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My hometown newspaper, the newspaper that many years ago helped give me a start on the path to a lifetime in media, made a curious decision recently. And it stinks, even if the powers-that-be at the Echo Press in Alexandria, Minn., hoped that spraying a little air freshener in the form of corporate-speak cliches would make the stench go away.
The newspaper fired longtime columnist Dennis Dalman, a unique and passionate institution on the newspaper's opinion pages. Dennis wrote columns for 30 years, mixing hard-core politically-driven pieces (Dennis was an unapologetic liberal writing in an area that is just as unapologetically conservative) with humorous columns or homespun feature columns. He's a talented and creative writer, and having worked with him for a few years a long time ago, I always thought he could have moved to larger newspapers if he'd had that desire and perhaps tried to fit more neatly into the buttoned-down office world. (When I worked with Dennis he was a major-league smoker, drinker and swearer, and would say anything to anybody at anytime, often asking awkward questions of people who weren't used to being asked awkward questions. All of which made him wonderful.)
A column logo for Dennis Dalman's column in the Sartell NewsleaderDennis hadn't been employed full-time by the Echo Press for years, having moved to weekly publications in the St. Cloud area. But the Echo Press and editor/friend Al Edenloff kept running Dennis' column once a week because it was popular and something many readers of the newspaper looked forward to, even if they didn't agree with Dennis' often-fiery liberal rhetoric. My sense was that even people around the Alex area who didn't agree with Dennis' world view liked his column because they liked Dennis. He was a character. He was likable. He was, and I don't mean this to be disrespectful, harmless. His column was just Dennis being Dennis.
But the Echo Press quietly discontinued Dennis' column as of July 26, neither notifying readers nor allowing Dennis the usual standard-practice farewell column to say thanks for the memories. Dennis himself didn't get much of an explanation, receiving an e-mail from Edenloff that said the decision was made by management (meaning not Edenloff, the editor) because management wants "less-political columns."
The fact the newspaper's management (Jody Hanson is the publisher and the paper is owned by Fargo-based Forum Communications) didn't bother to inform readers and didn't allow Dennis a final column is where things begin to stink. The stench continued when readers began to notice Dennis' absence and at least one wrote a letter to ask what had happened. Audrey Hale of Alexandria, in a letter published last week, wrote: "What happened to Dennis Dalman's column? I haven' seen it for the past three or four weeks. Has he been sick or is he not writing for the Echo Press anymore?"
Hale's letter allowed the paper to print a cursory, terse "editor's note" (which a source tells me was not written by the editor) explaining Dalman's absence:
"Dennis Dalman's column will no longer appear in the Echo Press. He's long been a regular contributor to the Opinion page and we thank him for all the effort he's put into his many columns over the years. His leaving will create a big hole to fill but newspapers are continually moving and changing their products and we're no exception. We wish Denny well. He is a gifted writer and we're sure he'll be missed by many of our readers."
In other words, a whole lot of nothing in terms of explanation.
Dalman believes he knows why he was dumped, and it's hard to argue given the absence of a real explanation from Echo Press management. He says it is because of backlash from right-wingers, Chamber of Commerce types, Republican advertisers and the like in the Alexandria area. Dalman, admittedly, tended to get extremely excitable and has engaged in name-calling in his columns the past few years. His explanation, as shared with me in an e-mail, was that he was simply returning fire to the right-wing Tea Party types who have engaged in name-calling and worse in the years since Barack Obama was elected president.
"I will defend my name-calling, so-called, because name-calling is the stock-in-trade of addle-brained right-wingers and I reserve the right to 'name-call' them back on their vicious lies and distortions, especially those aimed at Obama (those pathetic "birthers," for example)," Dalman wrote. "To my credit, I never called anybody a 'slut,' as their ultra-right-wing radio god Limbaugh did."
Dalman believes the final straw was the column that ran in the Echo Press in the July 26 edition, in which he called for Republicans to offer their own health-care solution if they are hell-bent on destroying Obamacare. Dalman says the newspaper received more howls of protest from right-wing Tea Partiers, including a former Alex Chamber of Commerce head who is well-connected in the local business community. The July 26 column was the last Dalman piece that appeared in the Echo Press.
"'Management' caved in to the pressure from the troglodytes," Dalman wrote in an e-mail. "Al, the Echo Press editor, is my ol' buddy and long-time defender through thick-and-thin. He argued strongly on my behalf, but management wouldn't listen."
I wrote an e-mail to Hanson, the publisher and a former president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association, asking her if, indeed, Dalman was fired because of pressure from conservatives and/or advertisers. She responded promptly:
"It is correct that we are no longer running columns written by Dennis. It is however, incorrect that the reason for no longer running Dennis' columns are your statements above. ... Mike, as you know, media markets are ever changing. In radio as well as in newspaper. Change is hard for people to accept and understand. We all continue to move forward and strive to meet the needs and wants of our listeners and readers. We are here to serve our communities."
Jody Hanson, publisher of the Alexandria Echo Press
Fair enough. But if, as Hanson says, the column was not dropped because of pressure from readers/advertisers, then why the lame explanation about ever-changing markets? It could not have been a financial decision, because Dalman was not a full-time employee. It could not have been a space issue, because Edenloff indicated the paper would still be running columns but they would be less political.
If Hanson believes Dalman's columns had become too partisan and too harsh in terms of name-calling, then why didn't she speak privately with Dennis and ask him to tone it down a little bit? Dalman says she didn't do that. If management felt that since Dalman doesn't live in Alexandria and had perhaps fallen out of touch locally, then what would be the harm in saying that publicly? Management could have announced to readers that the paper wanted a more local flavor in its main columnist. But it didn't do that.
