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I have to confess. I can't help myself. I read the blog, or comments section after many of the articles in the newspaper. I'm not sure if this is a good confession. Sometimes the comments end up not even connected to the topic. But every so often there is a tidbit of information or a response that is well written or has good insight.
Those are the comments I savor. Those are the comments that allow me some insight into what the public may be thinking.
Why the confession? Because after a recent article on the grade Portage Township Schools received from the Indiana Department of Education, I was struck by the statements made in the comments section.
The district received an A grade. There was information presented at a board meeting that Portage has a high free and reduced lunch population compared to other districts in Porter County. Portage's pass rate on ISTEP and Algebra I and English end of course assessments were compared to other Porter County school systems.
Portage compared favorably with the other districts and, in several instances, was among the highest ranking in the county. This information was presented publicly to the community to commend our students, staff, parents, and residents for a high level of performance despite economic challenges that can adversely impact student achievement. Kudos to the kids and parents.
I thought, perhaps naively, there might be a couple of comments along the lines of "congratulations" or "nice job" or maybe even: "It's about time!" But instead I was met with comments like: "What does free and reduced lunch have to do with achievement?" to "If the school lunches were better" to "Why do we have to pay for other peoples lunches?"
Finally, there was a comment of reason which pointed out that indeed there is research out there showing a strong correlation between free and reduced lunch populations (poverty) and academic achievement. Thank you to "Region Vike" for attempting to connect the dots.
The fact is, there is strong research showing an inverse relation between free and reduced lunch populations and academic achievement. That is, as the population of poverty increases the academic achievement goes down.
This relationship of achievement and socioeconomic level is connected with the background knowledge of the student, including their vocabulary development. Vocabulary and family income are important variables that comprise student background knowledge. Student background knowledge plays a significant role in academic achievement.
In Portage, our mantra is that children from impoverished homes better learn or we haven't done our job. By the way, we also believe that African-American, Hispanic, Caucasian, or most any other kid can achieve. But we know that economic stress in the family affects achievement results. So we have to be aware of it, account for it, and compensate for it.
Knowing this, we are purposeful in our approach to student achievement. We use research-based methods to elevate school-level factors and teacher effectiveness factors. School-level factors include a consistent curriculum, establishing learning goals and evaluating feedback, creating a safe and orderly learning environment and increasing parent/community involvement. We are purposeful in building these factors into a school's culture and climate.
We simplify the research on teacher effectiveness into three areas: curriculum design, instructional strategies and classroom management. Our curriculum is standards-based and designed by our teachers. Instructional strategies are designed to differentiate instruction based on the academic needs of individual students. Classroom management techniques are reinforced to optimize student learning time.
So you see, the A grade Portage Township Schools received is not serendipitous. We are making the grade because we realize that what we do impacts what our kids will do and become. We are an A district despite adverse circumstances. Now, let the comments begin.


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Is cheap stuff worth child labor?
From smartphones to chocolates to soccer balls, many of the products you use may be made by child workers or tied to other labor abuses. Here's how 7 companies have faced the heat on these issues.
americas corporations couldnt get around our labor laws so they bribed congress to remove tariffs and institute free trade.the rich couldnt put our children to work for pennies so theyve done it to other countries.its how you get an america with few jobs and an ever increasing divide between what the rich get and the rest of us.it was the cause of the great depression. Too much wealth held in the hands of too few
After a few American workers shot a few company senior managers in the face (Frick and Carnegie Steel immediately comes to mind), U.S. Corporation got their heads out of their a**es and behaved like responsible corporate citizens (a polite way to put it).
But always in the backs of the minds of these corporations is the undying need of the thug, for profits above all else, and at any cost, the cost in human beings basically. The company will kill the host country for profits. Now that Capitalism has become a moveable feast, all the old horrors are showing up again, this time in China and India and any foreign country where jobs formerly plentiful in the U.S. are now found.
The U.S. Corporations are still in the U.S., but their profits are declared here, taxes paid not at all, and the exploited foreign worker is left just exploited. Americans are not complacent about the sins of U.S. Corporation. It just gets really, really boring fixing the same problems over and over again because governments are just so freaking corrupt.
What I really like is how the Peoples Republic of China practically parodies the sins of Capitalism on a huge scale -- the pollution, the child labor, the employee slums, the smog, the meanial labor, the whole thing. The Chinese out Texas Texas. The Chinese governent hates their own people a hundred times worse than the U.S. government hated the American workforce.
There's child labor, and there' child labor. It would depend on the child and the conditions under which he or she worked. I would have loved to have had a job before I was 16, but could not get a Worker's Permit before then, and no one could hire me. Of course, that was in the states years ago. If a young person (child) wanted to work and conditions were humane and fair, I think it would be okay. I would certainly never condone the type of conditions we hear about in some other countries, though, and I would prefer to purchase items made under the conditions mentioned above. But sometimes we don't know the situation.
My dad went to work at 8 years to help support his newly widowed mother. A hard worker all his life, and a finer man never lived. It didn't hurt him at all. He influenced my attitude toward work by his own great outlook.
