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Is Texas Rewriting History?
They say history is written by the victors. In this case, the victors are a panel of 15 elected officials in the state of Texas who will decide the textbook and curriculum content for schools across the country.
Ronda Kaysen: The Texas State Board of Education is reviewing history textbooks, and since the state buys so many books each year -- a whopping 48 million -- the elected board members can dictate the books' content. The board members are not scientists, historians or scholars, but the content they choose will determine how the books are written for texts sold in all 50 states.
Arguing that American textbooks have been hijacked by a liberal agenda, board members are trying to restore a conservative bent to the material taught in grades K-8. The current "standards are rife with leftist political periods and events: the Populists, the Progressives, the New Deal and the Great Society," board member Don McLeroy said in a statement. "Including material about the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s provides some political balance to the document."
In the proposed changes, Susan B. Anthony would be wiped from the history books, along with Florence Nightingale and Shirley Chisholm (the first black woman elected to Congress). In their place would be Abigail Adams and Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative politician who opposed feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment.
When students learn about the McCarthy hearings, they might now learn that Joseph McCarthy was eventually vindicated as details about spying emerged. A popular children's-book author, Bill Martin Jr., has been stricken from the curriculum because he shares the same name as a professor who wrote favorably about Karl Marx.
Even W.E.B. Du Bois, founder of the NAACP, may not make the cut. For the moment, the famous civil-rights activist's writings have been included in the reading curriculum -- but his ties to the Communist party and the fact that he ultimately moved to Ghana and denounced capitalism might undo him.
It is deeply disturbing that a group of elected officials who are not historians, scientists, sociologists -- or experts in any of these fields -- can determine the curriculum for the entire nation.
Julio Noboa, a history professor at the University of Texas at El Paso and a social-studies expert who made recommendations for the board, told the San Antonio Express, "This goes to the fundamental issue. The board is not made up of educators, let alone historians. It really makes them look stupid."
This goes beyond a handful of ignorant people making decisions that affect all of our children. This is about a group of people deciding to erase elements of our collective history that don't fit with the neat picture they prefer.
Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network (a watchdog organization), said it best when she told FOX News, "I believe the members of this board, this seven-member voting block, are willing to sacrifice the truth in history to promote a very skewed perspective, especially on the issue of civil rights. We watched while they tried to whitewash civil rights and remove references to ethnic and religious minorities and women and the struggles we faced in expanding our rights."
Board members see no problem with revising the history to reflect a "rosier" view of it that excludes women, minorities and oppression.
Houston State Senator Dan Patrick told FOX News, "I'm glad the SBOE is drawing a line in the sand, as we in Texas have been known to do from time to time, to say this is what our country was founded upon, these are our principles, these are our values and this is who we are as a people."
A final vote is scheduled for May. And then we can all look forward to our kids coming home reciting a history written by 15 elected officials in Austin.
What do you think? Should this be how school curricula is decided?
|Ronda Kaysen is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek.com, Architectural Record, Huffington Post, The New York Observer, Babble.com and AM New York. She lives in New Jersey with her family. Follow her on Twitter.
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DALLAS – The last time Washington State University scored a special teams touchdown was in 2005, when Michael Bumpus returned a punt 87 yards for a score against Nevada.
Saturday the touchdown came from a much less heralded source.
Walk-on sophomore safety Kyle McCartney, who really is a special-teams mainstay, jumped on a muffed punt in the Southern Methodist end zone, pulling the Cougars into a tie at 14 in a game they would eventually lose, 35-21.
The Cougars faced a fourth-and-4 at their 40. Reid Forrest, who would average 47.9 yards on seven punts, lofted a high floater toward Darius Johnson.
Jamal Atofau, another special teams specialist, barreled down field. SMU defensive back Robert Mojica tried to block Atofau, but pushed him forward instead. And into Johnson, who fell as the ball hit him. It bounded toward the end zone, was batted forward and finally McCartney fell on it, protected by Daniel Blackledge.
"Just running down the field and you see the ball pop out, just keep running," said McCartney, relating went was going through his head. "You just want to fall on it. The ball's loose you've got to get on it."
He did. Then he, and the Cougars, had to wait. A flag had been thrown for catch interference on Atofau. The officials huddled, decided the block caused the contact, and ruled it a touchdown. Another delay ensued as it was reviewed. Again a touchdown.
Marquess Wilson is making an impression. The freshman wide receiver went over the 100-yard mark in receptions – he caught six for career-high 134 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown in the game's final 140 seconds.
In three games, the 6-foot-1 Wilson has three catches of more than 40 yards. He has two games of more than 100 yards – the first WSU freshman to do that since Philip Bobo did it three times in 1990.
And he had a 44-yard reception in which he jumped over a defender taken away by a holding call.
He not only leads WSU in receiving yards, he also is leading in superlatives.
"He's phenomenal in the field," said fellow frosh Deone Bucannon. "His routes are so smooth."
"We know, once we get him one-on-one with a guy, it's a really, really good deal for us because he's a special player," said quarterback Jeff Tuel, who has helped Wilson amass 13 catches for 281 yards (a 21.6 yard average) thus far.
"Marquess is a player, it is absolutely unreal the plays that he makes," said Kevin Kooyman.
Wilson, quiet and restrained, didn't want to talk about himself. His feeling?
"Jeff did real well handling the pressure and getting the ball to us," he said. "He was able to run around in the pocket and sling the ball around."
The heat, which reached the mid-90s, and the humidity, which was around 45 percent, took its toll on both teams. Though only the Cougars had to get used to it.
"It's hot, humid," Kooyman said. "It's definitely not like Pullman. I would say the second half, it caught up with me a little bit."