Something stinks. And if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and smells like a duck ... well, you get the idea.
"I've been getting lots and lots of e-mails from fans just now discovering WHY my column hasn't been in since July 26," Dalman said. "It's good to know that while the ultra-right-wing goons are popping champagne corks, many readers are NOT celebrating."
UPDATE: One of Dalman's harshest critics in Alexandria is the former local Chamber of Commerce head Mac Bryant, who was referenced above. Here is a letter from Mr. Bryant that appeared in today's Echo Press, which I am reproducing on my blog for no other reason than to show the group of people to whom Jody Hanson and Echo Press management apparently caved:
Disappointed that school succumbed to political correctness
To the editor:
I am disappointed to see our local MNSCU college, ATCC, succumb to political correctness and open a safe zone for homosexual and transgendered students. Are other groups receiving similar opportunities?
God's word in Romans 1:26-27 informs us that homosexuality is a sin. I don't believe that He wants to encourage it, but rather minister to those caught in its grip.
If ATCC is going to choose to single out homosexual students for special attention, I believe it would be better to help them find freedom in Christ and understand God's love and healing, perhaps through the local Allies youth group.
Mac Bryant
Alexandria, MN
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Why the water access issue is so tricky to resolve
This morning, Sen. Corey Brown and administration officials presented their attempt at a compromise bill governing public access to bodies of water lying on top of private lands. The subject of months of negotiations, the legislation made large lakes public, while letting landowners close off access to lakes smaller than 40 acres.
Brown said he sought "an answer that maybe didn't satisfy everyone but hit closer to the 80 percent of the folks in the middle."
He drew a fierce response from a number of landowners.
"This bill is a direct assault on my fundamental property rights," said Reuben Parks, of Webster.
Another Webster resident, Mike Dale, agreed.
"To me it seems like the landowner gets to store all this public trust water with no compensation," Dale said.
The specific language here sheds some light on why months of negotiations failed to resolve the issue. Parks, and plenty of others, referred over and over again to private property "rights."
A "right" is something absolute that people can't negotiate over. Contrast it with an "interest" — that's something you can compromise on. So as long as both sides think of access to this water as a question of rights (and many sportsmen believe in a public "right" to access water), any sort of deal is hard to get.
This is rooted in psychology. Over the past two decades, researchers looking at the psychology of morality have identified a special category of values called "sacred values" — "moral imperatives we're unwilling to compromise on," per the New York Times:
Faced with mundane choices, people will readily alter their behavior in response to money. You can pay someone to clean your house or defend you in a murder trial. But with issues like gun control or abortion, a fundamentally different calculus seems to be at work. Economic trade-offs — like lifting an embargo in exchange for concessions — suddenly become unacceptable. As Professor (Philip) Tetlock (now also at the University of Pennsylvania) has observed, even to suggest such a trade-off is to invite moral outrage, along with feelings of contamination and a need for moral cleansing.
For example, most people don't think twice about spending money for a house. But, writes psychologist Stephen Pinker in "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined":
If someone offered to purchase your child… you would not ask how much he was offering but would be offended at the very idea.
Some research has suggested that the way an issue is framed determines whether people think of it as a sacred value, or a more mundane question of competing interests.
One (slightly dated) example:
When Professor Tetlock and a colleague asked people about President Bill Clinton's practice of rewarding big campaign donors with a night in the Lincoln Bedroom, they got varying reactions depending on how the question was phrased. If they presented it as an economic transaction — pay $250,000 or more and get a night in the White House — even Clinton supporters were indignant. But when the practice was painted as the kind of thing you'd do for a friend, much less outrage ensued.
Another study looked at the poster child for intractable issues: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Various Israeli and Palestinian subjects were divided into groups and presented various peace scenarios. One proposal was a compromise: Israel withdraws from most but not all of the West Bank, but doesn't allow Palestinians to return to lands they or their ancestors vacated in the 1940s. Pinker:
Not surprisingly, the proposal did not go over well. The absolutists on both sides reacted with anger and disgust and said they would, if necessary, resort to violence to oppose the deal.
Another group were given the same deal, but with a sweetener: the United States and European Union would give a large cash compensation to each side. For moderates, who saw themselves looking out for their peoples' interests rather than inviolable rights, this made them much more likely to support the deal. "But the absolutists, forced to contemplate a taboo tradeoff, were even more disgusted, angry, and prepared to resort to violence," Pinker writes.
But the third group was given a different kind of concession. Instead of a cash payment or other incentive, the Israelis and Palestinians were told that the other side would make make a symbolic concession of one of its own sacred values. Israelis were told that Palestinians would either give up their "right of return" or formally recognize the "historic and legitimate right of the Jewish people to (the land of Israel)." Palestinians were told the Israelis would "apologize for all of the wrongs done to the Palestinian people" or "symbolically recognize the historic legitimacy of the right of return (while not actually granting it)." Pinker:
The verbiage made a difference. Unlike the bribes of money or peace, the symbolic concession of a sacred value by the enemy, especially when it acknowledges a sacred value on one's own side, reduced the absolutists' anger, disgust, and willingness to endorse violence.
Access of hunters and anglers to lakes in northeastern South Dakota is obviously a much less intense issue than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But I would argue, based on the comments made this morning, that much the same psychological pathways are at work.

