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Semifinalists announced for James Beard awards include Bryant's, Aprahamian, Swanson
Wisconsin semifinalists for the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards announced Tuesday include Bryant's Cocktail Lounge for best bar program, and the Madison restaurant Forequarter for best new restaurant.
Elizabeth Dahl of Nostrano in Madison is nominated for outstanding pastry chef and Daniel Bonanno of A Pig in a Fur Coat is nominated for rising star chef of the year, for chefs under 30. And L'Etoile in Madison is a semifinalist for outstanding wine program. All are national categories.
In regional categories, nominated for best chef in the Midwest are Justin Aprahamian of Sanford and David Swanson of Braise in Milwaukee, and John Gadau and Phillip Hurley of Sardine in Madison. »Read Full Blog Post
Dogs rescued from fighting held months without rehab, at taxpayer expense
More than a dozen dogs rescued from a suspected dog fighting operation in 2011 are being held as evidence though no charges have been filed, at growing cost to the county, WISN-TV Channel 12 reported.
Ch.12 reporter Colleen Henry recently tried to visit the animals as they "languish in lockup" at Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commisson, but was turned away by MADACC officials citing security reasons.
David Mangold of Save Milwaukee's Court Case Dogs told Henry he offered to help rehabilitate the animals, who are often abused during training for fights, but was rebuffed by MADACC. »Read Full Blog Post(20)
North Woods physician sentenced for child porn
A North Woods physician convicted of having child pornography has been sentenced to 90 days in jail, and three years of probation.
Bruce Jacobson had been employed with Ministry Medical Group in Rhinelander when he was arrested in December 2011by deputies with the Oneida County Sheriff's Department.
Jacobson, 52, had been facing up to 25 years in prison after pleading no contest in July to a single county of possession of child pornography. During his three years of probation, Jacobson must continue with counseling and treatment, not access the Internet and perform 240 hours of community service annually, according to online court records.
Oneida County Circuit Judge Conrad Richards imposed the sentence Thursday, and allowed Jacobson to serve it in Calumet County. (2)
Taxpayers pay more under Walker Medicaid plan
Madison - If the federal government keeps its current commitments, Gov. Scott Walker's plan for avoiding a full expansion of the BadgerCare program under the federal health care law would cost Wisconsin taxpayers roughly $250 million more through 2020, under preliminary estimates by the Legislature's nonpartisan budget office.
In addition to lower state costs, the full expansion of the Medicaid health program would also cover tens of thousands more people than the Republican governor's proposal.
But either way, there will be substantial costs for federal taxpayers as more people gain health coverage. »Read Full Article(378)
Seven-year-old boy injured in south side fire
A 7-year-old boy was critically injured in an early morning house fire Saturday in the 3400 block of S. 10 St., according to the Milwaukee Fire Department.
The boy suffered smoke inhalation and was revived twice on the scene before being transported to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa, said Deputy Chief Jack Christianson.
The blaze broke out around 7:45 a.m., and flames were shooting through the roof when firefighters arrived, and they found the boy in a search of the building. A passing motorist had noticed smoked and called 911. »Read Full Article(4)
Mark Attanasio waiting on MLB investigation of Biogenesis clinic
Phoenix - Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said he "is learning along with everybody else, day to day," as details emerge on Ryan Braun's link to the Miami-area clinic alleged to have sold performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players.
Attanasio said he has no more knowledge than anyone else about the two reports showing Braun's name to be on lists created by Biogenesis clinic operator Tony Bosch. Braun has said his defense team used Bosch as a consultant in preparing for his successful appeal of a positive drug test for elevated testosterone and that's the only link.
"It's really come out more in the press than through Major League Baseball," said Attanasio, who made his annual visit Saturday to address the players before the first full-squad workout. "Baseball is obviously investigating it so we'll see how that investigation goes." »Read Full Blog Post(40)
Sweep by MU worthy of distinction
It would be enough to say Marquette swept a hardened 20-victory team like Pittsburgh this season and leave it at that.
But it was the way the Golden Eagles completed the unlikely home-and-away set that continues to distinguish them as a team that will not be ignored next month.
In January, Marquette rallied in one of college basketball's most challenging environments to beat the Panthers on the road. »Read Full Article(18)
Human remains found in burned vehicle
Ellsworth - Western Wisconsin sheriff's officials are investigating the death of a person whose remains were found in a burned vehicle.
According to a Pierce County sheriff's department statement, someone reported finding a burned vehicle in the Town of Trenton, about five miles from Ellsworth, at 8:20 a.m. Saturday.
The department says deputies found the vehicle in a farm yard where no one lived. They checked the interior and found human remains. »Read Full Article(3)
Supreme Court fracas in 2011 figures in race
Madison - Voters will pare the candidates for state Supreme Court from three to two on Tuesday in a primary race that took a turn last week because of a 2011 physical altercation between two justices.
Seeking a second term, Justice Patience Roggensack is arguing experience matters most in the race. She has touted her more than 16 years on the Appeals Court and Supreme Court and her endorsements from 126 judges, 53 sheriffs and 24 district attorneys.
Her opponents - Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone and consumer attorney Vince Megna - have contended the court is dysfunctional. They have highlighted the June 2011 physical dispute between Justices Ann Walsh Bradley and David Prosser, and they seized on Bradley's disclosure last week that she was given a security protocol two months before the altercation because of concerns about Prosser. »Read Full Article(171)
Teen found dead outside New Holstein home
New Holstein - Calumet County sheriff's officials are investigating the death of an 18-year-old woman found outside a New Holstein home.
They've identified her as Monica Batts of New Holstein.
WLUK-TV reports the man who lives in the home found the body when walking to his garage around 12:30 p.m. Friday. He said he didn't know the victim and is cooperating with the investigation. »Read Full Article
Packers Podcast: McGinn and Dunne on Charles Woodson, Jermichael Finley, NFL Combine
In this week's podcast, Bob McGinn and Tyler Dunne discuss the Packers' decision to release Charles Woodson, Jermichael Finley's situation and next week's NFL Combine.
Listen here, or download the mp3 file here. You can also find the podcast in the iTunes store. (6)
Mat Gamel leaves first workout early
Phoenix -- Mat Gamel had to drop out of the Milwaukee Brewers' first full-squad workout on Saturday afternoon after aggravating his surgically repaired right knee.
Gamel took part in the early portion of the workout before speaking to a member of the Brewers' training staff, and then rode a cart back to the team facility.
Assistant general manager Gord Ash, through a team spokesman, said the team is being cautious with Gamel and his recovery early in camp.
That approach certainly makes sense, as Gamel is making his return from a torn ACL suffered early last May. And with Corey Hart (knee) also out, the Brewers don't want to lose anyone else at a position where they're lacking another true backup. (21)
Oklahoma man to stand trial in 1990 sex assault
Waupaca - An Oklahoma man charged with a 1990 sexual assault in Wisconsin and considered a person of interest in a 1992 double murder will stand trial in the assault case.
Forty-one-year-old Glendon Gouker waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday in Waupaca County.
The Post-Crescent reports an arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 27. »Read Full Article
Single-brand car dealers struggle
This wasn't how it was supposed to end for a third-generation, family-owned business that grew up alongside its hometown and sold brands that were once powerful symbols of American prosperity.
"We sat down and said, 'We can't go on,' " said Sue Sorensen, general manager and one of the family owners of E.J. Salentine Buick in Muskego, which closed on Tuesday. "We just couldn't do it anymore. We put everything in we could until it was gone."
Even as sales numbers show the nation's auto business has rebounded, the impact of its worst-ever downturn is still claiming casualties, including single-brand dealers who find themselves caught up in the economics of an industry that no longer resembles what it was just five years ago. »Read Full Article(43)
Health benefit costs listed on tax forms
Few people know the total cost of their health benefits or realize that family coverage can account for a fourth or more of their total compensation.
For the first time, that cost is listed on their W-2 tax forms this year - provided you know where to look.
The Affordable Care Act included a provision that requires employers with 250 or more employees to list the cost of their health insurance on the forms. »Read Full Article(30)
Two-alarm fire reported in Brookfield
The two-alarm fire in Brookfield was at the Wallenta Grinding Co., 3150 N. 126th St., WTMJ Radio has reported. The fire was under control by midmorning, the station reports.
