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About the Author
The author of more than thirty books, Ray Bradbury is one of the most celebrated fiction writers of our time. Among his best-known works are Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. In 2000, Mr. Bradbury was honored by the National Book Foundation with a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He is the winner of the 2004 National Medal of Arts and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. In 2007, he was awarded a medal naming him a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, France's highest cultural award. His most recent books include Now and Forever, Farewell Summer, and From the Dust Returned. Mr. Bradbury lives in Los Angeles.


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Spy Hunter movie trundles along, signs new director
Spy Hunter is still getting the movie treatment apparently. Warner Bros. has just signed up a new director for the flick.
Gangster Squad director Ruben Fleischer is now helming the project, says Deadline. The site adds that The script is being penned by Carter Blanchard. The Godzilla reboot's Dan Lin and Roy Lee will produce.
I can't help but question why this is happening. What do you think?
Thanks IGN.
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Sealed Air Upgraded to Strong Buy - Analyst Blog
On Dec 14, Zacks Investment Research upgraded
Sealed Air Corporation
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trending upward after the company reported strong third quarter
fiscal 2014 results and raised its fiscal 2013 outlook on Oct 30.
Why the Upgrade?
Sealed Air's third-quarter adjusted net earnings improved 39% year over year to 39 cents, helped by higher volumes and a positive price/mix. The results beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents per share. In fact, the company has outpaced the consensus estimate in three out of four times, missing it on one occasion. Thus, the average surprise over the last four quarters is 16.6%.
Sealed Air raised its guidance for fiscal 2013 adjusted earnings per share to the range $1.25 to $1.30 from $1.10 to $1.20. Net sales guidance was changed to $7.7 billion as against prior range of $7.7 to $7.9 billion.
Sealed Air's Integration & Optimization Program will generate cost savings and benefits of approximately $195 million to $200 million by the end of 2014. The company is expected to realize $90 million of benefits in 2013, of which approximately $71 million has been realized in the first three quarters of 2013. Sealed Air has also announced an additional restructuring plan with projected annualized savings of $80 million by 2015.
Sealed Air will benefit from its 4-9% price increase, which was effective from Nov 1, for most products in its Food Care and Product Care divisions in North America. The price hike is in response to rising polyethylene costs and it may boost the 2014 results if successful.
Sealed Air has agreed to sell its rigid medical packaging business to Milwaukee-based private equity firm Mason Wells for $125 million, as it is no longer considered to be a strategic fit for the company. The proceeds are likely to be utilized to pay back debt and thus reduce interest expense, and thereby contributing to margins.
Earnings estimates have been trending higher over the past 60 days on account of its raised fiscal 2013 forecast. The Zacks Consensus Estimate increased 8% to $1.29 per share for fiscal 2013, while it advanced 5% to $1.54 per share for fiscal 2013 over the same timeframe.
Other Stocks to Consider
Some other stocks worth considering in the sector include Clearwater Paper Corporation ( CLW ), Packaging Corporation of America ( PKG ) and UFP Technologies, Inc. ( UFPT ). While Clearwater holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Packaging Corporation and UFP Technologies carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking - Oxford Quick Reference (Paperback)Market House Books Limited
Paperback Published: 13/03/2014
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Click & Collect From your local shop
This best-selling Dictionary of Finance and Banking includes over 5,200 entries. The fifth edition has been fully revised and updated, and adds more than 150 new entries. These focus particularly upon recent terminology, institutions, and safety measures coined or introduced since the economic crash of 2008-9, including reactions to the crisis such as the Asset Protection Scheme and the Financial Stability Oversight Council. The dictionary defines terms from all aspects of personal and international finance, including money markets, private investments and borrowing, central banking, foreign exchanges, monetary policy, and public and government finance. Now with expanded coverage of capital structure and corporate restructuring. Recommended up-to-date web links for many entries, accessed via the Dictionary of Finance and Banking website, provide valuable extra information. With clear and accessible definitions, this jargon-free dictionary is a companion volume to the other financial titles in this best-selling series, A Dictionary of Business and Management, A Dictionary of Accounting, and A Dictionary of Economics, and provides accurate and valuable information for students, practitioners, private investors, and readers of the financial pages alike.
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So my issue is that some customers are claiming they've requested a cancellation request through the site's contact form. Obviously, this is not allowed according to policy, but I wanted to see if there was a way to design the form to help communicate this.
For example, if a preset subject was selected (e.g. edit membership) then the submission would return a message stating "All membership changes must be made in person at the studio"...
Just curious if anyone else has had this issue come up and how it could be designed better.


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Morning Shots: 'Hunger Games' Footage And 'True Blood' Fashions
Delayed by current events, here's today's roundup.
I frankly found the Hunger Games teaser from MTV so inconsequential that there's almost no point in seeing it if you've seen the photos of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, but here it is, anyway.
The Fug Girls are always worth reading, and today, they've got a slideshow on the fashion sense of various True Blood characters.
The New York Times has some thoughts about the Current TV list of "50 Documentaries To See Before You Die."
Are literary prizes purely a matter of taste, or is there something more objective to the judging? One former judge says a prize can very well be awarded on a basis other than personal tastes, because judgments and tastes are entirely different.
Stay abreast of Snooki-related private jet news! You must! It's important! (It is not important.)
Don't think only U.S. media stands around asking whether the internet is killing television. The BBC does, too, and the verdict? Not so fast, internet.