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Nationality :: Columbian
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Currently lives :: NYC
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Cataleya is a very brave and cunning woman and she has been since a very young age. AT the young age of seven
her parents were killed before her eyes. Before her father was murdered he gave her a token of his love which she never takes off-,a necklace with the cataleya flower charm. He also left her with a chip to give to the FBI which held very important information. When cataleya had escaped miraculously and gotten to New York with the held up the federal government , she once again escaped to her uncle where she would then live. Before she had even reached she had her mind set on what she would be and she would need her uncle's help to achieve it. At age seven Cataleya went from wanting to be a princess warrior for good,to wanting to be a cold blooded killer, or as some may label it-an assassin. Her uncle agreed to help but forced her learn the basics in school because he knew to be a successful assassin you had to be smart, clever, and wise. Book smart as well as street smart. Catelya grew up to be a sleek and lethal intelligent woman with a mind set on revenge. In order to get the attention of the people she was after, she first had to get the attention of the Feds, The process to accomplish this was longer than she expected. Cataleya took the lives of those who were in the drug trade, people who worked as scan artist or people who were highly wanted for illegal tendencies. After approximately twenty-two deaths the Feds finally labeled her as a tag serial killer because of the signiture she left on all of her victims- the cataleya flower. little did they know, they were looking for a woman and not a man. Finally the ones who killed her parents got her clue. Soon with her highly trained senses and skills she took them all out, although she lost all of those closest to her heart in the process. Cataleya never stays in one place for too long and she never lets herself fall in love. She also never leaves any traces of herself behind. she is precise and flat out one of the strongest woman you'll ever meet.
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After holding out for several months, MGM decided to take the talking-picture plunge with Alias Jimmy Valentine. Actually, the film is 90% silent, with a few arbitrarily inserted talkie sequences. Digressing but little from the oft-filmed O. Henry original, the plot concerns a reformed safecracker, here played by popular MGM light leading man William Haines. While working at an honest job at a bank, Haines' past comes back to haunt him in the form of relentless detective Lionel Barrymore. Haines is able to throw the cop off the trail until a little girl is locked in the bank's vault. Forced to utilize his highly individualized safecracking technique to rescue the girl, Haines is certain that he's destined for a long prison term. But Barrymore, taking into consideration Haines' good deed-not to mention his romance with boss' daughter Leila Hyams-pretends not to notice, and lets the former criminal off scot-free.
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What's in Your Bag?
This is a fun game at any time, but no surprise, it's a game that gets a lot funnier after you have kids. In fact, there's an entire Flickr group dedicated to it, with some hilarious submissions, such as the one above. Which brings me to the question, dear readers: What are you toting around right now? (In the spirit of two-way disclosure, I've photographed the current contents of my own bag after the jump.)
See it and weep. Aside from the usual flotsam and jetsam of life -- pen, receipts, whathaveyou -- most of the contents of my bag are pretty kid-specific:
- My older son had a recent doctor's visit, hence the books and Playmobil guy... and also hence the lab requisition form and the empty, er, sample vials.
- The little orange measuring tape was used on a recent trip to buy winter boots. (I don't know about you, but I'd rather measure at home and take just the tape measure with me to the store than lug an entire child-sized person along.)
- The collapsible shopping bag is a must-have every time I leave the house, even when I'm not planning a trip to the store. It's amazing how often it gets used.
- Other must-haves: a small tissue packet, complete with cover I made using this tutorial, as well as a random handful of takeout napkins for cleaning up surprises that a tissue can't handle.
- There's also a never-used roll of dental floss. I have no idea how that got there, but I'm sure it'll come in handy someday.
If you're wondering about the absence of keys, wallet and phone, I keep all those things in my jacket pocket... which takes me back to my life, pre-kids, when I never needed a bag at all.
So back to my original question: What's in your bag?
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The only items in my handbag that have been added since I had a child are natural anti-bac spray, tissues, and a pacifier.
Of course, I also have an seperate backpack for things like diapers, wipes, bibs, water, sippy cups, change of clothes, crackers, etc.
it's better to ask, what's in the trunk of your car?
Some of the strange items are: pair of adult socks (to use in the play gyms, in case I don't wear socks that day), portable collapsable potty, wipes, roll of paper towels, blankets, bandages, snack container with pretzels. And of course, change of clothes and toys :-)
@Megan - what is natural anti-bac spray?
I once found a set of measuring spoons in my bag, and for the life of me I couldn't remember why I put them in there.
when it's just me and my son, i pack a trendy but doable bag for me to use. so right now, there is dante beatrix diaper envelope. (this are great for just a few diapers and wipes when i'm not going to be out that long.) ziploc bag filled with snacks. wallet. cellphone. keys. psp. (this works wonders to help occupy my son's time. he watches movies on it.) fisher price headphones. bacterial wipes. water bottle. i think that's basically all of it. not too bad i think ...
wallet, sunglasses, measuring tape, folded 8.5x11" paper with all the dimensions to my tables and windows (in case I come across the perfect fabric for curtains), iphone, bbry (for work), pen, hot wheels, coupons, extra pair of socks for my 3 year old and fruit snacks.
i've had some odd things in my purse...but its pretty normal today.
Nothing. I don't carry bags or purses. :-O
I once went to a baseball game with a girlfriend and came to the rescue of a little girl at the game...all because I had a pair of tiny eyelet socks in my purse! She was inconsolable b/c she wanted to play in the play area but wasn't wearing socks. My girlfriend, who doesn't have kids, was amused by the contents of my purse.
