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Got a new jobby working in a small studio producing a sweet tech show. But still ramping up our YouTube page, busy busy times :)
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Happy Easter!
I made a YouTube video! Me and a large group of friends have over the past 6 months been developing a YouTube channel aimed at humour and gaming fans. Until recently we have only been fulfilling our gaming quota but that has hopefully changed after uploading my own creation entitled "GENERIC VIDEO GAME SHOW". It is a show focusing on bringing only the...
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So in my absence I tried alot of different things and got into some great Sydney based hobbies like: fighting the next door neighbour, taking the wrong bus to the wrong suburb, trying not to blend in as a hipster with my old clothes I'm too lazy to update.
But my favourite so far has been the YouTube channel that me with a group...
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What's doin SG?
Where you been?!
Also, if anyone is keen on this sneaky thing called Instagram, follow this guy @thebigdirty111
But now that I have my first permanent internet connection in over a year and have bailed away from Wagga and moved to the rad but chaotic land of Sydney I can attend gatherings!
Anywho.....how is everyone?
As a matter of fact I am sitting at a pub having a beer to celebrate my seemingly good interview a Production Support Assistant at Movie Network at St Leonards. I have to wait until the 14th to find out though...So I'll keep y...
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Im pretty sure i still have your number,i'll zap you a txt or something when i have some days off and see if it is you.
Take care mate and maybe talk to you soon.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Carson-Newman College's Zoe Heim was named Daktronics All-South Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year and Lincoln Memorial University's Sara Henn took player of the year honors, as the all-region teams were released today (May 7). The teams were nominated and voted upon by the region's sports information directors.
Heim, playing in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), was 30-5 this season with a 1.01 ERA and 276 strikeouts for the Eagles, the top-ranked team in the region. She held opponents to just a .186 batting average and tossed seven shutouts on the year.
Henn, also a SAC competitor, hit .487 with 13 home runs and 57 RBI at third base for the Railsplitters this year. Her batting average ranks ninth in the nation, her round-trippers 20th and her slugging percentage of .882 places 10th.
Joining Henn and Heim on the all-region first team were Heim's teammates Whitney Hickam at second base and Jesse Howard at shortstop.
No. 2 region seed and South Atlantic Region Tournament host UNC Pembroke landed two on the first team, pitcher Martika Elmore and outfielder Brittany Berrier.
Also getting two on the first team was region No. 4 seed Georgia College & State University with pitcher Mandy Chandler and outfielder Sherquita Bostick. Also competing at this year's region tournament is utility player Courtney McGuire from North Georgia College & State University. Rounding out the first team are: catcher Jessica Strickland from USC Aiken, first baseman Kimberly Atkinson from Coker College, outfielder Natalie Haithcox from Mars Hill College and designated player Jenny Jackson from Mount Olive College.
Carson-Newman placed the most on both teams combined with four total, sharing that honor with region No. 3-seed Lenoir-Rhyne College, landing four members on the second team. Behind the two leaders, both Georgia College and Mars Hill picked up three honorees.
The first team selections will go on to the Daktronics All-American Ballot, with the All-American announcement due May 16.
A full list of the first and second teams is below.
