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Pharrell Williams + Ariana Grande to Kick Off New NFL Season
The NFL is adding some big pop stars to their lineup to help kick off the 95th season of football!
Equally successful on stage and behind the scenes, the multitalented Pharrell Williams has lent his musical chops and undeniable ear to many of the biggest hip-hop and R&B tracks of the last two decades. Born in Virginia Beach, Va., in 1973, the artist and producer has accrued seven Grammy Awards for his work with artists such as Justin Timberlake ('Justified'), Daft Punk ('Get Lucky') and Robin Thicke ('Blurred Lines'). His credits read like a who's who of the music industry, including Madonna, 'N Sync, No Doubt, Usher, Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus, among many more. As half of the production team the Neptunes, Pharrell first hit it big with Britney Spears' 'I'm a Slave 4 U' in 2001. As a singer-songwriter and rapper, he fronts the funk-rock band N*E*R*D as well as engaging in a solo career. He followed up his 2006 debut solo album 'In My Mind' eight years later with 'Girl.'
The NFL is adding some big pop stars to their lineup to help kick off the 95th season of football!
The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards are back again and it's time to choose who you think deserves to take home a Moonman! Pharrell, Ariana Grande, Avicii, Iggy Azalea and Jason Derulo are all battling it out for the coveted Best Pop Video prize. Which video do you think has earned the win?
The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards are just around the corner and we want to know who you think has a shot at taking home a Moonman!
One Direction fans have had their sights set on a collaboration with Pharrell Williams ever since Liam Payne was spotted hanging out with Pharrell last summer. Now, the 'Get Lucky' singer is inciting that hope once again.
A new viral video, appropriately named '(Never too old to be) HAPPY,' proves that Pharrell Williams' hit tune 'Happy' transcends generations.
NBC has released the first teaser promo for 'The Voice' Season 7, which will debut on Sept. 22, and we have our first look at Gwen Stefani and Pharrell joining Adam Levine and Blake Shelton on the judges panel.
Pharrell Williams and his trusty Mounties-style caps are surrounded by a bunch of beauties in his video for 'Marilyn Monroe.' Seriously, the video is populated by some majorly stunning female specimens. They all have their own unique looks, styles and features, but one thing is for sure. They all look good.
Pharrell blew everyone away at Coachella last weekend with a guest roster that included Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Busta Rhymes and Diplo. All eyes were on him last night as he performed at Coachella for the second weekend and once again, he did not disappoint. The 'Happy' singer was joined on stage by Usher, Busta Rhymes, Pusha T, T.I. and the big surprise - Jay Z.
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The Kingdoms of Life
(From the General Principles of Biology page.)
See also The Definition of Life and the Synopsis of the Evolution of Life on Earth pages.
All extant, present-day organisms either possess cell membranes that contain a homeostatic protoplasm ("Cytota") or exist without cell membranes ("Acytota") and depend completely upon a host organism for their metabolism and reproduction. For purposes of this outline, only the former, Cytota, are considered to be truly living. Therefore, we define life according to the criteria set forth in the Definition of Life page. The most widely accepted categories used for the classification of life are set forth below. This outline uses a combination of genotypic and phenotypic classifications for its taxonomy. Although the genotypic categories predominate and are always described in some manner, some of the conventional classifications are maintained because of their morphological convenience. Because of the large number of recent genetic discoveries, the classification used in this outline results in many categories that cannot be easily fit within the conventional order of empire/domain-kingdom-phylum/division-class-order-family-genus-species. In cases where the classification cannot be fit within the conventional scheme, the category is simply labeled "clade."
Super-Empire/Super-Domain Acytota (non-cellular "life"[1] - prions, viroids and viruses)
- Probably, although not necessarily, Acytota are degenerate forms of organisms that devolved from the earlier-evolved prokaryotes.[2]
- Acytota are entirely dependant upon a host organism for metabolism and reproduction.
Super-Empire/Super-Domain Cytota (cellular life)
The Three Domain System
The general consensus of biologists at the present time is to group all living organisms ("Cytota") into one of three domains:
Domain Bacteria (the ordinary prokaryotic bacteria)
The Two Empire System
However, a recent hypothesis that seems to be gaining ground among biologists is that all living organisms in Cytota may be grouped into one of two empires which are hypothetically entirely monophyletic (i.e., all organisms in one grouping trace their ancestry to one organism):
Empire Neomura (which includes Domain Archaea)[3]
The Four/Five/Six Kingdom System[4]
Despite the aforementioned attempts at monophyletic classifications, biologists still find it useful to classify the largest groupings of Cytota into six morphologic, yet polyphyletic, "kingdoms":
Kingdom Prokaryota ("before nuclei")
- Single-celled organisms without nuclei and usually containing a peptidoglycan cell wall external to the cellular membrane.
- The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) of life (most likely a primitive bacterium) probably appeared somewhere around 3.5 billion years ago, approximately one billion years after the Earth's formation, when water covered the Earth and the "reducing" atmosphere was composed primarily of ammonia, methane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor.[5] Consequently, and due to the effects of lightning and/or geothermal heating, the primordial oceans were extremely rich in naturally formed amino acids, nitrogenous bases, lipids, and simple sugars. These compounds reacted naturally with each other over time and, after billions of trillions of reactions, self-replicating combinations of polymerized amino acids (prions) and nucleic acids (viroids) became arbitrarily grouped together in spontaneously formed, lipid bilayer vacuoles, approximately 200 million years before the evolution of LUCA (i.e., 3.7 billion years ago). The self-replicating molecules that were encapsulated in membranes fared better than those without and, eventually, mechanisms for maintaining the membrane evolved - the first cells were born. Subsequently, there developed mechanisms for the metabolism of nutrients via ATP (or something like it), rather than a reliance on purely exothermic chemical reactions of environmental substances, and for the development and replication of an hereditary, genetic material, further greatly enhancing the survival of those species which developed these faculties.
- The photosynthetic cyanobacteria (blue-green "algae") evolved around 2.7 billion years ago.
- Bacteria may have become symbiotic with each other, forming the first mitochondria (possibly due to the endosymbiosis of the rickettsia family of alpha-proteobacteria containing hydrogenosomes), photosynthetic plastids (from the endosymbiosis of cyanobacteria and then the secondary endosymbiosis of the descendant species), and nuclei in the later-evolving "eukaryotes" (a term literally meaning "true nuclei").
