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Why was the world green?
That was Harry's first thought as he blinked blearily. Even with his glasses on the world was a blur. All he could make out were shades of green waving back and forth in front of his eyes.
After some blinking and shifting around Harry finally figured out why everything was a blur. In fact, it took a sharp something jabbing into his shoulder blade to remind him.
His glasses were all scratched up from the sand that had swirled around him. Sand, that he now realized, was now covering him from head to foot.
Harry sat up carefully, trying not to hit his head on any of the branches surrounding him. He was doing a remarkably good job at it until his overly large robe caught on a branch and jerked him to one side. Instantly there was a sharp pain on Harry's forehead and he felt something warm begin to trickle down his face.
Grimacing in pain he lifted off his glasses and raised his wand, which was still clutched tightly in his hand, "Reparo!" he said quietly.
He wasn't quite sure why he was almost whispering, it just seemed the prudent thing to do. His nerves were still on edge from recent events.
Slipping his now repaired glasses back on his face Harry looked around and finally figured out where he was.
He was in a hedge.
On a sunny day.
And that was about all he knew.
Shifting carefully Harry wiped the blood from his forehead and began moving through the hedge.
It was hard work.
His robes kept catching on things and his body didn't feel right. Almost as if someone had cast a shrinking spell on him.
Harry was almost out of the hedge when he heard an excited boyish voice say, "How'd you do that? Do it again!"
There was a quiet squeak and some mumbled words.
"Don't give us that!" A different boy yelled.
"Liar! Do it again!" Another boy hollered.
More mumbled words and then the harsh sound of skin hitting skin. A girl cried out and began to sob.
"Grab her arms! We'll make her do it!" The first boy ordered.
Harry had heard enough.
He didn't know where he was or what was going on, but this was not right.
He scrambled out of the bushes and found himself in a small field surrounded on three sides by the same hedge he had just been crawling through. This didn't seem very important to him at the moment, he'd worry about where he was later.
Harry's attention focused in on the site of three young boys of about ten standing around a girl of maybe five or six. The girl's blonde hair had fallen out of its pigtails and was hanging down around her terrified, tear filled face. Her dress was mussed and there was a hand-shaped red mark on her cheek.
Two of the boys were holding her up by her arms so that her tiny feet were just brushing the ground. The third boy had a hard grip on the girl's chin, his free hand raised to give another slap.
Instinctively Harry started to raise his wand. He was just about to cast Stupefy when he realized how the boys were dressed.
They weren't in wizarding robes
Frustrated, Harry jammed his wand up his humongous sleeve. He really had no idea why his robes were now so large and at the moment he really didn't care.
"Do it!" The leader screamed at the little girl, spittle flying out of his mouth and onto her face. The girl flinched and tried to look away, the boy's rough hand stopping her.
"Let her go!" Harry shouted, stopping so that he was a few feet away from the children.
The ring of authority in Harry's voice made the three boys freeze. Slowly, as one, they turned to look at him.
The leader was a big, beefy boy that reminded Harry a bit of Dudley. There were a few differences though. The coloring was all off, but the facial expressions were so similar that Harry found himself wondering if this was a long lost Dursley.
Somehow, it wouldn't surprise him.
The Dudley look-alike's jaw dropped as he looked Harry up and down. After a moment he began to laugh, the other two boys joined him in the laughter.
Harry frowned, he didn't quite understand why these boys were laughing at him. Sure, he was no boxer, but he was definitely bigger than a–
Harry froze as he realized that he WASN'T bigger than these boys. In fact, he was quite a bit shorter than them.
The Dudley look-alike finally stopped laughing, "Who are you, runt? Another freak like her?"
Harry opened his mouth, and then closed it again. He wasn't sure how he was going to get out of this. He couldn't use magic, these were muggles. He also couldn't count on his size, he was somehow smaller than these boys. He couldn't even count on his trusty speed, if he ran they might not all pursue him and that wouldn't help the little girl.
Harry's heart began to pound hard in his chest as the Dudley look-alike took a step towards him. He looked around frantically until his eyes caught on something on the ground. It wasn't his first choice, but it was probably his best one.
"I guess I am." Harry said before putting his idea into motion.
In a rush Harry reached down and grabbed the horse dung in his hand then he turned and threw it right in the Dudley boy's face.
The boy let out a rather girlish shriek and then gagged as dung got in his mouth. He bent over and began losing his breakfast.
Harry ran straight at the little girl, knocking over the Dudley look-alike as he went and then ploughing head first into the other two boys.
After a moment the little girl untangled herself and scrambled away as the three boys feel down in a tangle of arms and legs.
Harry looked up long enough to see the little girl staring at them, blue eyes wide and full of a mix of emotions he couldn't even begin to identify.
"Run!" Harry shouted at her.
He wasn't able to see if she listened to him, because just then one of the boys grabbed his hair and swung his head backwards into the ground.
Things got blurry after that.
Harry continued to swing and kick with all of his might as blow upon blow fell on him. He felt the cut on his forehead reopen and he heard the crunch as he glasses broke.