Zoe Heim, Carson-Newman
Sara Henn, Lincoln Memorial
C- Jessica Strickland, USC Aiken
1B- Kimberly Atkinson, Coker
2B- Whitney Hickam, Carson-Newman
3B- Sara Henn, Lincoln Memorial
SS- Jesse Howard, Carson-Newman
OF- Sherquita Bostick, Georgia College
OF- Brittany Berrier, UNC Pembroke
OF- Natalie Haithcox, Mars Hill
DP- Jenny Jackson, Mount Olive
UT- Courtney McGuire, North Georgia
P- Zoe Heim, Carson-Newman
P- Mandy Chandler, Georgia College
P- Martika Elmore, UNC Pembroke
C- Kristina Osborn, Mars Hill
1B- Ashley Seawell, Mars Hill
2B- Laura Voyles, North Georgia
3B- Mandy Stevens, Carson-Newman
SS- Kat Rivers, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF- Taylor Queen, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF- Brittany Cherry, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF- Martina Bullard, Pfeiffer
DP- none
UT- Tonya Medders, Georgia College
P- Shelly Catlett, Coker
P- Meredith O'Connor, Lenoir-Rhyne
P- Brittany Blankenship, Wingate

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Roman and Paul - Screen Test - FULL CONTACT
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We fixed Roman Ditrich up for a Screentest with Paul Fresh. I must say he was very good indeed. So good, in fact, that we slotted him in for our latest Wank Party that is already online. Paul does a brief interview with Roman at the start, as they sit on the bed in just their underwear. Then they start to kiss, with Paul running his hands over Roman's body at the same time. Paul's hand rubs over Roman's shorts and then inside one leg to feel his cock. He keeps rubbing the cock as he kisses Roman, and then he kisses down his body and begins to suck his cock. Paul works hard on that cock and it begins to respond, swelling in his mouth. Soon it is fully hard and Paul continues to suck on is as he wanks himself. Paul then lays back and pulls his briefs now, exposing his cock as Roman leans over and kisses him and works his way down to the cock. Paul's cock is rock hard as his hand pushes Roman's head down on it. Roman sucks on the cock and licks Paul's balls as he wanks himself. After some more kissing Paul stands and present his cock to Roman again, pushing it into his mouth and beginning to fuck his face. Roman's lips are closed tight around the cock as he sucks it. Next Paul has Roman lay face down on the bed, ass raised and he start to rim his ass. His tongue laps at the hole and soon he begins to finger it as well. In the same position Paul climbs onto Roman and shoves his cock deep in that tight hole. He fucks him hard and deep, with Roman taking it real well. Paul then lays down so that Roman can sit on his big, hard dick and ride it for himself. He works his ass up and down on that throbbing cock, his own cock rock hard and solid as he fucks himself onto Paul's. Then Paul takes over and really rams his cock, time after time, into Roman's open ass. They move into a sort of missionary position and Paul continues to fuck Roman. Roman wanks himself hard and fast as Paul's cock slams into his ass. Soon Roman shoots his cum for us, as Paul's cock is deep in his ass. Paul continues to fuck that ass until he is ready to cum as well. As he fucks he leans down and kisses Roman and then he pulls out and moves up to Roman's face. He quickly shoots his load all over Roman's face. Roman takes the empty cock into his mouth a final time and then Paul leans down to kiss Roman again. Well what a lovely Screentest this was and Roman certainly was very impressive for his first time.
Jozef Koranda is a great looking guy, with an exellent body too. He was an ideal candidate for an ambush massage, so we got him in as quick as we could after we did his solo shoot. Jozef strips naked and does a full 360 degree turn to show us his body. Good to see his kept that lovely full bush. He climbs onto the massage table and waits for his massage. The masseur arrives, places a towel over Jozef's ass, for modesty and then oils his hands ready to begin work. He starts to massage Jozef's back, working his hands all over it and focusing his attention on the spine. His thumbs work into the muscles as his hands rub all over. Then he moves onto Jozef's hairy legs. The hands massage the thighs, calf muscles and then the feet, in turn, making sure every inch is covered. Then a hand moves under the towel and seems to be massaging the ass cheeks. The towel is removed and Jozef's beautiful ass is in full view. The masseur works on those ass cheeks and then spreads them apart so we see Jozef's dark, hairy crack. He continues to massage and then takes some lube and drips it into the crack. A thumb pushes into the crack, but not invasively, at this point, as the massaging continues. As the hands continue to explore Jozef's ass crack the masseur takes a vibrator and rubs it up and down the ass crack. Then he pushes it in, searching for Jozef's tight hole. He finds the hole and the vibrator pushes in. Jozef's ass muscles tighten as it goes in but then seems to relax again. Jozef is then moved up onto his knees, with his ass cheeks spread nicely. The masseur rubs up and down the crack and takes hold of Jozef's cock as it hangs between his legs, and begins to wank on it. That cock gets nice and hard as it is being wanked, with another hand holding his balls and rubbing the ass hole. The masseur takes the vibrator again and slides it into Jozef's ass, wanking him at the same time. His cock is rock hard as it is being wanked and very soon, with the vibrator still in his ass, Jozef's shoots a nice creamy load. The masseur takes his time exporing Jozef's ass again and then turns him over onto his back. Rubbing Jozef's abdomen and legs and then taking hold of that cock again, the masseur begins to wank him some more. Jozef enjoys that feeling and his cock hardens again and delivers another nice creamy load. The masseur scoops up the cum and massages into Jozef's chest and finally wipes his hand across that beautiful face. Jozef is then left to relax after his two cumshots. This is a great scene with a beautiful looking guy.
