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|By Desprateslacker (Desprateslacker) on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 10:36 pm: Edit
i was wondering how much better is it to volunter than to work for money. I have a choice to get a job or volunteer id rather take the job but i was wondering if it looks as good as volunteering, also the job is kinda more interesting and relates to my better subjects
|By Sac (Sac) on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 11:01 pm: Edit
Jobs count, too, especially if they relate to your interests. Colleges see through volunteering just to pad an application pretty fast.
|By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Thursday, November 06, 2003 - 12:04 am: Edit
I think most colleges just want to know that you are doing something. They understand that kids have to work for various reasons, whether financially or because their parents are making them do so. Do you really think someone is going to say "let's accept this person because she volunteered, while he worked?" Nooo... not happening! Relax, do what is best for you. If you find it to be detrimental for other reasons (i.e. can't get into NHS or something because of it), just attach a separate letter explaining that the job is better for your career goals or whatever.
|By Averageasian (Averageasian) on Thursday, November 06, 2003 - 06:39 pm: Edit
Well, my parents said that i was going to get a job, i would work for them (and it sucks working for them). So we settled on volunteering at a local hospital. It was this summer that i racked up 310 hours of community service... it was great. I got a few awards from doing it and a NICE paying job WITH company car (my first car ^^) in the fall when school started. It was pretty much a job since i did 50 hours a week.
Volunteering > Working, IMO
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To say Bobby Price is a fan of racing is an understatement. The Nashville-based car collector and auto industry entrepreneur owns two decommissioned NASCAR stock cars and a Don Gartlits "Swamp Rat" dragster. Here, Price outlines a brief history of NASCAR racing.
December 1947 – The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing is born out of a meeting in a Daytona Beach hotel room.
According to Bobby Price, the gathering was organized by Bill France, Sr. and covered fundamentals of the sport including crowd control and vehicle regulations.
February 1948 – The first official NASCAR race is held in Daytona Beach.
September 1950 – The first asphalt race is held at Darlington. Bobby Price notes that all prior races had been on dirt tracks.
December 1963 – Wendell Scott wins at Jacksonville Speedway, becoming the first African-American to triumph at a premiere NASCAR division race.
November 1979 – Richard Petty has the longest-running championship win streak in the industry with seven. This record, notes Bobby Price, remains unbroken until 1994.
June 1992 – NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. dies at his home in Florida after suffering with Alzheimer's disease.
1993 – Bobby Price says 1993 was a monumental year for NASCAR with two major speedways built–New Hampshire and Indianapolis. New Hampshire is the first NASCAR facility built in New England.
1998 – NASCAR expands into Las Vegas.
November 2002 – Tony Stewart wins the Winston Cup Championship. At 31 years of age, Stewart was one of the youngest drivers to wins a major championship, prompting other young drivers to compete. This new generation of NASCAR competitor gained popularity with the addition of Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., says Bobby Price.
2003 – Bill France Sr.'s grandson, Brian France, is named Chairman and CEO of NASCAR. Bill France, Jr. had previously held the position after his father's retirement.
November 2008 – Jimmie Johnson wins his third consecutive Sprint Cup championship and is named by the Associated Press as Male Athlete of the Year. Bobby Price notes that this was the first time a NASCAR driver had been recognized by the award.
December 2012 – NASCAR gets back to roots with unveiling of Generation 6 cars, which are safer than highly modified racers and are similar in appearance to their show-room floor counterparts.

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- Do you think Ann Kirschner effectively strung together her mother's vast collection of letters with the information she gleaned from Sala's diary, survivor interviews, and her own library research to create a cohesive narrative?
- Was there any particular correspondence in the text that moved you the most by? What different emotions did you experience as you encountered each new letter? What feelings or conclusions do you think Ann Kirschner hoped you would carry away from this book?
- While the Holocaust was a time of unimaginable horror and inhumanity, it was also a time in which incredible generosity, selflessness, and bravery were demonstrated under the most difficult of circumstances. Sala relied on a network of supporters, such as Ala, the group of protecting male prisoners at Geppersdorf that included Chaim Kaufman and Bernhard Holtz, the Pachta family, and of course her family and friends. In what particular way do you think each of these people helped Sala survive her time in the labor camps? Is there one person who you believe played the most significant role in her survival?
- Ala, Sala's most dear friend during the war, is unanimously praised throughout various letters in the book for her inspiring spirit and her unwavering, pragmatic resolve. Kirschner wonders what motivated her to join the resistance movement at Auschwitz [p. 243]. What is your take on Ala's decision to put herself in great danger? Did she die a noble death?
- Did it come as a surprise that Sala did not see her sisters in Sweden after they were liberated and hospitalized and instead remained in Ansbach with Sydney? Beyond her engagement to Sydney, what may have motivated Sala to move to America without seeing her sisters first, even after suffering through heartbreaking years of separation and fear that they may not have survived?
- After suffering the crushing defeat of discovering Sosnowiec emptied of any hint of her family's previous life there, it appeared Sala had happily left it behind forever. Were you surprised to discover that Sala was willing to return with her children to Kollataja Street and the sites where the labor and death camps had once stood? Do you think that Sala found what she was looking for during her return visit?
- Kirschner refers to the comparisons that she observed being made among survivors between the Nazi labor camps and the death camps, "Four days in Auschwitz...five years in seven different labor camps. My mother had lost her parents, sisters, brothers...I do not want to compare. Some threshold of suffering defies measurement." [p.6]. After reading the book, do you agree with this assessment? Do you think that Sala and the other labor camp survivors would agree?
- Discuss Sala's heroism. In what moments was she particularly courageous? Were there any instances when she displayed weakness? Was Raizel heroic?
- Before the postscript, Kirschner closes her narrative with a letter that Raizel wrote to her mother after they were both liberated. "One thing you should know, Sala, is that the acknowledgment of one's guilt can mitigate it, but only if one starts to reform oneself. Let us forgive each other everything, and together ask forgiveness for the sins we committed against our dear parents. All alone, all alone, in peace and quiet, and filled with our own thoughts, we must be satisfied by self-reproach and rectification through good deeds." [p. 260] What do you make of Raizel's words? In what ways was the relationship between Sala and Raizel affected by all of the events resulting from the Holocaust? Why do you think Kirschner picked this to be the last letter referenced in the book?
- Did surviving the Holocaust, affect religion or spirituality among the survivors in Sala's Gift? In what ways? What might you expect to happen to someone's faith after living through such an experience?
- What were your feelings about the Holocaust prior to reading Sala's Gift? Have they changed at all now, having read the book? If so, in what way? What account(s) had previously shaped your perception of this infamous moment in history?
Enhance Your Book Club Experience
- Search within the New York Public Library's website, www.nypl.org, to view some of the letters preserved as The Sala Garncarz Kirschner Collection. You'll find several original letters and photographs, and discover information regarding where and if the exhibition is currently showing at any particular branch. If possible, travel with your group to view the collection, or simply view it together on the Internet.
- Do you have any correspondences from older relatives saved in a collection? Bring these, or anything that you have that may revealed something about a member of your family, to the meeting and discuss their importance to you.
- Read The Diary of Anne Frank as a companion text. How did her story differ from Sala's? In what ways are they the same?


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By Eliot Daley
With publications as influential and far-flung as The Washington Post, The San Diego Union-Tribune and Nature magazine all having nice things to say about approval for the Keystone pipeline, who am I to offer a contrary perspective? Well, I'll tell you: I am a recovering addict, and that makes me a vastly better authority on this matter than any of those supposed sages, because I know addiction when I see it. And I know denial when I hear it.