There has never been an even playing field for manufacturing products. This country was built by manufactures that didn't have the restrictions that we have now....very expensive restrictions (including labor). So we go to a place that doesn't have these expenses(China) to do our grunt work for us. As it turns out they are hungry for what we have and will just take it (just ask Caterpillar about their tactics). They are using children because their best young men and women are in the armed forces which they are building at an alarming rate. (ask the Japanese their feelings on this)
We really need come together on this because we don't have as many friends overseas as our government would have us believe.
When the CEO of Disney made 600 million in salary and God knows what in bonuses, he had children working in Haiti for 12 cents an hour. This is the ungodly greed that is destroying America. Our big corporations are getting special treaties and tax breaks for robbing foreign labor.
We will force real change or America will soon be in depression and chaos. Banks, insurance companies, wall street and the commodities all have much in common: They produce nothing and take mountains. Also, these pigs own our government, control our money supply, commodities prices, interest rates and damn near everything.
The results of letting your young play until they are 25 years old will lead to the results that you have today. Millions of 25 year old teenagers.
When I had my constr. co. I had all white americans working for me and it was a nightmare. If I was lucky I would have a full crew for 2-3 days at a time. And most day's they would come in late, leave for lunch and come back drunk or not at all.
The mexican crews were always at work early, left work late and were there every day. They kicked our a$$es on the job site.
Talking with them they used to tell me that they had been working since they were children.
Personally, I would have hired every one of them if I stayed in that business.
I started work at 13YO, myself. Working on a farm nights and weekends. And I was far more mature at 16 than any of these 20 YO's are today.
Whenever I hear stories like this, which try to strike a moral high tone about child labor in 3rd world countries, I find myself wondering if these self appointed moralists have hidden agendas or if they are just busy body fools.
I have been to some countries where child labor occurs and I can tell those who have not been to such places that, in most cases, despite how bad it is to be working in a sweat shop, the child is usually better off than most of the other local children who are often found searching for food at the dump or working the streets for whatever they can get, just to stay alive.
These type stories show work places which seem to resemble small prisons which have barred windows and doors as well as guards. The viewers are given the impression that the workers are being held as "slave prisoners". While this is sometimes true, it is far more often true that the security measures are there to protect the workers from local criminals. The security is there to keep dangerous criminals out, not to keep the workers in.
I am not saying that sweat shop work is good for a child, but I am saying that, in my opinion, it is usually better than the available alternatives. As bad as this might sound, long hours, low wages and relative safety in a sweat shop is a better deal for these children than the long hours, no wages and no safety they would otherwise face on the streets.
In most cases, bringing (which usually means "bribing") local pressure to close a child employing sweat shop will not result in liberating the child into a better life. More than likely, it will do the opposite.
Three or four hundred years ago the majority of the children in this country worked. It was necessary for the good of their families and although I'm sure some of them didn't like it, it wasn't considered child labor. Why is it that because we crossed the finish line first we have a right to turn around and look down our noses at those behind us. Look at what we've done to the planet with our pollution. Now we're so very concerned that other emerging countries are contributing to our bad habits.
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You are correct I did NOT ask permission. I am sorry to the owner of the image. But I am sure they don't mind.
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Sistemul informational logistic: componente si macroprocese / Logistic Information System: Components and Macro-Processes
AbstractThe logistics information system is part of the information system of the organization that is integrated in the supply chain and is correlated with the partner organizations. An effective logistics information system ensures communication on two levels, between organizations and within the organization. According to the types of activities considered, the major components of the logistics information system are the following: order management system, warehouse management system, transportation management system. The role of these components is to support the planning, implementation and the control of specific logistics activities. The paper presents examples of data that are provided by each of the three components of the logistics information system. From an organizational perspective, there are three macro-processes within the supply chain: customer relationship management, internal supply chain management and the supplier relationship management. The paper also details the processes and activities that characterize each of the logistics macro-processes.
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* Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J will star in the Baltimore/Spring Creek romantic comedy DELIVER US FROM EVA for writer/director Gary Hardwick (THE BROTHERS) and USA Films. It's about three young men who pay a ladies' man five grand to go out with their sister-in-law. After a horrendous first date, the two start to fall for each other which leads to unexpected complications. Production begins mid-October.
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* MGM has acquired THE DISASSOCIATE, a romantic comedy/fantasy script by Zach Helm described by the writer as "a postmodern comedy about a (surprise) who works as a (surprise) until (surprise) convinces him to quit and pursue the (surprise), ultimately leading to (surprise's) (surprise) and subsequent (surprise)."
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* Gil Junger (10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU) will direct D-MEN, a supernatural action/comedy, for Warner Bros.and Mad Chance Prods. The pic is based on Martin Olson's manuscript ENCYCLOPEDIA FROM HELL and centers on two men who stop a demon invasion. Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner (SPACE COWBOYS) wrote the script.