Jindra Stryk is aged 18 and lives in Kadan. He is a student who enjoys jogging, ice-hockey and motocross. Jindra looks very good as he relaxes for his interview. Then his hands begin to run over his body and soon he removes his tee-shirt to show us his chest. His hands continue to work on his body, feeling thru his shorts. When the shorts come off we see that Jindra's cock is already hard, and quite a size. He is also endowed with a big set of balls, hanging there below his rock hard cock. Jindra plays with his cock and soon scoots down a little to lift his legs and show us his ass hole. His hole looks very inviting as his cheeks are spread. Jindra then stands and wanks his cock for us, before turning around and bending over to give us another view of his hot ass. His hands grab and the cheeks and pull them wide apart, ensuring that we get a great view of his tight hole. It's not long before Jindra wants to cum for us, so he lays back on the seat and wanks himself to a very nice climax, dumping his cream on his body. Then it is off to the shower to clean up.
Michal Tyser is aged 20 and lives in Ceske Budejovice. He works as an electrician and enjoys sports, particularly basketball. I like Michal very much and we have already done a few shoots with him. This, though, was his very first shoot, and I must say he looks very good indeed as he gets naked, slowly stripping off. He looks just the perfect picture with his cock rock hard. He doesn't stint on the ass shots either, making sure that we get a great view everytime.
Alex Peleska is from Prague and is aged 20. He is a student who enjoys football and sports in his spare time. What a nice looking guy he is too. After his interview Alex begins his show, lifting his top a little to expose his body, with its happy trail. But he isn't alone long, as a helping hand arrives, taking hold of Alex's feet and tickling them. The hands then begin to remove Alex's jeans and then applies some oil to his body. Alex's cock begins to grow in his undies, and pokes out of the leg somewhat. The hands then take hold of Alex's cock and begins to wank it. It doesn't take long before the cock is nice and hard, and Alex's underwear is removed. His cock looks so good as the helping hand is wanking it. Alex's legs are lifted into the air to expose a nice hairy hole, with the hands rubbing all over it. Alex moves into a number of different positions to allow better views and he seems to enjoy the exposure. Very soon he is laying back, hands behind his head as he is wanked to a very nice climax, with his cum shooting up his body. Alex then goes off to take a well deserved shower, after a very nice show.


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Bob Gordon honored for 50 years at JMU
By Jacquelyn Walsh ('09)
Physics and astronomy professors, staff colleagues and former students gathered in the Festival Conference and Student Center Ballroom in April to express their gratitude for Gordon's extensive career. Jon Staib, a friend and colleague of Gordon's for 40 years, opened the reception by reviewing the different roles Gordon has played, the most admirable role being "Bob, the department head who had valuable leadership skills." Staib taught in the department until 1997.Safety officer, master teacher, author, researcher. These are a few of the many jobs Bob Gordon has performed during his 50-year — and counting — career at JMU.
"Fifty years at JMU, that's quite a record," added Staib. "It's pretty long, but it's pretty exceptional, too … I paused to listen outside your classroom door on a number of occasions. Your teaching is well reasoned and complete."
Gordon's teaching methods and relationships with students were further emphasized when one of his former students took the podium. Marty Moran ('84) recalled Gordon's advice: "As long as you care about what you're doing, that's the most important thing." Gordon and Moran continue to stay in touch as Moran's family grows.
JMU Physics and Astronomy Department Head Steve Whisnant filled in when Bob semi-retired in 2001. "He's never really retired," explained Whisnant, "and we are so glad he continues to teach."
Numerous attendees showed their gratitude and admiration for Gordon, greeting him and sharing a few words. "Fifty years at JMU, a record that is long but also impressive," said one. Another asked, "What prepares a person to spend 50 years in the trenches of academia?" A few shared stories of Gordon's time growing up in East Rockingham County. One explained his "great combination of smarts, diplomacy and speed."