Kooyman credited the WSU training and strength staffs for preparing the Cougars for the conditions. No player suffered a cramp.
"It wasn't as bad as I thought," it would be, said defensive end Travis Long. "The humidity kind of cancelled out the heat because you were loose."
The fans suffered as well, with a large contingent sitting in the shade of the south end scoreboard, moving to the east as the sun settled.
And the play might have been affected as well.
"We were a little sluggish," WSU coach Paul Wulff said, "but I can't say they weren't either."
The heat may have also been behind some confrontations between the teams, with the Cougars hit the hardest, with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on senior center Zack Williams killing a promising third-quarter drive.
Williams was replaced for one series by Chris Prummer.
"We had some flareups," Wulff said. "We got stressed and we stressed ourselves a little bit. We didn't respond and had a couple of mistakes that hurt us."
It was supposed to be a homecoming for Hallston Higgins and Chima Nwachukwu, two seniors from Texas. But only Higgins got to play, as Nwachukwu, the senior strong safety, sat with a neck injury.
Higgins played much of the game at inside linebacker – Wulff said due to the heat there were more frequent player rotations – and made just one tackle.
"I don't feel like I showed who I was today," said Higgins, whose parents draped a large banner of support near the 20-yard line. "I'm a little disappointed. But I'm hardly ever satisfied."
He was, however, somewhat satisfied by the way the WSU defense played – except in the third quarter.
"We definitely did play better than we did last week, though we didn't come away with the win," he said.
"We just turned it down a little bit," Higgins added about the fateful quarter. "If we could have gotten a score or a stop right off the bat we could have turned things up. But we let those opportunities go. But we turned it down a little bit and it definitely cost us."
And what did Nwachukwu do? He listened in on the headsets and talked with the defensive players on the sidelines – especially Higgins.
"He helped a lot," Higgins said.
The win was SMU's first over a Pac-10 school since 1974 when Oregon State came to Dallas. Washington State's visit was also the first for a Pac-10 school since 1974. … Forrest moved into second place on WSU's all-time punt yardage list with 9,653 yards. He trails only Kyle Basler, with 10,794 yards. … Jared Karstetter's 4-yard touchdown reception was the first touchdown in the opening quarter since Dwight Tardy's 18-yard run against Arizona on Nov. 8, 2008. … McCartney's fumble recovery for a score was the first for WSU since the Apple Cup 2004. That was by Jason David. … SMU quarterback Kyle Padron's four touchdown passes were a career-high. … The last time SMU defeated a BCS opponent was against Kansas on Sept. 2, 2000. … Zach Line, who finished with 83 yards on eight carries, had a career-long 36-yard run.
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Arthur Guinness
|Arthur Guinness
Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
|23 January, 1803
Mountjoy Square, Dublin
Resting place
|Oughter Ard, Kildare
|Kingdom of Ireland
|Brewer and businessman
|Known for
|Founder of Guinness
|Church of Ireland
|Olivia Whitmore
Arthur Guinness (1724 or 1725 – 23 January 1803) was an Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family. He was also an entrepreneur, visionary and philanthropist.
At 27, in 1752, Guinness's godfather Arthur Price, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel, bequeathed him £100 in his will. Guinness invested the money and in 1755 had a brewery at Leixlip, just 17 km from Dublin. In 1759, Guinness went to the city and set up his own business. He took a 9,000 year lease[1] on the 4-acre (16,000 m2) brewery at St. James's Gate from the descendants of Sir Mark Rainsford for an annual rent of £45.
Guinness's florid signature is still copied on every label of bottled Guinness.
Arthur Guinness was born into the Irish Protestant Guinness family, claimed to descend from the Gaelic Magennis clan of County Down.[2] Recent DNA evidence however suggests descent from the McCartans, another County Down clan, whose spiritual home lay in the townland of Guinness near Ballynahinch, County Down.[3]
Guinness's place and date of birth are the subject of speculation. His gravestone in Oughterard, County Kildare says he died on 23 January 1803, at age 78, indicating that he was born some time in 1724 or very early in 1725. This contradicts the date of 28 September 1725 chosen by the Guinness company in 1991, apparently to end speculation about his birthdate.[4] The place of birth was perhaps his mother's home at Read homestead at Ardclough County Kildare.[5]
In 2009 it was claimed he was born in nearby Celbridge[6] where his parents lived in 1725 and where his father later became land steward for the Archbishop of Cashel, Dr. Arthur Price, and may have brewed beer for the other workers on the estate. In his will, Dr. Price left £100 each to Arthur and his father in 1752.
In 1761 he married Olivia Whitmore in St. Mary's Church, Dublin, and they had 21 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood. From 1764 they lived at Beaumont House, which he had built on a 51-acre (21 ha) farm, which is now a part of Beaumont Convalescent Home, behind the main part of Beaumont Hospital, between Santry and Raheny in north County Dublin. Beaumont (meaning beautiful hill) was named by him and the later Beaumont parish copied his original name. In his latter years he lived at Mountjoy Square in Dublin, which was then in the process of being built in the style of elegant Georgian architecture. Three of his sons were also brewers, and his other descendants eventually included missionaries, politicians, and authors (see: Guinness family).
He was buried in his mother's family plot at Oughterard, County Kildare in January 1803.
In October 2013 a statue of him was erected in his birthplace Celbridge.[7]
Guinness supported Henry Grattan in the 1780s and 1790s, not least because Grattan wanted to reduce the tax on beer. He was one of the four brewers' guild representatives on Dublin Corporation from the 1760s until his death. Like Grattan, Guinness was publicly in favour of Catholic Emancipation from 1793, and was not a supporter of the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion.