Firefighters from more than 10 departments were on the scene on Saturday morning.
The blaze was reported around 8:26 a.m., and there were believed to be no injuries. (3)
MSO Pops revels in Great American Songbook
Infectious isn't always a bad thing.
Leaving Uihlein Hall after Friday evening's Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Pops performance, I stopped counting the number of people who were quietly, or not so quietly, humming strains of the show's encore, the Gershwin brothers' "I Got Rhythm."
Friday's program was a hit list of tunes from what is known as "The Great American Songbook." »Read Full Article(5)
Man arrested over 66 pounds of marijuana in Madison storage locker
A Madison man faces marijuana possession charges after DeForest police found 66 pounds of pot and a stolen gun in a storage locker he was renting, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Saturday on its website.
Wilson Talbot Jr., 66, was taken into custody Feb. 1 after DeForest police and members of the Dane County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant for the storage locker in Madison.
Police were led to the locker by a drug-sniffing dog involved in an unrelated investigation, said the Madison paper. The pot had a street value of $234,500, it reported.
"Because the locker is within 1,000 feet of a community center, Talbot was tentatively charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana within 1,000 feet of certain places, a felony, and three counts of possession of a handgun by a felon, also a felony," the paper's website reported. (19)
Husband charged in Dec. 22 death of wife in Mount Pleasant
A 36-year-old man is charged with killing his 21-year-old wife and setting fire to the Mount Pleasant house where they were staying, The Journal Times of Racine reports.
Joseph M. Guerrero told authorities he put his hands around the neck of Bianca Vite in the midst of an argument Dec. 22 in which she scratched him, according to the paper's website. Authorities found her remains on Christmas Day.
"I did not think I squeezed that hard," The Journal Times story quotes him as saying, citing a criminal complaint. »Read Full Article(1)
Windfall Theatre struggles to find 'A Time to Live'
There's nothing that terrifies us more or gets talked about less than what it means to die - or the related prospect of soldiering on when those dearest to us are gone.
That's the subject of Howard Goldstein's "A Time to Live," now receiving its world premiere courtesy of Windfall Theatre - an intrepid company that consistently stages plays involving those thorny subjects that matter most. "Time" opened Friday under Carol Zippel's direction.
Set in Milwaukee, "Time" features the long-married couple of Madeline (Beth Monhollen) and Richard (Christopher Elst) during the final year of Madeline's life, as she turns away from ineffective chemo treatments and prepares to die. It's quickly clear that neither she nor Richard is ready. »Read Full Article(2)
Ryan Braun not talking about latest report
Phoenix -- As expected, Ryan Braun confirmed Saturday morning that his policy remains the same regarding reports that link him to the controversial Biogenesis clinic. He still is not taking questions about that situation.
Braun told reporters Friday morning that he wouldn't answer questions about the Yahoo! Sports report that revealed his name on the books of the Miami-area clinic alleged to have sold performance-enhancing drugs. Thus, it stood to reason that he wouldn't talk about the ESPN report that surfaced later Friday with more documents from Biogenesis with Braun's name. ESPN cited a source who said all players on that particular list had received PEDs from clinic operator Tony Bosch.
Braun has said from the beginning that his defense team used Bosch as a consultant to prepare for their successful appeal of a positive drug test for testosterone the previous winter. Attorney Martin Singer responded to the ESPN report by again saying the connection to Bosch was as a consultant.
So, nothing has changed on this end. Braun was very cordial when I checked with him to make sure his policy hadn't changed, so there was no tone or anything like that. He's just not going to answer questions about it because he believes he has provided the only explanation necessary. (92)
State program helps minority farmers
Madison - A state assistance program is aimed at helping Wisconsin's minority farmers navigate the resources available to help in their success.
Jack Chang recently joined the Wisconsin Farm Center of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Chang works with minorities of all ethnic backgrounds on food safety, financial literacy and other areas.
Workshops are held across the state in areas of large minority farmer populations, including La Crosse, Eau Claire, Green Bay, the Fox Cities, Wausau, Madison, and Milwaukee. Chang also visits the farms to meet one-on-one with the farmers. »Read Full Article(6)
Cold Saturday, with a few flurries
Cold and partly cloudy is the forecast for Saturday, with perhaps some snow flurries mid-day, and a little bit of a warmup Sunday.
That's the verdict of Jesse Ritka, meteorologist at WTMJ-TV (Channel 4).
Ritka predicts temperatures in the teens Saturday, up to near 20 in Milwaukee, but a northwest wind will lower wind chills into the single digits above or below zero. Overnight lows will be in the single digits, but around 10 degrees at the lakefront. »Read Full Article


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Basketball player Lacy Stafford plays for Geneva County High School. As Freshmen go she is one of the best for finding the basket. Stafford reached a milestone by scoring her 1000th point for the season.
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Watch the video above to hear Daryl Black of The X Factor USA perform a unique version of Gym Class Heroes song 'Stereo Hearts.' Did you like his version?
|September 28, 2012
Happy Friday! Today in The Fueled By Ramen Webstore you can pick up the Cobra Starship 'King Cobra' T-Shirt for just $5! Click HERE to order now!
|September 27, 2012
Want to win tickets to see Fun. perform at Irving Plaza in New York City on October 30th. Click HERE to see how you could be one of the winners! Three grand prize winners will even get to meet the band as well as hang out in the private VIP area upstairs during the show.
|September 27, 2012
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|September 27, 2012
Here's a cover of 'Some Nights' that YouTube celebrity Jakecoco put together with many more of your favorite YouTube cover singers. What do you think of their cover?
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Cobra Starship will be playing a small college run on the truthLIVE Tour. They'll be playing five shows in October with Outasight. Click HERE to see how you can get FREE tickets to the shows above!
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Click HERE to read an interview that Fun. did in the recent issue of Maniac Magazine.
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Here is a great shot of A Rocket To The Moon hanging out with 96.9 WINK FM this morning. Click HERE to help request A Rocket To The Moon's latest single 'Whole Lotta You' at your local radio station!


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5 Scientific Reasons The Dark Side Will Always Win
The Rebels got lucky. Han, Luke, Leia, that Nib-Nub guy who flew with Lando, all of them should have been death-starred hard in the face by the Empire -- and not just because of the Empire's superior numbers and technology.
Darth Vader and his underlings planned every last subtle detail, right down to the color of the spaceships and Vader's own robot voice, according to what science says works.
Will the Dark Side win in Cracked's Adventures in Jedi School mini-series? The only way to know is to watch!
#5. The Color Black Is Scientifically Proven to Intimidate People
At the beginning of Episode IV, stormtroopers blast the crap out of some rebel scum. As the smoke clears, out steps a 6-foot-6-inch black-suited man-giant. We realize immediately that this dude is bad as hell, and he's done nothing more than appear on screen for a few seconds.
Also, he does this.
And It Works Because ...
We know what you're thinking: Big deal. Bad guys always wear black. It's an easy way for the audience to know they're evil.
Yeah, but ... why? Why would that one color have any emotion connected to it at all, let alone fear and intimidation?
After all, black also makes us more aggressive. Researchers back in the late 80s noticed that hockey teams in black uniforms earned more penalties and generally played a meaner game, and not all by mere coincidence. Teams that switched to black mid season were suddenly visiting the penalty box and calling the ref a dick a lot more often, too.
The answer may go back to our built-in fear of disease and uncleanliness; experiments show that people instinctively connect black not only with evil and immorality, but contamination and sickness (if you noticed a patch of skin or one of your teeth turn black, you wouldn't assume it was a good thing).
By the way, there's no way he could've brushed his teeth with that thing on.
So when people see black, to this day it serves as an instinctual cue to thoughts of death and evil that, at least in Western cultures, motivate feelings of aggression.
And choketastic space magic.
In the Star Wars universe, just like ours, it means that people will be more likely to crap their space pants when they see a Sith Lord decked out in black.
Instead of this.
#4. Thinking Evil Thoughts and Clenching Your Fist Makes You Stronger
Darth Vader talks a lot about crushing the Rebels, bringing his son into the family business and ruling the galaxy, but you'll also notice that he's always either gripping stuff (e.g. his belt, lightsaber, chair arms, rebel throats) or just clenching his fists, like when he walks into the Hoth Rebel base or is trying to convince somebody of the power of the Dark side.
