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THE RED SUMMER - Cheating the Hangman
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John Cooper knew that if his client had any chance of being found innocent, he had to put him on the stand to make a statement without any cross examination by the State. Cummings gently walked to the stand to make an unsworn statement to the jury. "Gentlemen of the jury, I am up here before you," Cummings began. "I have always been raised right here in Laurens County and I have never given anybody any trouble in my life," he stated. Cummings told the jurors that the trouble began when Mr. Cannon ran into the rear of Buster Wells' car, though he knew not why. He heard the women in the car screaming and hollering and ran out to see what the commotion was about. "I said what's the matter Buster?" He said, 'This man here run into my car and wants me to pay for it." Cummings further stated that Buster asked him for his opinion on what was the best thing to do about it.
After examining the damages, Cummings remarked that he recommended that Cannon and Wells pay for their own damages. While he was squatting down, Cummings said that Cannon screamed, "You haven't got a God d--ned thing to do with it and if you say another word, I'll kill you!" as he ran his hand into his hip pocket. Cummings said, "I told Buster this is the best idea I can give you about it," to which, he said, Cannon screamed, "Didn't I tell you not to say any more about it you G-d d mned black s.o.b.! I'll blow your brains out!" Cummings contended that Cannon pulled his gun and ran to the house to hide. He said that he sat down and then saw a shot gun mounted on the wall facing the door. He asserted that he walked outside to the garden gate and that was when Cannon fired at him. He shot once as Cannon fired his second volley, striking him with a mortal wound. Cummings concluded his statement by saying, "My mother was living there and myself. The squabbling out there in front of the house about the car is how come I went out there and hearing them women hollering. I am twenty years old."
The State recalled Currington and Sheriff Watson, who offered more testimony about the defendant's statement that Buster Wells had told him to shoot him not in the self defense as Cummings maintained. Not leaving well enough alone, Cooper cross-examined Watson, who expounded even more damaging details of Cummings confession to the popular sheriff.
For its first witness, the defense called Buster Wells, who confirmed Cumming's account that it was Cannon, actually a resident of Wilkinson County, who threatened to kill his friend if he didn't shut up and leave the scene. He testified under direct examination that "Mr. Currington didn't do anything except to say 'Lord have mercy,' just like I did. I was scared. I am scared now. I don't feel good." Recounting his eight-week stay in jail before his trial, Wells commented, "I never had nothing to with the killing, except Mr. Cannon just run his car into mine. I never hurt anybody or shot anybody."
Solicitor Stephens launched an intensive cross examination but failed to get Buster to change his story. To reiterate Cummings defense, Buster was redirected to make out a case for self defense telling Mr. Cannon not to shoot Cummings. In the final moments of the testimony, Wells drastically changed his story by saying, "Mr. Cannon never shot at the defendant until after he got his gun. He throwed up his pistol but never shot him at all." In one final dooming moment, Wells, with no fear of double jeopardy, testified, "Mr. Cannon and myself were adjusting the damages done to our cars. We never invited the defendant or didn't need the defendant to help us to adjust our differences."
Devastated at what had unfolded, defense attorney Cooper rose and stated "The defense rests." Judge Kent called for a recess until 9:00 a.m. when he would entertain requests to charge to jury on the legal elements of the case. Stephens and Cooper, along with their assistants, stayed up most of the night writing out their requests to charge the jury, primarily on the elements of malice murder, manslaughter and self defense.
The court refused to charge the jury on the issue of self-defense, although it was the crux of its case that Cummings killed the defendant in front of his home in defense of his life, the lives of his family and his home, claiming that right under Georgia law. Cooper vehemently objected to the shortness of the charge, one which lasted only three and one half minutes and one which Cooper characterized as the shortest charge on record as it did not cover all phases of the trial, including the defendant's unsworn statement. Judge Kent also refused the defense's request to charge the jury on justifiable homicide. Cooper objected that the court erred when it did not inform the jury that it was the duty of the prosecutor to prove the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. Finally, the defense objected that Judge Kent failed to inform the jury if their verdict was guilty, that they could recommend mercy for the defendant Cummings.
Just before the courthouse clock struck noon, the case was sent to the jury. Cummings was taken back to his segregated cell to anxiously await the jury's verdict. Two hours later, the jurors finished their deliberations and filed, one by one, back into the jury box. Judge Kent asked foreman F.D. Stokes had the jury reached a verdict. Stokes responded affirmatively, "Yes, your honor, we have." "What is your verdict?" the judge asked. "We the jury find the defendant Hubert Cummings is guilty of murder," Stokes announced. A roar of excited satisfaction arose from the crammed courtroom. Cummings slumped into his chair, his face covered by his hands. His momma sobbed. Solicitor Stephens softly smiled as his greeted ol' man Jim Cannon and his family.
Sheriff Watson handcuffed Cummings and escorted him to the bench. In accordance with the verdict of the jury, Judge Kent ordered, "On the first day of December 1919, you Hubert Cummings shall be executed by the sheriff of Laurens County in private. It may be witnessed by the executing officer, a sufficient guard, your relatives and such clergymen and friends as you may desire." Fixing the time of the execution between 10 o'clock a.m. and 2 o'clock p.m. where upon, Kent stated, "You will hanged by the neck until you are dead, may God have mercy on your soul."
John Cooper immediately filed a motion for a new trial on many grounds, but primarily on the refusal of the court to charge the jury on the issues which he submitted. Judge Kent granted the request and set a hearing on the matter at the Johnson County Courthouse on the morning of December 20th. After listening to the attorneys for the state and the defendant, Judge Kent ruled that there were insufficient grounds to grant a new trial, a ruling to which the defense objected. By appealing to the Supreme Court of Georgia, the execution order was effectively stayed until the high court reached a decision on the merits of the appeal.
The winter days passed so, so slowly. Cummings didn't want to die, dreading the day that his fate would be sealed by the Supreme Court. Eventually the stress began to take its toll on the prisoner. Just as a final decision was about to be handed down by the appellate court, Hubert Cummings' health began to rapidly fail. Cummings breathed his last breath in the Laurens County jail on the morning of March 28, 1920, possibly as a result of the flu epidemic which began to wane in the days before his death.
What began on a Sunday afternoon as an innocent fender bender escalated into a series of the most regrettable events in the history of Laurens County. A little girl's plea for a parasol initiated a series of unfortunate events which led to the deaths of four human beings, the wounding of two others and enough tears for several lifetimes. Church bells rang out that Palm Sunday morning. Spring had come and finally, the flowing blood of the Red Summer stopped.