And finally: BBC America and Logo are co-producing three Absolutely Fabulous specials, which will, of course, feature Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as Edina and Patsy.
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Martins Ferry, Ohio
A preventable accident.
This Swift Transportation driver did everything he wasn't supposed to do. He never took a look at this inside dock nor did he line up straight. If he had lined up straight he would have noticed bright yellow markers to center his trailer on. About midway in he struck the support pole on the left side of the trailer. When he went to correct his mistake, he drove it further in. On the third try, still unsure of what to do, he turned his wheel the wrong way tearing the door from the hinges. Can we really blame him for this? Yes and no. I lay most of the blame on the giant companies for their efforts to rush as many student drivers through training as possible. Reason? Turnover! When you have thousands of customers to service you need many trucks to service them. The top ten companies in my opinion are "puppy mills" for drivers.
From my source at Swift, their training is as follows, following a 3 week crash course on truck driving and being tested in minimal areas for a CDL: 240 hours behind the wheel. 40 back-ins, this used to be 28 and changed recently. The trainer only needs to be with the student the first 50 hours of driving, after that he may go to sleep. That also includes backing time. Who can be a trainer? If you lease purchase a Swift truck you are eligible to train students after 3 months of driving. If you are a company driver you can train new drivers after 6 months. Anyone see a problem here?
I received an email from George H. after my last post asking who am I to judge? Well, first off, I am not judging anyone, I am showing what I saw and stating a few facts. Right or wrong I have earned this. 20 years of driving experience, driver trainer for many years, training and safety supervisor for two years, school instructor for 5 years, 2 of which I lead the program and certified by the State of Ohio for instruction in Motor Vehicles all classes. And most of all, over 2,500,000 miles accident free. Therefore I shall continue showing what's going on in the world of trucking, good, bad or indifferent.


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Studying Societies and Cultures: Marvin Harris's Cultural Materialism and Its Legacyby Lawrence A. Kuznar, Stephen K. Sanderson
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Pub. Date: 11/28/2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
"A thought-provoking, stimulating volume on the past, present and future of cultural materialism that is both laudatory of Harris' research strategy and critical of it." Paul Shankman, University of Colorado One of the most important anthropologists of all time, Marvin Harris was influential worldwide as the founder of cultural materialism. This book accessibly analyzes Harris's theories and their important legacies today. The chapters explore cultural materialism's epistemology and its relation to rational choice theory, Darwinian social science, and population pressures. The authors assess recent attempts to extend and reformulate cultural materialism and highlight cross-cultural, archaeological, and ethnographic applications of cultural materialism today.
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Preface vii
List of Contributors ix
Introduction: The Potentials and Challenges of Cultural Materialism Lawrence A. Kuznar Stephen K. Sanderson 1
The Legacy of Cultural Materialism: I
The Impact of Cultural Materialism: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Writings of Marvin Harris Pamela Effrein Sandstrom Howard D. White 20
The Theoretical Legacies of Cultural Materialism and Marvin Harris James Lett 56
The Epistemology of Cultural Materialism
Cultural Materialism, Scientific Anthropology, Epistemology, and "Narrative Ethnographies of the Particular" H. Sidky 66
Cultural Materialism, Rational Choice, and the Problem of General Ethnography: Marvin Harris and the Struggle for Science in Anthropology Alan R. Sandstrom 78
Applications of Cultural Materialism
Materialist Particularity in Nuclear Micronesia: A Pre-Postmodernist Theory of Cultural Evolution James G. Peoples 104
Linking Past and Present: Cultural Materialism, Archaeology, and the Medieval Transition in the Aegean P. Nick Kardulias 128
Effects of the Physical and Social Environment on Culture: Results of Cross-Cultural Tests Melvin Ember Carol R. Ember 153
The Darwinian Challenge to Cultural Materialism
The Effect of Nepotismon the Evolution of Social Inequality Lawrence A. Kuznar William G. Frederick Robert L. Sedlmeyer 168
Coevolutionary Materialism James W. Dow 180
Marvin Harris, Meet Charles Darwin: A Critical Evaluation and Theoretical Extension of Cultural Materialism Stephen K. Sanderson 194
The Legacy of Cultural Materialism: II
What Role Does Population Pressure Play in the Evolutionary Dynamics of Marvin Harris? Robert L. Carneiro 230
Evolutionary Materialism and Darwinian Conflict Theory: A Critical Analysis of Stephen Sanderson's Extensions of Cultural Materialism David P. Kennedy 238
When Is a Theoretical Strategy Not Cultural Materialism? Comments on Kennedy's Critique of Evolutionary Materialism and Darwinian Conflict Theory Stephen K. Sanderson 256
Requiscat in Pace-Obituaries of Marvin Harris "Marvin Harris, 74, Is Dead; Professor Was Iconoclast of Anthropologists" Douglas Martin 261
"Marvin Harris (1927-2001)" Maxine L. Margolis Conrad Phillip Kottak 263
Selected Other Obituaries of Marvin Harris 268
Bibliography of Marvin Harris, 1952-2001 Pamela Effrein Sandstrom 269
References 285
Index 313
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I'd like to be able to launch the new Create/Insert New Gallery screen from anywhere in the back office and retrieve whatever images a user has picked for his/her new gallery. This is because, in the end, I want the user to pick some images so that their IDs will be stored in some post's metadata, instead of just inserting a shortcode inside the post's content.
Now, as WordPress uses Javascript for most of this, my usual method of looking for actions and filters didn't get me too far. :) Any advice on this? I haven't found a lot of docs on the new Media features yet.