The J. Robert Gordon Scholarship honors Gordon's long career and his contributions to JMU. Established by gifts from Walter Curt ('85) of SEI Inc. and Raymond Serway, department head of physics and astronomy from 1980 to 1986, the annual $1,500 scholarship award is given to a freshman with a declared major in physics.
As coworkers, friends and former students exited the Festival ballroom, they filled a guest book with good luck wishes and long notes of appreciation. "Bob Gordon is exactly what universities need more of," Staib said. "Imagine a university full of Bob Gordons! What a perfect place."
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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The F639 has a 4 Channel 2.4GHz transmitter and a detailed, bright LED screen. It operates on a 7.4V 1500mAH Li-ion battery. You can control the chopper from 100 meters and the transmitter runs on four "AA" batteries (not included). This is not a remote controlled helicopter for the faint of heart! The high capacity big battery and powerful motors enable the helicopter to fly for longer and cope with outdoor flying conditions.
- 4 Channel 2.4GHz transmitter
- Detailed Bright LCD Screen
- Built-in gyroscope with auto-detection direction change and correct.
- Auto-protection for charging to avoid overcharge.
- High capacity big battery and powerful motors enable the helicopter to fly for longer and cope with outdoors flying.
In Depth
- Functions: Left/Right, Forward/Backward, Side-to-Side, Hover, and Lands
- Charging time: About 2 hours
- Flying time: About 10 minutes
- Controlling distance: About 100 meters
- Product Size: 29" x 4.75" x 12"
- Helicopter Battery: 7.4V 1500mAH Li-ion battery
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At first glance, a picture of Barista's coffee house hanging inside the downtown Tracy shop appears to be a painting by a local artist, but it's not.
It's a photograph.
The image was created using high dynamic range photography, and the artist is local amateur photographer Jim Haskell.
A fire captain with the Tracy Fire Department for 14 years, the 41-year-old said he has tinkered with semiprofessional photography since March 2011.
"I kind of got interested by a fluke," he said. "I wanted a hobby. I needed something to do. I got a camera that I was not too happy with, and I thought, well, I should buy a new camera."
Haskell went out and bought a Nikon DSLR D7000 digital camera and started experimenting with photos of his backyard trees and plants. But his first successful true HDR photo was that of the coffee shop exterior.
"I bought my camera down to Barista's to learn more about it," he said. "I was reading about HDR photography, and I said, I'm going to give this a shot."
The result resembles a semi-surreal painting of the coffee shop's exterior, right down to the ash-gray sidewalks, a parked royal blue pickup reflected in the windows and rust-colored leaves falling from the trees.
"I think it's awesome," said Ben Spragge, a barista at the shop.
He pointed out that the bicycle leaning against the lamppost in the picture is his.
"A little history of Barista's," he joked.
Barista's owner Harish Patel said the picture is an intriguing conversation piece.
"I see customers' reactions — 'Beautiful' and 'How do you do it?'" he said. "My wife fell in love with it instantly."
Haskell said he got a sense of what is possible with HDR photography when he first saw the website of photographer Trey Ratcliff in January. The website, www.stuckincustoms.com, showcases pictures Ratcliff has taken around the world in vibrant, surreal colors.
To make his painting-like photographs, Haskell said he meshes a series of five images of the same scene together. In that series, he said, is a top layer that is bright and overexposed, with a dark, underexposed image at the bottom layer and three moderate exposures in between. By using the programs Adobe Lightroom, Photomatix Pro, Tone Mapping and Photoshop, the photos are manipulated and transformed to Haskell's liking.
"Every picture is treated different to craft its uniqueness," he said. "Every picture is an experiment to see what is wonderful and magical."
"I'm still learning, too, constant learning thing," he said. "What I'm trying to do is achieve something that catches the eye, almost confuses the eye. Captures the light and adds dimension."
However, not every picture looks good as a faux painting, he said. In portraits, for example, skin tones can be darkened too much. The best subjects, he said, are those that remain still, such as landscapes.
Since his first HDR shoot outside Barista's on March 24, Haskell has focused his camera lens on fire engines, iconic buildings of Tracy and its water towers, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco, Central Valley barns, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Beverly Hills, classic cars — including his own 1967 Mustang — and, most recently, a stack of tires at Dell'Osso Farms in Lathrop.
"Anyone can do it," he said. "It just takes the desire to learn something new."