- Although the so-called "archaebacteria" ("old bacteria") are "prokaryotes" (i.e., without nuclei), eukaryotes and archaebacteria are now grouped together in the new clade "Empire Neomura" ("new walls") because a closer, genetic relationship exists between archaebacteria and the eukaryotes than to the prokaryotes due to the fragmentation of eukaryotic genes found only in archaebacteria.[6] This newly discovered sisterhood refutes all theories that eukaryotes originated by merging an archaebacterium and an α-proteobacterium,[7] which also fails to account for other numerous features shared specifically by eukaryotes and actinobacteria.
- Current theoretical consensus states that the eubacteria did not necessarily evolve later than the archaebacteria, and that the archaebacteria are genetically distinguishable from the bacteria as a whole. Therefore, the archaebacteria should not be called such and should rather be called "Archaea" ("old ones") and grouped with the eukaryotes entirely outside of the bacteria group, in a new empire called "Neomura" (meaning "new walls"). However, Biology's taxonomy will probably continue to use the prokaryote/eukaryote distinction since the Archaea group, although a more precise and accurate genetic grouping (i.e., by evolutionary heredity), is still prokaryotic and can be easily rationalized as a kind of morphological exception to the genetic schema.
Superkingdom Eukaryota ("true nuclei" - cells containing a membrane-enclosed nucleus)
- Kingdom Protista[8] ("first ones")
- Single-celled eukaryotes - i.e., containing a membrane-enclosed nucleus.
- Probably first appeared approximately 2.2 billion years ago (with fossilized forms predominating no earlier than 1.6 billion years ago).
- Thought to have evolved from Bacteria, with the major changes being the replacement of peptidoglycan contained in the cell walls (where present) with other glycoproteins and the development of mitochondria and nuclei.
- Current theoretical consensus states that a separate group of eukaryotes, "Clade Unikonta" ("one flagellum"), should be distinguished from Protista and placed in their own taxonomic group as genetically more "animal-like," with Unikonta broken down further into "Subkingdom Amoebozoa" ("changing-shape animal") - protists utilizing pseudopodia and moving without the use of flagellae - and clade "Clade Opisthokonta" ("flagellum behind") - protists possessing flagellae. "Fungi" and "Animalia" are then subgroups of Opisthokonta, with the Choanoflagelates existing as an ancestral intermediate group between the Animals and their common ancestor with the Fungi in the larger group, and with the Kingdom of Plantae grouped separately in the new "Clade Bikonta" ("two flagellae"). The remaining eukaryotic protists are either unclassified or exist in two groupings called either Excavata or Rhizaria, depending on whether the cells contain "non-classical" or more typical mitochondria.
- Other well-known eukaryotic groups, which more often have two emergent flagellae (although there are many exceptions), are often referred to as "Clade Bikonta," which include all the plants, algae, and a few bacteria. However, the unikonts have a triple-gene fusion that is lacking in the bikonts. The three genes that are fused together in the unikonts, but not in the bacteria or bikonts, encode enzymes for synthesis of the pyrimidine nucleotides (found in all living organisms but not necessarily in acytota), with the triple-gene fusion found only in the animals, fungi, and choanoflagelates. Formation of the triple-gene fusion must have involved a coincident double fusion of the genes - a rare pair of events to occur simultaneously - supporting the shared ancestry of Opisthokonta and Amoebozoa.
Kingdom Chromista/Chromalveolata ("with little colored cavities")
- Chromalveolata are single-celled organisms with pigment-containing plastids.
- This clade includes all algae whose chloroplasts contain only chlorophyll a (red) or only chlorphyll c (brown), as well as various, closely-related, colorless forms.
- Symbiotic cyanobacteria may have evolved into the first chloroplasts, the photosynthetic cell organelles of eukaryotes.
- Chromalveolae cells are surrounded by four membranes believed to have been inherited from some of the earliest chromalveolata "red algae."
- All chromalveolae are eukaryotes and therefore must have evolved sometime after the first appearance of eukaryotic cells, not earlier than 2.2 billion years ago, after those cells became symbiotic with primitive plastids.
Kingdom Fungi (Latin for "mushrooms," "spongy," or "moldy")
- Fungi are eukaryotic heterotrophs and are generally non-motile, except during spore dispersal and in the chytrids, which produce flagellated gametes.
- Fungi utilize chitin rather than cellulose for for the composition of their cell walls, which is some evidence of the closer genetic relationship fungi bear to animals, as opposed to plants.
- Fungi probably first appeared in marine environments, no earlier than 1.5 billion years ago, becoming terrestrial about 635 million years ago, and then evolving into the "higher fungi" (Glomerales) about 570 million years ago.
Sexual differentiation first appeared in the eukaryotes (in both fungi and the common ancestor of plants and algae) approximately 1.2 billion years ago, about the same time as the first appearance of Chromalveolata. Sexual differentiation allowed for the recombination of genetic traits that greatly accelerated the evolution of living organisms.
Kingdom Animalia/Metazoa ("animals"/"higher animals")
- Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic heterotrophs whose individual cells do not utilize cell walls (unlike plants, fungi, or bacteria), that develop via embryos that pass through at least a blastula stage after sexual reproduction,[9] and that are generally motile in at least one stage of development.
- Animals first appeared in marine environments about 700 million years ago, with the first hard-shelled animals appearing about 580 million years ago, and the first amphibious tetrapods emerging onto land about 360 million years ago.
- Motility and heterotrophy are intimately associated with each other in the evolutionary development of animals.
Kingdom Plantae ("plant," "shoot," "twig," "sprout")
- Multicellular, eukaryotic autotrophs with cellulose cell walls, and generally non-motile, except for seed and spore dispersal.
- The first true land plants appeared about 470 million years ago.
- Almost all plants contain some combination of chlorophylls a and b which, together, produce a green color.
For reasons stated above, many organisms, chiefly those in protista and the algaes, are difficult, if not impossible, to place precisely in any one of the aforementioned kingdoms, and their grouping varies depending on the classification scheme and the agreed-upon conventions and definitions.
- ↑ Whether these organisms constitute true "life" forms, rather than extremely complex, non-living, chemical substances, is a matter of debate.
- ↑ A notable, possible exception is the clade of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, where genomic studies indicate a simpler, common ancestor, thus indicating an evolution toward greater complexity.