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i just found it..i got involved in some discussion between jose ribalta and Bowe about them fighting, now and in there primes (although both of them seem to think they are still in their primes)...anyhow, I said that Bowe should win, but that Jose at his best could give someone problems (basically Bowe was saying he wouldnt even need to train..could beat him with one hand tied behind his back, all that ****) This converstaion took place on Bowes wall,
anyhow, then bowe went and posted this on my wall
I commented on his post..again a post on my wall, with this
Too which he responded with this
so he didnt actually call me asshole on my wall (although he might have said that at another time on one of his posts) but he did say i have **** for brains...
after that I commented back on how
Pierre Coetzer
had been given him all kinds of problems until he started hitting him with ball shots, and how herbie hide had him out on his feet, and how golota was kicking his ass until he imploded. Basically i just did turn into a asshole troll because the **** for brains comment annoyed me.
we are still facebook friends however.
Good story
It goes to show how classless some people are, or maybe just that they've had smoke blown up their **** for too long. You said you'd have him as favourite against almost any fighter who ever lived and he tells you you have **** for brains because you suggested a good fighter might give him a tough fight
I don't think it's fair to troll someone like Bowe over the internet, but I don't like him much.
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A Worldwide Simultaneous Dance of
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
Thank You Redmond Zombies!
Raising Money for The First Tee
This is a fund-raiser for The First Tee of Greater Seattle. We raise money mostly through the dancer registration fees, and the sale of T-shirts. The generosity of our volunteers and Scare Productions makes this possible. A majority of the shops at Redmond Town Center are participating either with special on-the-day discounts or have donated prizes for the Costume Contest. We have another great T-Shirt for our 7th year.
Fundraising Results 2015
The Official Event Video from "The Dark Gardener"
Roger, aka 'the Dark Gardener" has been creating our videos since we started, 7 years ago. In addition to the official video you see here, Roger produces a 40 minute commemorative DVD of the event for only $15. Contact us for pre-order information!
2015 Program of Events
12:00 pm Event Opens – Dance Registration Check-In, Photo booth, Zombie Makeup/Zombification Zones
12:30 pm Live Music: Ricky Venture Review, Seattle's premier variety dance band
1:00 pm Costume Contest Pre-Selection Starts
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2:30 pm Dancer Registration Check-in Closes
3:00 pm "THRILL THE WORLD" World-wide Simultaneous Dance
Partners, Sponsors and Volunteers
Click here for a full list of participating shops and restaurants.
Scare Productions did a fantastic job again this year with makeup
Value Village are also helping again this year with old 'almost zombies-ready' clothes and makeup.


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Rooftop Lounge in March. Mostly locals at this time of year but very friendly people and good times.
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This policy applies to allegations of sexual misconduct between students at NEC. Allegations of sexual misconduct that involve staff or faculty should be directed to the Director of Human Resources:
- Marianne Wisheart
St. Botolph Building (Room 203)
Phone: 617-585-1229
New England Conservatory is committed to creating a safe environment for all students. Changing attitudes toward sexual conduct starts with education. Therefore, we require all incoming students to take the Haven course, a web-based informational program that educates students on healthy relationships, the meaning of sexual consent and the role of the bystander in creating a safe and healthy community. In addition, all incoming undergraduates are required to attend a workshop during orientation. Likewise, designated NEC administrators, faculty, and members of the Residence Hall staff participate in specialized training programs led by BARCC.
In spite of our best intentions, sexual misconduct may occur on or off campus. We have established a clear set of policies and procedures to address these serious offenses.
We encourage victims of sexual misconduct to report incidents to designated NEC officials and to the Boston Police. Designated NEC administrators are available to support victims and provide an explanation of their rights, including:
- Access to counseling and medical services
- Access to legal services, including obtaining a restraining order through the Boston Police Department
- Strategies to avoid contact with the accused while the investigation is pending
- The option to change enrollment status, such as taking a Leave of Absence
Defining Sexual Misconduct
Sexual misconduct includes behaviors such as sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual violence, rape, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and any other conduct of a sexual nature that is nonconsensual, including behavior that is threatening, intimidating or coercive. Engaging in sexual conduct without mutual consent, or in situations when consent is ambiguous constitutes sexual assault. Other forms of sexual misconduct include, but are not limited to:
- Unwelcome sexual advances—whether involving physical touching or not;
- Sexual epithets, jokes, written or oral references to sexual conduct, gossip regarding another's sex life;
- Comments on a person's body, sexual activity, deficiencies, or prowess;
- Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, or cartoons;
- Unwelcome leering, whistling, brushing against the body, sexual gestures, or suggestive or insulting comments;
- Inquiries into a person's sexual experiences;
- Discussion of a person's sexual activities;
- Pressure for a date or a romantic or intimate relationship;
- Unwelcome touching, kissing, hugging, or massaging;
- Pressure for or forced sexual activity;
- Belittling remarks about a person's gender or belittling remarks about a person's sexual orientation based on gender stereotyping;
- Videotaping or photographing others without consent;
- Making obscene gestures of a sexual or gender-based nature;
- Sexually explicit profanity; and
- Use of email, the Internet, or other forms of digital media to facilitate any of the above.
Responding to Sexual Assault (The information below pertains to students who live on or off campus, and for incidents that take place on or off campus.)