The Keystone pipeline is like a gigantic hypodermic needle stuck into America. Its promoters know we are addicted to the wrong drug — fossil fuels — but they know we do not have the willpower to kick the habit as long as the pushers find new ways to slip us one more fix. The Keystone pipeline is just such a fix. Injected deep into this country, it would shoot massive amounts of those intoxicating but ultimately destructive drugs into American fuel tanks.
Here's the thing. Someday — someday — we have to kick the habit. Those addicted to other dangerous substances, such as drugs and alcohol and food and gambling, say that they couldn't begin recovery until they hit "low bottom" — a point where they felt utterly ruined. We have to decide now whether we will perpetuate our addiction with fresh supplies of fossil fuels through crutches like Keystone until we hit low bottom or whether we will voluntarily begin our recovery before then.
While hitting low bottom is unquestionably effective as a motivator for those individuals who survive it, not all do survive it, and there is no assurance that we as a nation or the planet we call home will survive an environmental low bottom. Consider this: There really is such a thing as a point of no return in our destruction of the environment. We as a nation are deep in denial, on the verge of becoming so self-deluded in our feckless energy consumption that one day it really could be too late. Low bottom could mean misery without end. Forever.
But just imagine: If we decline a fresh fix from the Keystone pipeline, we will impel fresh thinking and new investment to enable our eventual weaning away from fossil fuels to abundant, clean, inexpensive sources that do not threaten the well-being of the planet and future generations.
Yet we all know this will not happen as long as the path of least resistance is still laid out before us. Keystone is just such a false Yellow Brick Road, leading us to the wizards of extractive industries' castles where, when we pull back the curtain, we find nothing but exploitive pushers hoping not to be found out until they are settled into comfy retirement.
What would be lost if we deliberately refused the next injection from our pushers? The supposed boon in job-creation trumpeted by Keystone backers has been roundly debunked. And why not, since the would-be constructor TransCanada laughably saw fit to predict Keystone "spin-off" jobs, including 51 dancers and choreographers, 138 dentists, 176 dental hygienists, 100 librarians, 510 bread bakers, 448 clergy, 154 stenographers, 865 hairdressers, 136 manicurists, 110 shampooers, 65 farmers and 1,714 bartenders.
But still, the sages warn us in one editorial that failure to forge ahead would "antagonize our longtime close ally, Canada." Just ask recovering addicts how they feel now about having had their addiction tolerated or supported by spouses who were "co-dependent." If the only way to keep certain greedy Canadians from feeling antagonized is to do the wrong thing environmentally, then it's time to draw the line and set an example for them.
But we are also warned that our failure to accept the Keystone needle might encourage "a worrisome de facto Canada-China partnership to build a pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast, where the bitumen would be shipped across the Pacific." Set aside the fact that China will necessarily go through the same stage of early-industrial pollution that all developed countries have done before wising up. Let's address that "worrisome" partnership.
Keystone alone cannot handle all the oil shale Canadian producers want to sell, and having served as a strategic consultant to TransCanada Pipeline Co. (the prospective builder of Keystone), I can assure you that it will happily lay pipe to serve any export markets the producers go after.
In a mutual backscratching of the sages, a San Diego Union-Tribune editorial praises its colleagues at The Washington Post, who presume the only reason President Obama quashed the Keystone pipeline was to "please his green base." Perhaps it was exactly that. But since when would that be a poor reason for a good decision?
The fact is that America's green base is on the march. In the Election Day surprise of 2012, some people were harshly awakened by the new and permanent clout of women and minorities. Well, just wait until they feel the impact of America's growing green base in the years and elections to come.
The only question is whether the editorial pages of America will lead or delay this country's long-overdue renunciation of its addiction to bad stuff.
Eliot Daley, a Princeton writer, is a former management consultant who served as a global strategy consultant to the would-be builders of the Keystone pipeline during the mid-'90s and has coped with addiction to food for a lifetime.


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'Sup, Sox fans. Yeah, it's me, Beckett. And don't call me Joshua, either. I'm a man's man, and I won't take that crap.
Y'all see my pitching performance last night? Yeah, that's right, 6-0, baby. Seven more strikeouts, too.
I bring all this up because I feel like we got off to a bad start last year, Red Sox Nation. Namely, you guys don't adore me nearly enough.
Seriously, did you see the way they were swinging and missing at my curveball last night? It was a thing of beauty, I tell you. In fact, I liked it so much I think it was prettier than my goatee, and that's saying something.
I want you to know that I started throwing in curveballs this season simply because the Cap told me to give it a try.
Actually, that's not the whole truth. He told me if I gave up 36 home runs again this season, he was going to set my favorite Birkenstocks on fire. Couldn't let it happen, bro.
For what it's worth, though, I'm gonna ask you to stop making fun of me for the way I dress and get shot down by the ladies. I also ask that you stop taking this guy who writes Red Sox Monster so damn seriously. You think he's funny or something, making fun of me all the time?
Oh yeah, one other thing: please don't forget just how hard I can throw a baseball. Seriously, we're talking 95 miles per hour-plus, every time. I make leather gloves quiver in fear, bro. They can't handle this. The batters, too. They hate my dead sexy good looks, and they hate my fastball even more.
Anyway, if you're looking to reach me, just call me. Especially you ladies. You can find me in the phonebook. Just look under "The Gunslinger," and you'll find my name.


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Adults gathered around long tables with coupon books — clipping, passing and chatting away as rugrats played with Duplos and other toys in the center of the tables.
"We have C-O-O-K-I-E-S for the kids," Amy Hannold spelled out for the parents, so she wouldn't cause a sugar riot amongst the children.
For the past three years, this has been Hannold's favorite part of the week. She is the North Whidbey Coupon Club coordinator, and every Friday morning devoted couponers congregate to clip and confer about their week.
"It's the quilting bee for people that want to save money," Hannold said.
Hannold works with Ula Lewis, Good Cheer volunteer coupon coordinator in Langley. Together they run the Whidbey Coupon Club.
Lewis started couponing when she was a kid and carried the practice into adulthood when she was raising 11 kids.
"They had everything they needed and mostly everything they wanted," Lewis said.
Most of her kids are couponers and Lewis uses her skill at Good Cheer.
"Coupons are cash," Lewis said.
"These are currency."
For every dollar she spends for Good Cheer, she is able to put $5 worth of food on the shelves.
"I have a hard time paying $1.79 for a can of tomatoes that I would've paid 30 cents for," Lewis said.
Lewis also brings items she's purchased with coupons for Good Cheer, so people can buy products while they're there.
The items also visually illustrate her point and she sells them for what she paid. At the Friday meeting, she brought a dozen eggs she bought for 49 cents and snack-size Nabisco cookies for 65 cents.
When people arrive, Hannold has four bins set-up of coupons filed by date. She also provides a good deal alert list, which Lewis writes, tips to get organized, meal planning and a coupon shopping list. She also provides scissors and paper clips for attendees to use.
"We've grown 30 percent in the past eight weeks," Hannold said. "It's a lot more effort for these bins to stay full."
Boxes are being set-up around town to collect unwanted inserts. Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Oak Harbor Senior Center Whidbey Island Bank and the Oak Harbor Christian Reform church are collecting inserts, but more drop-offs are needed.
"If they're going to end up in the recycling bin, they can do a lot more mileage here," Hannold said.
Even if coupons have expired, the club still collects them. The commissaries overseas accept coupons that are six months past the expiration date, so they are sent to families that can use them, Hannold said.
Many different types of people attend the coupon club. From young parents to empty nesters, the club has someone from almost every demographic. And they help each other.
"I'm watching skills get passed around the room," Hannold said.
Renee Fangman, Oak Harbor resident, is one of the experts who offers her assistance to others. Her mother taught her about couponing when she was young, but she didn't start until two and half years ago.