Eventually the blows stopped coming and Harry felt himself growing dizzy. His limbs felt like lead and there wasn't a single part of his body that didn't hurt. He felt his head loll to the side as his eyes slipped close. It was just to much work to keep them open.
His last memory before he lost consciousness entirely was of someone gently picking him up and carrying him.
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Director Nick Orleans has a thing for pantyhose, especially with the crotch ripped open enough to display puffy pussy lips. He's a mixture of adult video director and fashion photographer. His use of black-and-white and slow motion in a scene of Paisley Hunter, who has shed her underfed-waif look to emerge as a fuckable fashion model, is excellent. The sex scenes between Asia Carrera and Jonathan Morgan, and Kim Kataine and Nick East, are not as hot as Orleans' shots of his gorgeous cast. A bit more heat in the couplings would have pushed the rating up a notch.


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Badger State Tractor Pullers, with categories for Limited Prostock, Light Limited Super Stock, Prostocks, 466 Hotfarm, Unlimited Super stock, 640 Profarm, TWD Mod trucks, Super Stock diesel trucks and Super Farm. Food stands by Green County FFA Alumni and Monroe Lions. Evening band starts at 8 pm. Proceeds from ticket sales are donated back to various charitable causes in the Green County area.
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I bought this USB to SATA connector - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005OMXBN2 as USB 3.0 interface has 5 Gb/s theoretical transfer rate, I thought it should fully utilize this old SSD R/W speeds but it does not.
When I hook it up to my Mac mini (latest model that have USB 3.0) - max read speed is ~ 100 MB/s and write speed is ~ 50 MB/s.
I am not sure if the connector is the bottleneck or the SSD itself, so my question is - Will connecting a SSD drive using USB 3.0 to SATA connector achieve the same speed if it is connected to internal SATA port?


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Soon, surveyors working with explorer John Wesley Powell would discover that Pipe Spring was not in Utah at all. The location is actually about 9 miles south of the Utah-Arizona border and the 37th Parallel, Pikyavit says. It sits in what has come to be called the Arizona Strip, between the Grand Canyon and the Vermilion Cliffs.
Thus, history now notes, Ella Stewart operated the telegraph in Arizona.
Powell and his crew first descended the Green and Colorado rivers in 1869, and he planned to do so again. Preparing for his subsequent expeditions, he traversed the terraces north of the Grand Canyon, and visited Pipe Spring. He described the territory as a "barren wilderness of rock," an exhibit sign notes at today's national monument.
He recognized Pipe Spring as an oasis. That is what it was to pre-historic hunter-gathers, ancestral Puebloan peoples and to the Kaibab Paiute, who still call the area home.
In the mid-1800s, Pipe Spring became a valuable waterhole for Mormon pioneers and cattle ranchers, who built the fortified ranch upon the site.
Today, it is a popular stop for travelers who pause at the historic ranch while following Utah's S.R. 59 and Arizona's S.R. 389, the modern highway that links Hurricane, Utah, with Fredonia, Ariz.
Water, available at Pipe Spring year round, is the key to its centuries-old attraction.
"Paiutes once lived in homes just like the Ancient Ones as they dwelled near the spring," a Kaibab Paiute tribal member is quoted as saying on an exhibit inside the national monument's modern museum, operated by the tribe and the National Park Service.
"When the Spanish came ... bringing with them the slave trade, the women and children were carted off to slave markets. When the Navajos and Utes started coming into the area (slave raiding), the Paiutes made the decision to move away from the water — to retain their women and children ... losing traditions, losing their way of life, adapting to the desert."
Another exhibit records the Paiutes' decline. A large illustration of a single feather on a graph indicates the Southern Paiutes' Kaibab band's population is believed to have been about 5,500 individuals before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, which introduced deadly Old World diseases.
A much smaller feather measures the population in 1860 at fewer than 1,000 people — perhaps only 200, according to the site's National Park Service brochure.
More powerful Utes and Navajos raided Paiute bands in northern Arizona, southern Utah and Nevada, selling those captured as slaves to Spanish settlers, often in California or New Mexico. When Mormon pioneers arrived, they would not buy slaves, but did take on Paiutes as indentured servants, an exhibit says.
The abandoned spring nevertheless remained alluring. An outdoor exhibit presents an approving quote from an 1859 passerby, Thales Haskell, described as a "25-year-old Mormon frontiersman."
"Arrived about noon hungry, tired, and thirsty," Haskell wrote in his journal. "I now treated myself to a good drink of water, took breakfast & rested myself. ... Plenty of feed and good water at this place."
Attracted by the grazing potential of the Kaibab Plateau's high-desert grasslands, James M. Whitmore, an early St. George pioneer, was actually the first to stake a formal claim on Pipe Spring, in 1863.
With herdsman Robert McIntyre, we are informed by another exhibit, he constructed dugout quarters, built corrals, fenced off 10 acres for crops and fruit trees, and began running sheep and cattle on the range.
Their effort was doomed, however. Both men were killed in 1866 while tracking thieves who had stolen some of their stock.