Sexual Assault is a traumatizing experience. NEC encourages victims of sexual assault to seek immediate medical evaluation at a local hospital emergency department where you will likely be examined by a nurse who specializes in sexual assault treatment. The collection of evidence is important, should you decide to press legal charges. Therefore, do not shower, bathe, douche, brush teeth, eat, drink, change clothing or urinate until you have reached the hospital. It is advisable to bring any clothing, bedding or towels that might contain evidence to the hospital in a paper bag. You will not be required to use this as evidence, but it is best to preserve it anyway. Evidence may be collected for up to five days.
NEC encourages students to report acts of sexual assault to the Boston Police. The hospital staff will assist you with the reporting process. However, they will not force you to file a police report.
While NEC strongly encourages victims of sexual assault to seek medical attention at a local hospital emergency room, we understand that some students may feel hesitant to take this step. The following resources are also available to NEC students:
- The NEC Health and Counseling Center
112 of the St. Botolph Building (224 St. Botolph Street)
Any information shared at the NEC Health and Counseling Center is strictly confidential. There is a healthcare professional on-call for phone consultations after-hours. If the Health and Counseling Center is closed, listen to the outgoing message for directions on how to page the doctor on-call.
- The Boston Area Rape Crisis (BARCC) Hotline
- Victims' Rights Law Center
Phone: 617-399-6720 x19
Fax: 617-399-6722
Address: 115 Broad Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02110
- Boston Police Sexual Assault Unit
Phone: 617-343-4400
Reporting Sexual Assault to the Title IX Team
As mentioned above, students who wish to maintain strict confidentiality are encouraged to report acts of sexual assault to the NEC Health and Counseling Center. Visits are confidential and medical records will only be released without your consent if subpoenaed by a court of law.
Students are also encouraged to report acts of sexual assault to any of the Title IX Team made up of the following NEC administrators who have been educated in the rights of and services available for victims:
Suzanne Hegland; Dean of Students
Title IX Coordinator for Student against Student Sexual Assault
Office of Student Services (St. Botolph Building, room 224)
Rebecca Teeters; Assistant Dean of Students
Alternate Title IX Coordinator for Student against Student Sexual Assault
Office of Student Services (St. Botolph Building, room 224)
Allesandra Cionco; Director of Residential Life
Office Adjacent to Student Lounge in Jordan Hall Building
Stephanie Barnes; Academic and International Student Advisor
Office of Student Services (St. Botolph building, room 224)
Michael Ryan; Director of NEC's Department of Public Safety
295 Huntington Ave, Room 207
Disclosing and Reporting
Disclosing is when you tell someone about sexual misconduct, but not necessarily for the purposes of officially reporting the incident to the school or for initiating a disciplinary procedure. It is okay to tell someone because you need to talk or because you want help finding services. NEC recommends that students speak to a member of the NEC Health and Counseling Center if they wish to disclose information about a sexual assault. Again, the staff of the NEC Health and Counseling Center will not share information without your permission unless they are subpoenaed by a court of law. Please note that the administrators named above and all members of the Residence Hall Staff are required to report all allegations of sexual misconduct to the Title IX Coordinator, including the names of the students involved, and relevant facts such as date, time and location of incident. In addition, NEC is obliged to anonymously include all allegations of sexual misconduct in our Clery report. (No names are ever included in the Clery report.)
Reporting is when you tell someone because you want the school to be aware of the sexual misconduct or you want to initiate a complaint and/or start a grievance or disciplinary process. When you initiate a conversation regarding sexual assault with one of the administrators named above or with a member of the Residence Hall staff, they will advise you on the difference between disclosing and reporting and of their responsibility to report all incidents of sexual misconduct to the Title IX Coordinator. While NEC strongly advises victims of sexual assault to pursue their case through the NEC judicial system and the local police, we will not require students to do so.
NEC respects a student's desire for confidentiality and will always strive to protect a student's right to privacy. However, confidentiality can limit the Conservatory's ability to conduct a thorough investigation and take appropriate disciplinary action. Additionally, the Conservatory may be required to break confidentiality if the reported incident poses a credible threat to the safety of the NEC community or the public at large. Official school records are protected under FERPA, but like medical records, are subject to subpoena.
Administrative Response to Allegations of Sexual Assault and Other Forms of Sexual Misconduct
Step 1: Title IX Coordinator Initial Response
When the Title IX Coordinator receives credible allegations of sexual misconduct, he/she will take the following steps:
- Provide the accuser with access to healthcare and counseling services
- Advise the accuser on his or her right to pursue the allegations through the courts and/or through the Conservatory's judicial system
- Advise all students involved on our efforts to maintain confidentiality (see above)
- Advise all students involved on our policy against retaliation (see below)
- Advise the accused student of the accusations and the judicial process
- Initiate an investigation. During the investigation, the Title IX coordinator will attempt to separate the accused from the accuser. This may require a room-change in the residence hall, and/or a temporary change of course/rehearsal schedules.
As with all disciplinary cases, if the Title IX Coordinator determines that there is an imminent risk to the safety of community members or the ongoing functions of NEC and its community, he may suspend or otherwise restrict NEC access for the accused student without prejudice to his or her record until the conclusion of the disciplinary proceeding.
Step 2: Initiating an Investigation
A prompt and impartial investigation of the complaint is conducted by the Title IX Coordinator or a qualified designated Conservatory Investigator.