* Richard Pearce (THE LONG WALK HOME) will direct the bigscreen adaptation of T.C. Boyle's TORTILLA CURTAIN for Kingdom International. It's about a writer in Topanga Canyon who accidentally hits a man who happens to be an illegal alien. The story explores how the incident brings the two men and their families together and later separates them. Shooting begins this spring.
* Russell Mulcahy will direct SWIMMING UPSTREAM for Crusader Entertainment about a young man who struggles to become an Olympic swimmer despite his alcoholic dad. The project is based on Tony Fingleton's autobiographical book.
* MGM grabbed the comedy pitch MARVIN from Gary Hardwick (THE BROTHERS) for Landscape Entertainment to produce. Hardwick will script the story of a young, upper class groom-to-be who spends the night in jail after a run-in with the law. While there, he enlists the help of a fast-talking con man for protection. In return, he promises to help said his new pal get back on his feet upon his release. When the con gets out much sooner than anticipated, the groom-to-be finds keeping his end of the bargain to be a lot harder than he could ever have imagined.
* Alan Cumming will write, direct and star in two projects for FilmFour, GARDENER'S QUESTION TIME and DIVA. The former project is about a group of friends and how they keep in touch through changing times over a 10-year period. The latter pic is about a guy who becomes obsessed with the women who live in the apartment opposite him.
* Comedy Central and Robert De Niro's Tribeca Prods. have hired actor/writer A.D. Miles ("TV Funhouse," WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER) to script PORN 'N' CHICKEN, a feature based on the true story of Yale students who made a porn flick with fellow classmates as actors.
* Writer Scott Burns is working with Working Title Films on two projects: PU239, a script about a guy entangled with a mobster in modern-day Russia, which Peter Berg is attached to direct; and a pitch based on the life of Neil Smithers, a crime-scene cleaner.
* Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures and Artists Production Group have tapped Jim Krieg to adapt Geoff Nicholson's novel BEDLAM BURNING for New Line with Barry Levinson possibly directing. The story focuses on a charming struggling writer and his school chum who has succeeded in writing a novel. Things go awry when the bland pal asks his good-looking friend to contribute his own photo for the book jacket, in hopes of stronger sales.
* Steve Beck (upcoming 13 GHOSTS) will direct CHIMERA for Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment. Mark Hanlon wrote the script about a group of boat salvagers who find a lost 1953 passenger ship floating aimlessly in the Bering Sea. After claiming the ship and attempting to bring it to shore, mysterious things start to happen aboard the vessel.
* Paramount Pictures has given STAR TREK: NEMESIS the greenlight to begin production on Nov. 28 with Stuart Baird (U.S. MARSHALS) directing from a script by John Logan (GLADIATOR).
* Team Todd, the production partnership between sisters Suzanne and Jennifer Todd, have a new multiyear first-look deal at DreamWorks beginning Oct. 1. They are developing Heather Hatch's script THERE'S A POP DIVA LOOSE IN THE CAFETERIA for the studio as well as THE FIRST FIVE and DADDY BOOT CAMP at Revolution Studios; THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE at Fox 2000; and SEX TALK at New Regency.
(NOT from the trades)
* Follow the adventures of Bruce Zick's THE ZONE CONTINUUM at pigdogproductions.com.
* Interested in Birmingham, Alabama's film festival? Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival: www.sidewalkfest.com.
* Someone's got a Willy Wonka remix they'd like to share. http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/bd9622b6/bc/willy+wonka+remix.avi?bcIFW.7APU.QuFpv
* Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team return with the USA premiere of CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER IV. The film will have its USA premiere on November 2nd at the Pioneer Theater (155 East 3rd Street -at Ave. A- New York, NY 10009) followed by a gala premiere party.
Until next week...
Have a good October.
Elston Gunn
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Sept. 28, 2001, 8:44 p.m. CST
by holidill
I think Citizien Toxie all ready premiered in my hometown of Baltimore a few weeks ago.
Sept. 28, 2001, 10:39 p.m. CST
Dammit! i thought that was going to be a SEATTLE SLEW report!
by Jungle-face-jake
Thanks Holidill. damn. its sad when you miss fellow talkbackers. VERY fucking sad. I want my Buzz TB!
Sept. 29, 2001, 5:53 a.m. CST
Lil' bow wow: the movie?
by Jon L. Ander
There should be a law against that sort of thing. That Gardeners Question Time thing had me worried for a second too.
Sept. 29, 2001, 7:19 a.m. CST
I love the title Porn n' Chicken!
by BigTuna
I've bought my ticket already!
Sept. 29, 2001, 9:02 a.m. CST
Stuart Baird?
by Panthalassa
now for all i know, this may be the nicest guy in the world, and one with a great film in him clawing to get out ... but, it's hardly comforting that the star trek powers have entrusted the franchise to a guy whose only prior directing credits are u.s. marshals (a disappointing cash-in sequel) and executive decision (a competent but forgettable actioner). it just kinda says, hey, we'll crank something workmanlike out, and even if it has little chance of being art, we know the opening weekend will almost recoup the investment. coupled with reservations about the plotline, this further depresses me. stuart baird? was levar burton not available?