I've also been able to stop and help after coming along a motorcycle lay-down b/c of antiseptic wipes in my purse. (Also on my way to a baseball game...hmmm.)
baby wipes, lip gloss, small lotion, alcohol gel, extra toddler underwear just in case, diaper (I have a three year old and a 9 month old), wallet, cell phone, pen, stretchy gloves, info sheet on my baby's flu shot, baby's winter hat, barrette for my growing-out bangs.
3 diapers, wipes, gum, a pair of shoes my 7 month old kicked off this weekend, mini 1st aid kit, bandaids, a pack of Colgate wisps, headphones, coupons galore, a photo book with pics of my girls when my 7 month old was born, my completed Employee Comments sheet from my last review i was supposed to get 2 months ago (my boss is a slacker), kleenex, another set of headphones, tape measure, Korean money (??), foldable hairbrush, phone, wallet, contacts case and solution, crayons, water bottle...
if you think this is ridiculous, you should see what i carry in my car!
sanitizing hand gel, keys, new kids on the block gloves ???, m&ms, one roll of smarties, 3 crayons, inhaler, bank statement, coin purse, wallet, pen, lip gloss, 4 things of chapstick, pair of earrings, eyedrops, bobby pins, hair tie, paperclips, sunglasses...and that's my bag! my 2-year-old carries her own!
@MaggiesMomma - i will so trade you my Korean money for your NKOTB gloves!!!


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Bravo to Andres Alonso, Baltimore's schools superintendent, for launching a campaign to recruit 500 volunteers to work in the city's schools. It's one of his smartest responses to last week's horrible teacher attack (his other was declaring "zero tolerance" for that sort of violence). Alonso's spokesman says that "people want to help, and they want a concrete way to help."
Indeed. To be sure, Baltimore needs a broad-based, systematic approach to solving its discipline problems. (Consider that students have been expelled 112 times this year alone for attacking teaches.) But rallying parents and the larger community is smart. Perhaps Alonso, a long-time New Yorker, remembers the public's overwhelming interest in doing something to help after the 9/11 attacks. Or learned from the Bush Administration's failure to enlist the public in making sacrifices or performing community service in a time of war. Whatever his thinking, it shows great leadership to turn an awful incident into an opportunity for positive action.
The Los Angeles Times featured some debate about Ben Stein's new documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, which seeks to expose how a cult of Darwinism has overtaken our public-school science classes. I like Ben Stein, but I'm pretty skeptical about this film, and the reputable reviews are generally negative. Moreover, it reportedly draws connections between today's science classes and Nazi Germany, which is bizarre.
I wish I could write something more authoritative, but the people in charge of screening the film in D.C. had to cancel because of sound problems, which indicates either a) that after scanning the list of potential attendees, the promoters decided showing the film would be a bad idea, or b) incompetence. Neither inspires confidence in Expelled's worth.
If you're a school administrator and you want to purchase HDTVs, home-theater equipment, iPods, camcorders (you name it) for personal use on the taxpayer's dime, then I've got a place for you: The Northshore School District in Seattle.
The Seattle Times reports that a Northshore contract provision allows for these kinds of questionable purchases for its approximately 90 top administrators. And here's the kicker: When the administrators leave their jobs they get to take the equipment with them.
"To buy things for purely personal use out of taxpayer money, that's what outraged us," said Donna Lurie, who represents the Northshore Education Office Professionals Association, which represents support staff in the district.
Ms. Lurie should be outraged. Northshore administrators already make, on average, over $100,000 a year along with an excellent benefits package. Unlike, say, teachers, who are underpaid and struggling to make ends meet, these administrators seem to be doing very well for themselves. The last thing they need is to haul off electronic goods at taxpayers' expense. What makes this even more outrageous is that the district is suffering from a budget crunch, needing to slash $3.4 million in 2008-2009. The administrators' lavish--and totally unnecessary--perk is siphoning off finite resources, which could be put to better use.
The administrators insist there's nothing illegal about all of this. True. But it is unethical and unseemly. District budgets should focus on putting the interests of students and teachers first--not padding the expense accounts of already-generously compensated...
A year ago today the Village Voice published a lengthy article on the New York City public schools' so-called "rubber rooms," where teachers accused of misconduct are held while their cases are pending. The story is so outrageous it seemed worth revisiting. Frankly, tales like this make it hard to fathom just how poorly-run are many public school districts.
Rubber room hours match that of a typical school day--Argyris would sign in at 8:30 a.m. and be released at 3:20 in the afternoon, with a 50-minute lunch break. Like something out of a dystopian fairy tale, however, this school had no children, just a few cafeteria workers, social workers, and custodians who shared the same lot. In 2000, there were 385 teachers assigned to rubber rooms. Last month, that number had climbed to 662. Argyris, while she sat and stared at a wall, was paid $62,646 a year. The DOE pays about $33 million a year just in salaries to the teachers in rubber rooms--an amount that doesn't include the salaries of investigators working on the cases of rubber room teachers, the upkeep of the reassignment centers, or the substitute teachers who replace employees like Argyris.
Rubber room hours match that of a typical school day--Argyris would sign in at 8:30 a.m. and be released at 3:20 in the afternoon, with a 50-minute lunch break. Like something out of a dystopian fairy tale, however, this school had no children, just a few cafeteria workers, social workers, and custodians who shared the same lot.