Investigations of the complaint will consist of the following actions:
- providing a copy of the written complaint or statement to the person accused;
- requesting and reviewing the response of the person accused;
- providing a copy of that response to the complainant if the accused provides a written response to the complaint;
- reviewing relevant Conservatory policies and documents, and reviewing documents of both parties;
- interviewing persons identified by both parties as ones having information pertinent to the allegations;
- interviewing other persons having information pertinent to the allegations;
- collecting further evidence relevant to the investigation;
- presenting the evidence to each party and considering any rebuttal; and
- any such other steps as the Title IX Coordinator or a qualified designated Conservatory Investigator believes are necessary.
Step 3: Determination Based on Preponderance of the Evidence
On the basis of the documentation, interviews, and other relevant information gathered through the investigation, the Title IX Adjudicators, made up of three members of the Title IX Team (listed above), will make a determination regarding whether the person accused violated Conservatory policy, using the preponderance of the evidence.
Step 4: Statement of Findings and Recommendation
The Title IX Adjudicators will provide a written Statement of Findings and Recommendations to the parties, Dean of Students, and the Provost and Dean of the College. This Statement of Findings and Recommendation will be provided in summary to the complainant and the accused.
Step 5: Appeals
The conclusions in an investigation report of a policy violation (or no violation) are generally final and cannot be appealed by either the complainant or the respondent, unless either person can raise one or more of the following grounds:
- There was a substantial procedural error (the process was not followed in a way that could have significantly affected the outcome);
- There is a finding of fact in the report that is material (would be important to the outcome of the case) that is not supported by the information provided to the investigator; or
- There is new and specific information that is material to the outcome of the case and that was not considered at the time of the Formal Review.
All appeals must be submitted in writing to the Provost and Dean of the College within ten business days of receipt of the investigation report. The Provost and Dean of the College will review the request and determine if one of the three grounds for an appeal listed above has been asserted. If so, Title IX Coordinator or qualified designated Conservatory Investigator will notify the complainant and the respondent that the appeal will be considered.
If the Provost and Dean of the College decides that no ground for appeal applies, he/she will notify the parties that the appeal has been denied. If the Provost and Dean of the College determines that a ground for appeal does apply, he/she will:
- Affirm, modify, or overrule the conclusions in the investigation report, or
- Refer the matter for additional investigation, reconsideration, or informal resolution
The Provost and Dean of the College's decision or referral will be made in writing within ten business days of receiving an appeal. A copy of the appeal decision will be sent to the complainant, respondent, and the Title IX Adjudicators. If any conclusions of the investigation are modified or overturned in the appeal, the Title IX Adjudicators will reconsider any prior decision based on those modified or overturned conclusions, and will inform the complainant, and respondent of the results of the reconsideration.
Amnesty for Underage Drinking, Excessive Drinking and Illegal Drug Use
Although underage drinking, excessive drinking and illegal drug use are violations of NEC's Code of Conduct, students will be given amnesty for these offenses when there are allegations of sexual assault. In other words, a student who is assaulted while under the influence of drugs or alcohol should not be afraid to report the incident to school officials.
Policy Against Retaliation
Retaliation, occurring either during or after the filing of a sexual misconduct complaint, is a violation of NEC policy. If a student feels that they are being harassed or retaliated against due to their involvement in a sexual misconduct investigation, he or she should immediately notify the Title IX Coordinator (617-585-1310) - email@example.com.


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Yeezy Hitches a Ride With the Paparazzi
And in so doing, he learned to love thine enemy.By Dayna Evans
And in so doing, he learned to love thine enemy.By Dayna Evans
Famous people can pay $1,800 to use it.By Nate Jones
Friendly Yeezy season approaching.By Nate Jones
It sounds like a compliment but it's not.By Jessica Roy
The royal cheeks need a paparazzi break.By Stephanie Eckardt
She's been the toast of the paparazzi this week, and it's glorious.By Lily Burana
Shine bright, you obscure diamond.By Maggie Lange
Roar.By E. Alex Jung
Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and many more.By Erica Schwiegershausen
"I feel anxiety every time I open my front door."By E. Alex Jung
And they never bothered a soul again.By Maggie Lange
Highlights from Ron Galella's new book of the city's golden years.By Erica Schwiegershausen
He "accidentally" rode past a huge pack of paparazzi.By Erica Schwiegershausen
It seems to be a lose-lose situation with the politesse.By Maggie Lange
No more unsanctioned photos of kids.By Maggie Lange
Snap, snap.By Maggie Lange
"Is it copyright infringement? Yes." But suing your subjects would be weird.By Maureen O'Connor
He really did press charges after all.By Delia Paunescu
Gotta use those brakes, buddy.By Zach Dionne
He got away from all the controversy with his wife and son.By Kat Stoeffel


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We went to Redd to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary last week. The food was amazing (though in retrospect we should have splurged on the tasting menu with wine pairing). I had a savory, silky chestnut soup to start followed by the shortrib special served with gnocchi and root vegetables. The main course was quite possibly one of the best things I have ever eaten. My husband had the duck confit salad which he said is hands-down the best salad he's ever had. For his entree he had the pork tenderloin which was very good as well. Our server was helpful and attentive and our water glasses were never even close to empty. We didn't have room for dessert - though it looked delicious - but did receive a nice sweet taste with the check.
We had drinks at the bar beforehand - it was a bit dark, but had a cool atmosphere.