Brewer of porter[edit]
Guinness leased a brewery in Leixlip in 1755, brewing ale. Five years later he left his younger brother in charge of that enterprise and moved on to another in St. James' Gate, Dublin, at the end of 1759. Visitors to the brewery can see the 9,000-year lease he signed for it, effective from 31 December 1759. By 1767 he was the master of the Dublin Corporation of Brewers. His first actual sales of porter were listed on tax (excise) data from 1778, and it seems that other Dublin brewers had experimented in brewing porter beer from the 1760s. From the 1780s his second son Arthur (1768-1855) worked at his side and eventually became the senior partner in the brewery from 1803.
His major achievement was in expanding his brewery in 1797–99. Thereafter he brewed only porter and employed members of the Purser family who had brewed porter in London from the 1770s. The Pursers became partners in the brewery for most of the 19th century. By his death in 1803 the annual brewery output was over 20,000 barrels. Subsequently Arthur and/or his beer was nicknamed "Uncle Arthur" in Dublin.
Arthur Guinness Fund[edit]
To further honour Arthur Guinness's legacy, in 2009 Guinness & Co. established the Arthur Guinness Fund (AGF). An internal fund set up by the Company, its aim is to enable and empower individuals with skills and opportunities to deliver a measured benefit to their communities.[8] Guinness has donated more than €7 million to the Fund since its inception.
See also[edit]
- ^ The Story: "1759: It begins with a signature" Official web site. Retrieved< 22 October 2013.
- ^ Robert Bell "The Book of Ulster Surnames", published 1997
- ^ Guinness origins begin to settle
- ^ Visit to Oughterard by Kerry J Byrne
- ^ Corry, Eoghan and Tancred, Jim "The Annals of Ardclough" pp70-71 (2004)
- ^ Plaque Unveiled in Celbridge to honour Birth Place of Arthur Guinness
- ^ http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-news/arthur-guinness-arrives-home-to-celbridge-1-5578650 Leinster Leader, October 2013
- ^ Arthur Guinness Fund
- D. Wilson, Dark and Light (Weidenfeld, London 1998) ISBN 0-297-81718-3
- M. Guinness, The Guinness Spirit (Hodder, London 1999) ISBN 0-340-72165-0
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Originally prepared for a seminar for IT Support Staff in March 2003 but with some subsequent additions and alterations.
1. Accessibility Legislation
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Disability Rights Commission Act 1999
- Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
- Web Accessibility and the DDA (Martin Sloan, JILT, July 2001)
- But, isn't there a moral issue? Shouldn't we be able to use technology to solve problems rather than to create them?
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- Web Accessibility Research Projects (WARP) - funded by the University of Plymouth, the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Subject Centre (GEES) and TechDis - the site no longer exists but this paper remains online.
- TechDis (JISC project) articles on accessibility
- Dive Into Accessibility
- Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) Web Accessibility pages
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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- Lynx - the classic text web browser.
- Betsie - developed by the BBC for use with their own pages. Auntie Beeb seems to have dropped this facility but it can still be found on SourceForge: http://betsie.sourceforge.net/
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Not only do celebrities have the temerity to be better-looking and richer than you, they also take superior vacations.
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Even the world famous Boracay beach has cool digs for $10 to $30 a night. I liked the, "painted beauties," on small walk allyway where you step over PVC pipes to do a short walk to the worlds' coolest Starbucks coffee shop on the beach, albeit, an armed AK47 uniformed guard is posted for your protection. The Boracy beach in Philippines was voted top notch by the Forbes CEO crowd, but is a paradise if not expecting anything more than a lovely beach ran corrupt crooks who keep the locals living next to nothing in squalor just beyond the beach front. It's a sign to behold....
Asia rocks compared to the Americas...
Apr 23, 2013 9:14PM
This beautiful Island belongs to St Vincent and the Grenadines. I would like for people to show respect and get their facts straight on where the Island is located and to which Country it belongs. My Country is a part of me "I'm very proud of," and I'm happy to call it my homeland and I'm sure natives home and abroad feels the same way.
Apr 23, 2013 8:38PM
Many of those places have hotels to accommodate the not so rich. Just do your homework.
I doubt the listed celebs are going on the same type of safari I go for. You'll never forget the first Cape Buffalo bull that looks you in the eye at 35 yards. His looks is that of "you owe me money"
A .375 H&H magnum is the minimum rifle to trifle with a Buffalo Bull. With permission, you can hunt a big bull with a handgun chambered in .454 Casull or bigger.
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Actors. They are just entertainers. They are not discovering medical breakthroughs or research that leads to any break throughs. They have developed and ability to pretend to be other people and entertain those who are actually a benefit to the human race. Which is why I like that they are focus of paparazzi. Leave those who do the work that benefits the human race alone to gossip about those who purposely seek to be centers of attention.
Apr 23, 2013 7:41PM
To think these so called "stars" by todays standards can move about into the digs of such euphoria that should be reserved for only the likes of the nobel is beyond me. I have to look at DeCaprrio, Diaz, Depp alone and ask myself " if these actors are in deed of the same calibur of acting skills as true craftsman of acting as Nicholson, Hopkins, Streep, McClain and Estwood why are they not cast to play opposite them in any of their pictures? Basically because they're second rate and will aways be second rate and do no hold a candle to the exchange of cues and grace from the true Gods of remaining old school actors .