In 2000, there were 385 teachers assigned to rubber rooms. Last month, that number had climbed to 662. Argyris, while she sat and stared at a wall, was paid $62,646 a year. The DOE pays about $33 million a year just in salaries to the teachers in rubber rooms--an amount that doesn't include the salaries of investigators working on the cases of rubber room teachers, the upkeep of the reassignment centers, or the substitute teachers who replace employees like Argyris.
Some teachers spend up to three years in the rubber rooms while their cases float glacially through the district offices. They spend their time reading, playing chess, working on screenplays, knitting--one couple who met in a rubber room "had converted a corner of the room into a small love nest, complete...
Talk about bizarre piggybacking and ahistoricism.
Ronald Reagan didn't make many missteps, but one blunder that's widely acknowledged by just about everyone who follows education was the White House's bungled initial reception of A Nation at Risk in 1983. The "vision" that the President laid out on that occasion had just about nothing to do with what the Excellence Commission said or recommended. It was ships passing in the night.
After dawn broke, Reagan and his team (including Ed Meese) realized that the Commission's report had struck a nerve--even though it had absolutely nothing to do with school choice or with reducing the federal role in education. Whereupon the President began gallivanting around the land with Education Secretary Ted Bell--18 joint events in 11 weeks, it says on page 99 of my book.
But as he traveled he sang from the Commission's hymnal (higher standards, tougher courses, better teachers, etc.), not the one that our good friends at Heritage (and Senator DeMint) are trying posthumously to place in his hands.
"Finger scan replaces tickets in lunch line"
This in Idaho, no less, which is one of only five states not to use a unique statewide student identifier (like a social security number) in its data system--out of privacy concerns, one surmises.
Would you or someone you know love to work in education policy? Are you confused about where to start? Then the??Fordham Fellows program might be for you! The deadline fast approaches....
It looks like Missouri will be the next state to adopt the big daddy of alternative certification programs, the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence.
Don't miss Mike talking about the stressed state of American Catholic schools on today's??edition of NPR's All Things Considered.
Mike shouldn't??assume that??paying kids for AP scores (as in Waterbury) is??always a??slam-dunk. In fact,??according to Education Week,??the author of the very study Mike??cited??"said the main spur for the score jumps at the schools in Texas' Advanced Placement Incentive Program, or APIP, didn't seem to be cash."
And when we're talking A-F grades,??to??assert??that paying kids??for better??ones will necessarily yield better ones is hasty. Lots of studies on this front??are inconclusive; others return results that contradict their predecessors.


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A few people are spending an hour or two trying to view comet Panstarrs. Even fewer are seeing it.
A few people are spending an hour or two trying to view comet Panstarrs. Even fewer are seeing it.
Here's a great video to start off your Thursday morning: It was shot with the go Pro camera and a drone one morning at the Santa Monica pier.
A controversial new app set to be released in March aims to keep the Twitter statuses of the dead and buried alive, by continuously updating them long after the worms eat into their brains.
Can you spot the squirrel in this picture? Nothing special about that, except this particular photo was taken by NASA...on Mars!
NFL fans could see laser first-down markers like those currently visible on television broadcasts also used in stadiums in the future. (Insert bad Dr. Evil impression saying "lasers" here)
The mythos of TRON has been in the American lexicon for over thirty years. After Disney's reboot of the movie with TRON: Legacy in 2010 and it's most recent addition TRON: Uprising which began airing on June 7th, 2012 on Disney's XD channel, there is talk of a TRON 3.
This is the last day of summer and though I'm sorry to see it go, I am looking forward to preparing those tratitional Fall meals! One of my favorite tools I love to use in the kitchen is a 18 quart roaster.
Were your kids some of the ones standing out in front of the Best Buy or computer gaming shop at midnight last night waiting for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 to be released?
Science-fiction theme songs are some of the most iconic in TV history. Just a few bars of the theme from Star Trek, or maybe I Dream of Jeannie, and the opening sequence of those TV shows pops to mind. Now take that 30 second theme and stretch it 100 times into 30 minutes, and what you got is something only slightly recognizable and very haunting.
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Technology today allows the collection of biological information at an unprecedented level of detail and in increasingly vast quantities. To reap real knowledge from the mountains of data produced, however, requires interdisciplinary skills-a background not only in biology but also in computer science and the tools and techniques of data analysis.To help meet the challenges of DNA research, Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays builds the foundation in the statistics and data analysis tools needed by biologists and provides the overview of microarrays needed by computer scientists. It first presents the basics of microarray technology and more importantly, the specific problems the technology poses from the data analysis perspective. It then introduces the fundamentals of statistics and the details of the techniques most commonly used to analyze microarray data. The final chapter focuses on commercial applications with sections exploring various software packages from BioDiscovery, Insightful, SAS, and Spotfire. The book is richly illustrated with more than 230 figures in full color and comes with a CD-ROM containing full-feature trial versions of software for image analysis (ImaGene, BioDiscovery Inc.) and data analysis (GeneSight, BioDiscovery Inc. and S-Plus Array Analyzer, Insightful Inc.).Written in simple language and illustrated in full color, Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays lowers the communication barrier between life scientists and analytical scientists. It prepares those charged with analyzing microarray data to make informed choices about the techniques to use in a given situation and contribute to further advances in the field.
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Bot.Mag. 61:Fig.3351 (1834)
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Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current
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Amanda Spooner,
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Scrambling climber. Amongst sandstone rocks, scree slopes.
Beard's Provinces: Northern Province.
IBRA Regions: Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions: Mitchell.