In retrospect, I was a bit disappointed in the wine service. We asked for suggestions to go with our food and the sommelier recommended two half bottles - one for the first course and one for the main. We didn't question him and charged ahead - probably our mistake. The first bottle was perfect and a bargain at $35. The second was really not particularly good - though expensive at $55 for a half bottle. And, later, when I asked about the winery the sommelier said with a bit of a smirk "it's a made up one." We should have stuck with the first or simply ordered single glasses for each course. We are hardly wine experts but aren't complete novices either - but I didn't think I needed to question the advice of a Napa Valley sommelier at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
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I've commented on a few posts, but thought I would start my own thread...
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I want a user to be able to register on a sub blog (and not be handed off to the root account) of a multisite install, and the user activates their account and is automatically granted specific rights on THAT SITE ONLY.
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I have 3 questions, detailed below, but first, the background...
I have a multisite install with several sub-blogs. I am aware of the "default" behaviour of registration whereby a new user submits the registration, checks their email, activates their account (ie, confirms their email) and is then placed in a "dead-zone" until an admin comes by and adds the user to a blog.
I know there is a plugin that will allow you to set default roles for different sites (across all sites), but this is not a suitable fix as this gives the user access to multiple sites that really are quite irrelevant and maybe even detrimental in a competitive sense. The plugin also doesn't distinguish where the user came from (ie, which site) and apply only the correct role for the blog the user registered--if there is a plugin for this, I would like to know about it.
I have broken this down into a 2 step process:
1. have the user remain on the blog that they are registering with (and not being palmed off to the root blog, and
2. adding a default role for the user, for that particular blog they are registering/activating with.
I have achieved point 1 by editing out the relevant sections of wp-signup.php and wp-activate.php. So, my first question is:
Q1. Is there any detrimental effect to doing this? The user is still added to the database with exactly the same capabilities as a user added before making these changes. They still have no capabilities with any blog other than being able to view their profile. They are in the database - just not associated with any blog.
I am stuck at point 2. I know where I should be editing, but I don't know what to put there exactly. I have identified the portion of code I want to add to within wp-activate.php:
$url = get_blogaddress_by_id( (int) $blog_id);
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I know I want to use the add_role function, but I don't know how to call it safely and to make sure that the correct capabilities are added to that role, if they need to be... And to make sure it's only added for the specified blog.
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Venus. Duh. And she won't think she's drunk, either.
I thought the same about Jane.
Mike McGavick. No contest.
A man vs two women in a drinking contest?
McIver in a walk-over. Or is it a drink-over? Either way, they'll certainly be hungover *RIMSHOT*
Gotta go with McIver. But if he loses, those two women are in for a hell of an asswhupping.
Jane by a mile. Busted up Pioneer Square bench-sitter face, lookin like Hedwig just came to in the alley. No competition.
I picked Jane Hague solely because of this sentence: "Would the stick up Janes butt keep her upright even when she blacks out?"
Gotta go with McIver - both Venus and Jane apparently see double after a couple glasses of wine, while McIver can at least get from bar to home without attracting the attention of the cops, and furthermore has the capacity to wait until he's off the street before going on a drunken rampage.
So, drink-for-drink I don't think there's any doubt he's going to hold up better than those two.
He's male, he has a larger body mass than either Venus or Jane.
Elementary blood alcohol math.
Definitely not Venus. She's a rank amateur next to McIver and Hague. They were knockin' 'em back before she was born.
Venus no way. "Two drinks" and she's crossing the double-yellows? Total lightweight.
Hague also claimed two drinks (wine, even) when she was pulled over, but she had that belligerence about her. She had the attitude of someone who drove wasted all the time and was appalled that she got pulled over.
McIver seems like more of a pro, holding court at the Four Seas on a regular basis, making it home each time, and returning to City Hall bright eyed and bushy tailed by 8am the next day.
I think McIver and Hague would be pretty even in the contest. Hague's hangover would be much worse though.
#11, fully agree. Now, I know some women that are real pros, but even on a level playing field, men typically metabolize alcohol faster than women.
This sounds like the sort of question that rightfully ought to be settled at Drinking Liberally (but maybe after the election).
McGavick as guest referee?
Jane Godden could take any and all of 'em.
What about Jan Drago as the ref?
I'd say Venus is disqualified because she wept and apologized, a sure sign of a novice alcoholic. McIver and Hague, however are unrepentant drunks. Still, I've gotta go with McIver due to his long blemished record. Go Dick go!
Don't blame them for drinking and driving, it's not like they can hop an adequate mass transit system.
Oh please. Jan Drago would obliterate these lightweights. I've been out drinking with her a couple of times over the years and she would leave these candyasses with their sorry heads crashed on the bar in a pool of spilled scotch, beer nuts and lime rinds in their hair with a thin line of drool trickling from their numb lips.
She'd then slide off her bar stool, trudge out the door and pour herself into the backseat of her driver's car for the ride home. Jan may be a lush with a liver like a petrified dinosaur egg, but she does plan ahead for these things.
Jane and Richard. Let someone else play. Please, if you live in District 6, vote a write in of NONE. Then they can go off and cry in a bottle of merlot together. http://noneforsix.blogspot.com/ .
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"Beatrice's expressions are priceless. . . . This charming tale emphasizes the importance of finding the right book for the right reader." —- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Beatrice doesn't like books, and she doesn't like tagging along with her brother to the library. She doesn't want to get books from the shelf. She doesn't want to let Henry work. And she certainly doesn't want to sit in a room full of kids during story hour. Is there anything that could possibly change her mind?