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April 8, 2008 : McCain Referred to Al Qaeda as a "Sect Of Shiites." MCCAIN: Do you still view al Qaeda in Iraq as a major threat? PETRAEUS: It is still a major threat, though it is certainly not as major a threat as it was say 15 months ago. MCCAIN: Certainly not an obscure sect of the Shiites overall? [CNN, 4/8/08, view video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNKQ8XapIA]
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Time Magazine's Joe Klein : McCain Has "a Fundamental Misreading" of the Situation. McCain's rosy view of the Basra ceasefire, "is a fundamental misreading of Sadr's aim and of the situation," wrote Time columnist Joe Klein . [Time, Swampland, 4/6/08]
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Reality: Maliki Failed to Disarm Mahdi Army, Didn't Gain Control Over Basra. While Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that "operations in Basra were a 'success,' despite the Mahdi Army agreeing to a cease-fire without giving up its weapons." Experts noted called it a "failed attempt to disarm the Mahdi militiamen, who after the clashes remain in firm control of many Basra neighborhoods, said Vali Nasr, an expert on Shiite politics and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations." As GOP Senator Chuck Hagel pointed out, the Bush [and McCain] spin of the offensive as a success was "astounding," in a "bizarre Orwellian way," considering that the Iraqis had to call us in on a number of occasions the last three days. [Chicago Tribune, 4/2/08; MSNBC, Countdown, 3/31/08]
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I am in the midst of switching the world from Movable Type (again) and now to Wordpress. Welcome to the new blog! I started the "American Idol" blog in early 2005 just before the Bo Bice/Carrie Underwood season. Since then, the blog has generated more than 5 million page views. We actually changed to a different blog interface in 2007 but it was a one-year experiment and we reverted back to Movable Type in 2008. Now it's about to be 2009 and welcome to Wordpress. Please be patient with me as I try to figure out the functionality here. I know there's some polling software so that should be fun.
Maybe I should try a link for kicks. Here's a story about Fox resurrecting itself again in time for "Idol" in the New York Times.
I hope that works. I'll try photos soon.
December 3rd, 2008
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Hi, this is a comment.
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December 31st, 2008
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Woooooooooooooohooooooooooooo!!!! this is going to be sooooooo much fun!
December 31st, 2008
11:48 am
Rodney, will we have to actually create log-in for WordPress? Will there be an automatic link to do this? what will be the difference between logging in and just commenting on a blog? IS there a difference? I know, I know….waaaaay too many questions for this stage of your preparation! Curious minds, however, wish to know!!!
Happy New Year!!!
December 31st, 2008
11:53 am
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Hello World!!!!!
December 31st, 2008
12:04 pm
just one more question…:-) Why do I have to delete"Enter Comments Here" before I comment?
December 31st, 2008
12:14 pm
Enter your comments here Hello folks looks like we got a new format just in time for the new season. I will be joinig in on a daily basis once the season starts.
December 31st, 2008
12:18 pm
Rodney you need to remove the enter comments here thing.
December 31st, 2008
12:20 pm
Just stopped by to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
December 31st, 2008
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December 31st, 2008
1:28 pm
I know the new format is just being tested, but I want to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year. As the old year trudges headlong to its demise remember… "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." – Paul Boese
December 31st, 2008
1:29 pm
Life is GOOD!!!!! Lost, American Idol and a new format….my cup runneth over!!!!!
December 31st, 2008
1:29 pm
OMG!!!! AND emoticons!!!!!!!
December 31st, 2008
1:31 pm
Thank you, JT! Very true.
December 31st, 2008
1:32 pm
Sheesh…I'm not used to comments just jumping straight up like that…it's kinda startling and wonderful all at the same time.
KPH…happy to hear you'll be joining us!
December 31st, 2008
1:37 pm
Emoticons? Can we please have the "beat a dead horse" emoticon? Please??
December 31st, 2008
1:58 pm
JT, i love that idea!!! Rodney, are the emoticons pre-packaged or can we add suggested new ones??? you mean… i won't have to make my ~¿@ anymore???? wooo hooo
December 31st, 2008
2:01 pm
testing to see what works …
December 31st, 2008
2:03 pm
Found it and had to try it! Talk to you later!!! I have a baby in need of visiting!!!
December 31st, 2008
2:05 pm
I think I like it!!!
December 31st, 2008
2:07 pm
Hug Asa for us Harmony!!!!
December 31st, 2008
2:08 pm
I will!!!
December 31st, 2008
2:09 pm
Bye Everyone.
December 31st, 2008
2:12 pm
Thanks Deirdre.
December 31st, 2008
2:17 pm
KPH, don't wait for the new season to start, keep checking in. I'm sure someone will start an Idol countdown.
December 31st, 2008
2:19 pm
JT…I'm sensing a little edginess today. Can we help?
December 31st, 2008
2:20 pm
14 days to Idol!!!!!
December 31st, 2008
2:20 pm
Rodney: You may have already noticed, but the left margin needs a little space. At least it does on the two systems that I have viewed it on.
<— Insert space here.
December 31st, 2008
2:27 pm
Edginess? Me? Nah. At least I don't think so
December 31st, 2008
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December 31st, 2008
2:45 pm
Hello? Is this thing working?
December 31st, 2008
3:25 pm
I'm sure there's still a lot of tweaking to do. Looking at some of the ajc blogs that have been here for a little longer, there's changes that can be made to make it nice and homey.
December 31st, 2008
3:30 pm
Hey WE! We have a new place to play.
December 31st, 2008
3:36 pm
WE, KPH, Harmony, GAGirl, and D, Nana, Harrietth, JTesla, et al. … so nice to be able to see our posts so quickly, eh? HAPPY NEW YEAR gang!!!