- ↑ T. Cavalier-Smith, The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa, 52 Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (part 2) 297–354 (Mar. 2002).
- ↑ In the "Five Kingdom" system, Kingdom Protista is eliminated and that grouping's organisms are distributed among the five remaining kingdoms based on morphological similarities (except that the other kingdoms are also composed of multicellular organisms). In a "Four Kingdom" system, the organisms in the previous Kingdom of Protista are redistributed as in the Five Kingdom system and the kingdom of Chromalveolata is subsumed under the Plant Kingdom. In the "Three Kingdom" system (which is distinct from the "Three Domain" system previously described), the Kingdoms are of bacteria (the eukaryotes and archaea), plants, and animals, with the protists divided up as before, and with chromalveolata and fungi both subsumed under plantae, all on a purely morphologic basis. Whereas proponents of the Two Empire system (Bacteria and Neomura) claim it is truly monophyletic on all levels, all of the other Kingdom systems described on this page are polyphyletic, at least on the top level.
- ↑ The water vapor had mostly condensed out of the atmosphere at this time, becoming the oceans in which the first life evolved.
- ↑ This hypothesis is also supported by numerous gene sequence trees. See C. Woese and G. Fox, Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms, 74 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (issue 11) 5088–90 (Nov. 1977); C.R. Woese, O. Kandler, and M.L. Wheelis ML, Towards a natural system of organisms: Proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya, 87 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (issue 12) 4576–9 (Jun. 1990); T.M. Schmidt, The maturing of microbial ecology, 9 Int. Microbiol. (issue 3) 217–23 (2006).
- ↑ Lake, J.A., Origin of the eukaryotic nucleus determined by rate-invariant analysis of rRNA sequences, 331 Nature (issue 6152) 184-186.
- ↑ The term "protist" is deprecated and no longer considered taxonomically valid and is used in this outline only for classifying unicellular eukaryotes of uncertain placement.
- ↑ Although some species can also reproduce asexually.


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Toy Recall: 8-Month-Old Nearly Dies Swallowing Expandable Ball
It's never good news when a children's toy is the subject of a recall. But the recall of a marble-sized ball that inflates in water is especially troubling when you hear the story of why the Water Balz, Growing Skulls, H2O Orbs "Despicable Me," and Fabulous Flowers toys are being pulled from the shelves. A little baby nearly died and had to undergo surgery to repair the damage done by one of these!
The 8-month-old girl from Humble, Texas apparently swallowed the ball, and because of its chemical makeup, the toy began to swell. It eventually caused an intestinal blockage, which could only be remedied by surgery. It's a scary reminder that sometimes the damage done by toys our babies swallow goes far beyond choking.
So what do you need to do to keep your babies safe?
Let's get these things off the shelf, for one thing! Here's what you need to know:
1. Some 95,000 of the toys being recalled were sold under a variety of names in the United States and Canada including Water Balz, Growing Skulls, H2O Orbs "Despicable Me," and Fabulous Flowers. As the names indicate, the toys were also various shapes, not just traditional round balls.
2. The toys were sold over the past two years at a variety of stores including Bed Bath & Beyond, Five Below, Hobby Lobby, Lakeshore Learning Materials, Microcenter, Urban Outfitters Direct, Wegmans, as well as at the Universal Studios theme park, and online.
3. The toys represent a serious threat to kids, and they should be taken away immediately. They will not show up on X-rays, but they can cause a blockage in the small intestine, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration, and possibly death.
4. Don't fear; you won't be out the money. Maker Dunecraft will send you a replacement toy if you call them at 800-306-4168, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit their website.
Has your baby ever swallowed one of your older kids' toys? What happened?
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linzemaeDecember 17, 2012 at 4:02 PMAn 8 month old should not have had any access to those to begin with!
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Floridamom96December 17, 2012 at 4:15 PM
"So what do you need to do to keep your babies safe?" Don't give them access to toys for older children?
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samDecember 17, 2012 at 4:31 PMThese do not need to be recalled, people need to get off their lazy asses and watch their kids and not give them toys that are not age appropriate. Not everything can be idiot proofed for lazy parenting.
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samDecember 17, 2012 at 5:11 PMYes older kids leave things out ,why aren't the parents picking up after the older kids? Lazy parenting! There is no execptable excuse to why any parent Has no clue to what their 8 month old is ingesting. There is no reason a product should be recalled based on a parents neglect.
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nikkivolkovDecember 17, 2012 at 5:39 PMGood rule of thumb. Don't have any object that can fit inside a toilet paper roll around your toddler. Babies like to explore their world and the first way they do this is by putting things in their mouth.
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Amy KnochDecember 17, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Ah yay... more idiot lazy parents ruining more fun for kids.
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MommeeTo4December 17, 2012 at 10:20 PMMany many things have been recalled for stupid reasons and lazy parenting. The bumbo clearly states do not set on high surfaces, parents do. Parents place a baby monitor next to crib, baby gets tangled in cords, monitor recalled.
Improper use is also a cause for recall. And btw *acceptable*
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MommyLadyDecember 17, 2012 at 11:48 PM
Those look cool...I wish I'd heard about them before the recall! My older kids left things out, but my infant never got her hands on them, because I was watching her, and made sure she couldn't. It's really not THAT hard.
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LadyIPNKDecember 18, 2012 at 8:40 AMUm no. These don't need to be recalled, parents need to start watching their children. These are not toys for an eight month old. Parents need to start watching their kids & stop blaming everyone else. The world is not a babysitter for your kids.
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Mrs._LovettDecember 18, 2012 at 9:00 AM
i agree with everyone else, why is an 8 month old playing with something like that in the first place???


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Beef tongue with masa, beef vinaigrette, and salsa verde. The beef tongue was really tender, but we thought the masa wasn't crispy enough.
braised beef tongue, masa, beef vinaigrette, salsa verde
so tender and delicious!
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"Establishing the mascot was a tough job, but it was done with exceptional creativity, class and diligence," said Dr. John Walstrum, president of Clover Park Technical College. "The committee took care to ensure that the chosen symbol represented our mission and values. I look forward to Simon becoming an icon for the college and its students. I hope that all CPTC staff, faculty, students and alumni will begin to see him as an ambassador."