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It's easy to control security within the physical walls of your plant, but providing secure remote access to internal resources for externally connected users is more difficult. IPsec (IP security) and PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) VPNs, and sometimes SSH tunneling, are enough, but these setups often have problems with NAT (Network Address Translation) traversal, firewalls and client management. An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN should solve those problems while still providing robust and secure remote access. However, an SSL setup comes with its own difficulties, such as problems with browser support, required increased privileges on the client computer for anything other than pure HTTP applications and the inherent security problem of cached data on the browser. For more information, see "ABCs of Remote Access".
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IPsec is a Layer 3 VPN: For both network-to-network and remote-access deployments, an encrypted Layer 3 tunnel is established between the peers. An SSL VPN, in contrast, is typically a remote-access technology that provides Layer 6 encryption services for Layer 7 applications and, through local redirection on the client, tunnels other TCP protocols. From a purely technical standpoint, you may be able to run both IPsec and SSL VPNs simultaneously, unless both the IPsec and SSL VPN products use installed client software on the user's computer. In that case, you may have stack conflicts.
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A door and window draft situation in best selling windows in Arkansas a house means that you are losing money. In fact, studies have shown that window and door drafts can result in a 50% loss of a home's heating and cooling energy. The American Council for the Energy Efficient Economy points out that an estimated $13 billion of energy is lost each year in the United States as a result of drafty windows and doors.
Door and window draft problems occur when a house has settled and windows and doors no longer fit properly. Any type of gap, no matter how small, causes air infiltration. This results in drafts, which will impact the set temperature in your home.
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When sizing a glass block window panel you need to throw out the old saying "measure twice and cut once." With an interior or exterior block window project you need to measure twice and don't cut at all (this is because you can't slice through a block and have it retain it's structural integrity and energy efficiency properties). Although determining the size of the block glass window does require skill and knowledge, it does not take a neurosurgeon to figure this stuff out. In this article you'll learn the 4 step process to get the correct window size, system, pattern, color and options for your needs and tastes.
Step 1) Where do you want to use the block window? What material is (or will be surrounding) surrounding the window opening?
o Will your glass block window be used in a lower level basement, a 1st floor garage or commercial building, or a 2nd floor bathroom window that is 20 foot to the sill? If you're putting the window on the lower level you can generally make the window panel larger since you won't have to be lifting it in the air (most basement windows tend to use anywhere from 8 to 15 blocks in a pre-assembled section - weighing from 50 lbs. to 90 lbs per section). Most second floor bathroom windows tend to use 12 to 24 blocks so you might want to select a thinner block thickness (either 2" or 3 1/8") so the panel is lighter and easier to install.
o The surrounding materials the window panel will be set in (also called the head - or top, jambs - or side, or sill - or bottom) are also important. If you're doing a basement foundation window that will be set inside a masonry wall made of concrete block, sandstone, or poured concrete you may want to size your block window using a mortar joint (to match up with your surrounding masonry materials) vs. a silicone jointing process for the window. For a bathroom window inside of a wood framed opening the silicone vinyl framed glass block window system might be preferred because this window is lighter (usually built with 2" thick blocks) and easier to set, making an upper level installation safer.
Step 2) Measuring an existing opening or determining the size you'd like to create a new opening
o To replace an existing window you start by measuring the opening first. When measuring an existing masonry opening for block basement windows or upper floor windows you usually want to measure assuming the frame will be removed (this happens about 90% of the time), from side to side, and from the top of the sill to the top of the header plate. The block window will need to be sized smaller than this opening remembering that you can't cut the glass, or as my Dad used to say fit 10 lbs of you know what into a 5 lb. bag. For upper floor frame openings you usually will measure the area inside of the frame after the window sashes would be removed to size your window.
o Creating a new opening for a block window If you're creating a new opening for a block window you want to begin with the end in mind. Choose your specific block window system, pattern, design, and/or colors and find out from your glass block window manufacturer what size the window panel will be after it's manufactured. Then you'll create your opening usually about ½" larger than the size of the panel (for example if the glass panel size is 40" x 40" you'll want to create your rough opening to be 40 ½" x 40 ½").
Step 3) Choose a glass block window system and select your pattern, design, air vent, colors, and block sizes.
o Block window panels can be made either with or without a frame. For existing basement windows in masonry openings a frameless block window is more cost effective, can be mortared in place, and is usually the way to go. The frameless window panels can be joined together either with mortar or silicone. The advantage of the mortared windows is they are harder to break in through and match most foundations. The advantage of the siliconed windows are they are smaller in size when pre-assembled together (which works well for tighter fitting openings), lighter, and have an all glass look.
o For upper level frame openings a vinyl framed block window can be an excellent choice since these windows are available in different frame colors and can be installed just like a standard replacement window. For openings you are creating, or can modify the size of, this is the way to go.
o There are a wide selection of block sizes, patterns, design possibilities, air ventilation products, and colors for your windows. A brief overview is presented below:
o Sizes and thicknesses of glass blocks - Glass masonry units are made is both metric and American sizes. Most of the blocks available in the United States are American sized. The American sized blocks are available in 4" x 8", 6" x 6", 6" x 8", 8" x 8", 12" x 12" and specialty shapes to turn corners or radiuses if you're looking to create a bay or bow block window. The blocks have nominal sizes meaning the actual size of the block units is ¼" smaller allowing for a mortar joint (a 6" x 6" block actually measuring 5 ¾" x 5 3'4"). There are 3 available thicknesses - 2", 3 1/8", and 4" thick. Thinner blocks are lighter and generally easier for someone less experienced to work with.
o Patterns, designs and colored glass blocks - Blocks come in a multitude of patterns providing different levels of privacy, style, security, and energy efficiency. The block are now available in standard and custom colors and artistically decorated murals to match any interior design style. Check out a comprehensive block web site to see the possibilities.
o Air ventilation and acrylic block windows - Glass block windows are available with vinyl air vents, dryer vents, or power exhaust fans. There are also acrylic block casement and awning windows that give you the look and feel of real block with the ability to open completely as well.
Step 4) Don't worry about any of the first 3 steps and call a glass block window manufacturer and installation professional - If you really don't want to figure out what size window you need call a block specialty company who offers design, fabrication and installation services. This type of company will usually come to your home or business (without a charge), measure your openings, figure out the right window size, and install it for you with a guarantee.