The more formal Mormon ranching operation followed. Winsor Castle rose, with stone quarried nearby and timber from mountains to the north.
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'Insidious' Sequel Leaps Out at Box Office
Low-Budget Horror Movie Reaps $41 Million in Opening Weekend
If there's one thing studios have to fear this year, it's opening against a horror film.
"Insidious: Chapter 2" continued the genre's hot streak at the box office this weekend, exploding into an otherwise lifeless month with an estimated $41 million gross in the U.S. and Canada. The ultra-low-budget sequel distributed by FilmDistrict cost only $5 million to make and has taken in more than triple the opening weekend gross of the original "Insidious" in 2010, once again proving horror movies are the closest thing today to a safe box office bet.
Second place went to the weekend's other new release, "The Family," which drew older audiences and grossed $14.5 million. The movie, starring Robert De Niro as a former Mafia don who moves his family to France as part of the witness-protection program, cost $30 million to make and was released by Relativity Media LLC and eOne as a bid to appeal to different moviegoers than "Insidious: Chapter 2."
The tactic, known in the industry as counter programming, apparently worked, with the movies attracting very different crowds. About 83% of the audience for "The Family" was over the age of 25, whereas only 38% of the audience at "Insidious: Chapter 2" was.
"We always thought there was room for both pictures to simultaneously succeed," said Kyle Davies, president of world-wide distribution at Relativity.
The "Insidious" sequel benefited from a PG-13 rating and a Friday the 13th release date. The audience for the "Insidious" franchise has grown since the first one performed well on home video, said Jim Orr, president of distribution at FilmDistrict.
The horror genre is having a banner year using a model forged 14 years ago by "The Blair Witch Project," a "found footage" horror movie that grossed $140 million on a budget that would be a rounding error on most studio productions. That trend picked up again when Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures released the surprise hit "Paranormal Activity" in 2007, and has been on display this year since January, when "Mama" from Comcast Corp.'s CMCSA -0.43 % Universal Pictures grossed $71.6 million domestically on a $15 million budget.
The low-budget, high-return formula is most closely associated with Blumhouse Productions, the company behind the "Paranormal Activity" and "Insidious" franchises and "The Purge," a summer release from Universal Pictures that grossed $64.5 million domestically on a $3 million budget. The company's next movie, "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones," is a Latino-focused spinoff of the blockbuster franchise due in January.
The success of the genre has upended a release calendar that once relegated horror movies to the winter months and Halloween season, proving they can compete with summer spectacles and break out of the traditionally quiet September.
"If you have a great film and you market it aggressively, I don't know if you have to wait until October for a horror film," said Mr. Orr.
"Insidious: Chapter 2" director James Wan also directed "The Conjuring," a haunted-house summer release from Time Warner Inc. TWX -0.29 % 's Warner Bros. that outperformed several summer "tentpole" productions with a $135 million domestic gross.
"James Wan has just mastered the scary movie," said Mr. Orr.
That success with horror genre movies has gotten Mr. Wan a higher-budgeted gig: He is directing the "Fast & Furious 7" sequel due from Universal next July.
In other box office news, third place at the box office went to Universal's "Riddick," which saw its gross fall 63% from last weekend to $7 million. It has grossed $31.3 million so far. Weinstein Co.'s "Lee Daniels' The Butler" passed the $100 million mark in its fifth week in release, and so did "This Is the End" from Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures in its fourteenth week of release.
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The blocked shot is back for the first time since Dwight Howard left — and so are the Magic, providing they stay hot this summer at the transaction window.
The Magic filled their largest offseason need Thursday night, acquiring power forward Serge Ibaka from the Oklahoma City Thunder during an NBA Draft stunner.
They found a bodyguard for center Nik Vucevic, a sergeant-at-arms, er, Serge-ant.
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Study: Alcohol Kills as Many as Tobacco
Feb. 3, 2005 - Alcohol abuse kills as many people around the world as tobacco and high blood pressure, a new study shows.
And researchers charge that popular alcohol control measures, such as school-based abstinence programs, have proven to be ineffective.
"These programs may reduce drinking in the short-term, but within two or three years they have no discernible effect," study researcher Robin Room, PhD, tells WebMD. "This has been shown in study after study."
Getting Drunk Not Heart Healthy
The news about alcohol and health has been largely favorable in recent years, with an increasing number of studies touting the health benefits of light to moderate alcohol consumption. But the new research sheds light on the downside of drinking.
Room and colleagues report that alcohol is responsible for 4% of worldwide disease, contributing to more than 60 different medical conditions. Tobacco is responsible for 4.1% and high blood pressure, 4.4%.
Moderate drinking, up to two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women, is now widely believed to help protect against heart disease. But binge drinking has the opposite effect.
"If you get drunk on the weekends you are not helping your heart," Room says.
Room added that most people probably drink more than they need to reap alcohol's health benefits.
"One of the special things about alcohol is that you can be both benefiting from it and harmed by it, or harming others, at the same time," he says. "The same drink can have both effects."
CDC alcohol researcher Robert Brewer, MD, says binge drinking was responsible for more than half of the 75,000 deaths due to excessive drinking in the United States in 2001.
