self-disciplined. Education would be participatory. No top-down bullshit.
I would love for the building to look different, less institutional. It's a problem when schools and prisons use the same aesthetic. What if schools weren't confined to specific buildings? Perhaps there was a building, but more time was spent elsewhere. What if we did more? What if we performed and produced instead of just sitting and getting? What if? What if? What if, these were realities and not what ifs? I know I'd be more eager. I'd teach forever. Changes must be made, and not just bandaid reforms. It's not the curriculum. It's not just the bureaucracy. It's the whole damn system. The intention is wrong. People need to thrive, not just survive. How can this change? Who will change it?
0059: What does the #occupy movement mean for educators? Who are the educators?
#OWS #teaching #revolution
Is the occupy movement the rallying of the troops before a revolution? Or will the regime just topple? I think we are all on the edge of our seats, or in the streets, filled with hope. This is a hard time for all of us, but for once there is a unified us. I am young, but I feel like I have neighbors, true neighbors, everywhere. The occupy movement is clearly a major movement and a seemingly unique movement with broad implications for a broad group of people— the 99 percent. And, it matters as much to 18 year olds as it does to 80 year olds. We all are stakeholders in this vast place we call our country. We all give a damn.
I've been trying to figure out what this movement means to me, a teacher in an urban southern middle school, or, what it would have meant to me when I was teaching in a really rural school. First, the results of this movement, if it continues, will come slowly. This idea of social, cultural, and economic revolution is highly viscous. It was not born in September, nor will it suddenly die. This movement is the culmination of a group of people who have voices who have been trampled steadily and slowly for quite some time. I expect this movement to be more than just a unit in a textbook. Perhaps, it will be the end of the textbook. Maybe it will bust the textbook companies and text will become relevant to the people who read it. Maybe this movement will continue to affect people in such a way that they realize they are capable of contributing to culture. That society belongs to them. It is certainly teaching us to communicate. It is teaching us that we are actually a people. We are not as distant as we were a year ago.
I don't know the impact on the system of education this movement will have. But I see it changing our perceptions. It is an infectious and transformative idea that is burning. If anything we are looking at each other differently. We are idealists. But, our thoughts are not without deed. We are undefined, but are stronger in our mutual existence. We are peaceful, but not silent, and certainly not passive. We are the educated. We are being educated. We are educating. We are the people. And, we are the revolution. We are awake!
0043: Education, Lament, and Revolutionary Curriculum without a Plan
#teaching #edchat #revolution
What is the point of teaching relatively useless subject matter? We spend day after day teaching a tired curriculum to tired kids in a world that is filled with action. We should be working with our students to develop revolutionary ideas and strategies to impact the world we share. We should all be striving to figure out the debacle that is called the United States. I'm bored from the curriculum
I teach and have taught. I know the kids are. I've spiced it up and have even taught beyond and around the curriculum. I've made an impact I know. But, what good is 13 years of segmented instruction that leads to joblessness or debt from student loans. Why can't we all be powerful now? Teachers have been reduced to mere carriers of the carrot that makes the rabbit run. Teaching is not enough. Learning is not enough. School is not learning. People are hungry and jobless— in debt. The people are our students, they are us. We're all in this boat together, and we're still teaching the same tired curriculum? Has education been completely neutered? Have we? The curriculum must become revolutionary, and so must we. We are breathing the air of necessary change. We are nearing the tipping point. We need to push.
0024: Build Creators not Blind Consumers
If we force our students to sit and listen only, then we are creating blind consumers. If we allow out students to collaborate, connect, create, debate, disagree (with us even), argue, question, and so forth, then we are taking part of the development of free and independent minds. We need critical consumers, who are also savvy producers with the ability to distribute information. We want creators, not just blind consumers.
0022: Don't give up on relinquishing control to your students
I feel like I'm beating a dead horse suggesting that education should look different. I think we all know that. The world is different, so education and education practices should follow suit. In the college classroom teachers are taught to teach using different methods, and to use cooperative learning, and other methods that fall within best teaching practices. Many teachers carry these methods into their classrooms and use them very effectively. This isn't always the case. Many teachers, myself included walk into a survival situation. The kids have often been mistreated and neglected academically (never been engaged) so their behavior is less than favorable. The schools use punitive discipline and authoritarian control. Any attempt at stepping away from the existing rigid power structure comes with great risk. Kids who've never experienced freedom will react negatively at first. Suddenly they're in control and have been denied any sort of freedom. So teachers run the risk of "losing control" of their classrooms. And, principals are looking, in many cases, at classroom management— a term that has been misconstrued to having a quiet classroom. With this in mind teachers often try these less authoritarian methods once. The kids go wild and then the pendulum must swing to the authoritarian side with thoughts of how "these kids just can't handle it, we'll just sit in our desks, and I will lecture". Something like that. Of course, we find a few months into our lecturing that our students aren't learning as well as they should be. They're not engaged. They're not being active in their own learning. So, we arrive at a great conundrum. I can have classroom control, but students won't really be learning, or I can lose control of my class. And, for many that's as far as the thought process ever goes, before settling into an ineffective routine of authoritarian rule with little concern beyond depositing facts into fearful students.