December 31st, 2008
3:37 pm
Hello, everyone! I am not sure what I am doing, but this looks like fun! Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2008
3:43 pm
And, to you, too, linny! You were the very first to invite this lurker to become one of the gang, and it has been so much fun. D, you were so welcoming, too, and I have really enjoyed joining you this year,and Nana, you've been wonderful. Thanks to all of you for the encouragement and "sistahood." To everyone else whom I have come to "know" here, I look forward to another year with you. Almost forgot my Heroes buddy, JT. Thanks for the insights and great discussions.
December 31st, 2008
3:55 pm
Point taken JTesla I'll be around. Only 14 day's huh? I cant wait. I hope the new commentator will help Paula keep Simon reeled in some. She sure isnt hard to look at either.
December 31st, 2008
3:57 pm
Back at ya Linny ! May 2009 be much better for our country than 2008 was.
December 31st, 2008
4:00 pm
Wait a minute…Does Idol start on the 13th or the 20th? I may have jumped the gun. Wouldn't be the first time!
December 31st, 2008
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December 31st, 2008
4:08 pm
It is the 13th!
After fighting for nearly a year to get a new blog format I need another cause to champion… I miss the left margin from the old blog. Can we move just that over here? After that I will be happy. Honest.
December 31st, 2008
4:09 pm
Oh and thank you Rodney for getting us set up. I am grateful.
December 31st, 2008
4:27 pm
Well well…I like it! Very Nice indeed.
December 31st, 2008
4:28 pm
Where are the emoticons?
December 31st, 2008
4:30 pm
woodpappy…type in the colon, the dash and the close parenthesis and voila!
December 31st, 2008
7:13 pm
Happy Days are here again!!!! We're moving on up to the east side!!!! Now we can shake, rattle and roll all we want. Thank you, thank you, Rodney.
12 days left before idol comes back. Just can't wait.
I want to wish Deirdre, JT, WE, linny, harrieth, lara, GAgirl, KPC, woodpappy, Harmony, the rest of the regulars and the lurkers a Very Happy New Year. Please, please do not drink and drive. We want you around for the next 50+ years.
December 31st, 2008
7:18 pm
Okay for the sake of sounding stupid, I could not find the emoticons. I tried D's steps and nothing happened. Was I supposed to type in the colon, dash and the parenthesis in the comment section? Dumb is me.
December 31st, 2008
7:24 pm
Nana…just make a smiley face like you normally would in the comment section and it posts as the emoticon.
December 31st, 2008
9:03 pm
Well it looks like the left border has been fixed… or was it just me that saw that in the first place?
Stay safe everyone.
December 31st, 2008
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December 31st, 2008
10:20 pm
Happy Hew Year!!! Did you otice that I actually did an emoticon?
Asa is still pretty and perfect!
January 1st, 2009
8:29 am
Just dropped in to say good morning on the very first day of our new year. I watched the ball drop, then went to bed. But, I am up and at 'em this morning. Gotta get my cooking mostly in hand before the bowl game at 11 and the others at 1 PM.
January 1st, 2009
6:29 pm
Hello fellow blogsters and hello 2009!!!
Just testing the new system…
January 1st, 2009
8:59 pm
Hi guys, I know it's been a long time, but I wanted to say Happy New Year! and I can't wait until the new season begins!
I think this new format will be a wonderful thing.
I hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!
January 1st, 2009
9:05 pm
Hope everyone had a safe and good NYE and a good start on 2009. I was in my kitchen this morning at 7:15 and have just completed all my clean up. Only had to cook for 26 people, and I am bone tired. Have to take dad back home tomorrow, then back home on Saturday, then I will collapse. Love the holidays but they do leave me worn out.
Let me see if I can do an emoticon……(:_:). I made be dumber than I think I am if it doesn't work, so here goes.
January 1st, 2009
9:17 pm
Oh shoot it didn't work. Oh well, I will figure it out later. To tired to do it now.
January 1st, 2009
10:09 pm
AMY!!!!!! how are you? So glad to see you again! Will you be joining us for the season?
Nana…go back to the old blog and I'll type what you need to do to make a smiley face.
January 1st, 2009
10:48 pm
I am tired It was still a great week though!!!
January 2nd, 2009
7:32 am
Good Morning blogsters!!!!!
I'm going to be very busy today so I won't get to play on the new blog as much as I want to but that's ok. we'll have plenty of time for fun and games once the season starts.
Hope y'all had a great New Year's Day. Welcome to 2009 where blogs actually post a comment as soon as you hit enter.
January 2nd, 2009
8:12 am
Good Friday morning blogsters. There seem to be a bit more people here in the office today than I thought there would be. But here I am, slaving away!!!
I hope that 2009 brings the best for all of you!!!
Can't wait for the new season to start.
January 2nd, 2009
9:40 am
Me too, Lara, lots more people than I expected Oh well!!!
Looking forward to the new year, New AI, New Lost, New 24 … and I'm enjoying "Leverage" as well… sort of a cross between Mission Impossible and The Equalizer, with maybe a touch of McGuyver thrown in.
going to be strange with Grissom leaving CSI… And there's that "World Dancer" program (another Lythgoe project, I believe)
amazingly, i don't get to goof off today
catchya later, gang!!! Happy New Year!!!
January 2nd, 2009
1:09 pm
Hi y'all!
This is gonna be awesome…whoo-hoo! Oh, and Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2009
2:35 pm
kcfan… i keep wanting to type "kfc" instead of kcf…. maybe it should be "kellyfan&carrie2″ which would be kfc2…
sorry i couldn't help it… my fingers just must be thinking about chicken or something…
ok ok, i'll stop (temporarily) with the stupid jokes…
January 3rd, 2009
1:44 pm
Hi everybody! I'm new to posting, but have been reading everything for about 3 yrs. Started watching AI in the Taylor Who season and have been addicted ever since. Can't wait for the new season – changes & all! I know I'll learn a lot on here (always have), and just I hope I won't make anybody too mad at me. LOL!