Binge drinking is commonly defined as five or more drinks at one sitting for a man and four for a woman.
In a study published last September, Brewer and CDC colleagues reported that three-quarters of those who died from alcohol abuse were male and 6% were under the age of 21.
Figures from the World Health Organization suggest that alcohol abuse is responsible for roughly 1.8 million deaths annually worldwide.
Brewer tells WebMD that binge drinking is on the rise in the United States, increasing by almost 30% since the early 1990s.
"(The CDC) is not in the business of telling people that it is wrong to drink," he says. "Our focus is on excessive drinking, and our study affirmed that excessive drinking is a very serious public health problem."


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Art show highlights student art works
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Book sale aims to boost library programs
April 28, 2016 MARIETTA — From the latest best-sellers to forgotten favorites and even hidden paperback gems, the bi-annual book sale of the Friends of the Washington County Public Library is set to entice and... more »»
Moms, daughters turn out for BrAva prom
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Peoples Bank slates performances
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MOV native pens book for kids
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Local father, daughter walking across U.S.
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Dan Carder to speak at Ohio Valley University commencement
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Putnam Elementary School students watch chicks grow
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Belpre High graduate creates scholarship
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CCMC luncheon honors volunteers
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Free ballet classes offered at Marietta club
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Blennerhassett season begins May 3
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Assassination anniversary rekindles local Booth lore
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wedding pictures inside the Italian Yard
It was like a nonstop assembly line of brides jostling for the perfect photo spot.
The Italian Yard is located within the Korniakt Palace and is an open-air coffee lover's oasis. Concerts are occasionally staged here; the courtyard is known for its uncanny acoustic resonance.
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50+: Live Better, Longer
Calcium May Do Little to Stop Bone Loss in Elderly
Sound advice, suggests Kenneth Saag, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But no one should ignore the long-accepted cornerstones of bone preservation, he says.
"What's clear is there are a variety of factors, some more important than others. We try to modify as many 'modifiable' risk factors as possible. And we would clearly recommend calcium and sufficient exercise to increase bone [density]."
In fact, the National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends increasing calcium intake past age 50 to 1,200 milligrams a day, as well as doing regular weight-bearing exercise.
Nancy Lane, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco says calcium intake is vitally important in the elderly. "As we age, we lose the ability to absorb calcium ... so calcium imbalance is a significant part of bone loss." Bottom line, she says: Elderly people need even more calcium than younger people.
As for exercise, Lane says it's important for the elderly -- especially from a social standpoint, since they often do it in groups -- but also indirectly for the skeletal system. "It improves muscular strength and neuromuscular balance, ... so you don't fall as often." But, she adds, it does little to strengthen bones.
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- In a group of elderly patients, calcium and vitamin D intake were found to have no relationship with bone loss.
- Researchers suspect that while calcium is important throughout most of life, its importance diminishes with age.
- The National Osteoporosis Foundation still recommends that everyone over age 50 consume 1,200 milligrams per day of calcium and perform regular, weight-bearing exercise.


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ORLANDO (AP) -- A fifth grade teacher who dresses up like literary characters and uses electronic equipment to change his voice while reading to students was named Florida's Teacher of the Year in a televised ceremony Tuesday.
Samuel Bennett, of Polk County's Garner Elementary School, has also begun hosting events to bring parents and students together and is also working on the final phase of his dissertation on parental involvement at elementary schools at Nova Southeastern University.
"I just try and think, 'How can I make teaching fun for my kids?' " Bennett said after winning.
"I want to make it lasting learning, and I try to just be as creative as I can."
Bennett, chosen from more than 177,000 public school teachers throughout the state, will get $10,000 and a $1,000 grant for his school in Winter Haven.
At an afternoon speech hours before the ceremony, Gov. Jeb Bush told a group of educators named the best in their districts to be proud they have "closed the achievement gap more than any state in the country" between poorly and well-performing students.
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Stock futures rise after recent retreat
NEW YORK — Stock futures rose modestly day as investors tentatively move back into the market after a recent retreat because of worries about the economy. There are no major economic reports due out today that could sway trading. So while investors are set to buy stocks, they are buying Treasury bonds as well. That has sent interest rates slightly ...Read More »
Stock futures rise as investors anticipate reports
NEW YORK — Stock futures rose today as investors anticipate fresh reports will signal the economy continues to grow, albeit slowly. Economic reports in recent days have indicated the economy is growing at a tepid pace, but they have been enough to reassure investors that the economy isn't falling back into recession. That comes after weeks of more discouraging reports ...Read More »
Regulators try to ease fears about Chinese agencies
BEIJING — Regulators tried today to ease fears about dangers posed by the heavy debts of local Chinese government investment agencies, saying some might not be able to repay loans but banks face no systemic risk. The World Bank and private sector analysts have warned about heavy debt at such agencies, which invest in real estate and infrastructure. They said ...Read More »
World markets post modest gains
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Santa came to Colonial Beach Dec. 7, and there were hundreds of children waiting for his arrival. "The line to see Santa lasted four hours," said Colonial Beach Mayor Mike Ham.