For these drafts, there are inexpensive solutions. Door and window draft blockers are effective in stopping drafts and are extremely affordable. While many people use handmade door snakes or old blankets to block drafts, these simply are not as effective as a draft blocker. It's important to invest in draft blockers that are made from a strong material, like polypropylene, that has been tested to block air flow. The interior should be filled with a proven insulating material, such as finely ground corn cob. It is important that the draft blocker is flexible in order to fit snugly under the window or door.
When you fix problem areas, you can save up to 25% in energy costs. Window and door draft blockers have been proven as energy savers, reducing the cost of your energy bills. They are easy to use, simple to install with no glue, nails, or fasteners needed. They are also easy to clean by hand and can be air dried. Often times, draft blockers can get wet, but they can be air dried and maintain their efficiency. Draft blockers are a long-lasting solution to improving energy efficiency.
What you need to know before purchasing replacement windows
Getting the best price and value in your glass block window purchase may never be as important as it is today. The cheapest price sometimes comes with the worst service and poorest product quality. How do you ensure you get an excellent value with the features and benefits you want in a new block window purchase? Use the 9 ideas presented in this article to stretch your dollars and exceed your expectations with this purchase.
General Glass Block Window Cost Saving Ideas
Here are 3 general cost saving ideas to consider:
1. Buy Prefabricated Window Panels Factory Direct - Since a large percentage of block windows are made to order due to sizing differences with the existing windows being replaced, why invest unnecessary time going to supply yards and retailers who rarely sell custom sized block windows? As long as you have your opening sizes the windows can be prefabricated and shipped directly to you anywhere in the United States. There is generally a substantial price saving to you versus having to find a skilled mason to put the windows together and the quality is higher since the windows are built in the factory, not at the project site. Consumers in states like North & South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and Louisiana where masons are harder to find have found this service beneficial.
2. Compare Installation Guarantees to Years in Business - Did you ever buy from someone who gave you a "lifetime guarantee" only to call them one year later for service and find a disconnected phone number? If you're looking to have your block windows professionally installed by a contractor ask them how many years they have been in business and how many glass block window projects they've completed. If you're not comfortable asking these questions consider joining a consumer rating service like Angie's list to get the straight scoop on your potential contractor.
2. Use color glass block vs. fiber optic lighting systems - If you're looking to jazz up your block bathroom or upper floor windows consider using block that is colored. Coloring the block is usually less expensive than trying to light the block window with a fiber optic system and more vibrant than rope lighting strung behind the window. A church in Virginia used a variety of colored blocks in their window openings to create a stained glass effect at a substantially lower cost.
3. Use acrylic block windows for more air flow combined with the looks and privacy of block - Although acrylic block windows are generally more expensive than glass, they are an excellent choice if you need a fully operable window with the privacy of block and a tempered glass rating. In the market today there are casement, awning, double hung, and slider windows made of acrylic to choose from.
Now that you're equipped with these 9 price and cost saving block window ideas you should be ready to start your project.
Population is continuously growing and the world's space is shrinking, this is the main issue of this age, therefore everybody is trying to adjust everything in his small fist space. From door to bed everything is nowadays coming with slide, an ongoing demand of sliding force the producers to rethink their ability and change their market strategy.
Sliding windows are also one of the important ways of economy of space; we can save lots of space or can utilize that space for other vocation by using sliding windows. For instance, these windows are basically made to save the space which slide horizontally to the left or right on tracks, the sliders work on a 'ride over' mechanism. Therefore, it gives us a chance to think for utilizing that space for another work.
One can find different type of sliding windows are available in the market, we can choose the right type according to our need and requirements like
Series 1500, Series 3000 and many more. Series 1500 is suggested for:
• Living room, bed room and kitchen
• Windows where entail mesh
The main benefit of Sliding Window 1500 series is that it does not open inwards:
• Interlocks and Thick strip of wool pile ensures all pollutants and insects out.
• Sliding panels cannot be fiddled from the outside because it has Anti Lift Lock.
• Integrated bug screen solution can be removed at the time of cleaning.
Series 3000 is suggested for:
• To cover large gaps like balconies and living rooms.
• Monsoon and rain prone areas, especially those along the coast and North-East.
• Large buildings where high velocity winds experiences.
The important benefits of 3000 series are:
• Multipoint locking system is there with every window.
• Monsoon proof solution is possible.
• 3000 series comes with additional strength for high rise buildings where open to high velocity winds.
• For better insulation thicker glass can accommodate.
If we talk about the design of the sliding windows, we have many options available according to our need and requirements like:
• SW 1 (Sliding Window) (2 Track 2 Panel)
• SW 2 (2 Track 3 Panel)
• SW 3 (3 Track 3 Panel)
• SW 4 (2 Track 4 Panel)
• SW 5(4 Track 4 Panel) and
• SW 6 (3 Track 6 Panel)
This design enables openings of window from 25% to 80% and also available in both the series.
Home Improvement-us have what is the best price for windows list


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Sharks top Wild for sixth straight win
San Jose, CA – Joe Thornton scored the game-winning goal in the second period to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.
Martin Havlat, Dan Boyle and T.J. Galiardi also tallied for the Sharks, winners in six straight.
"We're trying to hunt teams down and secure a good spot in the playoffs," Thornton said.
Antti Niemi turned away 31 shots in the triumph.
Charlie Coyle and Dany Heatley lit the lamp for the Wild, who are currently tied atop the Northwest Division standings with the Vancouver Canucks with 44 points.
Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves but allowed all four goals in the setback.
"We have to get back to the details and doing the right thing. We have to be better with the puck and get a chance to play more in their end," Backstrom said.
San Jose jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after Havlat and Boyle scored.
Havlat took a feed from Thornton from behind the net and quickly whipped a wrister into the back of the goal just 1:34 into the game.
Later, on the power play, Boyle took the puck near the Sharks' net and skated into the Wild zone. He was met by a trio of Minnesota defenders but impressively stickhandled his way to the net and sent the disc past Backstrom's right pad.
Zach Parise's shot was turned away by Niemi, but Coyle was there to corral the rebound and punched it into the back of the net at the 9:27 mark.
Heatley blasted a slap shot from the left point to tie the game for the Wild 25 seconds later.
After Brent Burns forced a turnover in the Wild's zone and dropped the puck back to Thornton, who attempted to center a pass but the disc deflected off a Minnesota player and into the net to give the Sharks a 3-2 lead with 5:18 left in the middle session.
Galiardi added a power play goal 6:55 into the final frame to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
Both teams had 33 shots ... Thornton has 28 assists and seven goals this season ... The Sharks will host Calgary on Friday ... The Wild will visit the Kings on Thursday.