"They have amazing health coverage."
In fact, the only time Vader's hands are completely flat, in any of the movies, is when he's blocking the shit out of lasers.
And It Works Because ...
Experiments show that physically gripping something boosts your endurance and mental willpower. This has been proven in a whole series of experiments; in one, they found that people could endure pain twice as long (in this case, from holding their hands in icy water) if they gripped an object tightly at the same time. Yet another study recorded that students were better at resisting the temptation of junk food at the campus store if they went in all fisty and tense. Making a fist simply makes you stronger.
And fisting someone makes you both stronger.
And you know what makes you stronger still? Thinking evil thoughts. Yes, they did a study at Harvard by simply having three groups hold a 5-pound weight for as long as they could. They'd try it once with nothing at all on their mind, try it again when envisioning themselves doing good deeds (writing a story about themselves where they do nice things) and try yet again when thinking "evil" thoughts (i.e., being forced to write a story about themselves in which they turn to the Dark Side).
The worse performance came when they were thinking about nothing in particular. Thinking good thoughts added about 10 seconds to their endurance. But the Dark Siders beat them both. Kind of explains why Luke could overpower Vader when he got super pissed, gave in to the Dark Side and then, like two seconds later, totally said he hadn't.
#3. Arrogance Inspires Confidence
Vader is not a humble man. The first time he gets face-to-face with Luke he tells him, "Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as father and son!" When they meet again in the next film, with equal confidence Vader says, "You underestimate the power of the Dark Side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny."
Hell, just look at the way the guy stands. He fills the room.
This is how to win friends and influence people.
Luke tells Vader and the Emperor that overconfidence is their weakness. He's totally wrong.
And It Works Because ...
First of all, just standing like Darth Vader raises your testosterone levels, according to studies. It's evolution -- acting like the "alpha" in the group with your body language actually creates changes to let you assume the role -- physically.
Sort of like how dressing in a cop uniform is enough to get free drugs out of people.
And while we associate pride and arrogance with lazy douche bags who are just bound to get their comeuppance, a study at Northeastern University found that people who had been given an ego boost before setting out to complete a task worked longer and harder than their more humble peers. Their arrogance made them more effective.
And not only that, but they were also viewed as more dominant and likable by other participants. Experiments show that as much as we say we hate arrogant or prideful people, when we run across people acting like hot shit, we tend to assume they are.
Hell, "acting like hot shit" is the whole reason for Boba Fett's fame.
So Vader's boastful arrogance also would be instrumental in convincing Star Destroyers full of underlings to do what the fuck he says.


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Tourism officials in Cave City say recent I-65 construction caused less tourists to come to the area last year.
Now that construction near Exit 53 is complete, Cave City is preparing to attract more traffic in the area.
"We were flat and down last year because of the interstate. People just didn't realize that Exit 53 was closed and the state did the best they could. But when you are in the wrong lane and there is a big truck and you don't see the sign, people would just bypass us instead of turning around and coming back," Cave City Convention Center Executive Director Sharon Tabor says.
After coming out of a tough year, Cave City tourist attractions are preparing for increased traffic as the interstate widens.
As the I-65 widening project finishes up in the next few years, Tabor hopes the interstate will be the avenue for a greater tourism boost.
"We would like to see a rather aggressive goal of about a ten percent increase in the next five years," she says.
Cave City attractions employees are working together to use the interstate to their advantage.
"We've done some cooperative signage that we are working on for the interstate so that people know when they are coming down the interstate that there just isn't one attraction. There are a couple of us working together to do that," says Dinosaur World Marketing Director Nicole Randall.
The finished interstate is years away, but the city is working directly with the tourism groups to prepare for expected growth.
"We're in the process of putting more dollars into the expansion and doing some things that will enhance our possibilities to gain those folks here," says Cave City Mayor Dwayne Hatcher.
"We're appointing our own economic development committee to not only attract new business, but to see businesses that are in the area to see how we can make it easier for them to grow," City Council member, Gary "Doc" Hogan says.
Hogan says Cave City continues to be a great stopping location for tourists passing through the area, but his goal is to bring more vacationers.
Right now, Dinosaur World, Diamond Caverns, Kentucky Down Under and several other attractions are partnering together for a six dollar Sunday deal for South Central Kentucky residents.
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How can I make a shape file of an csv file with coordinates?
If you have FME (or the Data Interoperability Extension in ArcGIS) then the solution looks like this:
A CSV reader, 2DPointReplacer transformer, a PointConnector transformer (optional), and a Shape writer. There are some more examples on our FMEpedia knowledgebase.
Pros: Easy and visual. Also flexible (there are simple ways to handle data that is not just x/y but includes headers, etc) and with a much greater range of format support (not just CSV and Shape)
Cons: Not Free/Open-Source software. If this is a one-off project, or you already have one of the other solutions specified here, then it's probably not worth buying FME just for this one task.
2016 Since this question came up on my radar today, I'll add that the latest FME versions have a parameter in the CSV reader to specify which attributes are coordinates. That way you don't need the 2DPointReplacer any more (which is now renamed to the VertexCreator anyway!)
If you use QGIS, try this tutorial: http://qgis.spatialthoughts.com/2012/01/importing-spreadsheets-or-csv-files-to.html
The easiest and fastest way of doing it is probably with ogr
In the csv driver doc is an example syntax from csv to shape: http://gdal.org/ogr/drv_csv.html
HTH Nicklas
if you are PostgreSQL/PostGIS user, you can convert your bulk data as following:
1.Create a new table for your csv files.
2.Copy csv to newly created table.
3.Now you have to create geometry column for your spatial data.
4.Populating the geometry column from your lat, long with UPDATE function with GeometryFromText function of PostGIS.
5.The last thing, you can connect to QGIS for exporting format of shp or the following code:
and you can use How to convert PostGIS table to Shapefile in Python? or csv2shp (CSV to Shapefile Converter) tool for bulk converting...
i hope it helps you...
First, be certain there are "no" special characters or spaces in the column headings (the only exception is "underscore"). For example, if you have a name like "Borehole ID", change it to something like "BH_ID" or "BHID". Assuming you're using ArcMap, navigate to the .csv file (either in Catalog, or in the Catalog window in ArcMap), right mouse over your .csv file, select "Create Feature Class" ---- > and then "From XY Table". The image shown below is what you'll see next. Populate the "X Field" with your Easting column header and your "Y Field" with the Northing Column header. You can leave the "Z Field" blank unless you want to assign elevations to your points. Next, click on the area that says "Coordinate System of Input Coordinates". Here, you will assign the appropriate projection/datum/zone. Lastly (near the bottom) hit the folder and route to the appropriate directory on your computer or server, and name your new shapefile.
Although not Shape, another way to convert text-based X/Y coordinates to a spatial dataset is to load them into Google Fusion Tables. From there you can export them to a KML dataset.
I suggest this because whatever application you're going to use Shape in, it may also support KML natively. Many do.
Here's an arcpy-based solution.
I'm sure there are lots of examples of how to do this. You can see how to do this in SpatiaLite (with both GUI and command line options) at http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/spatialite-cookbook/html/impexp.html
Add your csv file in Table of Contents in ArcGIS Desktop. Right click on your data and go for Display XY Data. Selecet your X and Y field, also coordinate system. Then you have a visualization of your points. You can also right click and export your visualization as shapefiles.
The reason I prefer this method instead of converting to shapefiles right away is this way you can preview your file before actually convert and save it to your disk, with potential errors.


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Sad time in Edison
February 17, 2013
To the editor: This letter is in regard to the failure of the Edison Local School District levy....
Strike of November 2007 has stuck in voters minds for a long time. They haven't forgotten. Teachers weren't considering the long term effect back then. 6yrs later, it's hitting them square in the face, and the kids of Edison pay for it. Thanks teachers.
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Bravo survivoroftheflood !!!
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Bravo survivoroftheflood !!!
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Ms. Russell, you cast shame on those that voted no and I have to ask why. Why should the taxpayers be forced to pay for an overstaffed school district? If the district cares about the kids, why are they going to deny bus transportation to high school kids? Why are their solutions directly affecting the kids? Why not just layoff some teachers?