The process to establish the mascot was started at the urging of CPTC students who were interested in building morale, starting a tradition, and finding a way to continue to support the college.
"Our new mascot was a project initiated by the students in the hopes of providing us all with a way to continue to support our college," said Kailene Sparrs, president of the Associated Student Government. "We started the project on behalf of the students after a vote approving the initiative and have worked carefully since then to ensure the mascot was something all students could be proud to have. Our next step is to develop him as a symbol of CPTC. He is an emblem of the transformation so many students at CPTC experience and will serve to unify us."
The development of the Simon character began with the creation of a steering committee. The group, led by the Associated Student Government, worked for two years and will continue to partner with the school's staff to promote the mascot.
"It was a pleasure playing a role in the future of our college. On behalf of the Mascot Selection Committee, we'd like to thank Dr. John Walstrum and the college administration for the trust, confidence, and support we received as we went about this historic process of selecting a new mascot. The committee was dedicated and professional in their efforts on behalf of the students at CPTC. Their hard work has resulted in a new mascot that will provide staff, faculty, students and alumni with a symbol of pride, a tradition, and visual representation of CPTC's values," said Claire Korschinowski, the mascot steering committee chair and associate director for student programs.
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I hear that some giants are into nihilism. Kinda nothingness or nonexistance, don't ya know. :whistle
I hear that some giants are into nihilism. Kinda nothingness or nonexistance, don't ya know. :whistle
nihilism = "a complete denial of all established authority and institutions" ipso facto, this thread must cease to exist due to the larger institution within which it is vetted. Otherwise an irreconcilable contradiction will exist. jus' sayin' - Bob
How can nothing go away if there's nothing to go away?:scratch
[QUOTE=From MARS;646237]How can nothing go away if there's nothing to go away?:scratch[/QUOTE]
[SIZE="3"]Nothing can not go away or it would have been something. So since nothing can go away, I afraid neither can this thread. [/SIZE]
What's to gain if if went away? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Something from nothing or nothing from something?
[QUOTE=35634;646245] Something from nothing or nothing from something?[/QUOTE]
Nuthin from nuthin.........or so said Billy Preston.
By concentrating on clever plays on the concept of "nothing", we have inadvertently made this thread fresh and imaginative, inducing people to look. We have, therefore, violated the raison d'etre of this train of thought.
Remember, people, STALE and UNIMAGINATIVE! DON'T LOOK!
Unless, of course, you have nothing to contribute. Then by all means, go ahead and post. :dunno
[QUOTE=r11rs94;646241][SIZE="3"]Nothing can not go away or it would have been something. So since nothing can go away, I afraid neither can this thread. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
Sooo..... nothing can make this thread go away.........:dance
Nothing will not change if the thread about nothing goes away.
Well, we've got plenty of nothing; 161 pages of it so far.
[QUOTE=rik;646273]Nuthin from nuthin.........or so said Billy Preston.[/QUOTE]
"Let me cipher that for ya.
Naught from naught leaves naught.
Carry the naught ...."
Jethro Bodine
... to quote another 'Billy' .... me thinks there is "much ado about nothing" provided herein. so, 'onward...... through the fog'. BTW, while fog appears to be nothing the reality lurks only a lamb's breath away :scratch hmmm..... that's likely to lead me to a monologue contrary to the intent of this lengthy document.... - Bob
I need to know more about this don't word.Seems i've heard it before,but it means nothing.Ed
There's nothing easy about defining nothing. Its only after seeing nothing, hearing nothing, feeling nothing, smelling and/or tasting nothing, that one can know nothing. Then we're right back where we started with nothing to define.
".... and so Grasshopper, when you can snatch the pebble from my hand, you will understand what is nothing..... a place where no thing abides. It is there that you will find eternal contentment and thus attain all that you need.... ommmmm."


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DEARBORN - Jamie Allison, director, Ford Racing, shares his thoughts on the Penske announcement, Daytona 500, the new strategy in NASCAR and the 2012 Ford Racing season.
Q. Regarding today's announcement on Penske Racing switching to Ford in 2013 for NASCAR, what does that mean to Ford?A. We are focused on excellence – on the track and in our fan outreach. Our goal has always been to fortify our racing program and to build it to last with an emphasis on excellence. An opportunity such as this to bring into the Ford team the excellence that Penske Racing has represented for many decades under the leadership of Roger and have that be joined with our great program that exists today in NASCAR under the leadership of Jack Roush and all the Ford teams is a seminal moment for us. It's a commitment that our company is showing for the importance of our motorsports programs to support our business, to support our outreach to the fans and to support excellence on the track.
Q. How do you think fans will react to the news?A. Roger has been with Ford in the past and we feel that this is just Penske Racing returning to Ford. I think the fans will see what we intended to do and the Ford fans will welcome it because it will strengthen and fortify the Ford program by adding the excellence of Penske.
Q. Tell us about Daytona. There was a rain delay, a huge fire on the track. What was it like? A. There was rain. There was fire. There were wrecks. There were delays. But that did not distract us from what we were there to do. All of the Ford teams were very prepared, and we continue to show the progress we're making in the sport by capturing the Daytona 500 for the second year in a row and for the third time in the last four years.
Q. What goes through your mind when unexpected elements come into play, such as the rain delay? A. I take my cues from the drivers. Drivers report that during the delay they just find ways to occupy themselves because there is nothing you can do. They were just going about business as usual. I really think it's a predictor of how you deal with any form of distraction or any form of stress. It's all about focusing, and our drivers were focused when they needed to.
Q. After Trevor Bayne's win last year, what were you thinking going into this year's race? A. There were variables coming into this Daytona 500 with a new technology: electronic fuel injection. It's an important new development for NASCAR because it makes the racing more relevant to the production technology we have in cars. We've had fuel injection in production cars for a while, so it was high time that it came into the sport. But that variable brings with it an immense need for preparation and a lot of testing just to be ready for what is eventually going to take place on the track.
The good news is that all the manufacturers' teams were facing the same challenge and the great news to report is that no manufacturer reported any issue relating to fuel injection, which means that all the teams did their diligence. Our Ford teams also really continued to apply some of the advantages that they had earlier last year in finding a more efficient way to cool our FR9 engine. Daytona is all about power, cooling, drafting and finding the right strategy, and our teams were prepared for those elements despite the fact that they had to deal with the introduction of a new technology.