January 3rd, 2009
4:24 pm
Welcome Anne. Glad to have you with us.
January 4th, 2009
9:05 am
Welcome Anne!!! Please, jump in any ol' time! I'm going to the other article now, but wanted to welcome you to the bandwagon!!!
January 4th, 2009
10:38 am
Anne…welcome to the blog. If you've been reading for 3 years then you know a lot more about us than we do about you. Looking forward to your input!
January 4th, 2009
1:27 pm
Thanks for the warm welcomes! OK, Deirdre, here's a little about me. Was 13 when the Beatles came out, which makes me older than dirt. Born & raised right here in the ATL – high school, college, the whole thing. Used to hang out in the 14th St Hippie District when I was in high school…..Loved music my whole life…..currently have a b/f who played percussion w/ some of the greats when they were in town – Allman Bros., BB King, etc. Which kinda makes watching AI w/ him a little bit of a challenge – smarmy comments, lame jokes – I usually keep a water pistol handy to squirt him when things get really bad :>)
So….let's hope for a great AI year. It's only a little over a week away – whoo hoo!
January 4th, 2009
5:18 pm
LOL!! The water pistol is a great idea. My hubby won't even stay in the room while AI is on(which makes him safe from water pistols)
Thanks for the info. And don't worry…you're older than some of us but not all of us!
Those of us who hang out here are genuinely looking forward to the return of some old favorites and the addition of opinionated newbies(don't worry, you won't be a newbie for long)


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ST. LOUIS - Janice Rhodes, 49, has been promoted to vice president of human resources at Schnuck Markets, Inc. following William "Bill" Jones' retirement. Jones, 59, leaves the company after 27 years of service.
In her new position, Rhodes will report to Todd Schnuck, executive vice president. She will have responsibility for all human resources divisions including labor relations, benefits, organizational development, employment and compliance.
Rhodes joined Schnucks in 1978 as a cashier at the Kirkwood store. She was later promoted into the training department and from there gained experience through positions in nearly every department of human resources. Her most recent job was in a transitional position as director of human resources.
In her new capacity, Rhodes will join the company's executive planning group and will be in a position to provide input into the decisions that will guide Schnucks and 15,700 associates in more than 100 stores. In accordance with the Schnucks Mission Statement, Rhodes and her teams will continue to place a strong emphasis on bringing new talent into the company and developing people for careers in the industry.
Rhodes holds a bachelors degree in psychology and sociology from Chaminade University of Honolulu. Earlier this year, she graduated from Washington University's executive MBA program.
Rhodes and her husband, Tom, have one son, Tyler. The family resides in Clarkson Valley.
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Fresno Catholic Singles is a ministry dedicated to the concept of creating a community of single Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Fresno. Our mission is to be of service to others who may need our help and encouragement. We seek to grow spiritually as we attend various prayer and faith based services. We often attend Mass with members of parishes other than our own. In addition we gather for social events on a monthly basis.
We hold a potluck meeting on the first Monday (second Monday in September) of every month. We welcome all singles who are 35 years of age and above. The potluck is held at the Newman Center from 6:30pm until 8:30pm. We invite a speaker to address the group about various topics that are of interest to the members. It is a very good opportunity to become acquainted with members of other parishes. We cordially invite new members to join us for our monthly meetings.
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I love this idea!
It's the Poladroid Project.
You can take any photo and turn it into a polaroid, digitally! What's even cuter is that the desktop icon looks like a Polaroid camera and the image takes a while to develop!
So amazing.
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Thanks to your generosity, we can save more lives.With your support, our medical teams will be able to save more lives around the world. Please support Doctors Without Borders today to help us provide humanitarian medical aid to people where the need is greatest.
Mali: MSF Maintains its Presence in Timbuktu
Since mid-April, an MSF team has been working in Timbuktu's hospital, providing medical care for people living in a region destabilized by the conflict that has enveloped the country's north and displaced thousands in recent months.
For much of the time MSF has worked in the hospital, Timbuktu has been controlled by Tuareg rebels and armed Islamist groups, and much of the city's population has fled either to other parts of Mali or neighboring countries. Tension has pervaded the city, nearby health centers have been pillaged, sporadic fighting has flared up among armed groups and, recently, sacred sites around the city have been destroyed.
"Bringing aid to this destabilized region is a challenge, but it's also a necessity," explains Dr. Mego Terzian, MSF Emergency Desk Manager. "The instability impedes the access of humanitarians, and the north of Mali remains blocked to westerners. Nonetheless, because the situation remains volatile and could deteriorate at any time, we are maintaining our presence in Timbuktu's hospital and in the surrounding villages."Photo: An MSF staff member distributes emergency supplies in Aglal, Timbuktu area.
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Meeting the Health Needs of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
MSF Assists Syrians Fleeing ConflictMore than 20,700 Syrians who have fled their country are now officially registered in Lebanon, out of 27,000 reported by the UN Refugee Agency. Most of them are living in the north and the Bekaa valley. Some are staying with relatives or with the local community; others are living in public buildings or abandoned houses. Most have few possessions, and life is a daily struggle. Health services and local NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] are also coming under strain.
The Syrian crisis is having a growing impact in Lebanon, especially in the border regions and Tripoli. Since mid-April, we have expanded our mental health care services to Tripoli governmental hospital, located in one the most conflict-ridden areas, and an MSF emergency doctor is also helping in the hospital's emergency department. MSF plans to reinforce its capacity to provide emergency medical care for civilians directly or indirectly affected by the violence by working in a hospital and two health centers.Photo: An MSF staff member attends to a Syrian family that fled across the border to Aarsal.