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I am retired and living on a fixed income. I just recently qualified for The Homestead Act exemption. My tax bill this Dec. I got a reduction of property tax of around 140 dollars, but the tax increased by approximately 120 dollars. I netted 40 dollars reduction. If the levy had passed I would see an increase of approximately another 200 dollars. Thus I would paying 160 more dollars semi annually. I do ok with my retirement and SS now but in 10 years what I receive wont be so great. I see property taxes to continue to increase, and my income being eat up by inflation.
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While we are told our SS benefits will be safe what we are not told is that Odunbo wants to pass laws that would recalculate the way the cost of living will be calculated making the raises nonexistence or very small. 1to2 billion a year not going to SS but bums that do not work and vote for a living instead of working for it. Other than voting for County. Commissioners that are more fiscal responsible not voting for school levies is one of the few ways I have to insure MY quality of life in the future. If you want a quality educationfor your children, home school, send them to private school, or try to get some other source of funding that doesn't pick the the pockets of property owners, who in this area are are mostly retirees and older.
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Ms Russell
For too many years Edison has been mismanaged. From the Gardner days to the Owens fiasco then we had Carmicael, topped off by a teacher's strike. These things have stuck n the crawl of voters and they may never get over it. Most voters I talk to don't care if or actually want the State to come in and take over.
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Ms Russel, Do you know there are over 10,000 registered voters in the Edison Local School District. Why not blame the defeat of the levy on the 1500 folks who voted Yes in the Nov 2012 election and did not have the desire to go to the polls in February. Nov 2012 Yes votes 3000, February Yes votes 1500, therefor 1500 Yes voters who stayed home for the February election are to blame for the levy defeat.
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The district asked for 3 million a year...
The district says they lost 2.1 million a year in revenue.
The district actually lost 1.2 million in revenue a year, because the 900,000 in stimulus funds should not be funded by the tax payers, since it was a gift from the government, which was used to hire retired staff members for a 2 year period who new the positions would only be there for 2 years. The need is for 1.2 million, that is a 4 mill levy.
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What needs to happen is to run the schools like a business. Promote and keep the teachers that produce a good product, and layoff the rest. If and when the district receives an influx of children more can be hired back. When demand is low, drastic cuts must be made.
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We only need one school district for the whole county, like they do in WV.
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Looking for the state to come in and dissolve the district. Some kids would go to the surrounding districts like Toronto, Steubenville and others.
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Trimming the fat off of the district would go a long way. Take the kids up on Ridgeland Dr. and to SR 152 and make them part of Toronto school district. Take the kids that live on the top of 213 and send them to Steubenville. The kids out past Amsterdam send to Carrolton. Finally, take what you have left and utilize 2 buildings for all the remaining students. Kids from the irondale area to SR 152 goto Stanton. The remaining go to JU.
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In three different letters and their responses Voters are called names and vilified because they exercised their right to vote no on a tax levy. Not one response I have read where people are against the levy have they done anything similar. I don't owe your child an education I owe myself to be able to be secure in my retirement and not hand over my money to a school district to squander. You owe your child an education.
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RPG. Did you not read or just decide to forget that Edison according to the Ohio Department of Education was already below state minimum staffing levels. NO SUPPORT THIS TIME, I thought you said Edison was going to receive 3 million dollars more a year from the state. Let me know when they will receive that. In regard to your stimuly money issue, it had to be included into the budget. MOTEMAN, you are receiving guaranteed income from the governement, that ALL of us taxpayers are helping to fund. Do I moan about it. No. With yoru mentality, I dont owe you a retirement income. Simply put, YOU dont care about education, unless you get it for free and dont have to pay for it.
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By the way, if the district is consilidated, enjoy the higher tax rates you will be paying in the new district. I will continue to support the district and will assist in future levy campaigns even though I wont have any kids in the district. Its the right thing to do. I dont live in the past or have a personal grudge to keep.
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GTFC, The Ohio department of Education, LOL!!! Want to post a more bias source? LOL!!! The goal of bureauocracy is to ensure the surviival of the bureaucracy. Of course they are going to set staff limits at artifical levels, silly, their very existence depends on it. Might taxes be higher? Yep! However, people can change that through voting, and voting with their feet.
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Also GTFC, it is not about the past or any non-existent grudge. It is about respect for the taxpayer, which school districts for the most part have none of. Taxpayers, especially property owners have had enough of towing the line for those that nurse from the government teat, and those that collect the golden eggs from the goose that is the taxpayer.
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RPG, if I do remember correctly you were an Edison graduate. If so, the TAXPAYERS paid for you to go to school also.
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Yep, you are correct. That was back in the 1990's. The mills were still going strong. The Toronto power plant was still running. Any man that did not work at the mill or at the plant did construction work for the guys that did. People were buying homes and having children, buying new cars. My father made the same per hour back then as I do now, and I have a dang good job. What happened? Liberal policies, greedy unions, etc... brought us into decline. Now, the taxpayers are tapped out. Most people my age don't have a job where they can afford to raise a family, let alone afford a home in the country with any substantial acreage. Yet the school districts want more, more, more...
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You see GTFC, there is not much of a tax base anymore. The people have spoken, they have said that they cannot, or do not want to pay anymore taxes. The people have adjusted accordingly and now it is time that the school districts do the same. It would also do a lot of good if the "State" (meaning all government and divisions thereof) respected the rights of the taxpayers.
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Ten years ago, I trained as a pediatrician on the cancer ward of a children's hospital. I witnessed children in pain and children dying. The anger and helplessness I felt compelled me to begin the "Kindertotentanz:" a series of etchings, watercolors, and oils that expressed my ambivalence about modern medicine. In this ongoing series of works, I have an outlet; they drain my rage. They shout what I cannot say aloud.


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Unless you are a turkey . . .
S.L. Frisbie
A journalism professor at Florida State University was fond of telling his entry level students that you had to write a million words before you could consider yourself a writer.
From time to time, I have tried to figure out how long it took me to write my first million words. It is a fool's errand.
I figure I have written more than 5,000 columns in my career, and Dad wrote more than that, starting fresh out of college, continuing even during his two years in the Army in World War II, until a series of TIAs (mini-strokes) when he was well into his 80s finally took the keen edge off his writing ability.
I regret that I didn't read all of them, but of the thousands that I did read, one always stood out in my mind. It was written at Thanksgiving in the early 1960s. Adding to the poignancy of the message is that this was during a time of crisis in his family, including the slow and painful death of his father from throat cancer.
Dad — Loyal Frisbie — died on Dec. 5, 2004, at the age of 89, but that inspirational Thanksgiving message is timeless, and I enjoy rereading it each year at this time. Perhaps you will too.
Unless you are a turkey you have much to be thankful for at this Thanksgiving season.
If you are reading these lines, you have eyes to see with, and an education to read with.
If you are having these lines read to you, you have ears to hear with and a mind to think with.
The past year may have been a sad one for you. There may be deep troubles on the horizon ahead. Still, there should be much room in your heart for thankfulness.
If you lost a loved one in the past year, you know that they are now past pain and sorrow ... and that God has so arranged the Universe that your own grief at the loss is less as the days roll by.
If dark death sits at your door waiting for a critical illness to take its toll in your household, you do have the loved one with you for yet awhile.
Money matters may be causing you concern.
If you could afford to buy this newspaper, or if you know you will be able to feed your family today and tomorrow and the next day, there are millions of people in this world who will find it hard to believe anyone could have such good fortune.
It's possible for the time being you are in such pain that it is a monstrous effort for you to move around.
If you are able to rise from your bed or chair and walk, there are people in hospitals throughout this land who would gladly exchange half the years they have left to do as much.
Please believe me, I would not for one moment belittle your troubles, whatever they may be. I know that your troubles weigh heavily because they are yours, and you must live with them, hour by hour, and day by day.
It is only human for each of us to feel that our burdens are heaviest. But perhaps you can join me in this thought:
As I catalogue my own difficulties and look about me, I don't find anyone with whom I would wish to exchange miseries.