Part of the reason Fangman coupons is so she can stay at home with her kids.
"It would be a lot tighter if I didn't coupon," Fangman said.
When starting out, Fangman focused on Walgreens and CVS. She would collect coupons for non-food items, such as toiletries and cleaning supplies.
"Food coupons are scarce compered to toiletries, laundry detergent and things like that," Fangman said. "It's a lot of information if you're starting out, so start with one store and branch out."
As she built a routine, she was able to expand into other areas.
Fangman uses a binder and clear baseball card sheets to store her coupons. That way she can flip through and see what deals she can maximize on in the store.
"I use coupons on sales to stretch my dollar more," Fangman said.
For example, one store had macaroni and cheese on sale for two for $1. She had a coupon for that specific product which gave her $1 when purchasing two items. Therefore, she was able to get her macaroni and cheese for free.
When she shops, other shoppers sometimes give her looks because of her coupon binder.
"They think 'Oh she's a couponer,' but I'll strut it," Fangman said.
Fangman has coupons mailed to her from a friend in Nevada and she buys four Saturday Whidbey News-Times a week.
She buys the newspapers at Starbucks and uses a gift card — one that she's earned from other point-based system offers — to purchase the papers. Then after earning stars through Starbuck's reward program, she can have a free drink.
With the assistance of the Internet, couponing has become easier, Lewis said.
Between websites, blogs and social media, it's easier to find out great deals fast.
"A lot of places do the work for you," Fangman said.
Fangman started using apps on her phone to help find more deals. She uses Shopkick, Viggle, Ibotta and CheckPoints.
To be successful with coupons, one must have realistic expectations, Hannold said. The work needs to reflect what the person is willing to put into it.
After the show "Extreme Couponing" came out, a lot of people expected Hannold to teach them how to make huge purchases with coupons.
That's not a realistic expectation, Hannold said.
"Everyone coupons differently and for different things," Hannold said.
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This is my fourth set of Duet washer/dryer combos, so I feel qualified to give a trustworthy review. I've followed the increasing quality/features of these Duets, and paid top dollar over...Read complete review
This is my fourth set of Duet washer/dryer combos, so I feel qualified to give a trustworthy review. I've followed the increasing quality/features of these Duets, and paid top dollar over and over again for what I thought was state-of-the-art function, only to lament why this or that wasn't included. Well, this washer seems to have fixed all that was wrong with the previous washers.Finally - a liquid detergent function that does not leak if you pour the liquid in for more than a minute before starting the load. Finally - a lighted drum for the washer. Finally - Fanfresh! (hadn't every other manufacturer previously introduced this in their top-end models?) And look - a way to program your own cycles - superb!! Precision dispense (and a way to adjust those settings dependent on your detergent and water hardness level), 1500 RPM extracts, water that goes "mostly" on the clothes, the amazing amount of wash cycles, and the LCD color panel are all amazing and deserved in this top-of-the-line model. Therefore, my quibbles are few - but I do have some.Whirlpool developers must work on a way to get water temperature up to proper temp for each cycle (many people live in places where hot water must run for a while to get hot, and Whirlpool needs some sort of sensor that works for this purpose). Some of the other Duets have "pretended" to have this but none appear to be getting it right. This is especially important for the cleaning (Affresh) cycle. Also, continue on getting more of water out the spout to pour directly on the clothes - too much water still pours onto the seal and/or the inside of the door.Also, the end-of-cycle "buzzer" is hardly a buzzer, and I ask for a return to (or at least an option for) something more brash and less melodic to signify that I need to get up and empty the washer.Is there a way we can make water draining quieter? It is still quite noisy. Also, the ability to program more than 7 custom cycles would be appreciated (I hit this limit the first day, when I washed everything I owned).Finally a way to upgrade functionality or screen colors/themes via USB (or some sort of connectivity) is needed at this point (other manufacturers have this capability).Other than these minor quibbles, Whirlpool really nailed it with this washer. If you're sitting on the fence about getting one, don't. You will not regret it. Just read the manual first, run clean cycles regularly, DON'T USE NON-HE DETERGENT, and leave the door open after every wash. They've really come a long way with these Duets since the 9100s and those belt-driven nightmares! Can' t wait to see what you do for Duet's 10th anniversary!
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This was an expensive purchase and we had high expectations for seeing improvements over our Maytag Neptune but were very disappointed in this washing machine for the following reasons:It would have been...Read complete review
This was an expensive purchase and we had high expectations for seeing improvements over our Maytag Neptune but were very disappointed in this washing machine for the following reasons:It would have been nice to provide some leadership in innovation of front loading washing machines by addressing mold mitigation and cleaning of lint.What happened to design and engineering? The washing machine requires that the door be left open for air drying. The rubber door gasket does not self drain, and collects lint etc. I do have a pet and have to remove hair from the rubber gasket. The precision dispenser door requires removal and drying to prevent mold.I was advised by the service tech the lower access panel was removed on this design making it very expensive to access the pump and pump filter.The controls are way too sensitive and can be inadvertently changed.It would have been nice for whirlpool to add a small low power fan to circulate air through the system to mitigate the build up of mold. The idea of having to purchase a specialty chemical cleaner to clean my machine and special cloth to wipe the door gasket seems like a poor way to solve an engineering issue.
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I love the capacity of the large loads but they don't smell like they should. there is mold growing above the soap dispenser and no way to get to it. The tube that goes to the drum comes disconnected spaying water all over the floor and the control boards. What a fire hazard.
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Had this for a few years now still going strong
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We love our washer. It is easy to use and our laundry has never been cleaner. Great features.
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I love this washer. My last front load washer I had to always leave the door opened and always had a musty smell. This one does not have that problem at all. No musty smell, no moldy gasket. It cleans my clothes so well. The only thing that I didn't like was the depth of this unit. It took up more space than my top loaders I used to have.
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Good washer, except it will not wash my 22 x 60 bath rugs. It is too heavy to spin. Surprisingly, the duet washer I bought in 2003 through 2016 was able to wash and spin out that Same size and type rug. I called whirlpool and they told me to flip the rug over in the wash but that did not help. Nor the other things they suggested. I had to throw out all my rugs. I had the same thing happen with a load of pants and it was not a very large load . Otherwise it is a good washer and I like the delay feature.
Bad odors and costly repairs
By william
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i bought this washer with a dryer and began to experience terrible mildew odors on anything that was washed. I was advised to leave the door ajar all the time and that did seem to help. the washer always had a funky bad smell in the water that was discharged. Jump forward 5 years and now the computer that controls the washer broke and the cost estimate to replace it was $450 and then may not even fix the problem. I also discovered that you cannot do anything manual such as spin dry some wet towels..so i guess i am not thrilled with this washer.
Major failure after 2 months.
By John
from Chicago
Loved it until it broke, it won't spin fast enough and seams ldrum is out of balance robbing on one side of the internal parts.Just had technician visit today to confirm problem and major repairs to be scheduled.
Don't Buy It Or Any Other Whirlpool!