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Student Well-Being News
Healthy High School Challenge
The Healthy High School National Challenge is an exciting event designed to reinforce the importance of making healthy food choices with our students. The goal is to further the nutrition education of high school students through a national challenge that plays off of their competitive spirit by encouraging them to make healthy food choices in order to earn points for their school. Sodexo-managed high school programs around the country try to out-perform each other by earning points for served reimbursable meals and healthy a la carte snacks and beverages. The more meals, healthy snacks and beverages, the more points each school earns toward winning the challenge and the top prize of $5,000!
Congratulations to This Year's Healthy High School Challenge Winners!
- $5,000 - Grand Prize – West Warwick High School in RI
- $2,500 - 2nd Place – Bucyrus High School in OH
- $2,500 - Top Snack & Beverage – Gatesville High School in TX
- $2,500 - Top Combo – Hamtramck High School in MI


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Beef Stew
RECIPE: Chunky Beef Stew Serves 6
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 to 5 pounds beef chuck, trimmed of excess fat and cut into 1 1/2 -inch cubes
2 medium yellow onions, cut into 1-inch dice
4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
one 6-ounce can tomato paste
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons soy sauce
one 16-ounce can low-sodium chicken broth
2 bay leaves
6 large red potatoes (about 2 pounds)
3 to 4 large carrots (about 1 1/2 pounds)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Adjust the oven racks to accommodate a Dutch oven or large covered pot. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
Heat the vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Generously salt and pepper the beef. Brown the meat, in stages, so as not to crowd the pan. Each batch should take about 10 minutes.
Remove the browned beef to a plate and add the onions to the pot. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the onions begin to brown. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste, flour and soy sauce and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the broth and scrape any browned meat bits off the bottom and sides of the pan.
Return the beef to the pot, add the bay leaves and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and place in the oven. Set the oven timer for 6 hours.
Chop the potatoes and carrots into 1 1/2 -inch cubes. Pile the vegetables into the smallest covered baking dish that will accommodate them. Drizzle the olive oil over the vegetables, sprinkle the thyme and rosemary on top, and stir to coat. Cover and place in the oven.
After 6 hours, remove the meat and vegetables from the oven. Stir the peas into the stew. Divide the vegetables among 6 shallow bowls. Discard the bay leaves. Ladle the beef stew over the vegetables and serve hot.
From "The Ski House Cookbook"
Per serving: 938 calories, 65 grams protein, 50 grams fat, 17 grams saturated fat, 56 grams carbohydrate, 9 grams fiber, 187 milligrams cholesterol, 699 milligrams sodium


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scrot is a commandline screen capture util like "import", but using imlib2.
It has lots of options for autogenerating filenames, and can do fun stuff
like taking screenshots of multiple displays and glueing them together.
NOTE: scrot requires giblib and imlib2, both available on SlackBuilds.org.
When compiling, the order must be imlib2, then giblib, then scrot.
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Infrastructure Slideshow: Managed Service Providers: Room for Improvement
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 03-10-2011
In an increasingly international business environment, the vast majority of global CIOs and other senior IT executives rely upon the performance of managed service providers (MSPs). The perceived performance among MSPs is good, but could improve, according to a survey conducted by Virtela, a global managed network, security and cloud services company. MSPs must effectively communicate about project status updates and potential system problems, according to the survey. They need to deliver the value that's expected with the price. And they sometimes lack adequate response times, as well as understanding of an organization's needs. Global companies are looking for improved value in services - better and cheaper - in order to make their remote workers abroad function just as productively as employees at the home headquarters. More than 400 IT professionals worldwide took part in the survey.
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Students can enhance their regular academic schedule by adding online classes. Every class is recorded and stored on a remote server, which allows students to replay difficult sections as many times as required. If you so choose, online education gives you the opportunity to take difficult courses that won't show up on your transcript. Alternatively, you may be able to complete online credits for a grade. Advanced Placement exams (AP Exams) are offered in a variety of subjects, offering college credit for classes that you have taken. Test yourself with free practice exams, before visiting the College Board website to register to take your actual AP Tests. If you earn a score of 3 or higher on an AP subject exam, you may be granted advanced placement in college.
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After a recent blog post about voting technology, and another where I advocated moving elections online, people were understandably a little wary. But the most poignant comment I got was also the simplest. An anonymous poster said, "Technology is not always the answer…"
Stab me in the heart, why don't you? Seriously, that's a pretty hard statement to take for those of us who live in a highly technological world. We tend to think that technology might be the solution for everything. And if its not, it just means that a little more work is needed to make it happen.
It was with that in mind that I dove into an interesting report from the Deloitte University Press entitled "Beyond the Bars: A new model of virtual incarceration for low-risk offenders." The study brings up some interesting ideas about how technology can be used to create a virtual prison for low-risk inmates, allowing them to both be controlled and serve their sentences from their homes.
Home detention, or house arrest, has been around a long time for some offenders, and I'm not completely sure that it is much of a punishment. Many years ago when I was a crime reporter I interviewed a convict who was sentenced to spend a year in his house. I asked him what he did all day and he said that he mostly spent his time watching "Looney Tunes," an activity that would admittedly drive me crazy, but didn't seem to affect him very much. He was sad that he couldn't "smoke weed" because someone might check up on him.
But debates about punishment aside, the study implies that technologically enhanced home detention — that would combine such things as risk analysis and geospatial tracking — could be effective as a rehabilitation tool. The report sees each offender being issued a cell phone with numbers pre-programmed based on their crimes. So someone with a substance abuse problem could push a button and be connected with a counselor if Bugs Bunny reruns made him want to light up. That connectivity also presents opportunities for training and education.
"Beyond the Bars" even says that gamification could be used to make sure that offenders regularly check in with their parole officers. Detainees would be given points or badges for making it on time to their appointments, which would be virtual video conferences taking place over that same government-issued phone. If they earned enough points, they could be awarded a longer curfew outside the home, a reduction in their sentence or some measure of increased freedom. Before you scoff at that idea, consider that many people released on parole don't make their appointments, and that often leads to increased risk of participation in new crimes. By encouraging inmates to make it to all their appointments and providing them the support they need to overcome their demons, it makes society safer.
The biggest advantage to a program like this would likely be felt in states such as California, which recently had to release over 33,000 inmates due to a court ruling on overcrowding. The state has no money to build new prisons, but has a robust IT infrastructure that could support a program like the virtual prison. It would allow the state to punish and rehabilitate offenders when the only alternative might be to let them go all together. Obviously the most violent criminals need to be kept away from the rest of society, but many non-violent offenders might successfully be able to work within this program.