My own are familiar to me, and manageable, and I am grateful that I am alive in God's world, where there is cause for thanksgiving in every sunbeam and every raindrop, where every new dawn brings promise of hope and faith for a brighter tomorrow.
May God's love for his children awake an echoing love in all our hearts.
(S. L. Frisbie is retired. Three years ago, in his Thanksgiving column, he said he was thankful for the opportunity to continue writing a column, and for friends who said they enjoy reading it. And he closed, "I hope I have the grace to quit writing it before you quit enjoying it." That has not changed.)


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If I would ask for $\phi'(x) = f( \phi(x))$ and $\phi(0)=f(0)$, I would get that the inverse of $\phi$ is forced to be of the form:
$$\phi^{-1}(z) = \int_{0}^z \frac{1}{f(x)} d x.$$
Now it is natural to ask whether there is something similiar for the problem $\phi''(x) =f( \phi(x),\phi'(x))$?
Or a little bit mor restrictive: Given a (homogenous) polynomial $f_j(X_0, \dots X_n) \in \mathbb{C}[X_0, \dots, X_n]$, where $j=1, \dots, m$, such that the variety $V(f_1, \dots, f_m)$ is a non singular variety over $\mathbb{C}$.
Q1: Is it known in general, if there exists a function $\phi: \Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$, such that $$f_j( \phi(s), \phi'(s), \dots, \phi^{(n)}(s))=0$$ or perhaps the easier problem with isolated variables $$\left( \phi^{(n+1)}(s) \right)^{\mathrm{deg} (f_j)}= f_j( \phi(s), \phi'(s), \dots, \phi^{(n)}(s)).$$ for all $s \in \Omega$? Here $\Omega$ is any open subset of $\mathbb{C}$. Are there global meromorphic solutions? What is the algebraic invariant, which counts the linear independent solutions here?
Q2: (see Denis Serre's answer): What is known in the case $m=1$? Or what if require all $f_j$'s to have the same degree?
Q3: Is there a general theory/algorithm, how to compute the solutions in special cases?
Q4: Are there some easy examples, which give an intuition, what we can expect to be true and what not?
I make this community wiki, since I do not know wheter my question is naive. I have little intuition about this stuff. Please comment if you do some changes. As a motivation, the Weierstrass $\wp $ function does the job for elliptic curves.


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Miguel Carrasco is a digital marketing thought leader, software developer, architect, team leader, blogger and software development evangelist. Currently, Carrasco is the Director of Imaginet Interactive, and has been a Microsoft MVP for over 4 years. Before that, he was software development manager at E.H. Price, Ltd. for 6 years and chief software architect and head of software development at Anvil Digital. He started his career as solutions developer and Microsoft trainer at Imaginet. He contributes and runs many high profile blogs including MiguelCarrasco.com and Software Development in the Real World.
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The film follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
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Blue Bay Theme for ExtJS 4
Hi all,
In our continuing mission to make ExtJS THE javascript framework of choice we've released another exciting theme to make your applications look amazing.
The Blue Bay theme from EdgeUX builds on our existing Accent theme but adds a splash of colour for those of you who aren't quite so fond of the white label corporate grey.
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If the community out there likes the theme then please let us know if we're on the right track with an upvote for the thread! Feedback is always welcome so we can keep improving and give you guys the ExtJS extensions you want.
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Seems nice and affordable.
Only thing I don't like is the collapse icon, I feel that is too big.
What about bootstrap theme?
With smaller font than default (14px is the default, to big for an app to my POW).
There is one free but ugly and incomplete to my taste.
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Thanks for the feedback it's much appreciated.
There is certainly a trend for larger fonts and chunkier interfaces, in a large part following the influence of mobile and iOS. However we have had feedback before that people would prefer smaller font sizes for ExtJS UIs, perhaps this is a reflection of the enterprise nature in which many ExtJS applications are used.
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Roguestar is officially a dungeon crawl now, as it actually has dungeons:
For the moment I'm ok with the empty black pits, but I want to do something with the skylights. Maybe slant them at an angle? I'll probably also change the dungeon lighting to some kind of red-orange shining up with the camera light at half-brightness.
I have a lot less free time now than I used to, so I'm trying to focus on specific game features and spend less time fiddling with stuff (like FRP semantics) under the hood.


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"HAHAHAHA! Look at that gaymo Juart!!"
"Lol, Huard is gaymo. ROfl"
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Sweet Mary Mother of God I wish I was in the gaymos
by chix0r October 20, 2005
A Gaymo is a friendly term used for a person who other people percieve to be Homosexual even if they are not ( But they still could be ) . Especially in the music and media industry.
The lead singer from " The Late Greats" is a Gaymo
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A combination of the words "gay" and "homo" which could be construed as slightly pejorative, but is often used simply in jest. 1: A term used among friends, either gay or straight to make fun of each other for doing or saying something stereotypically gay. 2: A term used by masculine-acting gay men to describe stereotypically gay men or overly feminine gay men.
1: Dude, did you just say that you like Madonna? You're such a gaymo! 2: Hey, check out the guy in the lycra shorts. What a gaymo.
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The name given to a man who pulls his partners hair in a fight
Jesus, look at him pulling her hair. What a Gaymo.
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A gay Emo (Emo-punk, pretending to look like an Emo-punk person); a gay-guy sporting an Emo look
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a combination of the word gay and homo. Can be used as an insult.
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90Sr has a half life of 28.5y. It is chemically similar to Ca and enters the body through the food chain and collects in bones. It is a serious health hazard. How long in (years) will it take for 99.99% of Sr released in a nuclear reactor accident to disappear?
If initial mass is $M$. Amount remaining after $n$ half lives is $M/2^{n}$.
Ask yourself, How much remains after 99.99% is gone?
Pratik's point was a good one, though perhaps not the most helpful.
The decay of a radioactive material means that the amount of time for any specific percentage of a quantity of material to decay is constant. That is, in this case,
$0.0001 N_0 = N_0 e^{-\lambda t}$
$t = -\frac{\ln(0.0001)}{\lambda}$
where $\lambda$ is called the decay constant. In this case we have
$t \approx 379 \mbox{years}$
What you really should care about is the effect of this material. When making these sorts of calculations for accident analysis, engineers consider, a huge variety of factors such as:
There is an entire field known as probabilistic risk assesment that examines these sorts of questions and debates the relative weights that should be placed on them. I am not a PRA expert, but I have some experience with the field.
That being said, we, unfortunately, have some real data with which we can work. In the case of Fukushima, the level of ${}^90$Sr in seawater some 7 months after the accident was less than $0.03 Bq/cm^3$; see this article. Another source gives a value of 195 Bq. This equates to about $4 \times 10^{-11}$ grams... not very much. Considering that the deposition fraction (the amount that gets into bones once consumed/inhaled) is about 0.12, these quantities are quite minimal.
In short, it's not something you need to lose sleep over.


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Carol was born Dec. 23, 1939 in Nebraska City to Edward B. and Caroline C. (Frenzel) Miller. She was a retired certified nursing assistant. She enjoyed taking long walks and cooking and baking for her large family.
Survivors include her six children, Jackie Curry, Kenny Huss, Billie Jo Downing, Rita Huss, Wayne Huss and Nancy Huss; sister Darleen Miller; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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One of my friends told me that some crew members you pick up randomly on your journey can be a mentally unstable and may go on a murderous rampage and attack other crew members. Is there any way to tell if someone is apt to 'snap' at some point?
Many of the effects of encounters are randomized -- even if last time you were in the exact same situation with the same text, things might go differently. You won't be able to tell if the crewmember will be insane until the event completes, except in certain special circumstances (detailed below).
I believe in one particular event, you find a station with a sole survivor, and (s)he offers to join your crew. There's a chance that everything goes fine, and this will add +1 crewmember. However, there's a chance that this person will go insane and murder one of your other crewmembers, in which case you end with -1 crewmembers. The outcome is randomized, though.
The insanity is immediate during the event, and unlike a "boarding party" you can't fight the crewmember. If they go insane and there's no mitigating factors (see below) you will instantly lose a crewmember. If they don't, you will never have problems with the crewmember in the future.