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Called Whirlpool (WP) to schedule repair for my washing machine (bought September 2011). Drum stopped spinning and got error code F06/E01. WP set up an appointment with an authorized repairman. I got a call from the repair man telling me to disregard the date/time WP scheduled because they don't check with him first on his schedule. His WP rep tells him to leave his availability open-ended with them and then he can reschedule the job when he gets the order from WP. Pretty deceptive! I asked when he could get to me to repair my washer and he said "I don't know. WP pays me a flat fee for warranty work and it's not worth the money to come to your house unless I have other work in your area." He had no idea when he was going to be able to even look at my washer. This is EXTREMELY poor service.I called WP to reschedule my service with a different repair company (on hold for about 25 minutes) and was told it would take up to 2 days to find a new repairman because WP had to call other companies to see if they were available. I was told the computer system used to book my original appointment was different from the one this rep was using; therefore, it's not an easy switch to a different repairman and they had to call around. Sounds like a line to me.It appears there are several issues here. First, the hold times are absolutely absurd! I'm surprised they get repeat customers after they've had to attempt trying to contact them via phone. Although, I'm guessing it's one of their 'tactics' to try to get people to just give up. Second, they have a HUGE issue with scheduling warranty work (at least with the guy they gave me). And, to be told that "it's not worth his time to come and service my machine" is purely unprofessional and unethical. What are they trying to pull? Lastly, my product is only 4.5 years old. Heck, I can't even get an authorized repairman to my house to look at it to see what's wrong--I'm left troubleshooting it myself. DON'T BUY WHIRLPOOL!
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You may recall that I covered several burning questions for the St. Louis Rams prior to training camp, but things have changed since then, so this is an updated version.
There haven't been any radical changes with the team since the start of training camp, but we've had a few mild surprises that have altered the way Rams fans view the upcoming season.
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Clumsy burglar caught in more ways than one
A 30-year-old Port Orchard man got stuck in a pile of junk in a garage while allegedly burglarizing a foreclosed home, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office reports.
The clumsy suspect was arrested Monday after the sheriff's office received a report of noises coming from inside a vacant house on East Polk Street.
When deputies arrived at the house, they heard a man yelling from the garage, calling out "I'm in here and I'm stuck." When the deputies entered the garage they found the suspect lying underneath four or five feet of junk piled up on the floor.
The man said he needed help getting out from underneath the pile, but the sheriff's deputy reportedly told the man to get himself out. The suspect was reportedly hesitant until he became aware that the deputy was pointing a firearm at him and, noticing the gun, the man freed himself from the junk pile.
Once free, the suspect told the deputy he was walking by the empty house when "curiosity got the best of him." He said he entered the home through an open back door and was rummaging around when he got stuck underneath the junk. He was stuck for about an hour before the deputies found him, the man said.
The suspect was arrested and booked into the Kitsap County Jail for residential burglary. Bail was set at $10,000.
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HOMER Simpson once said it and it seems Matilda Ledger is a proponent: "You don't win friends with salad."
The adorable six-year old was spotted dining with Hollywood's newest it couple - her mum Michelle Williams and How I Met Your Mother actor Jason Segel.
But judging by some pictures from their lunch date, little Ledger wasn't too impressed with her mums leafy greens.
The trio spent the weekend bonding in New York City, attending the Broadway show Jersey Boys, before stopping for lunch and hitting the shops for some retail therapy.
The daughter of late Aussie actor, Heath Ledger, turns seven in October and still looks the spitting image of her father.
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Cosumnes River Preserve featured during first Galt Winter Bird Festival
Ducks, geese and cranes, oh my.
Those species and many others were the highlight of Galt's first Winter Bird Festival Saturday.
Misty Bell, a Galt businesswoman who coordinated the Bird Festival, told the Lodi News-Sentinel that the highlight for many visitors was the bus tours to the Cosumnes River Preserve.
Harry McQuillen, BLM's preserve manager, estimated around 240 people took bus tours of the preserve, with additional festival-goers participating in other events.
The goal of the Winter Bird Festival was to show more than the sandhill crane -- which is the name of Lodi's annual three-day festival in October -- because there are many other types of birds and waterfowl in the Galt area. These include geese, ducks, swans, peregrine falcons, red-tailed hawks and the yellow-billed magpie, said Galt resident David Yee in the News-Sentinel. He gave visitors to Chabolla Community Center an overview about migratory birds in the Galt area and the preserve.
The preserve is home to California's largest remaining valley oak riparian forest, and is one of the few protected wetland habitat areas in the state. The Cosumnes River is the only free-flowing river left in California's Central Valley. Only minutes from California's capital, this is a critical stop on the Pacific Flyway for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Over 200 species of birds have been sighted on or near the Preserve, including the State-listed threatened Swainson hawk, greater and lesser sandhill cranes, Canada geese and numerous ducks. The preserve includes 40,000 acres of central valley grasslands, vernal pools, wetlands and valley oak forests.
Visitors with a bird identification chart check out more information at a kiosk on the Preserve
While some people set out on, and return from the trail...
Taking advantage of one of the indoor activities, this brown-paper-costumed "official bird watcher" examines a well-lit specimen through a microscope:
Cosumnes River Preserve manager Harry McQuillen poses for a photographic memento, with grandson Cooper Renshaw:
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The U.S. flag is more than just a piece of cloth.
"It represents the people we serve. It represents the people we are willing to die for," said Col. Robin Blanchard, the keynote speaker at the annual Flag Day Ceremony in Federal Way. (PHOTOS)
Col. Blanchard leads the 96th Troop Command's nearly 2,000-member unit headquartered in Seattle. She is the first female officer of the Washington Army National Guard to command at the Brigade level.
"It's rare if I can get through the 'Star-Spangled Banner' without tears," Blanchard told attendees June 9 at the Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center.
"Our flag means something. Our flag is us, and we are it," she said. "Our flag is more than a piece of cloth because we believe in what it stands for."
After her speech, she led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then she gave the pledge of enlistment to about a dozen new recruits.
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Madonna's Teenage Daughter Slays, Heads Pack Of Celebrity Offspring Poised To Take Over
I'm sure there are plenty of talented young kids in LaGuardia High School's latest production of Grease, though none of them are really getting any attention with Madonna's legendary DNA hogging the stage.
The singer's teenage daughter, Lourdes Leon (right) is currently starring in the production as quiche mean girl Betty Rizzo, and according to this audio clip, she's totally killing it.
In fact, she's "really good" according to an eyewitness. I'd believe anything from the mouth of an eyewitness, especially when they claim she is also "a great singer, dancer and actress." A confirmed triple threat!
For the sake of this article, let's forget the fact that descendants of divas can openly pursue their dreams without fear of being too unattractive or poor to succeed. For a moment, let's also forget that Lourdes carries a maternal gene which naturally allows her to upstage any humans standing nearby. If there's one important lesson we can learn from hearing Madonna's daughter belt "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (and subsequently feeling old because Madonna has a 17-year-old daughter), it's that celebrity children are the future and it's about damn time we all got on board with it!
For every photo of a young adult star posted on a website, there are roughly 12 commenters that boldly ask Who the hell is this? or the tried-and-true Why am I supposed to care about this celebrity child? He's not even gay!
Isn't it about time you got on a first name basis with these talented celebrity offspring? It may seem like a project at first, but some day, when Lourdes Leon is conquering Broadway and your kids are jamming to Rocco Ritchie's rap EP, you'll thank me for introducing you.
Miley Cyrus
If you're reading this from Mars, allow me to introduce you to Miley Cyrus, drug czar, sex symbol, and daughter of country superstar/former hottie Billy Ray Cyrus. This young queen was easily one of the most talked-about stars of 2013, and arguably the driving force behind the twerking fad that affected everyone from Ellen Degeneres to Taylor Swift. Cyrus blessed the world this year with monster hits "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball" from her fourth studio album Bangerz, the best pop album of 2013 (says me). She also inspires straight men everywhere to take their clothes off.
Jack Quaid
The first thing you must know about Jack Quaid is that he's only been photographed without a shirt twice. It's a travesty, but what else would you expect from the only child of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid? He's been trained to spot paparazzi since birth!
The second thing you must know about Jack Quaid is that his only claim to fame was a supporting role in The Hunger Games. He played Marvel, a ruthless killer with minimal screen time, and even managed to make a quick appearance in the sequel despite his character being dead. He's currently enrolled as a theatre major at NYU, so give it a couple years and you'll be seeing this too-cute face everywhere.