Q. Tell us a little bit about the winner of the 2012 Daytona 500, Matt Kenseth? A. Matt Kenseth is a champion. He was the 2003 NASCAR champion. He is methodical. He is calm. He is cool. He is purposeful. And he's one that when the chips are down and he's in front he will find a way to stay in front – especially in Daytona.
In Daytona there were three restarts late in the race, and our teams with Kenseth and Greg Biffle were 1-2 on the front row for those starts. Under normal circumstances, it's a race for the lead, but what happened here was that there was a lot of cooperation, a lot of teamwork and a lot of learning from what had happened earlier in the week. Biffle was running second and Matt was running first and there was a lot of work to coordinate and make sure that at the end of the day a Ford team won. We are pleased with the fact that teamwork resulted in a successful Ford win in Daytona.
Q. Can you put into words how you felt about the victory on behalf of the Ford team?A. We have fans, employees, partners and other friends out there who just feel so much joy when a win happens. Winning is no different in motorsports than it is in any form of sports. It brings with it such an outpouring of goodwill from the fan base and the employees. So the joy that we feel when a Ford wins is the joy of all employees and all fans.
Q. What thought crossed your mind at that winning moment? A. At that moment two things came into my mind. One is that a year ago we celebrated our 600th victory at Daytona and at our side for half of those victories was Jack Roush, our loyal and trusted partner. And he was about to celebrate his 300th victory in NASCAR. So the first emotion is a lot of joy and excitement for Jack celebrating his 300th. And then the other joy for us is that 'WOW,' this is another Ford victory in NASCAR's grandest moment, the great American race. All the eyes were shining and you just feel joy. I don't know how else to describe it!
Q. Were you disappointed that the race got shifted to Monday due to the rain delay? A. I'm not being cliché, but I think you take what life throws at you and you get prepared for it. The fact that it moved to Monday made it primetime television at 7 p.m. So now you have Monday night NASCAR instead of Monday night football. And it meant that the cars weren't running in the middle of the day when the heat is high. It's cooler at night. So it really was being prepared to take on the next challenge rather than dwell on the disappointment.
Q. Can you help explain the new strategy in NASCAR with pack racing versus two-car tandem style racing? A. In NASCAR – specifically only at superspeedways in Daytona and Talladega – we saw the emergence of tandem racing last year, which is when two cars literally connect and one pushes the other. The idea is that two cars are faster than one. Tandem racing was not very well liked by the fans because it sort of took away from the excitement of watching your driver go for the win. And there was strategy involved in terms of who was going to hook up with who to push.
So NASCAR worked hard to break the two-car tandem and return what is called pack racing. Pack racing is where the majority of the cars run in a pack to get in to the slip stream of aero because when you run in a pack the front car is breaking through the wind resistance and everybody just kind of slips through the stream. So you can run a little bit faster if you're in a pack. The danger of pack racing is that when one car goes off, volatility erupts and 10 to 15 cars could get caught up in a melee. That's exciting for the fans though because they like to see wrecks. At the end of the day, we are here to serve the fans. If the fans love it, then we love it.
Q. Aside from the Daytona 500, Ford has had other racing wins already this year. Can you give us a roundup? A. Ken Czubay always talks about how in these moments you've got to focus on the progress you're making. And we're here to report that we're making great progress in racing. In all forms of racing that we participate in, we've had a great start. In fact, we have won nine of the 10 major races so far. In NHRA, there have been two races and Ford teams have won both races. They were both won by the John Force team, so we're happy to be running at a 100 percent clip in NHRA.
In Rally, there have been two Rally America races won. Ford captured the 2WD class win in both races. And Ken Block captured his sixth win in a row and the overall title at the Rally America event in Missouri this past weekend.
In Grand-Am sports cars, there has been one race and Ford Mustang won the Grand-Am Continental Tire Grand Sport Race in Daytona. Also on that same weekend, Grand-Am held the Rolex 24 at Daytona. It was the 50th running of that event and Ford powered teams finished 1, 2 and 3 at that historic race in the Daytona prototypes.
We were 1-2 qualifying for the Daytona 500. We won one of the qualifying races and we won the Daytona 500. And it's important to mention that our Ford colleagues in Europe have won one of the two World Rally Championship events as well.
Q. How would you sum up the 2012 Ford Racing season so far? A. It's really been unbelievable. We've had a strong start to racing in 2012 and we're excited to carry that forward. It's important to note that while we will celebrate the initial success we are experiencing, they don't hand out the hardware – which is where the prizes are – until the end of the season. So we are celebrating the victories because we have to celebrate success, but our eye is on the grand prize, which is to go out and win the Manufacturer's Championship and the Driver's Championship in all of the series that we participate in. That's our goal. We are focused on that year-end prize, and we are on the right path.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - A powerful general session judge stands accused of threatening the life of a 16-year-old grocery bag boy.
"It just didn't happen," said Judge Larry Brandon.
A teen who works as a bag boy at Jr's Foodland on East Main in Murfreesboro had questioned Brandon at checkout about whether he had paid for two items.
According to an incident report obtained by NewsChannel 5, the teen's father told police Brandon then made several threats toward his son including that: "He would cut him and he would die."
Brandon admits he didn't like being accused of shoplifting, but denies threatening anyone.
"It's just not logical. It's not the way I talk or the way a judge talks," said Brandon.
Video surveillance from the store proved Brandon did not shoplift anything and there is no evidence the judge even had a knife.
The bag boy's father said he believes his son was threatened more than once for simply doing his job and a cashier overheard Brandon talking and will back his son's story.
Officials with the Murfreesboro Police Department are interviewing the teen, his father and the cashier.
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While you may not immediately recognize the name Keith Jackson, you surely have had a special relationship with him if you follow college football even on an irregular basis. His soft-yet-powerful voice has eminated from your television for the past 40 years.
Jacksons impact will be noticed when there is an absence in the broadcast booth this fall, when there will be a different voice calling the most storied rivalries to the Bowl Championship Series, where he has been the leading voice on ABC's national championship coverage in recent years.
It is interesting to think how and why Jackson has embedded himself as college football's leading personality and icon. While there are certainly other play-by-play men who have similar (if not better) credentials, there is not one individual so intertwined with the identity of a single sport as Jackson is.