Sept. 29, 2001, 10:16 a.m. CST
stuart Baird
by luke ca
has worked on some cool films, Superman, Ladyhawk, Outland, Lethal Weapon, the omen & the last boy scout. But not the best choice for director, they could have gone with Jonathan Frakes again.
Sept. 29, 2001, 10:50 a.m. CST
ACTUALLY...(For Real)
by SEATTLE SLEWW
With a bitter sweet September rolling to a finish, it is time to reflect on all that was and all that could have been. The following is a list of things we should be truly thankful for and reasons why we should continue to march on as a proud, united people. 1) Sleazy congressman Gary Conduit is safely removed from the headlines and is pushed somewhere between page A8 and the want ads. 2) You were able to witness George Bush
Sept. 29, 2001, 12:30 p.m. CST
CHIMERA sounds like sweetness.
by Cash Bailey
There aren't enough 'haunted boat' movies I reckon. I thought Chris Mcquarrie was directing this thing. That would rule.
Sept. 29, 2001, 2:41 p.m. CST
The SLEWW rules!
by Jungle-face-jake
Never surrender! Never Despair! Never compromise! Not even in the face of Armageddon
Sept. 29, 2001, 3:29 p.m. CST
I find this news more disturbing than a terrorist bombing.
by LaneMeyer
That's no joke. I'm disgusted by this whole terroist-bombing-let's go to war exercise in the latest media circle-jerk that any mention of it makes me run for PepcidAC. But, all that aside, that's talk about Roger Avary. I suddenly decided I have to go shit some blood and have lost my strength for my usual tirade on how the works of Bret Easton Ellis are merrilly continuing on their road to cinematic HELL. Shit, the crimson drip.......
Sept. 29, 2001, 3:31 p.m. CST
LeVar Burton WOULD kick ass...
by holidill
as the new Star Trek Director.
Sept. 29, 2001, 7:06 p.m. CST
Oh, so now Giovanni Ribisi is in the Eminem movie?
by KingKrypton
Oh, goody. TWO annoying white trash morons instead of one! What a fantastic deal! Hey, let's throw Carrot Top, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Matt Lillard in there and we'll really have a masterpiece! Yeah, right. As if it wasn't bad enough that Eminem's getting his own movie, we also have to put up with King Spaz in it, too. Somebody bring me a pain reliever....
Sept. 29, 2001, 8:16 p.m. CST
Fred Savage
by Playhouse
Glad to see he's making himself available to get some work. After his last sitcom, he'd pretty much decided he wasn't going to get in front of a camera again. He was looking at directing actually. Then he signed on to do some kids' cartoon and now here he is getting into features again. Good for him. Hope it works out.
Sept. 29, 2001, 9:56 p.m. CST
Kung Foo Fighter...
by Huneybee
I have absolutely NO idea what the heck that noise is all about. I even turned off my pop-up blocker, lol, to see what was going on, but it didn't make a difference. I minimized the screen to see if something was back there and I checked the corner animation to see if Harry had added sound to his little creations. Jinkies...Looks like we have a mystery, gang. First one to figure it out wins the Scooby Snacks.____A Hungry Bee
Sept. 30, 2001, 8:02 a.m. CST
Trying to emulate Buzz I am...
by holidill
First off, I know you all miss Buzz out there, hell I do to. So last night while sleeping a whole array of bizarre Buzzisms came to me, now I'm not saying I'm great, I probably suck ass, but here is the first, gulp, Holidill Hot sheet(lame title there Holidill) Taken from the mind of a very disturbed person: -Bruce Campbell, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Davison, Bruce Dern, and Bruce McCulloch are teaming up in a new film called THE BRUCES, based on the Monty Python sketch about a group of Australian philosophy teachers coping with their wild students in the Australian outback. To be directed by: Bruce Beresford and a special guest apperance by Paul Hogan as Bruce Dundee. -James Cameron has announced his next film, a re-imagining of his classic film The Terminator entitled SOULLESS AUTOMOTON #1: starring Leonardo DiCaprio, SUzy Amis, Jessica Alba, and THE ROCK. This time Cameron is going to turn it into a piece of French-GErman cinema shot in black and white and focusing on a love triangle between DiCaprio, Amis, and Alba as the Rock trashes all of France and Berlin. -John Michael Higgins, best remembered as playing David Letterman in the cable film the Late Shift, will be starring as another late night show host, Bill Maher in a film torn from today's headline as Higgins as Mahr plays a political comedian who says one too many bad things and is hunted down by a government consortium headed by President Bush the second who will be portrayed as a floating cowboy hat as in the Donnesbury cartoon. Maher attempts to try and find help as he is being hunted by this consortium with the WTC collapse as a background. -Finally John Cusack and frequent collaberator Jeremy Piven will be starring in an epic film with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lillard that centers on the world's longest tug of war game. Look for cameos by Joan Cusack and Sarah Michelle Gellar. That's it. Wow, it must'v been that chinese food I ate. Anyway let me know what you think. email@example.com.