Scott Eastwood
If you're going to spend an afternoon searching for photos of hot celebrity offspring, focus on Scott Eastwood. Once hailed as Hollywood's Hottest Son, the 27-year-old gym bunny is an "actor" best known for flaunting his finer assets in a few oft-shirtless photo shoots. You'll be seeing plenty of this man in 2014, as he's signed on to co-star with Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf and Logan Lerman (another PYT you should know) in Fury.
Willow and Jaden Smith
"Bizarre, Creepy" is probably the best way to describe the children of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. Thanks, Us Weekly!
These kids came storming out of the womb with a specific agenda: To follow in their father's footsteps and remain relevant in their respective professions for the rest of their natural life. Willow Smith's greatest contribution to the world thus far has been 2010's meme-birthing anthem "Whip My Hair". Her 15-year-old brother Jaden has found a career acting opposite his father and providing Gawker with enough material to last the next 10 years. Needless to say, both are going to blow up in a very big way someday.
Romeo James Beckham
The moment professional footballer/penis envy enabler David Beckham married Posh Spice, the promise of beautiful and incredibly talented children was pretty much implied. Eleven years later, the couple's second son Romeo James has found work as a Burberry model and future footballer according to his Instagram.
Robin Thicke
The son of Growing Pains' Alan Thicke has been making music for more than a decade, but it took a few "rapey" tracks and humping Miley Cyrus at the 2013 Video Music Awards to thrust him into the spotlight. Love it or hate it, "Blurred Lines" was easily the most buzzworthy song of the summer and if God is good, he'll do it again next year.
Rashida Jones
Comedy queen Rashida Jones is the daughter of music industry legend Quincy Jones—this is not news. The 37-year-old has enjoyed increased publicity since starring on The Office and Parks and Recreation, which makes the fact that she doesn't care about any of the "visible vagina" listed above more relevant than ever. In her free time, Jones enjoys proving she's better than any other celebrity child.
Lily Allen
Singer/songwriter/actress/badass Lily Allen, daughter of film producer Alison Owen, has enjoyed a certain level of fame without ever breaching "superstar" territory—think of her as a clean Amy Winehouse or more abrasive Lana Del Rey. The 28-year-old just came out of a two-year hiatus and announced plans for a third studio album in 2014. Just this week, she beat out One Direction by topping the UK singles chart with a cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know.
Expect very big things from this woman in 2014.
Liza Minnelli
What? You thought we were going to publish a "famous celebrity children" list without including the incomparable Liza Minnelli? Ha!
It's safe to say that Ms. Minnelli will always remain a celebrity to watch regardless of age. Most recently, the 67-year-old daughter of Judy Garland played a super gay show for her adoring 'mos on Fire Island:
Uh, "poised to take over"…? Half of these people are full grown adults with current careers and Liza is not POISED to take over, she already did and is a legend in her own right who could retire any time she wanted. Any Queerty reader that needs to be reminded of who Liza need their membership revoked. And for the record – Willow and Jaden are already OVER. They tried and failed to make a splash, they world has figured out they are full of crazy. (see Jaden's twitters for proof of that – http://www.complex.com/tech/2013/11/jaden-smith-dumbest-tweets)
@Brendan: "Any Queerty reader that needs to be reminded of who Liza [is] need their membership revoked."
Yes, because everyone knows once you stop paying attention to pop culture, you start liking pussy. Give me a break. Must you people support stereotypes 24/7??
Die, nepotism.
This entire article is based on celebrity children and pop culture, so my comment is a valid one. It's not about stereotypes, it's about supporting and knowing about people who support us. Liza is talented performer and a strong ally – and her mother is a huge gay icon as well. It's not wrong of me to assume that most gays would and should recognize her name (the article itself says the same thing) based on her importance and lengthy career.
Side note: You added the word I left out of the sentence while correcting my grammar but failed to correct all my grammar. It should read "who Liza is needs their membership revoked." I'm not really sure why you felt correcting my grammar was something that was needed when calling me a stereotype and bashing my opinion.
I can't stand Madonna or Lourdes.
Keep in mind that Madonna used gay men as a cover to appeal to the sleazy straight guy fantasy. This fantasy consists of lots of female nudity and fake lesbian behavior. Madonna is not a true friend of the gay community in my view.
In fact, I believe that female pop acts who use the same marketing strategy as Madonna are actually blocking gay and bisexual men from the music charts. They're getting in the way.
I remember when Lourdes was born wondering how that kid would grow up. In spite of being jealous I hope she turns out okay.
@Brendan: I included the [is] so that the comment at least made sense, something that did not require the s at the end of needs. I was making your point easier to understand, not correcting your grammar.
And if you think my post was calling YOU a stereotype, you clearly misunderstood it.
@Brendan: well said and I don't know about anybody else but will smith and his annoying ass kids annoy me
Why didn't you mention Rashida Jones mom? She's and actress/model perhaps best known for playing Julie on the original Mod Squad series- Peggy Lipton. More recently she played Adam's bohemian mom on Rules of Engagement.
@jimbryant: ummm yea…someone needs to stop pour'n failure in their bowl of BITTER flakes! MADONNA RULES…end of discussion!!
She sounded like a very talented high school girl any mom would be proud of.
The problem with offspring of celebrities, especially when they're young children is that they get famous and inappropriately casted for roles they are unprepared for. Prime example would be Will Smith's son. If he wasn't his son, he'd be doing bit parts in television and commercials, but because of his father he's stars in movies. Kids of celebrities have to prove themselves the same way, or even more so, than up and comers with regular parents.
PS- you forgot Meryl Streep's daughters. Kate Hudson and her brother Oliver, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bryce Dallas, Emma Roberts, probably more.
WOW.. I have to admit Lourdes does REALLY KILL IT as Rizzo. Her voice is really good; she could follow in her Mother's footsteps
Glad to hear Lourdes as a voice. A real good voice. Me buying Madonna records since… the fifties has paid off. Won't feel as guilty from now on…
@Ms Urethra Johnson: Lourdes HAS a voice… sorry ladies, tequila hangover from hell…
Lourdes can't sing and can't act. Neither could Madonna. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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If Lourdes has a voice(as in better than "good"), she certainly didn't inherit it from Madonna


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Formula One championship leader Mark Webber completed a hat-trick of pole positions at the Turkish Grand Prix yesterday to hammer home Red Bull's qualifying supremacy.
The Australian, winner of the last two Grands Prix from the top slot, was nearly half a second quicker than German team mate Sebastian Vettel as he chalked up Red Bull's seventh pole in seven races.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton joined Webber on the front row while Vettel, who is level on 78 points with Webber but behind on race wins, took the third slot next to world champion Jenson Button in the other McLaren.
"It's a great record, it shows tremendous pace in the car," said Webber of the run of poles.
"It's a real credit to the whole team," he added, fully aware that the driver starting on pole in Turkey has won four of the five races at the undulating and anti-clockwise Istanbul Park circuit.
Vettel had been quickest in the first two parts of qualifying but said his car's handling had gone astray in the final part, with the brakes locking repeatedly as he went into turns 12 and 14.
"I'm a bit lucky not to be fourth," said the 22-year-old, using a different chassis – which he has dubbed 'Randy Mandy' – to the previous six races.
"If you look at all the races, we (I) have always qualified in the top three so far which I think is not too bad," he added. "I'm not the type of guy who says the car is broken, that's it. I always try to do my best.
"We need to see what happened here and then we see what we can do tomorrow. I think the pace is very good."
Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg filled the third row after a session that took place in front of largely empty grandstands at what looks sure to be the worst-attended race of the year.