A couple of things can affect the outcome, however:
I believe that certain event has been changed or you did not have a Slug crew member on board at the time. If you have a Slug and you meet a sole survivor the blue option text that is usually positive will show an option that is along the lines of "Get your Slug to examine this man's mind." This will result in either "He is fine sir" in which case you welcome him aboard or "This man is a dangerous, warped individual, we best leave him" and you abandon him. With a Slug aboard this particular event you will you a crewmember or gain no reward, but at least you don't lose your prized Zoltan.


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There is an algorithm that give us cuboids in $\mathbb{R}^3$, say $Q_1,Q_2,\ldots$, such that $\cup_{i=1}^{\infty} Q_i$ is the simplex with vertices $(0,0,0), (1,0,0) , (0,1,0), (0,0,1)$, and the $Q_i$'s are almost disjoint (i.e $\lambda(Q_i\cap Q_j)=0$ if $i\neq j$)?
In $\mathbb{R}^2$ there are many easy ways to fill a triangle with almost disjoint-rectangles but I had not find the way to generalize this to higher dimensions. Do you have any ideas?
This will be very helpful, for example, to approximate the cumulative distribution function of a sum of 3 or more random variables that are not necessarily independents.


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5 Infuriating Things Nobody Tells You About College
The most underrated part of college is what you learn outside of the classroom. And no, we're not talking about the stuff your parents worry about ("Mom! I learned how to make a bong out of a dildo!"). We're talking about the bitter, cruel disappointment you feel when you find out how college actually works.
When it comes to lowering your expectations of the adult world, it doesn't get much better than finding out ...
#5. Most of Your Teachers Aren't Qualified to Teach
For those of you who've been to college, your first shock was probably your teachers. Where are the scholarly gray-haired guys with elbow patches on their jackets, full of worldly wisdom? Why do all of your teachers look like they're about 23 years old and read their lessons straight off of a PowerPoint presentation?
"Didn't I do keg stands with him last night?"
Unfortunately, the notion of college professors as scholarly experts who inspire learning is as outdated as the idea of getting a job after graduating from college. Fewer than 30 percent of all professors are full-time faculty. The other 70 percent are the underpaid, unwashed masses doing most of the teaching, and, in many cases, doing it poorly.
About 32 percent of all courses are taught by grad students attempting to stave off unemployment. What makes them qualified to do a job previously performed by tenured Ph.D.s? Nothing! Only half of teaching assistants get any sort of meaningful instruction on how to teach, where "meaningful" can mean a five-hour, completely optional seminar. The rest walk in on the first day of class and reflexively stumble toward the back row before realizing, "Shit. I need to be up here now."
"OK, so here's the deal: I'm actually much better at math, so this is no longer a history class."
Armed with less training than a kindergarten teacher, almost no access to class materials and sometimes a limited command of English, the grad students bravely soldier forth to try not to fuck up the educations of impressionable freshmen. Over the coming years, a small percentage level up to tenured faculty who often still don't know how to write a syllabus or generate coherent content.
And then there are the people who wind up teaching college courses as "mid-career changes." That is a euphemism for being so specialized or so old that they have no other choice but teaching after leaving their old careers. Yes, teaching college part-time is now viewed as a sexy alternative to being unemployed. These adjunct teachers, as you've guessed, get less training than grad students and may have no aptitude for teaching whatsoever. Not that they'd have a bunch of time for extra training anyway -- about 65 percent of part-time professors have another job they have to run to once class is over.
"Would you like a dissertation on the Franco-Prussian War with that?"
A cynical person could say that this means the journalists and MBAs of tomorrow are being trained by people too incompetent to retain their dream jobs. The truth is probably somewhere between that and Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.
#4. Colleges Are Selling Out More Than You Think
It's not an earth-shattering revelation that every business, club and institution on the planet is looking for ways to make some extra cash on the side. By the time you get to college, you're jaded enough to not be surprised by, say, overpriced sweatshirts or jacked-up parking fees on campus. But you have no idea how hard your school banks on you winding up hopelessly, disastrously in debt when you graduate.
"God, please bankrupt half the sophomore class. Amen."
For instance, some colleges essentially sell their students' information to credit card companies for a piece of the action. At the University of Michigan, an agreement with Bank of America stuffs $25.5 million into the alumni association's pants in return for the "names and addresses of students, alumni, faculty, staff, donors and holders of season tickets to athletic events" -- i.e., everyone who has set foot on the damned campus, ever.
OK, but just encouraging you to sign up for a card isn't actually encouraging you to be irresponsible with it. It's not like they get a bonus for kids racking up more debt than they can pay -- oh, wait. Michigan State University actually does receive royalties from Bank of America based on student spending and, yes, the school can make even more money if the student carries a balance. So the school profits when its students fumble toward financial insolvency. Have we mentioned that the average senior graduates with a ball-busting $4,100 in credit card debt, a figure so staggering that Congress actually passed a goddamn law to restrict credit card access for those under 21?
"Wait, I have to pay this back!?!"
Not that it's just credit card companies diving at students' wallets. At the University of North Carolina, during move-in the school lets Target bus students to a nearby store, where they shop and party with (no shit) the Target mascot, a live DJ ... and the school's vice chancellor. (Wait, Target has a mascot? How would you wear that costume without fear of getting shot at?)
Maybe you're sitting there thinking, "Yeah, schools should do it the old-fashioned way and get all of their money from donations! You know, like how rich people donate in exchange for having a building named after them!" Ah, but that money comes with filthy strings attached, too. Case in point: The BB&T Charitable Foundation donates money with the requirement that the school create a course on capitalism and teach Ayn Rand's bible on human selfishness, Atlas Shrugged. And yes, one of the requirements is that everyone read all 1,200 pages.
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At least they didn't have to watch the movie.
#3. They Beg You to Apply Just So They Can Reject You
Who would you say are the most aggressive and borderline unethical marketers out there? It has to be credit card companies, right? They're the ones who employ a sophisticated targeting matrix that results in carpet-bombing "pre-approved" card offers to disinterested consumers, wildly irresponsible spenders and the occasional dog who has been dead for a decade.
In their defense, he had an 800 score.
Well, at some point, colleges looked at that marketing model and said, "You know what? This is a great idea." Colleges are now luring students via techniques usually seen in emails beginning with "REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP."
Instead of the "Pre-Approved for Low-Interest No-Fee Platinum" offers, colleges use a fast-track application, or fast app. With the fast app, colleges have eliminated annoyances like filling in your name, paying an application fee and bothering to write a college essay. Some colleges are sending out VIP applications, supposedly picking the brightest for special attention, implying "platinum" style membership with terms like "Distinctive Candidate Applications" and "Exclusive Scholar Applications." For instance, Marquette University sent out "Advantage" applications to 40,000 students who actually range from valedictorians to some guy who asked for a brochure. Marquette's entire freshman class will be fewer than 2,000 students, by the way.
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So why flood themselves with piles of applications they know they're going to reject anyway? Because even if the spammed prospective students don't qualify, the schools can still boast about how many applicants they attract, thanks to all of the random strangers who replied to their mass mailings. After all, the U.S. News Best College rankings factor in total applicants and rejection rates (look how exclusive they are!), and a college can artificially boost its rank by ... attracting and then rejecting a lot of unqualified people.
If this seems like it's one step above email spam, well, they have started doing that, too, with one prospective student reporting getting bombarded by emails with subject lines like "Pleased to meet you, David," "Tulane University has selected you" and "A top college wants to get to know you!"
It's a little frightening that colleges are paying for advertisement campaigns straight out of the Cracked.com comment section ... and most colleges won't offer you the chance to meet wealthy singles OR make $1,700 a week working from home.


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The problem is that here is a router (at a cottage), which only allows 2 connections. but we need wi-fi for 8 devices. so the plan is to create another wi-fi spot to share our connection. is there a tool or tutorial for that?
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If needed, there are more details on this Apple help page: Sharing your Internet connection.
You could do it with the built-in Sharing feature (System Preferences->Sharing), but it would require two wifi cards in the device acting as the bridge. More broadly, to my knowledge, it isn't possible to share a connection in the way you are proposing with a single wifi card (though you could extend the signal, it would still be limited to the same number of connections as that is bring managed by the original access point).