Some may put Jim Nantz of CBS in this same prestigious company, but he is still young to be put in the same legendary category as Dick Enberg or Jack Buck. Although I would argue differently, Vince Scully, respected as the greatest play-by-play man of all time, will carry a legacy as the Dodgers broadcaster rather than that of baseball in general.
Although his age restricted him from traveling in excess through the latter part of his career, Jackson was back each and every Saturday, expressing his love for the game that inspires rah-rah raucousness in fans.
Jackson will forever be remembered for his exclamation after a sensational or surprising play with "Whoa Nellie!" A trick play was no ordinary trick play, and a dazzling tackle was always brought to life with Jackson at the helm.
When describing former Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel's efficiency in the pocket six years ago, Jackson proclaimed, "Oh, you cant do that! You give that young man that much time, and he'll send you home without your favorite hat."
Or, when describing a tremendous hit: "My name is Tommy Williams, I am a sophomore from Montgomery, Alabama, and I have just autographed your soul! It doesn't get much more poetic than that."
During the 2006 National Championship game between USC and Texas, Jackson captured the emotion and heart-pounding action on the gridiron saying, "There is a real battle going on down there with that blood and bumpin' and rumblin' and tumblin' and bumlin' ... battle in the trenches."
Jackson specialized in prolonging the most typical of words to engage and enthrall his listeners. I remember during that same game his call of the final play, in which Texas quarterback Vince Young headed to the corner of the end zone to cinch the win. "He's going for the coooooorrrrrrnnnnneeeeerrrrr, hes got it! Vince Young scores!"
Corner must have endured for at least seven seconds.
On Saturday mornings this fall, there will be a conspicuous absence of gusto in living rooms across America.
A "fummmmmbbbbbbllllllleeeee" will be a mere fumble. A brilliant play will not be marked by "Whoa Nellie," but by a more typical and altogether less satisfactory description that an up-and-coming broadcaster would like to paint in the hearts of college football fans.
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Nothing. I feel like you need to kind of choose your path still.. are you choosing to model as male or female? Your hair is gorgeous and you have a great face very "pretty." The photography isn't awful, so now I'd say work on getting better teams.
I'd give you my rates.
Since you mailed me, I'll reply there.
Commented 2, Listed 1.
I'd TF.
Commented, Listed! I'm in LOVE with your face, and you have dreads, and you live SUPER CLOSE. We must work together. Must!!
I will TF! lol
Nothing. I don't know if modeling is for you, but looks like you're into music. I'm trying to be nice, you look like the sweetest thing ever, and maybe for the right type of shoot. You need better teams, but I honestly am not sure whether it'd be worth it.
I'd give you my rates.
Commented 1. You have potential, you really need to work on your studio lighting. The beauty shot could've been super cool but you can barely see half of her face. I like the motorcycle one. Better teams would help of course.
I'd give you my rates.
Commented, Listed, Saved for inspiraton! Your port is so freaking cool. I love your style. love love love it!
I'd TF for the right project, or benefits.
I'm going to list and comment a ton of things. WOW you are fabulous.
I commented 1. I like your work a LOT. Be a little more choosy with your models is the only thing I can say.. work on bigger teams, hair/makeup/stylist.. etc. I looove your scenes and locations. Great stuff.
I'd TF for the right project.
Nothing, but I looove your face. I could see you in an agency book, so please work on getting better shots!
I'd TF, for serious.
I don't even have to look you already have tons of comments and lists from me.. lol
I'd ask for your rates, unless you wanna be nice and use me for TF. lol
Commented on a few, You have wonderful lighting, good teams, staging, etc. Love it.
I'd TF.
Nothing, but you have a lot of potential. Love the focus, lighting, beautiful colors. Work on post-processing, and model choice.
I'd give you my rates until you got a little better, then I'd TF!
Commented and listed 2. Some of your work is amazing.. and then somes kind of just okay, cool. You're lovely.
I'd TF.
I commented on one. Hm. I don't know.. There's a small select few that I like.. the rest is kind of.. i don't know amateur, and like hey friend heres a 100 dollar digital camera take some pictures of me. I want to say grow your hair out.. but I'm not sure.. I don't want to say modeling is not for you.. because some of it works, some of the fetish and beauty stuff.. and I'll bet you could do some amazing nudes.
I'd give you my rates.
Thank you I appreciate your opinion
Nothing, but I like your composite work. Mostly everything feels like you rushed through it, you have potential, I can see it. You just need more practice.. maybe watch a couple dvds.. natalie taffarel's is great.
this kind of doesnt work for you lol cause retouchers don't really pay people or do tf.. so i guess i don't know lol.
Nothing, but your lightings decent, and the models aren't bad.. i'm kind of at a loss of how to say to improve.. post processing definitely needs a little work.. thats probably all it really is.
I'd give you my rates.
Listed and Commented 1. You're good, and some of the pictures are really great, but some are not at all.. I would do some weeding in your portfolio, only keep the best of the best. Start being more selective.. getting better teams.
I'd TF for benefits, or the perfect project.
Listed, Commented, Friended!! lol.. I'm in adoration mode right now haha. Can I take you home and keep you in my closet to do hair and makeup on whenever I want? please&thankyou.
I'd TF, and I'd ask for your rates.
Nothing, but you don't have much in there. You have a pretty face. I'd love to see more.
I'd give you my rates.. but MIGHT TF for the perfect project/benefits.


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The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is unmistakable due to its enlarged first dorsal fin and long, paddle-shaped pectoral fins with mottled white tips. These sharks are usually found far offshore, from the surface to depths of 500'. They can sometimes be encountered by divers in open water, and are considered potentially dangerous. They grow up to 13' and will eat just about anything that they can catch, including a variety of fishes, squid, whale carcasses, turtles, sea birds, and garbage disposed of at sea. They are aggressive and will dominate other shark species that are competing for food.
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When using ActiveRecord and Single Table Inheritance sometimes it may not be desirable to have the base class ever persisted to the database, which by default is able to occur.
In the following contrived example we can see that we have an animal base class as well as dog and cat classes that inherit from animal.
class Animal < ActiveRecord::Base end class Dog < Animal end class Cat < Animal end
Here is the migration that is used back these objects. Take note of the type column. The type column will be saved with the name of the class, in this case either Dog or Cat depending on which type of object is being persisted.
create_table :animals, :force => true do |t| t.string :name t.string :type end
Animal.create(:name => "Fido") => #
As the example above shows the Animal class is able to be saved to the database. This may not be particularly desirable (dependant on requirements) as you may want to lock down your model so only the inherited classes can be persisted (in this case Dog or Cat).