There was disappointment for glamour team Ferrari, preparing for their 800th grand prix, with Spain's double world champion Fernando Alonso qualifying 12th while Brazilian Felipe Massa starts eighth.
Hamilton, who has yet to win this season, shredded his tyres in final practice after skidding off at the tricky turn eight but got everything right when it mattered.
"I think on full fuel it will be a little bit closer," said the Briton after his team's best qualifying performance of the season so far.
"I'm happy with the balance of the car and we have a good opportunity tomorrow," he added.
On a warm, but overcast day at the Istanbul Park circuit, the three new teams were all eliminated in the Q1 opening mini-session together with under-pressure Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi of the Force India team.
Liuzzi, 29, had one final lap to try and escape the early cut, but could not improve and, two weeks after the Force India team had two cars finishing for the first time at the Monaco Grand Prix, they had one ousted in the first session of qualifying. (Agencies)
1. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull – Renault
2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren
3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault
4. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren
5. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes
6. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes
7. Robert Kubica (Poland) Renault
8. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari
9. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault
10. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) BMW Sauber – Ferrari


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Michael Dell declines to eat his Apple (humble) pie
On the day Apple releases its quarterly results, which are broadly expected to make it the most valuable company the world, Michael Dell attempted to explain his infamous comment that Apple should be shut down and sold off. In 1997, Dell was speaking at a Gartner symposium and was asked what advice he would give to the new …
He was right!
In 1997, Apple didn't have the Ipod, the Iphone or the Ianything worth having. They had Ifuckall apart from a loss making company selling obscure devices in graphics and eduction.
Michael Dell was right. Apple's fortune was completely out of the blue (not neccessarily luck, but not predictable either) or the share price wouldn't have risen 150% in the year following the first IPod.
Apple have done well, but the only logical decision looking at a 1997 balance sheet was pull the bleedin plug and fast.
How Was He Right?
That would mean by definition that Steve Jobs was wrong to continue the company and invest in new products.
History tells us otherwise.
He was right, based on the information he had at the time. Subsequent information doesn't change that.
Steve Jobs took a risk and it paid off but it was a *big* risk. The sort of risk that either makes you a billionaire or leaves you wandering the streets in the tattered remains of your last suit. He was right too. They were both right, it just depends on how you look at it.
@Goat Jam
Hindsight is 20-20.
In 1997 I don't think anyone could have predicted what Jobs could and would do with Apple, and I doubt anyone else would have managed it. It was "his baby" after all. He was a rather unique driving force, and we'll have to see what happens now he's gone.
In the parallel universe where 1997 saw the end of Apple, I don't think anyone will be casting any blame for not sticking with it. Jobs pulled off a 1000:1 shot.
" How Was He Right?"
To put it another way...
Beside the logo, what is now left of the Apple of 1997?
Would it be different if, instead of going on with Apple, another company was created to market the iThingies?
However, the hypothesis of saying that just to force some journos to shut up is credible...
@Steve Evans
"In the parallel universe where 1997 saw the end of Apple, I don't think anyone will be casting any blame for not sticking with it. Jobs pulled off a 1000:1 shot."
I think it was a million-to-one shot, and everybody knows you can always pull those off! Just ask Sergeant Colon
So, let me get this straight.
In the context of M Dell being a non-descript beige box shifter with little imagination and assuming that S Jobs had the same limited imagination as M Dell then in that scenario it would have been the right move to make.
OK, got it.
Except for the small fact that S Jobs apparently did have an imagination which then makes it a wrong move again.
Well now your'e just being obtuse.
upvote for Pratchett ref
@Goat Jam
At the time, Apple produced boring beige boxes as well. The most interesting thing they produced - The Newton Pad - was axed by Jobs as soon as he returned to Apple.
It is worth remembering
that Jobs sold all of the Apple shares that he acquired when he returned to Apple,as soon as he could.
He himself didn't even foresee the success he would eventually turn Apple into.
Dead wrong
Even the logo is not the same.
What is left of Apple 1997? Pre-merger with NeXT not much but the brand names, but Dell was speaking post the merger with NeXT - so the OS is what is left. An OS which powers their Mac line with revenues of $5Billion per quarter and probably profits that are over $1.5BN per quarter. A business which stood alone is doing better than Dell.
Also some of the people are left - Jony Ive was at Apple pre-NeXT, for example.
what a w*nker he is.
Turns out, Apple's results for the quarter were disappointing.
640K is enough
Nuff said
'nuff never said
would be 'nuff said, had he ever said it. but he never did so what's your point exactly?
He was right.
At the time, and looking at it from a bystanders point of view, he was bloody right. History, however is written by the conquerers, with only a few sad old men like myself remembering what it was like in those days.
The Dead Man from Cupertino had nicked Woz's money from Atari. Apple had a deal with several whitebox clone makers, and they were selling more than them. Sales were crap, but better than Apples. The Apple IIe was in the toilet. TDMFC was sent packing from Apple. The OS was buggy as hell. His animation company was in the doldrums too, as he was having a big row with Disney over Toy Story. NeXT was a financial headache, and Apple was looking at BeOS to replace it's ailing OS. If the guy from BeOS hadn't wanted silly money, the world would have looked quite different.
Then Toy Story exploded at the box office. The rest is history.
So Jobs followed his advice then?
After all as a previous commenter pointed out, what's left of Apple?
They killed classic MacOS. (maybe a deserved death)
They killed the Mac itself selling only PCs with modified firmware.
They killed their tablet, the Newton.
They also killed their reputation of a company which sells reliable, but expensive hardware. Now it's unreliable and expensive.
Steve Jobs knew what was going on inside Apple in 1997. He knew what was in development but not being taken seriously by the previous management, and killing the clones was the right thing to do. History tells us Jobs was right, Michael Dell was wrong. End of.
Hold on a second
Let's apply that logic to other companies.
What does MS still sell that they had in '97? Windows 95 is gone, Office has been updated many many times, etc etc etc. GM has dropped Saturn, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac, and all the other vehicles have been redesigned/replaced/updated. McDonald's is still making Grade E But Edible Burgers, but that's not an innovation-driven business.
If you take any company in a competitive business which involves engineering and innovation and design, then they have all changed a lot since '97.
Back in 1941 Churchill was told the best thing Britain could do was surrender to Germany. This was based on the fact at the time we'd had our butts kicked back across the Channel and were losing everywhere we fought except in the air. At the time the USA was firmly entrenched in a neutral stance and we were staring down the barrel of defeat at the hands of Hitler. Instead Churchill told Hitler to sod off and and vowed to go down fighting. Luckily Japan scored an own goal by attacking Pearl Harbour which forced the USA into the war.
Still doesn't make the original advice wrong, but as in war and business, 6 months is a very long time.
Right at this moment, Dell is trading at $16.29 and Apple is trading at $401.41, so Michael Dell's claim that his company's stock has risen 16,000 percent since initial public offering is pretty weak compared to the rise in Apple stock since 1997 when Jobs returned. That's just basic simple math and nothing to do with fanboism. Numbers don't like and the numbers say that Dell should just eat his words and STFU.
I haven't looked it up, but you need to consider some additional factors.
Stock splits, buy backs, actual shares in circulation etc. all have an effect on % change over the last ~14 years. So MDell might be right in a very construed manner.
However, Apple went from also-ran to most valuable while Dell went from so-so to so-so.
Spin is as spin does I suppose.
Yes, but that only works as a comparison if both companies have the same amount of shares and pay the same %age dividend.
Now Apple is valued more than Dell, but in the opinion of many in the financial services industry, Apple is very highly overvalued. Then there is the slight matter of the lack of Apple paying any dividend.