To date, he has taken more than a hundred photos, all of which are available for purchase $80 for a 12-by-18 inch print or $125 for a 24-by-36-inch print. Most can be viewed on the website www.flickr.com/photos/haskellimages, and anyone looking to buy a print can contact Haskell by email at email@example.com.
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The most frequently asked question I field about Renko Charts is: what box size should I use? In this article I'll explain why the only honest answer I can give is "it depends."
But first, just to ensure this article will make sense, let me briefly explain how Renko charts work. Renko charts use a "flexible" candle or box size, which you determine when you load the indicator onto your charts.
As price moves up your designated number of pips, a new blue (bullish) candle will form. However, if a new candle opens (let's say the Box size is 10 pips) and then price falls 20 pips, a new red (bearish) candle will close. This is because price must move 10 pips either above the last close or below the last opening in order for a new box to appear and close on your charts.
This is what makes Renko charting so attractive to so many traders…the lack of wicks and the lack of numerous candles that fail to go anywhere but which cause your various indicators to give off a mixed variety of Buy and Sell signals, none of which have any validity.
Understanding how Renko candles form and close then gives rise to our FAQ: which box size works best when trading the Renko charts?
As mentioned above, the only honest answer is "it depends" and what it depends upon is what kind of forex trader is using Renko charting.
Some traders are best suited to be long-term traders. They tend to focus on hourly or 4 hour charts and watch for new trends to develop, jumping in once said trend is spotted and hanging in as long as they can to bank a maximum number of pips.
These types of traders should use larger box settings, such as 25 or 30 pips. If price moves up 25 pips and forms a new box, it must move DOWN by 50 pips in order to open a new box in the opposite direction. If you are familiar with trading pairs like the EUR/USD or the GBP/USD, you realize that large price reversals such as these don't take place all that often. Once a trend is established in one direction, that trend will normally continue for 100-200 pips. Using a large box setting like 25 or 30 will eliminate those counter signals you might get using a 1 hour or 4 hour chart (those signals that cause you to exit a trade early, before another big move in your direction).
Other traders are more attracted to scalping and the kind of quick profits you can make on a 5-20 pip move. By using a 3 or 4 pip box size setting, these traders are in prime position to see every mini-trend as it forms and are able to buy and sell numerous times in any given hour during the London and NY trading sessions, banking 5-20 pips in profit each time.
When I respond to the question "which box size should I use?" my response will always ask the trader to perform a little self-analysis and determine whether they are a long-term trader or a scalper. Once I know the answer to that question, I can give them a more specific answer than "it depends."


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General Dynamics Information Technology has filed a protest over an Education Department contract it lost to Maximus Inc.
The $848.4 million contract is for the operation and maintenance of the Debt Management and Collections System run by the Office of Federal Student Aid.
Maximus won the contract on Oct. 1. GD filed its protest on Nov. 12. A decision from the Government Accountability Office is expected by Feb. 20.
When Maximus won the contract, the company said the win was part of a strategy to move into more agencies and adjacent programs. The company is best known for the work it does supporting state and local and international social services programs such as Medicaid.
"This contract underscores our efforts to extend our core offerings, such as citizen engagement, customer contact centers and case management," said Richard Montoni, Maximus CEO.
The contract supports the Office of Federal Student Aid with debt management and collections of defaulted student loans. The contact has a two-year and three month base and eight one-year options. The base contract runs through Dec. 31, 2015.
Work under the contract includes citizen-centric administrative business functions such as an in-bound customer contact center to respond to inquiries from borrowers and various third parties. The prime contractor also will operate an intake facility for correspondence, collateral and other hard-copy materials, a correspondence unit to respond to borrowers' inquiries, a financial transaction processing center, and a mail fulfillment center, Maximus said in its announcement.
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Zeroline Golf Launches Golf MTRx™ iPhone App
Golf MTRx provides personalized biomechanic feedback to improve a golfer's swing
SAN DIEGO, CA (December 5, 2012) – Golf MTRx™, an innovative new mobile app that uses the integrated iPhone® and iPod touch® sensors to measure pelvis movement during a golf swing and then provide detailed analysis and recommendations for improvement, is now available on the Apple App StoreSM.