So I have mixed feelings. The technologist in me thinks that everything in the report makes sense, assuming the right inmates could be chosen for the program, especially if the alternative is no punishment at all, or serving a couple days of a year-long sentence before having to be released.
But the whole "technology is not always the answer" comment is still ringing in my ears.
So, what do you all think? Would you feel safe having a virtual prison program like this in your community? What if the alternative is simply to have criminals walking your streets with no oversight? It's a sticky issue and not one that will be locked down anytime soon.
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No way dont put it in my area put it next door to your house or down the street for your kids school and beside these people are not low risk they jus didnt get caught.
I'm glad my comment got you thinking.... Recently there were murders as a result of a convict's ankle bracelet failing to operate. While this was an extreme case and I don't know why such a violent ciminal would be released to community control... Such a system could be useful if: 1) It was cost effective; 2) Participants must be carefully screened and should be charged with non-violent "white collar" type crimes.
I know a lot of people will probably be afraid knowing that a convict is nearby and the only thing keeping them in check is a government-issued phone. But guess what, especially here in California, you really have to do something bad and even violent to serve real prison time. I know of people who get sentenced to 30 days in jail and if they show up at the right time based on how many people are in the system, they get processed, admitted and then released in the same day. Even if you are unlucky enough (or dont have a lawyer who will tell you when to go) to show up on a calm Wednesday afternoon, you are only going to serve at most a couple days for each month you are sentenced. If you murder someone its a different story, but for the most part non-violent criminals, even those who are repeat offenders, dont actually go to prison. A program like this would at least address the problem and perhaps help the community by trying to keep criminals from re-offending. Even if they only got a 5 percent success rate, its that much higher than it is now.
One thing forgotten in "low risk" crimes is the loved ones of such. They suffered too. You don't know about it unless you know where to look. I know because I am one.
While this would work, not all non-violent, low risk offenders would benefit. They would have to be screened to the specifics of the program, not check boxes. Is the system willing to do that?
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Candidates for the 15-seat Regional Transportation District board of directors say they will make big changes to a body that has been lashed repeatedly this year for delaying portions of the FasTracks project by decades.
Residents and public officials from Denver's northern suburbs were especially critical after being told that without a significant boost in revenue, they may not see any rail service until 2044 — this, in spite of the fact that since 2005 residents of Boulder, Adams and Broomfield counties have contributed $243 million of the roughly $1 billion in tax receipts collected by RTD for commuter rail.
The perceived inequity is a dominant theme, especially for those running to represent the northern parts of the tax-collecting district.
"Promises have not been kept," said Jan Pawlowski, the former mayor of Brighton and one of four candidates running for the District K seat, which covers much of Adams County.
Nine seats are up for grabs, and 19 candidates are in the mix. Incumbents Bill James, Jeff Walker and Tom Tobiassen are running unopposed. Current board chairman Lee Kemp is running for the state Senate. He represented District I on the board, which includes eastern Boulder County, all of Broomfield County and parts of Weld and Adams counties.
The election is nonpartisan. Following is a breakdown of the contested races and the candidates.
District E includes parts of Denver, Aurora, Greenwood Village and Centennial. It is now represented by William McMullen, who is term-limited.
Claudia Folska, who is blind, wants to make small, common-sense changes to make RTD facilities more accessible for the physically impaired. She used RTD buses to travel to classes to earn a dual doctorate at the University of Colorado.
She says she will also push to finish the entire FasTracks project by 2020. "FasTracks is very important to me, and I want everyone to get the full benefit of commuter rail," she said.
Mortgage banker Jeff Bjorlin said he will bring fiscal responsibility and "transparency to RTD" and make it easier for low-income riders to afford the service while still balancing the RTD budget.
Former Jefferson County School Board member Vince Chowdhury said RTD must finish the I-225 corridor and other lines. "It is the board's responsibility to establish that RTD is on the path of being good stewards of taxpayers' money and more proactive about all projects at hand," Chowdhury said.
Blogger David Williams said he is running because he is "concerned about the ridiculous overpromising and under-delivering by RTD in the past decade." He also worries about eminent-domain abuse.
District G includes the cities of Centennial and Lone Tree and is represented by Jack O'Boyle.
O'Boyle said he has worked with business and other agencies to build a "more fiscally sustainable model for RTD to follow. These include cost controls, revenue enhancement without a tax increase and a measured approach to service expansion."
Challenger Gary Lasater, a former Parker mayor, said he feels his part of the metro area is not being well-represented. "Our services are continually threatened with cuts, (and) the ratio of taxes paid to services received seems to have a huge inequity," he said.
District H includes Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, Highlands Ranch and parts of Centennial and is represented by incumbent Kent Bagley.
Bagley said he wants to continue to provide good stewardship for a $400 million operating budget and $4.7 billion capital construction under FasTracks. He said he wants to continue to work with a variety of groups to finish uncompleted portions of FasTracks, including the northern tier.
Challenger Ken Mihalik, who works in the aerospace industry, said there is a growing credibility gap between the RTD board and taxpayers. "Timely is not a word often associated with FasTracks," Mihalik said.
Tom Grushka, a college student and small-business owner, said he is the only candidate who relies on mass transit every day and sees its flaws. "Over the past four years, RTD has cut services to our district numerous times and is shipping our money elsewhere," he said.
Jeff Ilseman, a fixture on Longmont's Transportation Advisory Board, said RTD's entire Northwest Rail Line plan needs to be re-evaluated. The diesel-powered heavy commuter trains will stop traffic 2,310 times every day and will not reduce pollution or save travel time. Seth Patterson said his 38 years' experience in financial and operating management will help him reach creative solutions for the FasTracks project in the north. "Some of the FasTracks plans for the north end are unrealistic and do not provide adequate service in a reasonable time frame," Patterson said.
Cheryl Hauger said her work on the Erie Board of Trustees gives her insight. Hauger wants RTD to switch Longmont to the North Rail Line, which goes through Adams County, rather than be part of the Northwest section, which goes through Boulder. "There are always a myriad of funding opportunities for transit," she said.
Judy Lubow, a retired Environmental Protection Agency attorney, said she learned to work effectively within bureaucracies and in getting things done. Lubow said to get FasTracks finished in the northern tier, cities may have to look to new partnerships.
District K is represented by Barry Gore, who was appointed by the Adams County commissioners after Kathi Williams resigned. He is not running.