So how do we stop this?
Firstly make sure you application loads the following folder by adding app/modules to your autoload_paths in your application.rb
module ApplicationName class Application < Rails::Application config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/app/modules) end end
Then add the following folder structure to your applications app folder.
--app ---modules ----active_record -----extensions -------abstract_class.rb
In the abstract_class.rb file add the following code. This is a module that extends ActiveSupport::Concern.
module ActiveRecord module Extensions module AbstractClass extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do before_save :abstract_class? end def abstract_class? raise "Do not try to save #{self.class} as it is an abstract class" if self.read_attribute(:type).nil? end end end end
Using the module and including it into any base class (in this case Animal) will stop it from ever being able to be persisted to the database. It works because the base class is never saved with a type so we are able to check for this and then throw an error if necessary.
class Animal < ActiveRecord::Base include ActiveRecord::Extensions::AbstractClass end
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A poor economy may be the reason behind an increase in scams bilking local residents out of thousands of dollars.
"It's getting bad," said Minden Police detective Sgt. Heath Balkom. "Every time the economy gets bad, we get more of these."
Over the past month, Balkom and detective Chris Cheatham have worked 10 to 15 scam cases, and they believe scam artists are preying on people who are desperate for money during an economic downturn.
Balkom said there are three prominent scams that have captured his attention.
"They're doing these 'money grams,'" Balkom said. "They'll contact you and say you've won a large sum of money, but to get it, you have to pay gaming taxes – or some type of taxes – on it."
With this scam, Balkom said the scam artist asks the victim to send a smaller amount of money with the promise they will receive their winnings, plus a reimbursement of the funds they submitted.
"When you send a money gram, they will give you an address to send it to, but they can pick them up anywhere in the world," he said. "They can give a false name and location in the United States, but their telephone number will come back to Jamaica or England. We can't do anything about that. We can trace a number to where it originates, but the money order can be picked up anywhere."
Another prevalent scam is the "Secret Shopper,"
"I've seen three of these in the last two weeks where victims receive a check in the mail for more than $3,000," he said. "They'll tell you (the shopper) to go cash the check and then send them a certain amount in a money order and use the remaining money to buy certain items from specific stores. Then the shopper gets to keep whatever's left over."
Balkom said the victim follows the instructions by cashing the check and sending a large portion back to the scammer by money order.
"Then, the victim keeps the other money and spends it on whatever they want," he said. "Well, then the bank catches it, and the victim has actually committed bank fraud."
Ideally, Balkom said, the victim should refund the bank's money.
"But some people say 'no,' and we have to do what we have to do," he said. "We have to arrest the victim of the scam, which is sad. We don't like to do that because that person fell for a scam and spent money that wasn't theirs. But the person who committed the crime is in Canada or England or some place like that, and we can't get to them."
A third scam that has come to the police department's attention recently concerned a "relay" phone call.
"The scam artists are typing a message to a relay person who's translating it to the person on the other end," Balkom said.
He cited a local business that received a request for a long-distance catering job.
"The request was for a specific menu to an event in California," he said. "They gave the owner three credit card numbers and told him to run them and get the money he would need to cover the job, food and supplies and then get a money order for a specific amount and send that back to them to pay the 'party planner' or some other made-up expense."
Unfortunately, the credit card numbers were stolen, he said.
"The reason they're giving several card numbers is because they're wanting to see which ones will go through," he said. "They're hot cards. One or two of them may be declined, but that third one may go through."
After that, the money gram scam kicks in when the victim sends the scammer a money order from the stolen credit card.
"Then, the victim is stuck making restitution to the bank and paying back the credit card for any purchases made on it," he said.
An avenue of contact for this particular scam is through yahoo text, the detective said.
"It's almost like instant messaging," he said. "That's one way they (scam artists) can get away from the actual phone calls, which leads me to believe they're in the United States when they do that. It makes it a little more difficult to track them."
Balkom said the best way to know if the deal is "too good to be true" is go to the police station and let the detectives check it out.
"Everybody gets these phone calls, emails and letters saying they've won a lot of money," he said. "Just throw them away, and if you think it's legitimate, bring it up here and we'll check it out. Free money is great, but it's never free."


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2012-05-14 11:40 • by Employee of company shown above (unregistered)
It took me a month before my n-number was muscle memory. I still remember my student number as well,when you're typing something at least once a day for years it tends to stick.
And for what it's worth, the WTF is a pilot error.
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2012-05-14 13:51 • by Jay (unregistered)
Yes, it's funny how so many cities in Britain are apparently named after places in the United Staets. :-)
Bangor, Monmouth, Newtown, Newport, Swansea, Cardiff.... those Brits aren't very imaginative, are they? Look what happens when they try: "Fishguard".
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2012-05-16 10:31 • by Neil (unregistered)
This is actually a repost, although last time I believe it was a newspaper article whose characters were being corrupted because the software couldn't cope with gaps in the font definition or some such.
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2012-05-16 10:38 • by Neil (unregistered)
The Backup Exec Server service decided to shut down immediately, but without returning an error code, so that the service control manager thought that it had shut down successfully. However this gave it a headache as it had started the Server service in order to start the Job Engine which depends on it. Thus the Job Engine failed to start because the Server completed succesfully.
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2012-05-16 11:13 • by Michael Dowden (unregistered)
Normally you can just hit "Switch User" and type in your username/password. You'll notice that option is missing from the screenshot - that's because it wasn't there, probably because of corporate security settings. Regardless, I wonder if it would have logged me in to a separate session...
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2012-05-16 11:15 • by Michael Dowden (unregistered)
LOL. I was a contractor.
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2012-05-16 11:23 • by Michael Dowden (unregistered)
Exactly right Watson. It happened only a couple days into switching keyboard layouts.
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2012-05-23 07:07 • by Nagesh (unregistered)
First of all, the Belgian equivalent of LLC is BVBA in Dutch or SARL in French, so most likely this company is Flemish and no American slang references were intended. And of course the reason for the funny boxes is somebody sent the ad in a file format that doesn't embed fonts, or didn't turn on font embedding when saving to a file format where font embedding is optional, and then the paper loaded the file up and never checked to make sure it looked any good, but the paper's machine didn't have the font installed, ergo, fail.