Developed by Zeroline Golf, Golf MTRx measures pelvis motion – including backswing, impact, and finish turn angles – tempo, rotational speed, acceleration and deceleration. The data are then analyzed using kinematic link science and compared to tour averages to produce an efficiency score, which represents how effectively a golfer's pelvis accelerates, decelerates, and is positioned at peak speed to ensure the pelvis is stabilizing properly. The app identifies swing elements that need improvement and prescribes drills customized for the user.
While many products are marketed as mobile golf swing analyzers, only Golf MTRx uses biomechanic analysis focused on the body's core – the foundation of a powerful and efficient golf swing. The kinematic sequence describes the order in which the body moves, linking the pelvis to the club head. An efficient kinematic sequence begins with the pelvis, where power is generated, and transferred through the torso and arms to the club head, which creates maximum speed at impact.
Golf MTRx provides a platform for golf instructors to add kinetic link analysis to their lessons, improving student engagement. Students can email swing data to their instructor for review, and the instructor can create profiles for multiple students and track improvement in their swing efficiency.
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October 29, 2003
The Honorable Susan A. Gendron
Commissioner of Education
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
August, ME 04333-0023
Dear Commissioner Gendron:
I am writing to follow up on my letter of October 3rd, in which I approved Maine's amendment to use a confidence interval for the 'safe harbor' considerations. This amendment affected the Maine state accountability plan under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
In that letter, I indicated that further analysis was needed regarding this particular aspect of the accountability system. This letter provides guidance on the information requested related to this issue and when that information should be provided.
Please document the number of schools and LEAs that made AYP because this procedure was applied.
How many schools utilized the 'safe harbor' provisions to determine AYP?
Of those schools, how many decreased the percent of students not proficient by 10% or more in the relevant subgroups?
Of those schools, how many met the safe harbor provisions because the confidence interval was applied?
Of those schools, how many did-not make safe harbor, even with the application of the confidence interval?
This information should be provided, as soon as possible, following the data analysis for the 2002-03 school year. If you have any questions about this issue, please contact Kerri Briggs at 202-205-2540 or Carlos Martinez at 202-260-2493.
The Secretary has stated repeatedly that States should be granted maximum flexibility in the implementation of NCLB provided this flexibility does not undermine the goals of NCLB. I appreciate your efforts to ensure that this balance is appropriately achieved in Maine.
Ronald J. Tomalis
Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
cc: Patrick Phillips
Enclosure: Data Tables for Safe Harbor
NOTE: Maine's annual measurable objectives are the same for 2002-03 and 2003-04 but defined separately for elementary, middle and high schools. Please complete the following tables based on the tests administered in 2002-03.
|# schools that used safe harbor
|% Proficient declined & inside safe harbor CI
|% Proficient declined & outside safe harbor CI


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I know that what I am about to talk about may not be pleasant to hear about, and I sincerely hope I don't make any of you angry (although I don't know why I should). But recent events have brought about an upsetting problem that I can't shake, and for reasons that will soon become obvious - but I will outline them below anyway - I can't confide in my theist family about this problem... they would not understand and would most likely gain false hope of me "returning to the fold" - I most certainly will not!
Let me begin this way:
I would have thought that after 7 years after I lost my faith, and after 3 years of being an admitted atheist, that I would have settled all the "adjusting period" emotional and social problems that I had... you know... dealing with the confusion of having the thing that you based your life on (devotion to God) disappear, dealing with confusion and uncertainty about what being an atheist would mean for me and my life (besides lacking belief in God - although that may be the most basic definition - we all know that being an atheist in the United States of America has far more practical issues and implications and hard choices about how you will go forward with your life), dealing with anxiety about who to "come out" to and when (if at all), dealing with confusion and new difficulties over how to live in a society that makes no room for non-believers and - even worse - rejects them and sometimes demonizes them, dealing with the friends and family that don't understand, may try to "win you back", may ask you (with that inevitable look of concern and worry) "What happened? Do you hate god? Did you stop coming to church/ stop believing in God because something bad happened? Are you depressed/ angry? Was it something I did? I REALLY want to know if I did something to hurt you so much that you took out your anger at me on God! Do you need someone to talk to, because I know a pastor/ priest/ rabbi/ etc. that I think you should talk to! He/she can REALLY help you in your time of darkness." (What I was thinking at the time: Ummm... my "time of darkness" is for an entirely different reason than you think! It's not something that anyone did! My faith just collapsed and my world is falling apart around me!), also... you have to deal with the friends and family that reject you because they can't deal with your atheism.