Jan Pawlowski said the board needs to return to a "balanced" approach to building out FasTracks and that will likely mean working with other agencies, such as the Colorado Department of Transportation, for a viable rail plan. "Steps need to be taken to bridge the 'confidence gap' (between residents and RTD) — not just by the directors, but the staff as well," Pawlowski said.
Richard Himmel, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, said the board has lost track of the expectations many people in District K have for RTD: a rail system sooner than 2044. "I am prepared for my constituents to vent all over me. But at the same time, I'll try and convince them that it (commuter rail) is a really good thing for them, economically and for their quality of life," he said.
Information specialist Paul Solano said commuter rail is needed to help low-income residents get to jobs. However, he is not in favor of a tax increase to build it. "The money needs to come from other sources," he said.
David Elliott said he would prioritize financial transparency. He would also push for more transportation options for the corridor, including Bus Rapid Transit. "RTD needs to implement an effective form of transportation that will reduce the amount of congestion on I-25," he said.
District M consists of much of Jefferson County. It is represented by Matt Cohen, who says much needs to be done to complete the entire FasTracks project. "Timely to me means long before 2044," Cohen said. He said once consensus has been reached on what the northern suburbs need as far as mass transit, RTD needs to get additional funding to complete it.
Natalie Menten is a frequent critic of RTD's dealings with property owners. If elected, she would put RTD's spending records and contracts online for everyone to view. She would also carefully review the board's spending decisions. "I don't rubber-stamp anything," she said.


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My daughter, Grace (named with the hope that she'll be endowed with Grace instead of the clutziness of her mother!) whose born and raised a nice little atheist- is trying to win a contest for a photo scholarship-
Plenty of these other kids are using their big churches to flood the contest with votes for them- just because their preacher tells them too- of course they'll do it...
SO- I'm appealing to you all for help- She's in 7th place and needs to be at least in 3rd place in order to be considered for this $5K Scholarship-
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Sinking of Japan, The (UK - DVD R2)
"We should have listened... again!" Marcus yelps as he falls into the sea...
Global scientists have discovered a shocking truth. Within the next ten years, Japan will be sucked into the sea. Unwilling to accept this as a reality, geoscientist Yusuke Tadokoro (Etsushi Toyokawa) sets out on his own quest to discover Japan's fate only to come to the shocking revelation that the ten year guesstimate was incorrect. Japan only has 338.54 days before the big sink.
With Japan's population being evacuated and a series of apocalyptic events building up pace across the country, Tadokoro hatches a plan consisting of mega bombs being strategically placed across Japan's ocean bed, which when triggered during the event, should cause the country to split in half and the overwhelming collapse of the sacrificed section will theoretically fill the enormous sink hole, preventing a larger disaster. Now all they need is the right deep sea submarine pilot, Tetsuo Onodera (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and a lot of luck.
The Sinking of Japan (or Nihon Chinbotsu) was actually released in 2006, but I guess with 2012 doing the rounds, the time for a UK release seemed right. The movie isn't really on the scale of 2012 (what is?) but it's certainly got a large scale catastrophe to roll out for its audience and for the most part it keeps a straight face about events, opting for the melodrama of the human reaction ala Deep Impact as opposed to the "quick, run away from the fire and bring the dog" Emmerich approach.
For the first half an hour or so (which actually flew by) it was hard to pin the style of the movie down. Yes, it had a few Michael Bay-isms, with sweeping camera shots of the actors or scenic shots of two lovers talking about stuff with bright orange sunsets behind them, but director Shinji Higuchi also goes to lengths to bring us the science and the proposed procedure in a game changing event.
Text arrives on screen backing up the visuals of armies preparing or special task forces (and even hyper rescue squads) that give us details about preparations and they read as if they are facts (this could be the translation as opposed to the intent). This element grounds everything in a believable situation and when that's countered with tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and great masses of land dropping into the sea, The Sinking of Japan becomes a very easy disaster movie to get into.
As is the way of these things, the faceoff with nature comes down to a single man's final act, which in turn is to save the love of his life and his close friends that have been mistreated (as well as his mother who he'll make sure he phones from here on in). Government leaders that sucked get theirs and the good ones emerge as the obvious leaders to see us into the new world and of course there's some big ass explosions to show mother nature that we have bigger booms than she does and that crazy plans always work out in the end.
Despite a mixed palette of colour and plenty of varied locations, the transfer here is quite underwhelming and doesn't really sell what could be quite a good looking film. The biggest issue is the soft image and how fine detail is sorely missed.
This is most apparent in the effects shots. Google Earth style shots of Japan just look like grey clumps with bits of fire as opposed to a detailed aerial shot of the country and much of the (mostly) fine CGI work really can't be appreciated because of the dullness of the presentation.
Overall the transfer generally looks okay throughout and its varied use of techniques from archival news footage, to beautifully lit movie making and CGI work all fare well enough but the limitations of the standard definition transfer sells the movie short and the devastating events of Japan sinking could look far better.
For a movie that's all about the utter devastation of a country, the majority of the movie revolves around conversations about the events as opposed to sitting through them and for the first tick in the box, the dialogue is presented well.
But who cares about dialogue right? How does the devastation sound? Well, for the most part its loud and bass heavy but not all that subtle. The speakers have a good split of the elements in the build up to the events but as the tidal waves roll in or the building collapse the sounds builds up to just an overwhelming roar as opposed to a well orchestrated sound mix. The track does a good enough job but it's certainly not in line with the other disaster flicks out there and the less said about the funky saxophone soundtrack the better.
There are none here. Guess they got sucked into the ocean.
With the scary science of The Day After Tomorrow, the melodrama of Deep Impact and the schmaltz of Armageddon, it's a refreshing surprise that The Sinking of Japan played out as believably as it did. Not knowing the actors and having that language barrier probably helped to sell it a little better but somehow this one worked for me as a fine look at how a country could fall apart under the shadow of utter destruction and further proof that when all else fails us humans result to bombing stuff.
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This wasn´t near as bad as I thought it would be.
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Exactly.. This was a decent disaster movie
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What, no close-up screen caps of Shibasaki Kou?
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Release Date: 8th March 2010
Discs: 1
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Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
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Director: Shinji Higuchi
Cast: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 124 minutes
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10 Home Bars from Our Kitchen Tours
In our house we keep the liquor in a tall wood cabinet I found for a song at a thrift store in Manhattan. It stands against the wall near our dining table, which is between the kitchen and the living room. (I like the proximity to both places.) It works for us now, but we're moving soon, so I'm curious to see how other people store their spirits. Do they keep them out in the open on a bar cart? Grouped together on the countertop? Set up side by side on a shelf? Here are 10 examples culled from our Kitchen Tours for a little inspiration.