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K. Brown
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First off, I have never visited the Wrestlecrap Website. That said, when I heard about the premise of this book, I was expecting a slightly amusing look at bad gimmicks like "The Red Rooster." I was surprised to find that this book gave more than lists and photos of outrageously horrid characters. "Wrestlecrap" is so much more. This book ponders the thought process of the higher-ups in WCW and WWF. It describes gimmicks that were created for personal satisfaction rather than business savvy, gimmicks that were created out of desperation rather than creativity, and bad gimmicks that the promoters honestly thought were brilliant. Best of all, I found this book to be more than just slightly amusing; this book is hysterical!
Wrestlecrap primarily focuses from the mid 1980s to the present, when Vince McMahon Jr gave pro wrestling a brand new paint job, and how folks like WCW's Jim Herd tried to "outcamp" the WWF with disastrous results. While I've read countless articles presenting icons like McMahon as everything from innovative to cutthroat to no-nonsense maverick, it's not very often you get to read a detailed report on the many blunders that go on amidst the successes, in the ring and behind the dressing room curtain. Yes, we know multiple Doink the Clowns were lame, how embarrassing the fake Razor Ramon & Diesel was, or how we cringed at WCW's "Wonderful World of Oz." But Wrestlecrap goes into great detail about the geniuses who dreamed these angles up, why they expected them to work, why they didn't work. We read about backstage politics, and how some promoters created bad gimmicks specifically to make the wrestlers they disliked personally look bad. The author is also humble enough to point out a gimmick that, considering how way-out it was, should have failed, but instead became one of the most successful pro wrestling personas of all time: The Undertaker.
Early on in the book, Reynolds and Baer appropriately take the heat off the wrestlers for performing these gimmicks, since they are performing a job at the booker's request.
The point of wrestlers following the orders of the promoters is driven home in the book's forward, which is written by John "Earthquake" Tenta. Tenta was a Sumo and legit tough guy long before he became Earthquake. Even with that reputation, he did not hesitate, when asked, to dress up like "The Shark" or as Golga of The Oddities (confession time---I think we all have at least one "Wrestlecrap Guilty Pleasure"...mine is The Oddities!). In a business where big egos and dressing room hissyfits can make headaches for promoters, Tenta is a breath of fresh air. He stresses that wrestlers have to make do with the personas given them, and give it their best shot, and that for every "Stone Cold" Steve Austin created, there are a hundred "Sharks." He is able to laugh at the bad gimmicks he did, as well as laugh at himself. John Tenta, despite being a Sumo, obviously never thought that the wrestling business was "beneath him" unlike many folks in the biz. For this, I take my hat off and salute John Tenta.
This book is a shockingly wonderful book, and highly recommended for anyone who wants to see the rationale behind bad decisons!
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Tony Conigliaro
on January 17, 2004
First of all, I am a big fan of Reynolds's web site. For the record, Reynolds each week features examples of "wrestlecrap," i.e. story lines and gimmicks from the world of professional wrestling that seem particularly lame. (For example, a guy whose gimmick is that he's a wrestling plumber qualifies as wrestlecrap.) The Wrestlecrap site has a large, devoted following, due in part to Reynolds's peerless knowledge of the sport, but mostly to his wicked, dead-on sense of humor.
Numerous times on his site, Reynolds promised that the book would NOT simply consist of rehashed examples from his web site. Unfortunately, that's exactly what at least 95% of this book is.
A true fan of the site will recognize almost all the material here. Compounding the problem is that Reynolds's trademark wit is absent. Except for a few bright spots, he seems to be holding himself back, adopting a lamer, more "proper" writing style than the funnier, freer one found on his site. So not only is the reader presented with old material, but it's not even presented in as amusing a fashion as it has been before.
Also, the "exposé" material promised by Reynolds on the site is rather weak. His account of the fall of the WCW is accounted more thoroughly and better elsewhere - Shaun Assael's solid yet unspectacular "Sex, Lies, and Headlocks" is one such example.
I am a Reynolds fan, and I wanted to like this book. For the reasons given above - which, I believe, anyone will recognize upon an open-minded reading of the book - I could not. If you're not a fan of wrestling, you probably don't care about the myriad ridiculous wrestling angles from throughout the years. If you are a fan of the site, skip it entirely. You've seen it all before, only better.
This leaves the wrestling fan who is not familiar with the site. This might actually be a good book for such a reader. It's sure to conjure up some hilarious moments that you forgot about long ago. There is, after all, a rich history of material to work with here. For everyone else, I would recommend a pass. Reynolds certainly has it in him to crank out an excellent book. This one just isn't it.
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R. Howell
on March 5, 2004
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This book had promise but ended up with a mediocre delivery. There was some entertaining moments for remembrance of ridiculous gimmicks but overall, it began falling flat about half way through. Reynolds dwells upon Hulk Hogan's movies rather than on actual wrestling for a lengthy chapter. Now I know Hogan's movies are unbelievable crap but I didn't really need Reynolds to rehash and summarize every one of the movies. He also rants about the Monday Night wars and the nWo at length after promising he wasn't presenting this book to look at the mainstream stars and stories.
While the book was certainly readable, I was expecting something a bit different, maybe more coverage on the lame ass gimmicks he began talking about. There was more to Scott Hall than the nWo afterall (he did portray a gator wrangler). The further the book went, the more Reynolds talked about the big stars.