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By Susan Wright
The 2008 survey saw a total of 3,058 responses collected. Of those, 2,412 respondents resided in the United States (83.4%). Of the remaining 480 respondents, a total of over 42 other countries were represented. Where appropriate, the data is compared to the 1998 Violence & Discrimination Survey Against Sexual Minorities which collected over 1,000 responses to similar questions over the course of a year. The 1998 survey did not cover business or event-related experiences of harassment, nor did it ask about Internet experiences. The 2008 survey also included more questions about sexual activity and identity.
|Table 1. Gender
|Table 2. Sexual Orientation
A total of 1,146 (37.5%) respondents indicated that they had either been discriminated against, had experienced some form of harassment or violence, or had some form of harassment or discrimination aimed at their BDSM-leather-fetish-related business. Of the respondents who reported some form of persecution,
(Sexual orientation, like gender, was a question which required some answer, but allowed respondents to choose as many as they felt might apply, so the percentage totals more than 100%.)
Of the 1,146 respondents who indicated that they had either been discriminated against or had experienced some form of harassment or violence,
(Sexual orientation, like gender, was a question which required some answer, but allowed respondents to choose as many as they felt might apply, so the percentage totals more than 100%.)
The sexual orientation of respondents who were discriminated against or had experienced some form of harassment or violence is compared in Table 6.1 to the total percentage of respondents who identified their orientation. It is interesting to note that Gay/lesbian, Bisexual and Other respondents have slightly higher rates of persecution than their average percentage of total respondents, while Heterosexuals are less likely to be discriminated against.
|Table 3. Sexual Orientation
and Discrimination
|Total Percent
2008 Respondents
In 1998, the survey asked: "Are you completely 'out' about your involvement in sexual minority practices? "62% stated they were not "completely out." That is statistically almost the same as the 59.5 and 59.7% of respondents in the current survey who said they weren't out to work and/or family.
11.3% (346) of the total number of respondents (3,058) reported being discriminated against by professional or personal service providers. That is 30% (346) of the respondents who were discriminated against (1,146). Those respondents could check one or more of the specific ways they were discriminated against (Table 8.), with 48.8% discriminated against by a medical doctor, and 39.3% discriminated against by a mental health practitioner.
|Table 4. Discrimination by Professionals
|Medical doctor
|Mental health practitioner
|Police or govt. employee
|Other Professional service provider
|Other Personal service provider
|Building contractor
In total, 203 (6.6%) respondents stated their business had been harassed or discriminated against.
Respondents could check one or more of the specific ways they were discriminated against
(Table 5.).
|Table 5. Business Discrimination
|Negative media coverage
|Harassment by police/author
|Harassment by neighbors
|Harassment by organizations
|Loss of lease
|Refused credit card services
|Loss of business
|Refused insurance coverage
|Loss of occupancy certificate
When asked, "Have you curtailed your use of the Internet for fear of prosecution?" More than one-third of the respondents, 1,065 (34.8%) of the 3058 respondents, said "yes". Respondents could check one or more of the specific ways they curtailed their Internet use (Table 10.).
|Table 6. Curtailed Internet Use
|Didn't post image
|Didn't visit website
|Didn't post text
|Didn't link to website
|Didn't join email group
|Posted 18-over warn
|Barred users
|Didn't add meta-text
9.3% of respondents, 285 out of the total returned surveys, reported that US 2257 had an impact on their use of the Internet. Of the 1,065 respondents who indicated that they had curtailed their use of the Internet regarding BDSM activities, 214 (20.1%) reported that US 2257 was a significant reason for that curtailment.
When respondents who experienced violence and/or harassment were asked, "Did you press charges?" 90% said no as compared to 96% of the respondents in the 1998 survey who did not press charges.
|Table 7. Reasons Declined To Press Charges
|Fear of further harassment
|Fear of family disapproval
|Fear of job safety
|Fear of legal repercussions
|Fear of losing child custody
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When we applied for a street fair permit for an outdoor leather
festival, we were met with tremendous opposition from a very vocal
member of the local community board, implying that Leather people
belong behind closed doors and out of the public eye where children and
others could see them. Not knowing how to handle this, I immediately
contacted the NCSF for their help in this matter. After speaking with
Susan Wright at the NCSF, I was more than armed with important
information and a long list of our rights, feeling ready to face not
only the community board but the local press with confidence and
Because of a ten minute conversation the NCSF, not only were we awarded the street fair permit for the event, but the community board voted unanimously in our favor. In addition, the NCSF made sure they were on hand at the Leather weekend, meeting with the media, making sure we came off looking good in the public light.
Our event could not have happened without the experience and support of the NCSF and we are very thankful an organization such as this exists.
Robert Valin
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New York Leather Weekend
As Director of one of the largest BDSM/Fetish educational events in the country - The Floating World, I have had numerous occasions to work with people from NCSF in assuring the event goes off with minimal friction. They have offered invaluable advice on dealing with municipal authorities and have been very helpful in dealing with an always-prying media. Susan Wright of NCSF has been our media relations expert from the beginning, and has done wonders in keeping us out of the media circus spotlight.
One particular case was when a reporter from The Star Ledger newspaper decided our event was excellent human interest material, even though we explained clearly that we wanted no press. Susan spent much time on the phone and in person with this very determined reporter and managed to expertly turn the focus away from us. She did her best to get the story canceled, but when the Editor wouldn't have it she did excellent damage control, injecting positive elements into the story and delaying the release of the article until AFTER our event, avoiding a flood of curiosity seekers and other media looking for their own stories.
What could have easily been a media disaster became a manageable issue, and her help meant I could focus on keeping the event on track and protecting the privacy of our attendees.
Dan Andersen,
Director - The Floating World
Edison, NJ
Planning a larger kink event like Winter Wickedness is stressful enough, without adding in efforts to shut it down by the Radical Right. Although we recognized an effort such as this is largely based on misinformation and people's fear of the unknown, we had invested significant amounts of time, effort and capitol, and were unwilling to be swayed by biased attempts to cancel the event.
With two weeks left before opening day, we heard that a local Christian radio station had done an inflammatory story on our event. Subsequently, the host hotel began receiving a smattering of calls from the listeners demanding the event's cancellation. We initially contacted the NCSF to consult with their specialists as a preparatory step, in case this was picked up by the mainstream media.
A week later, the Radical Right had discovered their efforts were not producing the desired effect. They stepped it up and began contacting the mainstream media, the local authorities, including the health dept, the fire marshal, the local police dept, etc – in an effort to bring more pressure. We again reached out to the NCSF, which had Susan on the case, and Robin coming in for the event. Between the coordination of the Action Alert e-mails, Robin on the ground as the local media spokesperson, Susan keeping the heat on, and calling in to offer the media another voice – we had the NCSF as an invaluable ally in maintaining our sexual freedoms.
Although what it is that we do (WIITWD) is legal, safe, sane and consensual and had been given the go ahead by the local and state authorities; the radical right's sensationalism, grassroots efforts and pointed innuendos implying inappropriate behavior, can create enough fear to jeopardize a venue. The NCSF has proven to us, beyond any doubt, that they are willing and able to fight back the bias and discriminatory efforts against us. The NCSF is a valuable asset to the Kink, Leather, GLBT and Alt Sex lifestyles. Adventures In Sexuality (AIS) is proud to be an NCSF Coalition Partner and will continue to bring the NCSF to all our events.
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Susan Wright of NCSF held the positions of Public Relations Director and Media Spokesperson for TES Fest 08, a 700-person weekend event over the 2008 July 4th weekend hosted at the Radisson Hotel in Piscataway NJ. This TES event, like the previous one, had the challenge of establishing a working relationship with a new venue and a new town. Susan continued to be a great ambassador for us as she met with the hotel, police and fire departments and did a spectacular job with helping us to forge a new set of relationships. She also, along with her vast resources at NCSF, helped research all relevant laws in the new town we were in to ensure that our event was in total legal compliance. In particular, she also performed admirably at-event in interfacing with the local law enforcement personnel which we hired as auxiliary security staff. We owe Susan a hearty "Thank You" for a series of 4 TES Fest's that were trouble free!