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Elmhurst is a college town and a community that places a great deal of emphasis upon the family. The city takes great pride in the quality of its schools, park system and Library. Though it is an increasingly diverse neighborhood ethnically, people are drawn to Elmhurst (and pay its housing prices!) primarily because they value this environment to raise their children, regardless of their ethnic background.
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We, the members of Yorkfield Presbyterian Church, are children of God and a part of the Church which is the Body of Christ. Our primary purpose as members of the Body of Christ is to bear witness to the Gospel in our congregation, in Elmhurst and in all the world, with the hope and expectation that those who hear it may be reconciled to God and humanity.
Our task is three-fold. First, to prepare ourselves so that we may grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord, recognizing always our dependence on Christ and our continuous need for forgiveness. Second, we are called to declare God's love clearly so that people of today can understand Christ's message. Third, we must demonstrate that love because our responsibility is for the total needs of humanity.
Realizing that all we have is a gift from God, we are to be responsible stewards of the resources we have been given. We are thus at work in God's world to make known our Lord's presence and to respond to God's love.
The church ministers to the community through its Food Pantry, monthly staff of a Homeless Shelter (PADS), periodic work days at Habitat for Humanity, the home of Literacy in Action (a program that teaches English as a second language), prayer & bible study groups, Middle School and Sr. High YF, Men's & Women's groups and through Logos TOWN (a midweek after-school program for children in Kindergarten through 5th Grade).
We minister outside our community as the 2nd highest per capita giving church to PC(USA) mission in the Presbytery, and we sponsor two week-long mission trips per year: one for adults and one for Senior Highs.
We try to customize the field education experience to the needs of the student, but expect that most will want to participate in a full range of activities including: weekly worship leadership, semi-monthly children's sermons, preaching 3-4 times over the course of the school year, teaching either and Advent or Lenten adult Bible study and participating in the Logos after school program as a teacher and Table Parent. Depending on interest the student may also work with the Middle School and Senior High Youth Groups or do some morning and on Wednesday afternoons and early evenings for supervision and Logos TOWN. Opportunities to observe Session, Deacon and Trustee meetings and work with a particular mission emphasis or commission of Session (worship, evangelism, etc.) is also possible depending on the student's needs or interests.
YPC is located on the southern edge of the western Chicago suburb of Elmhurst, the first city west of Interstate Tollway #294, on York Road between Butterfield and Roosevelt.
From McCormick, it is approximately 25 miles to the church. (It is possible to take public transportation to Elmhurst but because of the connections that have to be made and the fact that the train station is approximately 2 miles from the Church, it is not recommended). By auto, take Lake Shore Drive north to I-55, west to I-90/94, north to the Eisenhower (290). Take the Eisenhower west until it divides. Follow the "Indiana-South" signs until you see the exit for Roosevelt Road. Take Roosevelt Road west to the York Road North exit. Go north on York to the first stoplight, which is Lexington Street. The church sits on the Northeast corner of York and Lexington.


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Princess Cancer Pants
• Recover from 2017
• Surgery in March
• Continue showing Cancer that it's not welcome back. Ever.
• Rebuild to racing and big running & biking miles in 2019
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
• I've never watched American Idol
• I vote (which makes me pretty un-American, sadly enough)
• I think smaller cars > big cars/SUVs
• manual > automatic
• am not overweight (at least not anymore...though I could still stand to lose a few and am working on it the right way, rather than taking a pill)
• would love a small (ie <1500 sq.="" ft.),="" well-designed="" house="" with="" efficient="" use="" of="" space="" and="" storage,="" rather="" than="" a="" large="" one="" (heh,="" i="" hate="" housework)="" •="" i="" don't="" get="" the="" appeal="" of="" oprah="" (though="" i="" do="" think="" she's="" a="" good="" person="" and="" does="" the="" most="" good="" with="" the="" resources="" at="" her="" fingertips)="" or="" most="" daytime="" talk="" shows="" i'm="" sure="" i'll="" think="" of="" more="" reasons="" i="" should="" probably="" be="" deported...what="" are="" yours?=""></1500>
OK at the risk of being spit on...
1) I don't like football
2) I don't like Budweiser
3) I won't go into Walmart
(we don't have one...yet)
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The proponents added that these folks would be more diligent about voting than us Americans (disclosure: I vote in every election).
Runners run.
The only downside would be the major sticker shock if you start looking at houses around here...tradeoffs, tradeoffs.
You'll ruin your knees!
I keep trying to convince him to look outside MI...partly because there's not a lot job-wise for me in this area. Unemployment in MI is about the highest in the nation. Plus, if we left the Midwest I could get further away from my MIL--BONUS!
""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)


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DIY Artwork: Frame an Everyday Object
This is way beyond dried flowers. We've been thinking of creative, budget-friendly, and do-it-yourself ways to spruce up our walls. Here's one option: take an object and frame it! An empty frame can instantly transform seemingly anything — a bike, some cool shopping bags, or a set of vintage cameras — into a piece of art that will stand apart from the rest.
- Framed Objects: so, this company actually does it for you. They provide you with a framed vase, shelf or hook upon which to display your wares. This was the inspiration for our post!
- Shopping Bags as Art: okay, so your run-of-the-mill plastic grocery bags probably won't do the job quite as well.
- Framed Jewelry Display: this is a favorite. Not only is it pretty to look at, but would be totally practical! Our jewelry case is a mess.
- Framed Doily Grouping: can't say we've ever been a big doily fan, but this grouping — particularly framed against a black backdrop — is quite appealing.
- Framed Textiles: always a good idea, and very easy to do. You can use leftover fabric panels, tea towels, pillowcases, etc.
- Vintage Camera Grouping: Love this one. Looks so much cooler on the wall than it would just lined up on a bookshelf.
- Autumn Leaves Behind Glass: this will be a nice reminder of an afternoon autumn stroll.
- Framed Vintage Bathing Suits: hey, it's the end of summer. No need to fret over swimsuit season anymore! But if you're feeling particularly masochistic, you can look at that swimsuit all year long. (We kid, we kid.)
- Bike in a Frame: just another way to give your bike storage solution a little spice.
- Empty Frames: If all else fails, a grouping of empty frames can look pretty darn stylish.
Do you have anything you're thinking of framing?