Overall, the book is entertaining to some degree and a wrestling fan will enjoy it. I expected more focus on the could-a-been gimmick-wrestlers and stories rather than the superstars and major storylines. Maybe some of the dumbass gimmicks the stars used to be (Blue Blazer, Starship Coyote, Big Bully Busick, Planet Stasiak, Raven's Nest, the Skyscrapers, Powers of Pain, etc.). I certainly could have done without the movie review chapter and the author's venting of his despisal of the nWo and the McMahons.
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a bit disappointing, but good first effort
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on December 30, 2003
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Let me start by saying that I am a major fan of the wrestlecrap website, and RD is a hilarious guy. But, I must admit I was a bit dissapointed by his book. First of all, on the website when a crappy gimmick is dissected we are treated to images, video, and soundbites that enhance the craptastic experience. Reading a description of Mantaur isn't nearly as funny as seeing a grown man dressed like a cow-beast try to wrestle. Maybe I've been spoiled, but a description of this ridiculousness in words just doesn't drive the point across as powerfully.
Also, much of the book is just descriptions of what we've seen from WWF and WCW without really ripping into them too much. RD is a very funny man, I just wished he'd gone off a bit more, he seemed to be reporting rather than offering commentary on what happened. I know he has strong, funny opinions about this, there's no need to just regurgitate what's already happened. Ridicule and mock it for all it's worth! Give me heel color commentary!
I also wish he had delved more into the twisted psychology behind some of the more blatantly rascist, stereotypical, xenophibic, or homoerotic concepts behind these failed gimmicks. Wrestling is largely ignored by mainstream media, so they are often let off the hook for these transgressions. I wish RD had expounded on this a bit more and taken them to task. Is this the work of narrow-minded bookers or is this what fans demand? How does THAT reflect on all of us?
All in all though it was a fun quick, read, but lacks the punch of the website. A great first effort for Mr. Reynolds, I look forward to his next book.
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on April 15, 2004
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When I purchased this, I was under the assumption that the book was going to be all about Wrestlecrap and the bad ideas in wrestling over the years, but it wasn't. Instead, I got a book that simply detailed the history of WCW and the WWF (mentioning both the good and the bad). While that's a nice little story in it's own right, that's not what I paid for. I got the book to read about the likes of Papa Shango and Repo Man, not the Monday ratings wars. While it's true that certain gimmicks are covered, they're only presented in these two ways:
A.) Barely described and only given one sentence or paragraph.
B.) Copied and pasted from the WrestleCrap site.
There are far superior wrestling books out there.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Wrestlecrap material, but slightly disappointing
The Gooch
on January 23, 2004
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I have to admit, "Wrestlecrap" is one of the few books where I actually considered inflating my rating. The book seems like it was a genuine labor of love for someone who, as far as I know, is not a professional writer by trade. And there were a number of good laughs to be found within its pages. But I would be lying if I didn't acknowledge that as a big fan of the "Wrestlecrap" web-site, I found myself somewhat disappointed in the book, and have a feeling that other fans of the site will have the same reaction.
The whole appeal of the "Wrestlecrap" web-site, and what makes it a source of such hilarity, is how it goes into minute detail describing the ridiculousness and inanity of some of the worst wrestling gimmicks ever presented to the public. In this book, though, instead of "going with what brought him to the dance", the book is written more as a "Cliffs Notes" history of the wrestling business over the past twenty years. The dumb angles, preposterous gimmicks, and ridiculous storylines that are gone over with a fine tooth comb to hilarious effect on the web-site are often given only a few sentence description in the book. Granted, these are generally a hysterical few sentences, I just wish the book offered the same level of detail that the web-site does.
I also noticed a number of factual and chronological inaccuracies in the book, which leads me to believe that the author chose to rely primarily on his memory for research (the very short "Sources" section at the end of the book seems to confirm my suspicion). For example, the author claims that Hulk Hogan's box office bomb, "Santa with Muscles", as opposed to ruining Hogan's acting career, actually led to him getting his own TV series, "Thunder in Paradise". Only problem is, "Thunder in Paradise" came out in 1994, "Santa with Muscles" hit theaters in 1996. In the chapter entitled "Warrior Wisdom", Reynolds claims that after breaking into the business together in California, Jim "Ultimate Warrior" Hellwig and Steve "Sting" Borden went their separate ways, with Sting going to the Mid-South/UWF promotion and Ultimate Warrior going to World Class Wrestling in Texas. Actually, Sting and Warrior went to Mid-South/UWF Wrestling together as The Blade Runners tag team before Warrior later left for World Class. Reynolds was also off on when Ole Anderson was fired as WCW booker (he was actually fired BEFORE the infamous "Black Scorpion" angle reached its conclusion, not after as the book claims) and on when the NWO split into the "NWO Hollywood" and "NWO Wolfpac" factions (the book claims the split came after the "Fingerpoke of Doom" angle between Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash, when actually that angle is what ended the split). Admittedly, some of these are fairly minor errors, but for a book that is primarily going to appeal to long-time hardcore wrestling fans, there is nothing that an author can do to lose credibility with his audience that to present a number of incorrect facts that many readers will pick up on.
I'm probably being overly negative here, a result of high expectations. I should mention that the book is very well-written and there were times when Reynolds really hit his grove, like when describing the inane plotlines of many Hulk Hogan movies, rehashing some of Vince McMahon's hair-brained schemes like the World Bodybuilding Federation and XFL, or when going off on the 200 years behind the times portrayal of black wrestlers like Kimala or Saba Simba. I also selfishly hope that despite its faults, the book sells extremely well so that Reynolds can bring back the full Wrestlecrap web-site, instead of the scaled down version that has been up for the past few years.
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