Ham credited Sherry Hutchins, the event chairperson, and "all of our great volunteers with the Winter Wonderland success," despite moist, cool weather.
"The volunteers took care of everything, putting up the Christmas lights, Santa and the Winter Wonderland. The town didn't have to pay a penny, thanks to all of the volunteers."
—Colonial Beach Mayor Mike Ham
"We could not have done it without them," he said.
"The volunteers took care of everything," Ham said. "Putting up the Christmas lights, Santa and the Winter Wonderland. The town didn't have to pay a penny, thanks to all of the volunteers."
Santa's Parade started just after 1 p.m. at the Rankin's True Value parking lot and then turned down Colonial Ave. and finally onto Washington Ave. to Town Hill. In addition to Santa, the parade included classic cars, members of the Colonial Beach High School band and The Grinch.
Miss Colonial Beach, Courtney Aclan, joined Santa as he arrived with Mrs. Santa at Santa's Winter Wonderland at the Town Hill pavilion. Children quickly lined up their time with Santa.
Refreshments, pony rides, music, games and face painting were available. There was a huge bonfire to keep Wonderland visitors cozy, and residents and visitors were able to purchase Christmas trees on the site.
Later in the afternoon Santa and Mrs. Claus joined Mayor Ham for the lighting of the Winter Wonderland Christmas Tree. And, there was a lighted boat parade down the Potomac River, featuring boats decorated for the holiday festivities.
"It was a great success," said Ham. "We had 300 to 400 people attend. We lit the town Christmas tree. Santa was there, and everybody had a good time."
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The Songs of Cain
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Army Bound
Who Do You Love?
Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
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Annunciation Day/Born on Christmas Day
Some Beginner's Mind
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Timorous Me
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Ted Leo first emerged on the hardcore scene of the late 1980s in the bands Citizen's Arrest, Animal Crackers and Chisel. He's since become one of the most innovative and important figures in the east coast rock scene, both as a solo artist and as the front man for The Pharmacists. Hear Ted Leo and his band in a full concert, recorded live from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Mar. 29, 2007.
Drawing from artists like Billy Bragg, Curtis Mayfield and Clash singer Joe Strummer, Ted Leo mixes punk rock with soul, folk and pop melodies. His music is literate and political with anthemic energy and infectious rhythms.
Originally from New Jersey, Leo formed the band Chisel with John Dugan and Chris Norborg in South Bend, Ind. in 1990. They relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1994 and gained some national attention before splitting up in 1997.
In 1999, Leo released the album tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists. Though technically the first album for The Pharmacists, it was dramatically different from everything that's followed, with a largely instrumental collection of songs made of samples and experimental sound collages.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists followed with a more traditional EP in 2000 titled Treble in Trouble. The group's breakthrough album was 2001's The Tyranny of Distance, a mix of everything from Celtic and folk to jam-rock that gained the band a cult following.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are now on tour for their 5th full-length studio album, Living with the Living, their first on Touch and Go Records. The band features Ted Leo on guitars and vocals, Dave Lerner on bass and Chris Wilson on drums.
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No more than one grant will be awarded to any one school in a two year period. In order for the money to have maximum impact, grants that utilize funds for non-consumable items will be given preference. In order to be fully considered, mini-grant applications must include the quantity of materials to be purchased with grant funds, as well as the exact expense for the materials. Applicants must be a member for at least one year before applying for the grant.
Mail-in grant requests should include a short letter telling us how you would use the money to supplement your classroom budget to strengthen your science program, including the quantity of materials to be purchased and the exact expense for the materials. Be as specific as you can including catalog numbers if possible. Send to Elnore Grow, 17394 Jurassic Road, Morrison CO 80465 or email@example.com....less
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Do you have a student teacher that has done a great job for you and your students?
The Colorado Association of Science Teachers is pleased to announce their pre-service teacher award. CAST is looking for outstanding science student teachers.
The winner of the award will receive $500.00. Any pre-service teacher who has student taught during the fall of 2015 or the spring of 2016 is eligible for nomination.
Nominations should be 1 to 2 pages that include the following information:
1. Student's name
2. Student's mailing address, to send the award in the event they are the winner
3. Student's e-mail address and phone number in case of difficulty in contacting
4. Major
5. University or college attended
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7. Supervising teacher and school, and
8. Supervising teacher's contact information (e-mail, address, and/or phone number)
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In order to support the attendance of rural science teachers at the Colorado Science Conference, CAST is offering 3 rural conference scholarships to CAST members located in rural counties. These scholarships provide $100 to defray costs of attending the conference.
- Applicants must be a CAST member teaching in a rural county. The following counties are excluded from applying: Any of the "Big 7-Denver Metro Counties including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson; El Paso, Pueblo, Larimer and Weld Counties.
- Submit the following information below to Elnore Grow no later than November 9; email@example.com or USPA- 17394 Jurassic Road, Morrison CO 80465.