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"Is Trevor your son?" the pharmacist inquired, when filling out a prescription written by my veterinarian. "No, he's my Afghan Hound," I replied with a chuckle.
This conversation happened several years ago. It's understandable that a druggist would ask such a question, probably more so now. According to a recent Associated Press-Petside.com poll of over 1,100 pet owners, about half of them had given at least one dog/cat a humanlike name.
Thepoll also showed that about half of all American owners consider their pets as much a part of the family as any other person in the household. Single women (66%) were most likely to feel this way, followed by 52% of single men; 46% of married women; and 43% of married men. No wonder we give our pets human names. They're our furry relatives.
I get the opportunity to christen numerous nameless shelter strays because of the column. Despite Shakespeare's claim in Romeo & Juliet-"that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet", there are plenty of motives behind showcasing homeless pets with people names. It's a Madison Avenue approach to pet adoptions.
First there are the pets named for a disability, coloration or a physical trait such as "Moise" (after the late Israeli leader) the one-eyed cat; "Cyrus" the kitten with two achy breaky fractured legs; "Berrigan" the kitten wearing a natural black and white cassock like the radical priest, or "Mia" for "Mama Mia" because she raised nine puppies at the pound. At times the title's intention is a bit more subtle. Another one-eyed cat was "Sandy" for actress "Sandy Duncan"; a dog with a severe imbedded collar wound-"Marie" after "Marie Antoinette".
Others are set up as reminders of when the animals needed help. "Clooney" a Lab who had hip surgery left the town shelter on same day as ER's finale, whereas "Jefferson" appeared there on the Fourth of July. "Natale" was a Retriever who had been hit by a car around Christmas, while "Jerry" my kitten with congenital liver disease was found the day the leader of The Grateful Dead died. At times the name denotes where the animal was found. My threelegged cat "Veto" was discovered outside Congressman Lazio's office but his hit man demeanor denotes The Godfather, Vito Corleone. Hence, the double entendre. Some have an uncanny resemblance to celebrities like "Lorre" a bug-eyed Pug; "Reynolds" the Giant Schnauzer who could have been a canine stand-in for the star of Deliverance; or aloof "Garbo" an Afghan who preferred to be alone. Somehow she was able to vaporize under the seat of my car while I drove her out of the shelter. I thought I had lost her.
Certain names help convey age. "Hazel", "Edna" and "Harriet" were all older shelter dogs. Often names chosen are matched with the breed's ethnicity such as "Bonaparte" a Standard Poodle; "Luigi" an Italian Greyhound; "Paco" a Chihuahua; "Mr. Miyagi" a Siamese kitten; and "Schweitzer" a German Shorthaired Pointer who needed orthopedic surgery. These may not be geographically precise. I learned later that the Pointer's doctor's namesake was really born in Alsace Lorraine, rather than Germany. Come to think of it, the Karate Kid's sensei wasn't from Thailand either.
There are times when certain pets must enter rescue's Witness Protection Program. In 1992 when I adopted an Afghan from Oyster Bay Shelter, we knew that someone was importing Afghans from Russia (or Poland) and dumping them. This majestic black Hound was found running on Southern State wearing a dirty bandanna that said "Cochise". Actually it was a great name, but I wanted the dog to have a new identity. At first he was going to be "Maurice" for the Barry Corbin character on the TV's Northern Exposure. Instead we decided on "Alan" because it was so atypical. "Alan" turned out to be a perfect choice because on his therapy dog visits, many nursing home residents would remark that their husband or brother had been named "Alan" too. (Keep this under your hat; "Clooney" the Lab above was a Witness Protection dog too.)
Finally, needy pets deserve a dash of panache. For example, literary names give down and out dogs class. My Toy Spaniel from an SPCA seizure is "Charlotte" in honor of Charlotte's Web; my "Edgar Afghan Poe" taken from a New Mexico hoarder with 67 Afghans and 25 parrots began by living on the dark side. Sorry, just one more Afghan story. The last Afghan to surface at Babylon Shelter showed up about a dozen years ago. I bailed him out on Good Friday and was annoyed that I hadn't thought to name him "Barabbas". Instead I called him "Raoul" because it sounded flamboyant. Ultimately Afghan Rescue placed him with a lady who had owned another Afghan named "Raoul". What's the chance of that?
For Adoption at Oyster Bay Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset: "Prudence" #529 is a gorgeous flame point Tonkinese type cat 1 year old. She would do well with someone used to the Oriental breeds. "Louie" #436 is a happy Pit mix pup, about 9 months old.
More cats: "Spanky" #453- tabby declaw; "Josie" #462- calico declaw; "Schroeder" #423-longhaired tuxedo.
Dogs: "Linus" #484-Beagle; "Ghost" #461-blue-eyed Pit mix; "Rusty" #322-handsome Lab.
Upcoming Last Hope Events (www. lasthopeanimalrescue.org):
•Cat/Kitten Adoption Day at Petco Syosset-Sun. Aug. 16 from 10 am to 5 pm. Call 516-297-5556.
•"Bella Notte" Lady & the Tramp style dinner at Sergio's' Restaurant Massapequa- Thurs. Sept. 3 from 6 to 9 pm. Tickets $45 in advance. Call 631-661-6164.
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HTC's "quietly brilliant" tagline has sevred the company well over the years, but HTC's new chief marketing officer, Benjamin Ho, thinks it's time for things to change. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Ho revealed that HTC will be retiring the company tagline and changing its marketing strategy by cranking up the volume.
We have a lot of innovations but we haven't been loud enough.Benjamin HoHTC
While HTC's social media has been making a lot of noise about #theNextBigFlop from Samsung, HTC will most likely be focusing the majority of its time and money on traditional ads that show off the numerous consumers benefits of the HTC One. HTC's marketing team will have a lot more money to work with in 2013. The company's digital marketing budget has been increased by 250%, and traditional media marketing spending will see a 100% increase. A few HTC One commercials have already been released, but we suspect HTC has at least a few more up its sleeve.
Benjamin Ho also addressed the delay of the HTC One. Ho admitted that the HTC One Ultrapixel camera sensor is the reason for the delay, but he did not address the rumors claiming that the supplier no longer sees HTC as a tier-one customer.
Our friends in the media have been asking why there has been a delay in shipments for the new HTC One, whether there is a component shortage. There is some shortage, because the phone's camera was designed specifically for us, and production cannot be ramped up so quickly.Benjamin HoHTC
If HTC can sort out the Ultrapixel supply issues and get the HTC One to market, do you think the HTC One and the company's new marketing strategy can help HTC reclaim its place as a market leader?