The alternative involves some patience and scaffolding. Rather than setting aside those "student-centered" methods that were learned in college and in workshops we must remember that those great methods must be taught and practiced. If a learner has been cultured to be a passive recipient of meaningless information for x number of years, then suddenly participating in a classroom that requires problem-solving, collaboration, and active learning will come as quite the cognitive shock resulting in all sorts of bizarre behavior. There must be a transition. New skills must be taught: listening, speaking, working together, taking turns, conversation, and so forth. If a high school student has never worked in a group, then it will be a learning process. The group work must start simple, and become more involved as the year progresses. Small group and independent learning require students to be exhibit a level of internal control that is in direct opposition to the authoritarian nature of many schools and classrooms. It is important to remember that change takes time. It is difficult to change directions as a teacher, and the same goes for students. Build trust, and don't be afraid to relinquish control gradually to your students. Their learning and future well being depends on it.


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Nikon D4S Review
Review Date : Tue, 25 Mar 2014
Author : Paul Nuttall
Nikon D4S Review - The Nikon D4S sits at the top of Nikon's DSLR tree, aiming to offer everything that the professional photographer could need and more. The question is - does it build on its predecessor?
|High ISO performance; Improved continuous shooting; Enhanced video performance
It's fair to say the Nikon D4 was one of the most impressive DSLRs ever made, delivering almost everything that the professional photographer could need.
The Nikon D4S is to the D4 what the Nikon D3S was to the D3 - namely an update that takes all of the best features from its predecessor, while building upon those which are placed at a premium from professional photographers.
With that being said, there's not a great deal of difference between the pair, and at a list price of nearly £5,200 the D4S represents a serious investment even for professional photographers who make a living from their camera.
Let's take a closer look and see if it's a worthy upgrade...
Watch Our First Look Video of the Nikon D4S
Nikon D4S Review - Features
If you're a professional sports photographer, the performance of your camera when shooting at high speeds is always going to be an area of focus.
The is something Nikon is clearly aware of as the D4S features improvement with regards to its continuous shooting speed. The model is now capable of shooting up to 11fps with both metering and continuous AF enabled.
This jump in speed, paired with continuous AF performance is no doubt in some part enabled by under-the-hood tweaks to the camera's AF performance.
The continuous shooting speed is up from the 10fps maximum speed of the D4, although it's worth nothing that it's still 1fps behind that of the Canon EOS 1D X.
What's perhaps more impressive is the camera's processing power. The D4S has the processing power to maintain the 11fps shooting rate for up to 104 14-bit Raw images or 200 fine large JPEG files when shooting with an XQD memory card.
Sensor size
It's not like the D4S compromises on image size to reach these speeds and burst depth either, as the model inherits the same 16.2MP full frame CMOS sensor as found in the D4.
The sensor features an increased base ISO range of 100-25,600, with a new 'Hi4' extended ISO setting of a quite staggering ISO 409,600 - one that will essentially allow you to shoot in near total darkness.
This increase in ISO range, as well as the aforementioned boost in capture speed, is facilitated by the introduction of Nikon's latest Expeed 4 image processor - one which the manufacturer claims offers speeds around 30% faster than its predecessor.
Another welcome improvement for professional photographers concerns the camera's battery life. A new EN-EL18a battery takes the place of the D4's EN-EL14, and with it comes an increase in battery life from 2,600 shots up to 3,020, an improvement that could make the difference between capturing the award winning shot and missing it.
Although the D4S doesn't feature built-in Wi-fi connectivity - a feature not commonly included in a professional DSLR - it can be added through the option Nikon WT-5 wireless connector.
The D4S does feature a new super-fast 1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet socket to allow for fast transfer of images straight from the camera back to press offices.
LCD screen
On the rear of the camera things remain much the same as on the Nikon D4, with the model featuring the same 3.2in, 921k-dot LCD screen, although it does now feature auto brightness adjustment when it's required.
The D4S's video capture, however, has been substantially improved to bring it in line with some of the better DSLRs on the market.
The model now offers 1920 x 1080 video capture at both 60 and 50p frame rates, as well as the 30, 25 and 24p seen on the Nikon D4. As before, the D4S also facilitates separate audio recording through an external stereo microphone socket.