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Voice From the Field: "People Living in Dadaab are Broken"
"As more and more refugees crossed the border, and the security situation got worse, three sprawling refugee camps—named after the nearby town of Dadaab—were set up 80 kilometers [about 50 miles] away in the desert, with space for 90,000 people. Today, almost half a million Somalis are struggling to survive in the camps."
Abubakar Mohamed Mahamud has worked with Somali refugees in northeastern Kenya since the war in Somalia began more than 20 years ago. Originally a nurse specializing in nutrition, he is now MSF's deputy field coordinator.
Photo: Somali refugees wait outside the MSF health post on the outskirts of Dadaab's Dagahaley camp.
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The Federative Republic of Brazil, also known as Brazil, is located in South America. This country is the fifth largest country in the world, and its population is about 199 million people. According to eMarketer (2013), about 107 million people in Brazil are internet users. But why the industry of social media networks is a market that has unprecedented opportunities? People in Brazil are really friendly, and they will strike up a conversation about T.V shows, news and sports even if they do not know you, says Alexandre Hohagen, vice president of Facebook's Latin America division. Mr. Hohagen also mentions that Brazilian culture is an extroverted culture. As a result, young people have now the opportunity to share their preferences with each other using social media networks.
Source: eMarket, April 2013
Brazil has about 65 million Facebook users, and it is the second biggest user of Twitter. Companies like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+ have seen great chances of expansion for their markets in zones like Brazil. With U.S and Europe markets saturated, and China's citizens stuck behind the Great Firewall, social media networks have difficulties to find possible new opportunities. On the other hand, Brazil being one of the largest countries, and being the most populous country in South America, represents an unusual successful growth in social media market.
By December 2012, Internet users in Brazil were spending, cumulatively, 158% more time on social media sites than they had in December 2010. However, this growth is just the beginning of the expansion of social media marketers. According to Holmes, an average time spent on Facebook among Brazilians increased 208 percent last year, to 535 minutes per month. By comparison, global use declined by 2 percent during the same period.
The opportunity to be connected by mobile phones is cheap in Brazil; as a result, people from middle use mobile phones to get the way to stay connected on the internet. People like Michel Teló, with his song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" or " Oh If I catch you," became famous because Brazilians shared his video through YouTube. This video got about six million fans on Facebook. Brazilians, unlike other citizens in South America, use social media to research new products, discounts, and check reviews about the products they want to buy.
But not all the people in Brazil are connected. Most of the population living in "slums" or "favelas" does not have easy access to new technologies. Brazilian government has been working in order to include marginalized people. This process about include people could be challenging because it is important to empower the individuals to take part of this change. The current projects proposed by the Brazilian government are: LAN (Local Area Network) houses and Telecentros. LAN houses are places where people pay to get access to the internet. According to the Internet Steering Committee in Brazil, LAN houses are responsible for almost 50% of Internet access in Brazil and in poor areas it is responsible for 82% of the accesses. Telecentros are establishments where people can access to the internet for free. Telecentros are usually implemented in areas where the populations with low income reside.
Even though Brazil is a big country with great opportunities for technology companies to growth, people in poor regions like favelas are still missing with the benefit of being connected to the rest of the world. How can government include marginalized people in the new technology era? What would be the consequences of empowering people to share information about Brazil? Will be the next mega events (the World Cup and the Olympics) affected by people who thinks that these kind of events will not help the country?
Arno, C. (2013, April 5). Brazil: A social media marketers' gold mine. [Web blog commnet]. Retrieved from http://socialmediatoday.com/christian-arno/1337541/brazil-social-media-marketing-gold-mine
Baroni, A. (2012). Participatory Content Creation and Collective Intelligence in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society, 8(3), 125-133.
Chao, L. (2013, February 4). Brazil: the social media capital of the universe. [Web blog comment]. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323301104578257950857891898?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323301104578257950857891898.html
eMarketer. (2013, June 26). Brazil's social audience keeps growing, as new web users join in. [web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Brazils-Social-Audience-Keeps-Growing-New-Web-Users-Join/1010003
Holmes R. (2013, October 12). The Future of social media? Forget about the U.S., Look to Brazil. [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2013/09/12/the-future-of-social-media-forget-about-the-u-s-look-to-brazil/
Banks, A. (2012, March 22). 2012: Brazil future in focus. [web blog] Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/rafinas/brazil-future-infocus-12121447
Nemer, D. (2012, March 13). Digital inclusion in Brazil: a Social informatics epistemological problematic [web blog commnet]. Retrieved from http://socialinformaticsblog.com/2012/03/13/digital-inclusion-in-brazil-a-social-informatics-epistemological-problematique/


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The first hearing will be held today on a Republican plan to phase out taxes on most industrial equipment in Michigan.
One of classical music's most famous contemporary musicians is coming to East Lansing. Last May, violinist Joshua Bell was named to succeed Sir Neville Marriner as music director of the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. Bell and the academy will perform at Michigan State University's Wharton Center this Saturday on one leg of their first tour together.
WKAR's Jody Knol recently spoke with Joshua Bell and reminded him of the lengths he went to in order to make his last concert at Wharton Center back in the winter of 2009.
Michigan State University is ready to start work on a new anaerobic digester. The system will use microorganisms to turn tons of manure and food waste into electricity for some MSU buildings south of the main campus.
A Michigan State University researcher says improving the writing skills of America's K-12 students may be harder than anticipated.
In a new study, the U.S. Geological Survey shows an increasing correlation between Midwest energy drilling and earthquakes.