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- CAST Region I, II or III-see the website, http://www.coloradocast.org/
- School, grade level(s) currently teacher and number of years teaching
- Number of times attended CSC and/or NSTA conferences
- Brief description of financial support you expect to receive from school/district or other source
- Statement of how you will use these funds.
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Last week, at the University of Texas, Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) spent a lot of time talking about health care. As Obama said, the two candidates have a "substantive difference" over how Americans should be covered.
Finally! A "substantive difference."
On today's program, in the first hour, we're on the lookout for more of them. When it comes to the issues — Iraq, the environment, education, and trade, to name just a few —, what sets the two Democratic candidates apart?
Kirk Victor, of the National Journal, will field questions about domestic policy positions. (You can read his article, "A Dime's Worth of Difference," here). And Michael Hirsh, a senior editor at Newsweek, will tackle foreign policy distinctions. Julie Rovner, NPR's health policy correspondent, will join us too. Tell us what issue is the most important to you, and we'll tell you where the candidates stand.
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How do the Senator's differ in their definition of middle class? I own my own business as does my husband...we have three children and are not wealthy, nor are we poor. But by some definitions we're considered upper middle class...we don't buy the newest fancy cars or clothes - but if we are upper middle class then why am I struggling to pay for health care and try to fund retirement accounts?
How do the democratic candidates differ regarding Civil Unions and equal rights for homosexuals?
What are each of their positions on global warming/ environment, etc?
I find that Senator Obama does not support his comments and his hopes for the United States of America with details.. it is just words. If I were to vote for him I would want more specifics, more answers. I have noticed that even at his rallies he does not fully answer questions
It is a mess there now in Iraq. What do they plan to do to fix the mess we made, and support those there that support us, other than getting our troops like me out?
As well, where do they stand on Gun Control? I believe sane folks should have the right to have them, but as we recently saw in IL those that are only sane by taking drugs should not be allowed to have them.
how will they handle the signing statements and changes made to the constitution
I understand that Sen. Clinton's health care plan would require everyone to purchase health insurance of some kind, but I have never heard how she would require the insurance companies to actually pay out on procedures and claims.
How will Sen. Clinton make sure that the insurance companies make good on their end of this deal?
I was just listening to the program and heard a guest say that neither candidate had mentioned raising taxes as a fix for making social security solvent. This isn't true. Sen. Obama has stated his support for the idea of raising the cap on taxes for individuals earning more than $100,000/yr to make the program solvent.
Please note that one of your experts has mis-stated B. Obama stand of how to fix Social Security. Obama has proposed lifting the cap on wages that are subject to Social Security to increase revenues.
How do the candidates differ on education and specifically on NCLB?
What are the substantial differences between Obama and Clinton regarding illegal immigration? Thank you.
If the Clinton plan requires an individual to buy insurance, who regulates what is covered under that policy? Can I go into the insurance business and sell cheap, junk policies for those people who would not buy insurance without a mandate? Who would benefit from this?
In dealing with the Arab world, would it be harmful to have a White Woman in charge? would it be more beneficial to have an African American Man in charge of negotiations?
Regarding the question about Barack Obama voting "present" on certain abortion related legislation in Illinois, I saw an interview with the woman who was the Director of Planned Parenthood (I believe) in Illinois at the time; she said she "asked" Obama to vote that way on the vote (or votes) in question for tactical reasons. That's why he enjoyed a 100% approval by the Abortion rights folks in Illinois, which he wouldn't have otherwise.
It makes my blood boil each time I hear that Senators Clinton and Obama's views on policy issues are basically the same. Given his relative lack of experience, an in-depth analysis will show that Senator Obama has either voted "present" or has plagiarized much of the work that Senator Clinton has put forth, most recently her detailed plan to revitalize the economy.
Obama & Clinton healthcare plans are the same in essence. Both will be huge tax payer financed subsidies for insurance companies, which cause our problems in the first place. Single-payer, universal is the only logical, just and practial option available. Why do they not have the courage to go that direction?
Do you think either candidate, if elected, would make a major commitment to addressing our "addiction to oil" and other fossil fuels, such as coal?
Do either Obama or Clinton have any formal education in science?
How do the Democratic candidates differ on US foreign policy in Africa? Specifically, how do they address the genocide in Darfur?
How do the candidates differ on major immigration issues relating to undocumented immigrants living in the US long-termed and short-termed. (ie issuing IDs, claiming residency for college tuition, college degrees earned in the US, ect)
In 2005, the ironically-named Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act passed Congress. It was promoted by banks and credit card companies, which wanted to limit consumers' ability to discharge these mounting debts in bankruptcy. It's a terrible law for families, and was opposed by a broad coalition of consumer, labor, and family organizations.
As a long-time advocate for children and families, Mrs. Clinton first opposed the bill. In 1998, as first lady, she used her syndicated column to say that, while she supported "responsible bankruptcy reform," she opposed provisions of the bill that would force parents to compete with banks collecting credit card debt. In 2000, Mrs. Clinton advocated for her husband's veto of the bill, according to her autobiography and press reports at the time.