Now Apple are currently larger than Dell, granted, but I would rather put my money into Dell and get a dividend instead of having to just wait for the share price to move in my favour to cash in the stock.
why do both of the guys
hold half of their feet higher than their respective a$ses?
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OAKLAND, CALIF. - In the fourth quarter, Chris Paul pushed the stakes in his favor against former Hornets' point guard Baron Davis.
Davis was unable to match Paul's pull-up jumpers, quickness and floor awareness to spot open shooters.
Davis could not stop a pass that Paul whipped over his left shoulder to Tyson Chandler, who made a forceful alley-oop dunk.
Paul scored 24 points and had 13 assists in the Hornets' 116-104 victory against the Golden State Warriors before a sellout crowd of 19,596 Friday night at the Oracle Arena.
Davis scored 26 points, but Paul outscored him 11-2 in the fourth quarter. After scoring 20 points in the first half, Davis made only 1-of-7 shots in the second half.
"At halftime, I was sitting next to Bobby Jackson (in the locker room) and he told me I needed to be more aggressive,'' Paul said.
Despite playing with four fouls in the fourth quarter, Paul made 5-of-10 shots and four assists. Through most of the quarter, Davis struggled to stop Paul's drives to the basket.
"You gotta pay attention to him at all times,'' Davis said. "He's always looking to pass and he has some good shooters around him. He did a good job of spreading the ball around and they knocked down shots.''
Paul is the Hornets' current franchise player. Davis is the former Hornets' franchise player whom they traded to the Golden State Warriors in February 2005 four months before Paul was drafted.
Both are aiming to play in the All-Star Game on Feb. 17 in New Orleans, but they trail frontrunners Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady for the top two spots among Western Conference guards by more than 450,000 votes in the latest fan balloting update.
"They are certainly two deserving All-Star point guards so far this year and it's going to be interesting watching them,'' Golden State Coach Don Nelson said before Friday's game. Paul is having his best year and Davis is having a good one, too.''
Behind Paul, the Hornets are one of the top teams in the Western Conference. Last season, Davis guided the eighth-seeded Warriors to a stunning upset of top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. The Warriors have lost two straight and dropped to 19-15.
The Hornets gained their fifth consecutive road victory. Overall, the Hornets have won seven of the past eight games. And tonight, they will be seeking their second victory against Phoenix since last month.
Besides Paul, the Warriors struggled to limit Chandler, who grabbed a season-high 22 rebounds and scored 22 points. Despite not having starting forward David West available for the final eight minutes after he bruised his left hip, the Hornets were still able to extend their lead to 18.
All of the Hornets' starters scored in double figures. Peja Stojakovic made six 3-pointers and scored 24 points.
Morris Peterson made 6-of-12 shots for 15 points. West scored 20 points before he flipped over Stephen Jackson trying to make a block and landed on his hip. He is listed as questionable to play tonight.
The bench, which Coach Byron Scott has criticized repeatedly for ineffective play, got a boost Friday night with the return of Ryan Bowen, who had missed 18 consecutive games with a sprained left knee. Bowen did not score, but he made hustle plays throughout his 18 minutes on the floor.
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The Hornets began the third quarter on a 14-2 run that led to a 70-58 lead. New Orleans went on to outscore the Warriors 32-18 in the quarter. The Hornets shot 59 percent and Stojakovic made all four of his shots from the field, including three 3-pointers.
"Great road win for us,'' Scott said. "We looked at these three games as crucial games. Going to L.A. and winning and coming here and winning, so whatever happens in Phoenix, I feel it's a pretty successful road trip.''


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After a long and hard service for 14 years, my LaserWriter Select 360 died today 🙁
They sure made them durable in those days.
I bought the printer in 1994 for $2300 Canadian and it's been working every day ever since (about 5 days a week). Daily print run of about 15 pages minimum. That's 50,000 pages over its lifetime at minimum. It had 11 toner cartridge changes.
So, any printer recommendations? It has to be laser and it has to be networked to a bunch of Macs, all running Leopard.


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Sarah Gibson is a solar physicist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). For this article, she worked with David Hosansky, an editor and writer for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) who wrote about the organization's family-friendly benefits in NCAR/UCAR's Staff Notes.
As a tenure-track scientist and the mother of two little boys, aged 5 and 2, the issue of balancing career and family is of preeminent interest to me. Luckily, I have found a balance that works, to the benefit of my work, my family, and my personal sanity.
My secret? Help from two manifestations
of "The Man". First and foremost, my husband Mark, also a scientist, has been an equal partner in raising the children. We take turns with everything, from dirty diapers to bedtime stories, and so share the often exhausting duties of parenthood but also its many joys. The second great help to me has been, at the risk of propagating a gender stereotype, "The Man" in its colloquial
meaning, i.e., "Working for The Man." This is the primary subject of this article, which will demonstrate how a company or university can work with the women (and men!) they employ to create a flexible enough environment to allow both career and family to flourish.
I am a staff scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which is governed under the auspices of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Just as in a university tenure track, staff scientists progress through an "up or out" process of reviews until moving from term appointments to an indefinite appointment. Just as in the university, the pressure is on to prove oneself with ground-breaking research and multiple publications. As a mother of two small children, however, spending twelve hours a day (or more) in the office to reach this goal is a price too high to pay for tenure. On the other hand, I am lucky to truly love my job, and completely giving it up for months or years while the children are young would be, quite frankly, a depressing option for me. What I want to do, and what working for UCAR has enabled me to do, is to design a slower, more flexible work plan than the traditional tenure-track treadmill.
UCAR has made an effort to cultivate a family-friendly atmosphere over the years, leading to employment policies that are widely recognized for their excellence. In particular, Colorado Parent magazine announced in August that it had ranked the organization as the top nonprofit employer in the state for working families. A panel of judges, composed of community leaders, used such criteria as flexible work arrangements, child care assistance and support, adoption benefits, extended leave for new parents, subsidized health and wellness benefits, and community involvement. The magazine's October issue profiled the winners.
"We are very honored to be recognized as one of the best employers in the state," says UCAR president Rick Anthes. "UCAR has long prided itself on providing top-tier benefits to its employees, enabling them to balance their lives between work and personal pursuits."
Rick can speak from experience. While his kids were in school, he worked a flexible schedule, arriving at the office before dawn and leaving in the mid-afternoon so he would be home for them.
Katy Schmoll, UCAR vice president for finance and administration, says the organization's rationale for the excellent benefits goes beyond supporting healthy lifestyles. "We're really selfish," she says. "We like to attract good people and we like to keep them. In my mind these programs are essential to accomplish that in today's workplace."
I can testify personally to the benefits of these programs to the working parent, as my husband and I have taken advantage of just about every family-friendly policy UCAR provides. These include:
Many of these benefits have been developed or enhanced over the past few years, in part in response to a UCAR site visit in 1999 by the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society (APS). This group interviewed employees and presented findings on how to improve the atmosphere for women at UCAR. A day care center and improvements to maternity leave were specifically recommended. The quick action taken by UCAR in response to these findings demonstrates first of all the value of such site visits, and second that it is possible for a company or university to make significant improvements in a short time.
In conclusion, I think it is important to emphasize to young women starting out in Astronomy and Physics that no, you cannot have it all — or at least not everything all of the time. My work has definitely been slowed down by having children. However, by making good choices, I can try to make this result in a diminishment of quantity of work, not quality. In fact, at a time in my career when I am overwhelmed with offers to collaborate or be on committees, and it is all too tempting to do everything, perhaps being forced to slow down and make careful choices is a good thing. A pell-mell rush to success is all very well, but sometimes it is a good idea to stop and smell the diapers.