Sept. 30, 2001, 4:35 p.m. CST
We Are Not Buzz.
by Public Enemy
We are Pubic Enemy a "supergroup" of talkbackers if you must. We will provide "inside" stuff and what not until the mighty Mister Maverick takes back his throne. We're not even going to try and replicate what he does, we just have news from our sources. Our first is from CHICKEN BONE JONES-"Whitney Houston isn't dead, howver she IS sucking wang for crack. Would have been a bad time to die anyway that rumor happened the week of September 11th. No one would have cared about a screechy suck ass diva dying then. Justin Timberlake needs my combat boot in his fucking head. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are still gobbling one another's cocks, the only difference now is that now when Ben is finished with Matt he has to go and slurp Bruckheimers tasty wong so he can continue to work in this business. Bob Dylan is on tour now, someone give me tickets so I can smoke herb with Bobby.Maynard from TOOL is going to play Satan in a new movie coming out titled "The Bikini Bandits". Also in it will be Jello Biafra and Corey Feldman. I'm there." Okay, thank you Chicken Bone, now here's Mr.Gwieves, and yes, he actually types likes this. "Jennifaw Wopez got mawwied yestawday to Chwiss Judd. That shood be fun until Puffy Combs shows up on thawa honeymoon to shoot them. Thewa is a video of Jennifaw Wopez making wove to haw ole huseband. Bwitney Speaws and that boy fwom NSYNC had thewa house bwoken into and appawently a video was stolen of them having touchy time. Mistuh Gwieves would wike to have touchy time with Bwitney.Thanks fow weeding, youwa fwiend Mistuh Gwieves" That's from Mister Gwieves, I don't have much scoop, however I "Buzzarro" the ring leader of the PUBIC ENEMY extend an invite to all of you out there, have scoop? Write the PUBIC ENEMY care of Mr Gwieves e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, yes it takes a nation to replace Buzz. By the way Crazy Town sucks, I went off about this and my colleaugues at another site gave me his number, and I pass it on to all of you, Seth from Crazy Town's number is (310) 600-3410. Tell him the men of PUBIC ENEMY say hello. By the way Harry take over that bitch Bill Maher's show and call "HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW!". BUZZARO out.
Sept. 30, 2001, 4:51 p.m. CST
thanks to...
by DropKickMurphy
Elston,Mister Sleww, Holidell, and the men of Pubic Enemy for keeping us all entertained! The # to the crazy town guy was kind of funny, keep up the good work all! It's always good being cheered up, especially here in the Big Apple...hope to hear more from all of you! DKM
Oct. 1, 2001, 6:11 p.m. CST
by kojiro
It's not just sound for some of us, apparently there is a pic of the Iron Monkey from the movie of that name to go with it. It just floats on the screen. Trust me Hun, you ain't missing nothing.
Oct. 1, 2001, 6:26 p.m. CST
by Huneybee
The little kung fu<cker> people showed up today. They could have stayed hidden and it would have been fine with me. I enjoyed it more when it was a quest to locate the source. Thanks for the warning, TOO LATE!!!!!!____Bee
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Categories > Anime/Manga > Naruto
Standing By (Riskverse #2)0 Reviews
The Hyuuga heir is chosen. (This fic exists in the same world as The Risk)
It was a good day to be inside, Naruto decided as he headed from his apartment to Neji's. It was chilly and drizzly again, and he'd been relieved when, after some long, uncomfortable drills the day before, Shikamaru had suggested replenishing their supply of exploding tags instead. The ones from central supplies were decent for the usual work, but for plans with more finicky details, the ones made with your own chakra were always best. So they were to meet at Neji's place to make them.
Neji's place was a good place to do it-it was bigger than Shikamaru's apartment and much, much cleaner than Naruto's. Actually, Naruto thought it was a great place to do anything. Neji had a television and lots of books and a big fridge, and he'd long ago begun keeping a stock of ramen in his kitchen cupboard for Naruto.
The overcast sky seemed oppressively low with all the cloud cover, and the damp made the chill worse. Naruto grumbled to himself as he shrugged deeper into his jacket. Fortunately, Neji's place was not far now.
Naruto was early-he'd hoped to be able to look through some of Neji's books before they got started. Naruto didn't buy much besides comics and technique guides, normally, but Neji had some interesting old books with myths and legends, and some histories too, which were full of great battles, but really dry, so Naruto had to look at them in small doses.
There was a note fixed to the door when he arrived, in Neji's flowing handwriting. 'Family business. I will be back by 12:30.' It was noon now. They had planned to meet at one o'clock, but Neji had evidently anticipated Naruto's early arrival. Naruto let himself in with his copy of the key, and settled down with one of the history books.
Twenty minutes later, he'd given up for the second time on the dense text, and was reading the photo captions again, when his waiting senses picked up someone approaching the apartment. There was a great deal more arrival noise outside than Naruto usually associated with his teammate, sparking immediate concern, and as he rose to his feet, he heard the door slam open, then shut. Naruto dropped the book and dashed round the corner to the entry way.