While the bill didn't change significantly in the next few years, her position did. When she ran for the Senate from New York -- the heart of the financial industry -- she flipped. During her Senate campaign, she accepted more than $200,000 from the banks and credit card companies that backed the bill. As senator, she voted in favor of the bill in 2001 and again in 2002.
When the bill finally passed in 2005, Clinton was the lone absent senator. But she issued a press release denouncing virtually the same bill she had voted for repeatedly.She said in the recent Las Vegas debate that she voted for it but was glad it didn't pass!
Senator Obama voted against the bill
A major difference between the "experience" candidate and the "hope" candidate is the change in process. Process is not well understood. In short, a sound work-process is likely to generate sound situational analysis, sound relevant solution options and workable choices. Without attention to a solid process, solutions run high risk of not being relevant, robust , or bought in to be people left out of the decision making. Barack Obama favors an "open process" with significant input from "average Americans" willing to weigh in. Hilliary's approach seems confined to "business as usual" approaches which clearly don't result in much progress within Washington and don't build the public convergence necessary to change the Washington way. Open processes, public participation, transparency with regard to important national issues and bringing the country into the process is huge!
There was a gross and startling misstatement regarding their positions on social security. In is patently false that neither has talked about possible solutions. Obama was lambasted by some for conceding that we may need to raise the maximum income cap. The difference may not be so much substance, as the transparency of their thoughts on the matter. Though we can't know that, since Hillary has taken the politically expedient dodge (remind you of anyone) of suggesting someone else figure it out, in her case a commission.
I am a Minnesotan currently living in Arizona. After the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis last year, I expected to hear much more discussion about infrastructure. What are the candidates saying about the state of our bridges and other national infrastructure issues?
What are the candidate's positions on the insane and costly missile defense system that the Bush Administration plans to install in Europe
Has either candidate given a plan regarding public transportation improvement and overall infrastructure improvement throughout the country?
Do either of the candidates have any leaning at all towards the European style of health care? (No health insurance companies, health care run by government)
My question is about food safety. In light of the recent largest beef recall in the history of the country, I was wondering where Senator Obama stood on food safety. I know that Senator Clinton has sponsored the Safe Food Act 2007 that would increase inspections/funding and create a Food Safety Administration, among oter things. Obama has not signed on to this. Does he have a food safety plan?
I realize that as a professional radio presenter Neal Conan can hardly be expected to use correct grammar. Could he however possibly learn to say "ARE there significant differences" instead of "IS there significant differences?"
What about Darfur? Joe Biden did a great job of discussing solutions while he was in the race. What have Clinton and Obama had to say?
What are Obama and Clinton's stances on animal welfare issues? In particular, would either candidate support inclusion of chickens and other poultry in the Humane Slaughter Act and/or would either candidate support repeal of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act?
We keep hearing that Clinton's Health care plan has subsidies for people that cannot afford insurance, but all I find on her web site is tax credits. Tax credits are very different than subsidies; tax credits cannot cause your refund to be more than you paid in taxes. That could be a problem for the very poor that pay no or very little in taxes. Can someone explain to me if Hillary's plan has any true subsidies or not? Am I missing them on her site?
What are the two candidates' positions on funding basic research in science, i.e., funding for NSF, NIH, DOE's research programs? What understanding has either shown for the need for funding basic research?
The only candidate who is serious and able to fight the special interest to ensure we end our country's dependency on oil and bring us a single payer health care system is Ralph Nader. He is the one who was truly against the war and strongly supports fighting climate change! If people truly support CHANGE then they should vote against the norm and outside of the two parties that have ruled Washington for the entirety of our country's history. I'm beginning to believe that is the only way to turn our country around. Go Nader!
I haven't heard Clinton or Obama or maybe more importantly McCain how they feel about supporting Stem Cell Research.
On the "War on Drugs": it should be noted that in his 2004 Senate campaign, Obama supported eliminating criminal penalties for cannabis use or possession. When the Washington Times brought this up, the Obama campaign first stood by those remarks - then, within 24 hours, changed its story and declared that Obama does not support eliminating criminal penalties for cannabis.
I find this flip-flop very disappointing, and it has made me much less likely to support Obama.
Why are we not hearing anything about Katrina and New Orleans from any of the candidates?
It is a substantiative difference--not a difference in style--that the two candidates differ on their attitudes toward where power comes from in a democracy. Obama's speeches are intended to mobilize citizens to become engaged and active participants in democracy. This is a huge difference and speaks to the differences in the type of leader each is. Those who focus on rhetoric and resume aren't able to see this.
The NAFTA issue seems to always put former President Bill Clinton as responsible for its enactment. And, Hillary gets the fallout from her husbands executive action. Is it not correct that NAFTA is a congressional-executive agreement pursued by corporate interest crafted during George H.W. Bush, Canada's Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Carlos Salinas de Gortiari. Why does Obama consistently lays full responsibility at the desk of Bill Clinton rather than directing where it originated?