This week's tax filing deadline has sparked a new round of arguing between Democrats and Republicans about taxes with an eye toward elections later this year.
The Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University has announced its schedule for the 2012-13 season.
The Broadway series gets most of the attention.
Executive Director Michael Brand tells WKAR's Scott Pohl that a stage production that became a hit movie leads the way.
An Ingham County judge has issued a delayed sentence against a Lansing teen convicted of a 2010 murder.
A rare joint gathering of the Lansing City Council and the Lansing School Board became a forum Friday for neighborhood leaders who are upset over the school district's reorganization process.
Michigan State University Trustees have approved a controversial Energy Transition Plan.
MSU President Lou Anna Simon says the goal is for 100% of the university's energy to come from renewable sources.
Several dozen students at today's trustees meeting argued that the plan doesn't move fast enough. After the unanimous vote, they launched a chant while the board continued its meeting.
Book reviewer Lev Raphael has been reading a book that sheds new light on the life of Joan of Arc. He spoke with WKAR's Melissa Benmark.
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees faces a pivotal decision today. The board will decide whether to approve a strategic clean energy plan that would eventually transition the campus to 100 percent renewable energy. The plan calls for MSU to produce 15 percent of its energy from renewables in just three years.
The plan has been staunchly opposed by student environmental groups at MSU, who claim it's not strong enough to effect any real change. They're also critical of the fact that the vision does not include scrapping the university's coal-fired power plant.
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees will meet Friday. Higher room and board rates, and a strategic clean energy plan, are on the agenda.
After 24 years, John Schneider will publish his last column in the Lansing State Journal on Sunday.
At 63, Schneider has penned hundreds of columns, notably helping "the little guys" sort out their problems. Many of his columns have dealt with family life, including the tragic drowning death of his daughter and the last years of his mother's life.
Like hundreds of others, he's accepting a buyout from Gannett, the State Journal's parent company. He'll be replaced by Mark Mayes, who already has written a few columns.
The Capital City Film Festival gets underway today in a variety of venues across the city of Lansing. It's only the second year for the event, which was organized in part to complement the long-established East Lansing Film Festival.
WKAR's Anna Schroen spoke with Capital City Film Festival entertainment director Jake Pechtel, who says this time, mid-Michigan's newest cinematic celebration has attracted twice as many filmmakers as last year.
Teachers turned out by the hundreds Wednesday to pack a hearing room in Lansing. They showed up to oppose a measure that would force them to pay more for their retirement health care and pension benefits.
The Wharton Center for performing arts at Michigan State University is rolling out its 2012-13 schedule.
The Broadway series will be announced on Sunday, but today, we have information on their classical music and jazz schedules.
WKAR's Scott Pohl spoke with Wharton Center Executive Director Michael Brand for a sneak peek.
SCOTT POHL: What might be the highlights of your classical music programming this year?
Legislation is pending in Michigan that would require convicted animal abusers to sign up for an online registry, similar to Michigan's sex offender list. Proponents say it would help animal control officers investigate and prosecute abuse cases, and also prevent potential violence against humans.
Tougher graduation requirements for Michigan's high school class of 2011 did not result in a sharp rise in the number of dropouts.
Despite the noticeable strengths of Lansing's economy, a number of employers struggle with a shortage of qualified I-T workers. Increasingly, information technology jobs go unfilled for weeks and months. Employers and job-seekers alike are hoping a new, multi-million dollar skills initiative—E-Pathways--will help close the gap.
Sparrow Health System and Michigan State University are planning to consolidate most of their pediatric outpatient services in a single location.
A group that wants to oust Governor Rick Snyder will launch its second effort to collect enough signatures to put a recall question on the November ballot. It will go before an election commission Monday, looking for permission to let the petition drive go forward.
The Michigan Court of Appeals again has put the brakes on a case that threatened to derail or delay a deal reached between the city of Detroit and a state-appointed financial review team.
The streets of East Lansing near Michigan State University became a military command post Thursday morning. Soldiers from the Michigan Army National Guard rolled into town a couple of blocks from Grand River Avenue to test their response to a simulated environmental hazard. The exercise was part of the Guard's required training, and evaluators were on hand to judge how well they handled a potentially life-threatening situation.
WKAR's Kevin Lavery spent some time with the troops.
Gov. Rick Snyder says the approval of a deal between the state and the city of Detroit is a "positive opportunity" for the city and the entire state of Michigan.
Randy Lewis of Alma has played in amateur golf tournaments for decades, hoping to earn a berth in The Masters.
The Masters gives automatic invitations to the winners of several national tournaments every year.
In September, Lewis won the U.S. Mid-Amateur Tournament of golfers age 25 and older, and with it, a ticket to play this week at Augusta National.
At age 54, he became the oldest-ever winner of the U.S. Mid-Amateur.
Beginning in 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service conducted a 40-year medical study of African-American men in Tuskegee, Alabama. The government studied men who'd contracted syphilis years earlier. The researchers falsely told them they were receiving treatment for their disease, when in fact they were actually given placebos. A similar study was conducted in the 1940's in Guatemala.
Dr. Susan Reverby uncovered the facts of the Guatemala case. Reverby is the chair of Women and Gender Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She'll speak Thursday at Michigan State University about her work. She told WKAR's Anna Schroen how the American government justified lying to the volunteers.
A federal judge says he won't get involved in a dispute between Detroit city unions and Gov. Rick Snyder.
The Michigan Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in a case that questions the constitutionality of a Michigan State University ordinance.
More than 65 elected officials from all over Michigan are supporting proposed state legislation to give gay and transgendered stronger legal protections.


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