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2012-05-25 12:59 • by Shill (unregistered)
Ever heard of Hillary Rodham Clinton?
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2012-05-26 06:59 • by Floating errors (unregistered)
Yep, and according to the error message they do equal, except that they don't.
The fault is probably that they used a FLOAT to store currency.
$171,223.18 != $171,223.18 only when using a float.
Partly because of the additional digits after the decimal place (the naive reason) but also because of the way floats work.
Never, ever try for a float equality. It simply doesn't work.
If you must compare for float equality, you need a fuzzy-compare.
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2012-05-26 13:08 • by Maggie (unregistered)
I don't get it. In the image I see, the two numbers ARE equal (both end in .18)
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2012-05-26 13:08 • by Maggie (unregistered)
Nevermind. I'll go have my first coffee of the day now. Duh.
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2012-05-28 18:58 • by Rudy Valencia (unregistered)
The place I work for has us enter our employee ID number as our user name, except in our payroll system, where it's first and middle initials followed by last name.
CAPTCHA: capio - change one letter of this and you know what brand of watch I buy...
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2012-05-30 08:43 • by Brady Mother Fuckers (unregistered)
This shit is fucked up and not hiding to good. Should do a better job at hiding this shit!!!!!For real.
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The level of bullying at MHS has increased alarmingly in the recent years and test scores are declining at a disturbing rate. The teachers and staff remain caring but leadership seems to be struggling. I attended MHS, as did my spouse, siblings, parents and children and the subtle drift from the spirit of the past is noteworthy.
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amazing. amazing. so proud to have two children attending school at Morse High.
I go to this school, this being my first FULL year at Morse. Compared to my old school nearby, Morse seems to be more of a family then of a school. Everyone is friends with each other, the drama happens much less, and everyone seems to enjoy it very much. Morse interacts with the town, and helps the town and the town offers jobs to students and trusts us enough to help them out. I have heard the drop out rate has decreased and the principal is MUCH better. Plus the assemblies are so much better than my old school. Morse is a family, my new family and I feel like I'm at home.
I think this school is headed in the right direction. The principal is making a big difference, and over time I think the academics will improve. There are some very good teachers, and some really ineffective ones. The school could be doing more to figure out how to motivate the underachievers. Unfortunately the sports program continues to be the old school, good old boys network, with politics and who you know being the most important factor in some programs.
Morse is my home. This is a school full of tradition. The teachers are top of the line and are set on one goal Produce the best possible education for the over 700-800 students. We take pride in our many extra curricular programs. Many Programs like Stage Crew, Drama, Mixed Choir, Jazz Band and combo, Amnesty International, Interact Club, All major Sports. We thrive off these activities placing over 50% of our students active. In the last 4 years the teachers here at Morse have taken the drop out rate down to very low figures. Thus helping students who are near failure turn their life around, and some even taking classes at community colleges. Morse does so much for their students and the communities surround. Morse is my home. My family.
Morse High School has always been a good school, but it has become a great school with the most recent administration. The total climate of the school has changed. The new principal lives in Bath, and he is a very visible presence. He attends almost every sporting event; he visits classrooms; he walks the hallways and interacts with the students. Since his coming, Morse has added four AP classes and plans on adding three more next year. The students are happier, the teachers are great. Overall, I couldn't be happier with Morse. My freshman daughter is doing great, and her principal is her advisor as well!
I am a graduate of Morse High School. I graduated in '06. I stumbled upon this website. True: Morse is lacking in some areas. For example, funds are poorly appropriated, and there are few AP classes (although recently this has begun to change). However, I survived the experience. I also had some of the best teachers during my 4 year stay at Morse who I have even contacted after graduation. For the most part, the teachers at this school are genuinely interested in the students well-being. Nevertheless, there seemed to be a high level of dropouts and I often felt that students who found school easy were not encouraged to push themselves further . Also, the sciences are not emphasized. My physics class was a joke! My teacher used to play the mandolin during class. Thankfully, this is not typical. In fact, the teachers are the reason this school deserves 4-stars.
I just read the review from February 225 and now it's three years later and nothing has changed. Once your child makes a mistake it stays with them through their entire high school career. No forgiveness or innnocent until proven guilty. I think the A/D is very arrogant and does not communicate well with the community, he does of course communicate well with the teenage girls he's around all day. I do find Morse has many supportive teachers now but some of the tenured teachers don't seem to care. I think if you get into trouble during high school, they would rather see you drop out than attempt to help you succedd.
Overall, Morse has seemed to put more effort into providing more challenging classes for intelligent students. Many AP classes have been added for next year. The Administration this year, although new, seems involved and willing to work with students and make the environment as postive as possible. Even though it has its fair share of uninvolved, or sometimes even lazy teachers, at Morse there is a group of exceptionally involved and encouraging teachers. There are teachers I can really talk to and respect not just as teachers but as people as well. With the right mix of teachers and the school pride we do have Morse can be a good experience.
So, being a student, I've seen a lot of improvements this year so far. We have a new female principle, that loves being involved with the students, and we actually see her almost everyday, unlike our last principle. We have 10 new staff members, I haven't heard anyone complaining about them. Hopefully this year our Basketball team with do better, with their new coach, Mr. Nelson. We are all excited about Spirit week this year, and homecoming. The enviroment in school this year is a lot better.
If your child is not at the top of the educational ladder or at the bottom; they are lost in this school system. Our daughter had a horrible freshman year at this school and I found that the teaching staff was not supportive. I tried to e-mail teachers to keep abreast of my child's progress, but no one would respond to my e-mails. I tried to set up a meeting with all of her teachers, but was told that the teachers were too busy. Believe me, my other children did not and will not attend this school. The principal provides poor leadership and is not aware of the issue within his own school.
This School has high quanity of kids who have dropped out, or have left to go to a different school because of the schoolstaff doesn't treat the kids as they should be treated.If your son/daughter has done one thing wrong in there past they will not pay very good attention to you and they will come to you when there is a problem in or out of the school.They do not give any second chances, and if the athletic director knew how to treat the kids and pick the right coaching they would have a good set of sports teams, but the way he has everything going is not good at all, I am not impressed at all the way they have the basketball team run lately.
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Phone: (207) 443-8250
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