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A Harrisburg man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and beating a woman who police said wouldn't give him her food stamps so he could buy illegal drugs will be spending the next 4 to 8 years in state prison.
And that was fine with the victim, who spoke with Chief Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Gettle on Tuesday right after Dauphin County Judge Deborah Essis Curcillo slapped that penalty on 48-year-old Sandy R. Alston of Steelton.
The sentence wasn't a surprise, since it was part of a deal Alston accepted in October when he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault and aggravated assault. Originally, he also was charged with counts including rape and unlawful restraint, which were dropped in return for his pleas.
Investigators said Alston attacked the 40-year-old woman in Harrisburg in September 2011. Gettle said the assault began when the woman wouldn't surrender her food stamp many so Alston could use it to buy more drugs after the two had used alcohol and crack cocaine.
"It was a violent case," the prosecutor said.
The victim initially was reluctant to cooperate with the investigation, Gettle said, but the efforts of city Detective John O'Conner and other officers helped change her mind. "She's in a better place now," Gettle said. "I attribute that to the work of the police."
The victim declined comment after the hearing. Alston didn't speak, either, when Curcillo gave him the chance before imposing the jail sentence, plus a consecutive 5-year probation term and a $500 fine.
Assistant Public Defender Eric Delp said Alston is disabled and in chronic pain because of a work injury. "He was a roofer who fell off a roof," the defense attorney said.
Delp asked Curcillo to give Alston an extra week of freedom before beginning his prison term. Gettle objected, saying Alston had months to prepare for his incarceration, and the judge turned down Delp's request.
Gettle said Alston was evaluated by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, which concluded that he is not a sexually violent predator. However, she said Alston still will have to register with police for life as a sex offender.


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Production at Hyundai's Alabama auto assembly plant slipped to 21,503 vehicles in October, down from 22,350 in September.
The Korean automaker said production rose for the Sonata sedan, to 15,503 from 14,900 the previous month. But production fell for the Santa Fe sport utility, to 6,000 from 7,450.
Automakers are struggling amid a global sales slump and scaling back production to match sluggish demand. Hyundai's output-trimming plan for its Montgomery plant started last month. Production is being suspended on 11 days through the end of the year.


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Moretown Landfill files appeal with state
MORETOWN The owner of the Moretown Landfill has filed an appeal with the states environmental court seeking to overturn the states decision denying the landfill recertification.
The paperwork was filed Friday, the same day the landfill shut its gates as landfill officials said they were preparing for the appeal.
Last month, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources denied the landfill certification to keep operating its nearly full Cell 3, citing odor problems and groundwater pollution.
Moretowns Select Board chairman, Tom Martin, said Monday the landfill pays the town around $500,000 each year in tipping fees and property taxes. That accounts for a major piece of the towns $1.1 million budget. Martin said tax rates in town could be raised significantly if the landfill is closed.
To help keep that from happening, Martin said he plans to petition the Legislature for a soft landing, where he hopes the state will chip in to ease the burden on Moretown taxpayers. Martin said the state bears some responsibility for the issues the landfill has had. He said the state dropped the ball by not enforcing rules along the way and that while it may have cited the landfill from time to time, it never followed up on those violations.
George Desch, the director of the Agency of Natural Resources Waste Management and Prevention Division, sent the letter denying certification to Advanced Disposal, the company that owns and operates the landfill. Desch could not be reached for comment Monday.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cory Booker, ever the energetic politician, is making the most of his week in Charlotte.
In addition to addressing a half-dozen state delegations and meeting with party leaders, the Newark mayor is waging a fierce swag campaign, firing up speculation that soon he'll be launching an effort to unseat Gov. Chris Christie in 2013, or maybe U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg the next year.
Bags, hats and T-shirts with Booker's name and the slogan "Building a better Newark. Building a better New Jersey" were given to delegates. And at the entrance to the Renaissance Charlotte, the hotel where the New Jersey delegation is staying, he's having hundreds of copies of The Star-Ledger shipped in every day, "compliments of Mayor Cory Booker."
Not surprisingly, the message is loud and clear that the mayor is putting himself on the map for higher office. The only question is which one.
Maybe Booker was sick and tired of seeing his name misspelled "Corey" and wanted someone else to know what it feels like.
Whatever the case, an ad Booker took out in a directory of New Jersey delegates misspells President Barack Obama's name.
"Get Involved and Stay Active. Re-Elect President Barak Obama," the message says.
The delegation takes a back seat: If there's any doubt that New Jersey's delegation at the Democratic National Convention has been relegated to a less public role than its Republican counterpart last week in Tampa, Fla., check out their seats.
At the Time Warner Cable Arena, New Jersey's delegates have a distant view of the stage from way up in the risers. At the Republican gathering, they were situated on the center aisle and only three delegations from the stage.
But Jeff Gardner, the delegation whip, has no objection, noting that the better seats went to the swing states. And a recent poll shows Obama with a 14-point lead over his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, in New Jersey.
"Everybody knows the election is going to come down to the states where Obama has not convinced the voters yet to re-elect him," Gardner said. "And in New Jersey, we're looking pretty good for the president. So we're going to step back, watch the rest unfold and support him from wherever we are in the hall."
He said the only reason the Republican delegation got preferential placement was because of Christie's prominent role as the keynote speaker.
"It certainly wasn't because they think Chris Christie has any ability to deliver New Jersey," Gardner said. "He's proven he has no coattails. I hope they enjoyed the show in Florida. We certainly did."


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3/26 Numbers game
When the season starts, some of the Cubs players will have new uniform numbers, including manager Dale Sveum. Dioner Navarro wanted No. 30, which Travis Wood has worn since joining the team, but Wood will wear No. 37. Sveum is giving up No. 33 to pitcher Carlos Villanueva, and the Cubs manager will wear No. 4. Sveum had noticed that Villanueva had "33" on his cleats, and found out that was the pitcher's preferred number.
No. 30 is very special to Navarro.
"It's because my wife had a brain aneurysm on Sept. 27, and she had her surgery on Sept. 30, and they gave her a four percent chance of being alive," Navarro said. "Ever since then, I've been wearing No. 30."
When Navarro explained why No. 30 was special to Wood, the pitcher gave it up.
"He understood," Navarro said.
By the way, Navarro's wife is doing well and has no problems.
— Carrie Muskat
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Travis Wood will have identical uniform number as Casey Stengel . Casey became famous. I want Wood to become a legend with Cubs the way Casey became with Yankees. For that to transpire, it would translate to Wood pitching great. We Cubs fans can only benefit from such a scenario. Do you all follow me?
I follow you jhosk! What a theory!!!
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Don't really care for our health care system, but yay for doctors!
don't say numbers carrie… no one on here likes numbers… they just like to blabber on THEIR opinion
I'm an old Cubs fan from Iowa. My wife suffered a brain aneursym on 9/23/12, and was given the same or worse survival/ recovery percentages as Navarro's wife. And fourtunately my wife is also recovering well with little or no lasting effects. Must be the Cub fan in us. To stubborn or not smart enough to accept the predicted result. Iowegian.


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Actually ... he is! :)
I like big mouth (BC) he just can't help himself..:)
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Grissom High School's special needs students have taken on a special Valentine's Day project this year.
The students have been making heart-shaped dog treats as part of their life skills class, according to a news release from the district. So far, they and their teachers have sold more than 300 bags of the treats.
The proceeds are being used to purchase classroom supplies.
The project is part of the activities being taken on during Career Readiness Month, the release said. It showcases some of the skills the students are learning to help them in future jobs.
The project also allowed the students to use their math, science, reading and social studies skills.
The students will also bake dog treats for Easter, the news release said. To order a bag, email special education teacher Angela Whitener at email@example.com.