Director, TES Association
Executive Director, TES Fest 08
Susan Wright of NCSF has helped Paddles, the BDSM nightclub here in NYC, tremendously in the various issues we have encountered over the last few years involving all applicable laws/policies and interfacing with the local community. With NCSF's resources and her own years of expertise, she has worked diligently with us to research the health code regulations in NYC and how they affect an alternative sexuality nightclub such as ours. She has also done extensive work with us towards the goal of the city removing and/or amending its "anti-sex club" policies which has created an environment which makes it challenging for Paddles, a legal BDSM nightclub establishment, to operate in. She has also helped us understand and stay in compliance with all other regulations that would affect a club such as ours. Susan is a great asset to have "on our side" who is always available to lend us assistance. Thanks for all the help, Susan!
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NCSF joins state and local representatives in urging everyone to file a complaint if they were present at the Eagle on September 10th, when the Atlanta police illegally detained 62 patrons and 8 employees and searched them without a warrant, reasonable suspicion, or probable cause. You can file a complaint with the Atlanta Police Department and the Atlanta Citizen Review Board which is investigating the raid:
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"It's so important that our patrons come forward," says Richard Ramey, co-owner of the Eagle. "Everyone needs to hear how badly our civil rights were violated."
"Please call today!" urges Susan Wright, spokesperson for NCSF. "This is a clear human rights violation. If we don't speak up, they won't stop persecuting us. We are the only ones who can fight for our rights."
To read more about what happened at the Atlanta Eagle, visit http://AtlantaEagleRaid.com
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The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is committed to creating a political, legal, and social
environment in the United States that advances the equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual and relationship expression. NCSF advances the rights and advocates for consenting adults in the SM-Leather-Fetish, swing, and polyamory communities. We pursue our vision through direct services, education, advocacy, and outreach in conjunction with our partner organizations to directly
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NCSF Condemns the Atlanta Police Department's Raid on the Eagle
September 15, 2009 - On September 10th, the Atlanta Eagle was raided by local police who used excessive force and voiced anti-gay slurs while handcuffing 62 patrons and 8 employees, forcing them to lie face-down on the floor for over an hour. The strong use of force included the presence of the "Red Dog unit" which typically deals with crimes such as gang violence.
Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington held a press conference yesterday afternoon stating that the gay leather bar was raided because of anonymous complaints that came through the mayor's office. One undercover officer stated in a September 11th report following the raid that it was the "conclusion of a several week investigation involving indecency and the club was providing adult entertainment without the proper permits to do so."
"It's a clear violation of the civil rights of those who were detained without cause," says Susan Wright, NCSF Spokesperson. "Instead of making an arrest at the time of the alleged offense, the Atlanta vice squad spent many hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer's money to raid the gay leather bar and persecute Atlanta citizens."
NCSF demands a full probe into the alleged misconduct and the allocation of resources by the Atlanta police department. NCSF also joins state and local representatives in urging anyone present the night of the arrests to step forward and file a formal complaint. Please contact NCSF for additional assistance to ensure that this matter is investigated in an open process.
A rally on Sunday at the Eagle drew a large presence in support of the victims by the LGBT community. Another rally is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2009.
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) is committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances the equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual and relationship expression. NCSF advances the rights and advocates for consenting adults in the SM-Leather-Fetish, swing, and polyamory communities. We pursue our vision through direct services, education, advocacy, and outreach in conjunction with our partner organizations to directly benefit these communities.
To contact our media spokesperson, Susan Wright, (917) 848-6544
To contact our office directly: (410) 539-4824
Stop the Arrests in New York City
March 10, 2009 - The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) is a proud member of the Stop the Arrests Coalition. Spokesperson Susan Wright has participated in organizing meetings and spoke out at the Sheridan Square Rally on February 21st, 2009, against the false arrests of gay men and professional Dominatrices for prostitution.
There is good news from a meeting on March 6th with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly pledging to curb the stings against gay men (see articles below). NCSF is continuing to press for a cessation of arrests of professional Dominatrices, and has written to Commissioner Kelly to ask for a meeting about the NYPD's change in policy after 14 years of legal operation, which has resulted in a number of arrests of Dominatrices and owners of BDSM houses since Fall 2007.
NCSF opposes the prosecution of pro-dominants under prostitution laws. Consenting adults engaging in safe, sane, consensual SM, fetishes, and cross-dressing services do not pose legitimate health or safety issues for local communities. What these adults agree to do in private is no one else's business.
Members of the Stop the Arrests Coalition include: Queer Justice League, Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Sex Workers Outreach Project, Urban Justice League's Sex Worker Project, and FIERCE New York.
by Larry Celona
New York Post
March 9, 2009
Following accusations that vice cops were making dubious arrests of gay menat pornography shops, the NYPD has decided that similar investigations will now have to be approved by the department's higher-ups, sources told The Post.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly called the head of the department's OrganizedCrime Control Bureau, which oversees the vice squad, and others to Police Headquarters after protests outside Mayor Bloomberg's home over the arrests.
Protesters said undercover vice-squad cops were flirting with customers in Manhattan shops and offering to have sex for money - which the activists said amounted to entrapment.
The department had said it was not targeting gay men but was ratherconducting a nuisance-abatement operation in response to neighbor complaints.
As a result of the talks, it was decided that all such operations would haveto be cleared by OCCB head Chief Anthony Izzo, the sources said.
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Manhattan DA Pledges to Investigate Gay Men's Prostitution Arrests
by Duncan Osborne
Gay City News
March 8, 2009
Activists who met with Robert Morgenthau report that the district attorney said he would investigate the 2008 prostitution arrests of at least 30 gay and bisexual men in at least six Manhattan porn shops, and may dismiss the cases against five of the men who are contesting the charges.
"The first thing Morgenthau said was, 'We are going to investigate all these cases,'" said Joey Nelson, coordinator for the Queer Justice League and a member of the Coalition to Stop the Arrests. "That was the first thing out of his mouth."
The March 6 meeting lasted roughly an hour, and included coalition members, elected officials or their representatives, community groups, and Leroy Frazer, the executive assistant district attorney for governmental affairs and community relations.
"They were going to go back and start looking at all the individual cases," said Robert Pinter, also a coalition member and one of the men who was arrested last year. "They really seemed genuinely concerned that something wrong was happening here."
The arrests, which were later cited in lawsuits seeking to close the shops brought by the city against five of the six businesses, are widely seen as false arrests in the gay community.
"They weren't trying to cover things up or hide," Pinter said. "Morgenthau himself brought up that he has prosecuted police over 300 times in his career."
Morgenthau's office could quickly dismiss the charges against the five men who pleaded not guilty, but Pinter and Nelson said no promises were made.
"He said that those would be easier to act on, but there was no promise of automatic dismissal," Nelson said. "He said they would investigate those cases and that those would be the first that they would investigate."
Morgenthau's office may already be doing that. At court dates, the district attorney's office has
repeatedly adjourned the cases saying they are not ready, leading defense attorneys to speculate that the prosecution is letting the time limit it has to bring the cases to trial run out so the cases will
have to be dismissed.
Activists asked that Morgenthau reopen the other cases in which some of the men are known to have pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and received minor sentences. Those dispositions should be vacated, the charges dismissed, and the cases sealed, activists said.
Morgenthau cannot do that on his own, though he might not oppose such motions. Those men convicted would have to ask that their pleas be vacated.
"Those cases would have to be brought forward by the individuals," Nelson said. "At this point, we
should be doing an all-points bulletin that people who have been arrested should be contacting the district attorney's office to ask if their cases can be vacated."
The meeting was convened by State Senator Thomas K. Duane who, activists said, was an effective advocate.
"I thought Tom Duane was very, very strong in putting out the lay of the land," Nelson said. "He called it homophobic... He said it was a set-up."
Duane, who is openly gay, represents Chelsea where some of the arrests happened. State Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, an out lesbian who represents the West Village, was also praised by activists.
"[Duane] was really forceful and Deborah Glick chimed in a really forceful way," Pinter said. "They were just very outspoken."
Other attendees included Assemblyman Dick Gottfried, who represents Chelsea, Brendan Fay, a coalition member, and staff from the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP).
Activists had a February 11 meeting, organized by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, an out lesbian who represents Chelsea, with senior police officials who said they had paused in their efforts.
"The message, at least in the DA's office, was heard really loud and clear," Pinter said.
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