To answer the man who called about where Obama and Clinton stand on Abortion Rights--It needs to be said that Obama's "present" votes in the Illinois Senate were a much more nuanced response than indicated by your panelists today. According to Obama himself, in the South Carolina debate, such a vote indicated a concern with the particular way the issue at question was framed--in other words, rather than being without opinion or stance, Obama's "present" votes communicated a concern and an interest in further developing legistation on the way to becoming effective policy.
I often wonder who checks the fact checkers and "experts." Today's discussion highlights this issue. Your expert stated neither Senator Clinton or Senator Obama has been willing to either change eligibility date or increase the tax. This is blatantly untrue. I have heard Senator Obama in person 4 times this election season. On three of those occasions he was asked about Social Security. In each instance he stated that there would be some adjustment in the rate paid by the most wealthy and always quoted his friend Warren Buffet and his ability to pay more into social security. If my memory serves me correctly the Clinton campaign used this issue to charge Obama with using Republican Talking Points. Please hold your "experts" to a higher standard than they are showing.
Right now someone commented on their position on China and Taiwan. What about their colonial problem with Puerto Rico. How long PR has to wait to either become a sovereign state or a state of the union.
"Do either Obama or Clinton have any formal education in science?"
Not unless you consider 'hyperbole" and spin as branches of science.
The question re signing statements and related issues is one that I have heard no one address in this campaign... I think this is an important issue... hopefully we will be able to get ALL the candidates to respond to this issue...
I felt the same way with the extreme coverage of Princess Diana. I really felt her death was caused by the press and their greed covering everything about that poor girl. I also wish the press could allow the stars etc to have a time where they know that they are not liable to be filmed. like a vacation away from the prying lenses.
I gather that Druge rules Neal's world too, just like Halperin and the others. I thought it totally unnecessary for him to make that comment about today's Drudge picture, which (surprise) is only alleged to have come from the Clinton campaign. Drudge gets to trash both candidates with only one slither.
I want to comment on the gentleman's comment & Mr. Nader's response regarding apartheid in Israel. I think if he visits Israel he will see Arabs, Palestinians, blacks, whites, Asians Jews, Muslims, Christians, South Americans, Europeans, etc.working together in many places in Israel. If he just visits Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem he will find many of those different people sharing hospital rooms and being treated by all of the above different people. Please explain to your listeners what the word apartheid means and that Israel is not a racist or apartheid country.
I just turned off my radio because listening to Nader makes me so very angry. Can he really think that man who won the Nobel prize prize for his extraordinary work on climate change would be no different as president than W? Go ahead and run Mr. Nader, independents are too informed to vote for you this time.
Re: Jane Berkley's question on education and NCLB
The article linked at the top of the page, A Dime's Worth of Difference, succinctly states the differences in education plans, mainly merit pay for teachers.
Have either of the candidates placed sustained values on the space program, the hundreds of thousands of people who earn a living from its continuance and the millions more that profit or could not live with out the technology it develops or sustains?
My understanding is that while Obama has proposed supporting technology R & D as well as enhancing the nations communications infrastructure, he has proposed diverting portions of NASA's already beleaguered budget to help international aid programs; where as Hilary was pretty much staying the current course of planned NASA projects and objectives. Can this be clarified?
In 2005 NASA's FY budget economic plan was approx. 16 billion dollars, which was 37 billion less than the department of education's budget and 412 billion less than the military's which didn't even disclose the number of people they actually employed. NASA isn't funded nearly as well as some people would have you believe. How can we expect successes to celebrate when we eliminate their ability to remain competitive and productive with more projects in deferment than accomplished due to congressional whims and hand tieing?
Where do the candidates stand on the Department of Peace?
Also, in getting the law changed that gives the corporations personhood rights?


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She was born July 15, 1915, to Will Edmund Prestridge and Dora Senter Prestridge at their home two miles east of Alvarado in Johnson County. She passed away Jan. 15, 2004, at Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne.
She married William Exta (Bill) Lightfoot on May 25, 1940. He preceded her in death in 1970.
Mrs. Lightfoot graduated from Alvarado High School, University of North Texas and North Texas State Teachers College, in 1940 with a major in elementary education and a minor in art. She later did graduate work in education at Texas Christian University.
She was a career educator, starting her teaching at age 16 in Barnesville, where she taught all the elementary grades. Later she taught at Willow Springs, responsible for all grades.
Mrs. Lightfoot came to the Alvarado Independent School District in the 1949-50 school year to teach a combined second and third grade classroom and continued to teach second grade in Alvarado until she retired in 1976 to be available for the arrival of her first grandson. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, first as a member of Grandview Chapter No. 828 and after its demise as a member of Alvarado No. 656. She was a past Worthy Matron in Grandview No. 828 and served as Deputy Grand Matron of District 3, Section 10 in 1976.
She held many grand offices over the years. She played piano in recent years both for Alvarado No. 656 and for the Rainbow girls. She was a 64-year member of the OES. She was a member of the Baptist church all her life. She was baptized at Willow Springs Baptist Church, where her father was deacon and led the singing. After she, her husband and girls moved to town, so she could get to school when rain made the country roads unreliable, she joined the First Baptist Church and remained a member until her death.
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