Neji was swaying slightly, steadying himself with one hand against the door, pale as a sheet and absolutely devoid of his usual poise and calmness. He was dressed in full Hyuuga regalia, fancy kimono and all, his hair loose, with a black bandana instead of his forehead protector. He shook slightly and his expression was a mixture of grief and horror, liberally edged with revulsion. Naruto opened his mouth to ask what had happened, but was cut off as a shudder ran through Neji's frame, and he bolted past Naruto to the bathroom.
Naruto followed, concern turning swiftly to deep worry as Neji buckled and emptied the contents of his stomach into the toilet.
"Neji!" Neji was shivering, and his skin shone with sweat. Naruto knelt beside him and pulled back some of the hair that had slid forward over his shoulders.
Neji heaved again, and Naruto held his shoulders and slapped down rising panic, drawing a complete blank as to what could have happened. Surely something like bad food could never have cause quite this extreme of a reaction. He kept an arm across Neji's shoulders, trying to gather all of his hair together with the other hand, deeply unsettled by the shivers coursing through him. Naruto held him through another massive heave.
"Neji, I'll get Sakura-chan-" he started, but Neji shook his head jerkily.
"No.. it's not..." He clenched his body around another heave, "...not... sick." Naruto begged to differ, but stayed put as Neji coughed something like a sob and gagged again.
When Neji seemed to have some control over himself at last, Naruto flushed the toilet and wetted a cloth in cool water for Neji to wipe his face.
"What happened? What's going on?" He demanded. Neji was struggling out of his kimono top, and Naruto pushed his hands gently away. He undid the waist tie and slid the garment down Neji's shoulders and freed his arms. He gave it a cursory fold and slung it over the bathtub rim, then pulled a towel down to wrap around Neji in its place. Neji sat passively as Naruto drew the edges of the towel together in front, just raising one hand to secure it closed.
"They... Hiashi-sama." Neji's eyes went wide again, his voice was hoarse now, anguished. "He called us all together... to announce..." Neji's fingers tightened around the towel's edge, "He chose a new heir."
The sinking feeling of realization made Naruto slowly bare his teeth in automatic and pointless denial. No matter how long it had been expected... still...
"Hanabi..." Neji said. "It's Hanabi." A shudder ran through him. Naruto winced. "We were all there. We had to witness it... He sealed Hinata-sama."
Naruto reached to hold Neji's shoulders. Neji sucked in his breath rapidly, and threw up again.
Naruto paced the living room, still trying to get a handle on his useless anger. That long-ago chuunin exam was forefront in his memory. The fight between Hinata and Neji. His own fight with Neji. The ruthless traditions of the Hyuugas revealed. Neji had told him a little about the aftermath, how his uncle had come to see him. That had been the day Neji had put aside his haughty, martyred anger, but there was still no love lost between the branch house prodigy and the main house leader.
For his shy cousin, though, Neji now had nothing but respect and affection, carefully cultivated over the years.
Naruto knew, everyone had always known, that one of the two Hyuuga daughters would inherit the main house, while the other was brushed aside like all the branch house members. He, and many others, including Hinata herself, had even been relatively certain that the outcome would be as it had played out today. But to have it happen this abruptly was an utter shock. Clearly it had been out of the blue for the branch family as well.
Neji had yet to come out of his bedroom, and finally Naruto filled a glass with water and tapped once on the door, prodding it open. Neji had changed out of his formal attire into some comfortable clothes, and he'd tied his hair again. His forehead was uncovered, the green lines of the seal starker than usual against his skin, and he was staring at his reflection in the mirror over his dresser.
He turned as Naruto stepped into the room, and smoothed lines of disgust his face to a weak approximation of his normal air. He was still visibly shaken, and sickly pale from the vomiting fit. He sat heavily on the bed as Naruto approached, and Naruto passed him the glass of water. He sipped it tentatively.
Naruto sat carefully down beside Neji. "How was Hinata?" Naruto was not really worried about the deceptively meek Hinata. She had been awaiting this, had in fact been seeing Inuzuka Kiba regularly for some time, someone who was not at all a consideration for the husband of the Hyuuga main house leader. Neji had even assured Kiba of his approval, though that meant nothing in terms of Hyuuga family support, Neji having broken from the Hyuuga family in his own way years ago, moving away from the family compound into his own apartment.
All that had been nearly settled. What had thrown Neji so badly today, Naruto was certain, was the act of sealing itself. The seal remained to this day something Neji always concealed, like a shameful secret. He uncovered his forehead willingly in front of very few people. Even if he had made some kind of peace with his uncle, and nurtured the relationship with his gentle cousin, the seal seemed to have remained a branded wound in the depths of his mind.
And he'd had to sit by and watch it be applied to someone else.