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LOS ANGELES – Cory Schneider and the Vancouver Canucks handed the defending Stanley Cup champions their second straight shutout loss.
Schneider made 20 saves en route to his sixth NHL shutout, Mason Raymond scored in the first period, and the Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Saturday for their third straight victory.
It was a close game, and not a lot of offense exchanged both ways, but we'll take it any way we can get it, Raymond said. We didn't have a lot of shots, but I thought we played well defensively for the most part.
Schneider has played the last three games for the Canucks, facing 88 shots and allowing only three goals.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, BRUINS 2: In Toronto, Nazem Kadri scored in the first period, and Frazer McLaren added a timely goal in the third as Toronto ended an eight-game losing streak to the Bruins.
SABRES 2, CANADIENS 1: In Montreal, Thomas Vanek scored two goals to lead Buffalo to its third straight win in a run that began with an overtime victory in Montreal on Tuesday. Ryan Miller stopped 39 shots in this one for Buffalo.
DEVILS 2, PANTHERS 1: In Newark, N.J., Travis Zajac set up two goals, as New Jersey won its second straight since 40-year-old goalie Martin Brodeur returned to the lineup after being sidelined a month with a pinched nerve in his neck.
SENATORS 5, LIGHTNING 3: In Ottawa, Jakob Silfverberg, Eric Gryba, Guillaume Latendresse and Daniel Alfredsson scored in a 7:01 span in the first to power Ottawa.
WILD 2, SHARKS 0: In St. Paul, Minn., Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season and Ryan Suter had two more assists, leading Minnesota to its season-high fifth straight victory.


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What Feeding a Toddler Looks Like in Our House
You would think it would be easy. Feeding a toddler. A little human so active should surely be eager to take in some nutritious sustenance after expending all that energy dancing to Doc McStuffins songs, emptying all of Dad's socks from his sock drawer and tearing out all the pop-ups and flaps from every accessible book. My husband and I watch our 14-month-old daughter buzz around, and think, yeah, she's going to be sooo ready to refuel, she's totally going to eat well. Mm, not so much. Not much. Not. This is what feeding our toddler looks like in our house. Try not to judge me.
Good Morning, Sweetheart!
It's a beautiful morning. We all got a decent amount of sleep last night. I've prepared a baby-friendly Quiche Lorraine for the little cub because I'm trying anything these days. Who's Mommy's big girl?! Who's Mommy's good eater?! Are you going to eat this yummy breakfast?!!
Dumping Breakfast Into My Lap Is Fun
No. No, she's not. She's not going to eat her breakfast.
You Wouldn't Eat the Fluffy Quiche Lorraine I Prepared With Love for You
But you chow down on a dry box of raisins.
Holding My Breath
OK–Lunch time! Look at these green beans and carrots! They are bright, colorful, gorgeous! A visual wonderland if you ask me. Like a fish goes for those shiny, flashy fishing lures. Surely she will bite. She reaches for the carrot. I inhale and watch those picky, little phalanges scoop up the carrot.
At least she's not struggling with knowing how to be dramatic.
Dad Tries to Reason With Her
Dad: Come on, Stella. If you eat this green bean, daddy will take you to the park later. I know you love the park. And the green bean is yummy. Come on. Eat it.
Stella: I'm no idiot. I can get dad to take me to the park without having to eat this weird, green pathetic log.
The Pep Talk Didn't Go Very Well
Dad: How about let's go to the park, Stella.
Maybe She'll Graze?
I put the veggies on the bench for her to come to and eat when I'm nowhere to be seen, as if she's a stray cat. Maybe she'll eat them when the pressure is off.
She's Not Biting
Nope. No grazing. Her face seems to say, "pathetic much, mom?"
Surely This Will Work
Maybe she just needs to find her way there. To the delicious veggie platter we have prepared. And maybe she just needs some coaxing in the form of little, cheddar fish-shaped crackers.
She's Getting Warmer
She sees the goldfish! She'll snack her way right up to that veggie jackpot, and then everyone will win. This was a brilliant idea. I should have been a boy scout.
It's About to Happen
She's so close to the veggies. She's even eyeing them. This moment is so intense.
It Didn't Work? How Surprising.
Huh. Was really hoping that would work.
She's Picking Up the Carrots
Dinner. Look at her hand reaching for the carrots. Of course, it is. It's choosing good. Toddlers are inherently good.
Thanks for Feeding the Floor
I hear you're not supposed to react when your toddler is throwing food off of her tray and onto the floor because it supposedly eggs her on to do it again. But, how about punching yourself in the face? Is that an OK reaction?
I Cave
She can't subsist on just a few bites of cheese!! I pull out the Goldfish crackers. I can almost hear the Parenting gods hang their heads in shame.
We'll Try Again Tomorrow
Without Goldfish Crackers. Without Teddy Grahams. Without Theatrics. Without Shame.
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Coalition Against Police Brutality To Address Council After Death Of Mall Patron
The death of a 25-year-old man while in the custody of mall security, has family and friends asking whether Northland mall security act properly in it's handling of an unruly patron?
Dark Morning At Northland Mall Bus Stop
Bus riders are lit up over waiting for their ride at Northland a second straight morning in the dark.
Missing Woman Last Seen At Northland Mall
Southfield Police are looking for help in finding a 70-year-old woman suffering from dementia and bipolar disorder, missing since June 15th.
2 Teens Assaulted Outside Northland Mall
Southfield police are looking for a man they say robbed two young women and then sexually assaulted them at knife-point.