Naruto had long ago understood that it was part of the empathy he had for Neji. They both bore marks of separation from others, unchangeable, and in Neji's case, unalterably associated with subjugation and the constant threat of inescapable agony, and the death of his father. The reaction to it was all on the level of emotion, not reason.
"She was..." Neji's free hand tightened into a fist, "She was calm. Accepting. Kiba was waiting for her."
"I guess we expected that." Naruto replied, keeping his voice soft, and rested one hand on Neji's back.
Neji stayed perfectly still for a few seconds, then put his glass down on the floor at his feet, hand shaking. He leaned forward, running both hands into his hair until his fingers laced together behind his head, bowing him nearly far enough to touch his forehead to his knees. His breathing was measured, his shoulders stiff. He was desperately trying not to lose it, and it was painful to witness.
Naruto slid his arm over Neji's back, and leaned down himself until their sides were flush and Naruto could feel the shivers that still ran through his friend in waves. The short sleeves of Neji's shirt exposed bruises on his forearms, and disgusted anger burst through Naruto again. They'd had to hold Neji back during the sealing. It was a credit to his self-control that he'd let himself be restrained.
Naruto had to admit that whole event could hardly have gone differently, no matter when it had taken place. Neji would never have let Hinata be sealed alone. And he would likely have suffered the same reaction. But... if only they'd given warning, Naruto thought. The practices of the Hyuuga family infuriated him-that they existed and that they were maintained. Still, he couldn't bring himself to imagine the hidebound Hyuuga Hiashi had done this to torture his nephew, for all that he wanted to force the old man to abolish this hateful tradition. Naruto glared silently. These things would change, someday.
There was a sudden convulsive motion of Neji's back. "Do you need-" Naruto ducked his head to look at Neji's face, then cut himself off, and drew back to spare Neji further embarrassment. He wasn't going to be ill again. His face had been drawn into the grimace of a sob.
Reserve was one of Neji's most fundamental traits, but it was crumbling again. Naruto sat by him as Neji shook under his arm, even now silent except for his harsh, hitching breathing.
Eventually, it abated. The tension faded from the lines of his back, and Naruto let his arm slide down. Neji did his best to wipe his face and sniff unobtrusively, and Naruto pretended he didn't notice.
When Neji sat up straight at last, he met Naruto's eyes with solemn, unsaid thanks. Naruto nodded-no problem. Then he stood and got Neji's forehead protector from where it was neatly folded on the dresser, and held it out.
Neji took it. He closed his eyes and tilted his head forward, hands sliding beneath his hair to fasten the black bandana behind his head, securing the symbol of the village over the mark of the seal. When Neji looked up again, the metal plate shone dully in the cloud-filtered, drizzly daylight from the window.
Naruto regarded Neji where he sat, and then looked out at the weather, and grimaced with the same annoyance he'd had before. "Shitty day." He grumbled. "And I don't feel like making tags all afternoon, either." Unsaid was the fact that anyone who'd been repeatedly throwing up would have much too shaky a hand for the calligraphy and the chakra finesse involved. "Oh, hey, hey, Maybe we can just hang around and watch some movies?" he asked.
Somehow, Naruto didn't think Shikamaru would object when he arrived, especially if it was one of the epic adventure films he liked to sleep through while Neji nitpicked at the historical inaccuracies.
Neji was probably going to spare the film his wrath today, though. Naruto knew that his friend wasn't as even-keeled as he was now managing to look. And they had the time to put off those tags for a day or so. Better to keep Neji company and offer some easy distraction, whether for him to actually watch the film or to have a convenient cover to simply sit and work through his grief.
It took few moments before Neji answered. "...Maybe," he said. Naruto grinned a little.
Neji stood and left the bedroom, Naruto following. Neji knelt on the living room rug and methodically located and started a video, and then sank onto the couch. Naruto listened to the slow movements as he filled two water glasses and took a box of unsalted rice crackers from the cupboard. The tasteless things were no better than the box they came in, as far as he was concerned, but they weren't too demanding to digest.
Glancing out the kitchen window before he returned to the living room, Naruto made a face again at the early spring's damp discomfort. Well, never mind. It was warm enough in here.


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Tags: Courier, Microsoft, Zune Phone
Robbie Bach the President, Entertainment & Devices Division for Microsoft appeared on ABC Lateline Business where he talk about surface computer and a number of other things. When questioned about the rumoured Zune phone and the Courier Tablet device his response was
"Set aside the Zune phone or other things we ARE working on."
On the face of it this sounds like a simple deflection to the question however he does clearly say the are working on something and the statement was not a direct denial.
Click on the image below if you want to see the whole interview for yourself. The the Zune Phone and Courier question is at about 1m:08s.


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Merry Wanderers of the Night: Fairies and Folklore in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest abound with supernatural beings of various kinds, which contribute differently to each play's unique, but constant ambivalence towards the potency of art and romantic love. The Introduction to this thesis defines the major characteristics of such supernatural beings, especially fairies, profiles the evolution of fairy belief in the sixteenth century, and finally summarizes their cosmological rank within the Renaissance world view. A brief survey of the sociological function of fairies is also employed in an attempt to delineate at least the more important elements of folkloric tradition, which Shakespeare borrows and modifies for his own ends.
Chapter one focuses on the role of fairies as comic chorus in the Dream. Fairies underpin the work's essentially subversive aspect, because they suggest the transitory and tentative emotional satisfaction that the world of Petrarchan art and romantic love affords. Shakespeare effortlessly consolidates what seems to be insoluble material. The familiar Renaissance confidence in the irrefutable power of art and love is present, even while the play simultaneously insinuates a concern for the illusion wrought by fairies.
The next chapter introduces the alternative view of intervention by spirits depicted in The Tempest. The analysis turns towards how Ariel inverts Puck's role as a typically disruptive force, and gives special emphasis to the generic differences between these elementals. Ariel serves a far more complicated function as Prospero's often reluctant, but very effective preternatural stage-hand, than Puck does as Oberon's "jester." Ariel is instrumental in conjuring up the "theatrical moment," which the play ultimately calls into question, by virtue of his own metaphorical status as the "moment" itself, seeking escape.
The final chapter marks the contributions made by fairies to Shakespeare's exploration of the capabilities and dynamics of theatre. These plays seem to embody two tangible extremes. The Dream violates the established rules and classical unities of the theatre, by interposing multiple perspectives in an ironic way. Fairies serve as perfect subjects for Shakespeare, then, in his bid to redefine the barriers between the reality and fantasy of the stage. Conversely, The Tempest embraces, celebrates and objectifies theatre at every possible opportunity. Conventional modes such as the masque are used to create a sense of pageantry, while Prospero constantly invokes Ariel to produce spectacular visual displays and special effects.
Recommended Citation
Macdonald, Brian Douglas, "Merry Wanderers of the Night: Fairies and Folklore in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest" (1989). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 7095.
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Goshen College was named both the Television School of the Year and the Radio School of the Year for 2012 by the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters. This is the first time that a school in the state won both awards in the same year.
Winners in the College Radio category included: Benjamin Kelly, third place, Radio Sportscast and Radio Play-by-Play; Jimmy Cassoday, second place, Radio Imaging, and third place, Radio Air Personality; Danielle Kerschhackl, third place, Radio News Report and Radio Newscast; Summer Hasan, first place, Radio Copywriting; and Kelsey Morris, first place, Radio Air Personality.
Winners in the College Television category included: Yolo Lopez-Perez, first place, Television News Package; Kate Yoder, third place, Television Spot Production; Jacob Landis-Eigsti, first place, Music Video; Samuel Jones, second place, Music Video; Benjamin Kelly, second place, Television Anchor; Sammy Rosario, second place, Television Spot Production; Katie Gencay and Ben Sutter, third place, Video Magazine; Benjamin Kelly and Ben Sutter, second place, Non-News Program; and Daniel Penner and Mikhail Bekhterev, third place, Corporate Video.
The Globe staff also had an impressive showing at the 72nd annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference and awards ceremony in New York City in March.
The weekend event consisted of panels and workshops and then the big draw, the awards ceremony. The station was nominated for 15 awards this year after enjoying a year as Best Station in the Nation.
The team did not come away from the conference with a second consecutive win, but it did receive top honors in four categories.
Goshen received more trophies than any other college in the nation. First place recognition went to Kelsey Morris, with Best Station Promotional Event; Benjamin Kelly, with Best Sports Talk Show; Trisha Handrich, with Best Live Show; and to the entire station for Best Use of Social Media.
The Goshen team came away from the conference with a deeper appreciation for the benefits they enjoy as students at a small school, said Summer Hasan, the student station manager.
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Metra UP North Line Trains Running Again After Pedestrian Struck
Metra trains are moving again on the Union Pacific North line after being halted Wednesday evening when a pedestrian was fatally struck near the Rogers Park station.
Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Riverside
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Red Line Train Fatally Strikes Man On North Side
A CTA train fatally struck a man Monday afternoon on the North Side.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a smoked salmon recall on Jan. 22. Lochiel Enterprises Limited has voluntarily recalled St. Mary's River Smokehouses Oven Smoked Atlantic Stix, Chili Mango Flavor due to concerns that they may contain Listeria monocytogenes.
In routine test samples of their products – a program run by the FDA – the food samples of the finished products came back positive for containing the bacteria; a total of 56 pounds were affected by this recall.
The affected smoked salmon were packed in 4 ounce black styrofoam trays with their outer sleeves bearing the UPC Code 6 2642510092; production code stickers, 347 31## were affixed at the end of each styrofoam tray.
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Guardian of the fragile flame that is you
Your mum exemplifies love and care true.
The sun on high envies the warmth of your smile
The rippling brook is your bubbling laughter
The busy house sparrow lives in your bustling style
The sibilant siskin your soft tongue takes after.
We look on in awe in this world of strife
As we bless you and thank God for your promising life.
Just like the Phoenix,as it were,you arose from the fire
Let us hope you create all the good your heart does desire.