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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified physically separating the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds as the most effective way to prevent aquatic invasive species like Asian carp from moving between the two iconic waters.
Conservation groups today responded to a congressionally mandated study released Monday that outlines eight ways to prevent the transfer of invasive organisms between the two water bodies via Chicago-area canals built more than 100 years ago …
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12:45 p.m. update - Argonne is now back open.
Argonne Road is expected to be blocked near Upriver Drive for another hour or so due to a serious accident, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. Northbound lanes are blocked at Maringo and only one southbound lane is open.
The driver of a car rear ended a large moving truck at the intersection of Argonne and Upriver Drive. "The bumper of the truck is about where the head rest should be," said Spokane Valley Fire Department assistant fire marshal Bill Clifford. A Spokane County Fire District 9 engine was nearby doing hydrant tests and was first on the scene. They called for extrication equipment to remove the critically injured driver from the car.
"We sent a bunch of equipment headed that way and couple of ambulances," Clifford said. The driver appeared to have head injuries, he said. "He needed to be extricated rather quickly and transported to the hospital."
There were no skid marks left by the car, Clifford said. The crash is being investigated by the Sheriff's Office. Two people in the moving van were also injured and taken to the hospital.
Photo courtesy the Spokane Valley Fire Department.
The city of Spokane Valley will host an open house tonight on the Argonne corridor project scheduled for this summer. The open house will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Spokane Valley High School, 2011 N. Hutchinson Road. Residents and business owners can come learn about the project and the proposed timeline and ask questions. Several improvements are planned on Argonne between Knox and Trent, including curb work and adding a right turn lane on northbound Argonne at Montgomery.
An RV is in flames on the westbound I-90 Argonne off ramp in Spokane Valley. Spokane Valley Fire Department crews are responding. An officer also just radioed in that a gawking driver caused an accident on I-90 near the off ramp.
There are a few small projects happening on Spokane Valley streets this week that will create occasional traffic problems. The southbound curb lane on Argonne Road will be closed just north of Knox Avenue on Wednesday, so expect congestion as people try to merge into one lane. Sidewalk repair work will be happening on Broadway between Moore and Flora through Friday. Expect narrowed lanes and some delays.
Then, of course, there are the multiple street closures in Greenacres for sewer installation work. The project to extend Indiana Avenue to the intersection of Mission and Flora is also ongoing.
Spokane Valley Fire Department crews are responding to a call reporting a structure fire at 1121 N. Argonne. The caller said he could see smoke coming from the north building near Boone. The first crew on the scene said there is a light amount of smoke visible and the building is being evacuated.
Update: The smoke apparently came from a malfunctioning motor.
There's been a lot of chatter on the scanner in the last few minutes about traffic lights being out on Argonne and Mullan south of I-90. It looks lke the lights at the Argonne freeway on and off ramps are also out. I can't tell if there's a backup on the freeway or not because the DOT cameras are also out. Everyone be careful out there.
1:22 p.m. update: The DOT traffic cameras are back up, but I'm not sure about the stop lights. It doesn't look like traffic is backed up on the freeway, though.
Spokane Valley Fire Department crews have just been sent to a car accident on Mission between Argonne Road and Mullan Road. It sounds like it will take a while to clear the scene because extrication crews are being requested. Avoid the area if you can.
All traffic lights are out at the intersections of Argonne and Knox and Argonne and Broadway. Others may be out as well. A dispatcher reports that Avista had to turn off power in the area temporarily to deal with a downed power line. A deputy is asking for temporary stop signs at the Knox intersection because people are "blowing right through the lights."


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A University of Notre Dame safety will miss the beginning months of training camp after shoulder surgery.
University of Notre Dame junior safety Austin Collinsworth is expected to miss the next four to six months of football after undergoing shoulder surgery to fix a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Collinsworth has played in all 26 games in his first two seasons, primarily on special teams. Notre Dame's special teams player of the year in 2011, Collinsworth led the Irish with 16 special teams tackles last year and has 22 special teams tackles in his Notre Dame career.
Through his first two seasons with the Irish, Collinsworth has totaled 25 tackles and forced one fumble.
The Irish open training camp on Aug. 4 and begin the 2012 season vs. Navy on Sept. 1 in Dublin, Ireland.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Attorneys for the controversial Bluegrass Pipeline have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed last month that seeks an opinion on whether the project has the power to condemn land in Kentucky.
That matter doesn't belong before a judge because no "actual controversy" exists over the use of eminent domain, according to documents filed in Franklin Circuit Court on Monday.
The developers of the natural gas liquids pipeline have purchased roughly 54 percent of the easements needed for its Kentucky route from willing landowners, according to court documents.
Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain filed the lawsuit in December, asking for a ruling on whether the pipeline, which would carry hazardous liquids beneath parts of the state, qualifies for eminent domain if developers' negotiations fail with property owners.
The group filed the lawsuit on behalf of a Franklin County farm owner who said in an affidavit that knowing whether condemnation is allowed will have a "significant bearing" on the terms of her negotiations with pipeline officials.
But attorneys for Bluegrass Pipeline Co. LLC say in their court filing that a judgment isn't warranted because no "justiciable, actual controversy exists." They note that pipeline representatives haven't attempted to acquire land through eminent domain or started any condemnation proceedings in Kentucky.
"Because of the absence of an actual controversy, this lawsuit presents nothing more than a request for a hypothetical advisory opinion, which is not permitted by the Kentucky Declaratory Judgment Act," attorneys Gregory P. Parsons and Chadwick A. McTighe of Stites & Harbison argue in court documents.
Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain, or KURE, claimed in its lawsuit that a controversy does exist, however, because pipeline officials have allegedly stated that they can use eminent domain under Kentucky law.
In asking that the lawsuit be dismissed, pipeline attorneys say KURE has failed to follow state law by adding to the suit all those who would be affected. (Only one property owner, Penny Greathouse of Franklin County, is listed in the suit.)
Eminent domain has emerged as one of several contentious aspects of the pipeline, which would move natural gas liquids -- hydrocarbons separated from natural gas before being transported for eventual use in gasoline, plastic bags and other products – from natural gas producing regions of Pennsylvania, to the Gulf Coast.
Several bills that would require oversight from the Public Service Commission before the pipeline could use eminent domain have been introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly.
Project opponents also have questioned the safety records of the developers, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. and the Williams Cos., and the wisdom of routing a hazardous materials pipeline through the region's karst geology.
But pipeline officials say their project will create temporary construction and long-term monitoring jobs in Kentucky and help the nation help achieve energy independence.
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Glip Releases Mobile App for AndroidMarch 11, 2014 | admin
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McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today released the McAfee Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2010, revealing a steady growth of threats to mobile platforms. The number of pieces of new mobile malware in 2010 increased by 46 percent compared with 2009. The report also uncovered 20 million new pieces of malware in 2010, equating to nearly 55,000 new malware threats every day. Of the almost 55 million total pieces of malware McAfee Labs has identified, 36 percent was created in 2010. Concurrently, spam accounted for 80 percent of total email traffic in Q4 2010, the lowest point since the first quarter of 2007.
"Our Q4 Threats Report shows that cybercriminals are keeping tabs on what's popular, and what will have the biggest impact from the smallest effort," said Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs. "In the past few quarters, malware trends have been very similar in different geographies, but in the last quarter we've seen a significant shift in various regions, showing that cybercriminals are tapped in to trends worldwide. McAfee Labs also sees the direct correlation between device popularity and cybercriminal activity, a trend we expect to surge in 2011." Read More


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We report results from analysis of the observations of the dipping low mass X-ray binary XB 1323-619 made with BeppoSAX and Rossi-XTE. The dust-scattered halo contributes significantly in this source, and the observation made with BeppoSAX on 1997 August was used to provide MECS radial intensity profiles at several energies. From these, the halo fractions were obtained and thus an optical depth to dust scattering of 1.8+/-0.4 derived. In the Rossi-XTE observation of April 25-28, 1997, seven X-rays dips were observed together with 7 bursts repeating approximately periodically. Non-dip and dip PCA spectra can be well-described by assuming the emission consists of point-like blackbody emission identified with the neutron star, plus Comptonized emission from an extended ADC. The blackbody temperature is 1.79+/-0.21 keV and the cut-off power law photon index 1.61+/-0.04. Spectral evolution in dipping is well described by progressive covering of the extended Comptonizing region by absorber plus more rapid removal of the point-like blackbody. The effects of dust scattering and of the X-ray pulsar 1SAX J1324.4-6200 also in the field of view are included in the fitting. We detect an iron line at ~ 6.4 keV and its probable origin in the ADC is discussed.
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Queens couple to wed at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day
Their first date, Veronica Vizcaino and Gustavo Espinal met in Midtown, unsure what to do.
"We kind of just looked around and saw the Empire State Building and thought, 'Why not?'" said Espinal, 32.
The New York natives spent the night talking and laughing on the observatory, leaving just before closing time.
Less than five years later, the Queens couple will return to the iconic skyscraper on Valentine's Day for their wedding.
"We're very symbolic people and everything we do seems to have meaning," said Vizcaino, 29. "It's a full circle."
A public school teacher, Vizcaino originally hoped to afford a Long Island venue with a view of the building. But in November, she came across a video contest: the winners got a small ceremony at the Empire State Building and a private visit to the observatory.
Vizcaino showed her fiance the contest but they decided there wasn't enough time to enter. "I forgot about it," she said.
On Christmas Day, Espinal surprised Vizcaino. Wrapped with a new coat for their 8-month-old daughter Olivia was a small figurine of the Empire State Building and a note telling her they won.
Espinal, an art director at DirecTV, made the video in secret. His submission shows dozens of photos of the couple and their baby, ending with scenes from the Empire State Building where their "wonderfully unplanned journey" began.
"It will be something more for us," Vizcaino said of the wedding.
The couple, who live in Ridgewood, plan on having a "staycation" in the city in lieu of a honeymoon, which they hope to take in the next year.
Looking ahead, Espinal sees the perks of having their anniversary on Valentine's Day.
"It does help out a lot," he said. "For her it's nice cause she'll get one big gift."
For now, Vizcaino said she feels humbled by the upcoming nuptials.
"It gives us an opportunity to have a wedding that, financially, we would never be able to have," she said. "I can actually say I'm having a fairy tale wedding."
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Earlier this month it was announced that Martha Stewart's company, Omnimedia, greatly missed earnings expectations from the fourth quarter of 2011, and it looks like the woman herself might be taking steps to stay relevant.
Stewart recently booked a guest-starring role on CBS ' uber-popular sitcom 2 Broke Girls and she has now done the same with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
On the SVU episode, titled ""Learning Curve,"" Stewart will play a school headmaster alongside fellow guest stars Tony Hale (Arrested Development) and Jane Adams (Hung). The episode will air next month.