I thought I was through all that... now I'm not so sure.
You see... I have been going through a hard time... and sometimes I desperately wish that God was real and prayer worked so that I could have some relief from my pain... even though I am fully aware that all that is a fantasy.
But something happened last night that really got me to wondering whether I am REALLY over my period of darkness and confusion and made me desperate for some advice from fellow non-theists who wouldn't try to do what my theist friends and family would inevitably do - interpret it as a sign that I wanted/ needed God back.
You see, I had a rather disturbing nightmare that I can't shake. When my Christian mother asked what the dream was about, I couldn't tell her... so I lied and said that I didn't remember. In reality... how could I forget?
The nightmare took place at my old church that I grew up in. I haven't been there in a very long time although, the other day, I passed one of my old friends, a youth pastor, as I was driving down the road. She and her husband both smiled and waved at me.
In the dream, I remember that the old church that I had loved so much was decrepit. It was falling apart at the seams bricks missing, the steeple was gone, and the floors inside were dusty and bare. The main pastor and the rest of the staff was leaving the building through the back entrance with grim, pale, sad faces. Some were crying. The reverend told me that the church had gone bankrupt and that it had been sold to a local atheist group. - I didn't know what to make of that - As soon as they were gone, a group of atheists I had never met before - but that seemed to know me - entered the building and started partying, putting up anti-theistic signs and banners all over the church and leaving popped balloons and confetti on the floor. The place was a mess. Everyone was smiling and laughing and inviting me to join in. But I didn't want to. I remember that I sat on the floor of the sanctuary and cried. I was not crying about God, I was remembering all the friends I had made there, all the various fun activities I had participated in over the years, and all the broken, forlorn faces of my friends that had left in silence after emptying their offices. I felt like a piece of my childhood that I kept close to my heart had been destroyed. I wasn't angry at the atheists, I felt confused and sad. I had no desire to join in on the anti-theist party... I just wanted to cry.
I woke up from the dream feeling disturbed and not knowing what it meant. Can any of you help me figure out what is going on? Have you had similar experiences? How have you dealt with them?
This was just a dream, but it also made me wonder why I would have a dream like that.
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a dream is just a dream, nothing more. dreams have no meaning, could be just thoughts and feelings that you are witholding inside, like missing the church somehow.
I should be sleeping right now instead of typing this, so I skipped the middle pages - sorry if someone has mentioned this. A while ago I was directed to a TED Talk: "What atheists can learn from religion"
Here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/26/opinion/de-botton-religion-atheists/i...
Before you say "nothing" watch the video - it's about 20 mintues. He talks about what I think might be making Skycomet have the 'nightmare'. (Someone did touch upon this on the 1st page.) Most of us are used to having another social outlet - our religion - but being atheists no longer have that. He suggests looking at the few positives religion possesses and adopting them.
I suspect seeing people you used to be friends with and miss triggered the 'nightmare'.
Skycomet, just in case no one else suggested this, reconnect with the old religious friends who might be able to deal with you being an atheist or, if you already know none of them can deal, try to expand your current circle of friends. If you have a hobby that you don't share with anyone in your current circle of friends, look online for others in your area who do share that hobby.
I hope I'm not so tired that I didn't make sense.
I found this passage in "The Case for God" by Karen Armstrong, talking about faith and atheism in the wake of Darwin's discovery of the theory of Evolution. The difficulty seems to have been that since the scientific Enlightenment in the 17th century, religion had been trying to justify the existence of God in scientific terms, and then, science caught up with it and proved it wrong.
"There had long been an intolerant strain in modernity; it had long seemed necessary to abjure recent orthodoxy as a condition for the creation of new truth. Atheism was still a minority passion, but people who nurtured subterranean doubts yet were not ready to let their faith go may have found this passionate critique vicariously cathartic.
Others relinquished their faith with sorrow and felt no Promethean defiance, no heady liberation. In 'Dover Beach', the British poet Matthew Arnold (1822-88) heard the 'melancholy, long, withdrawing roar' of faith as it receded, bringing 'the eternal note of sadness in'. Human beings could only cling to one another for comfort, for the world that once seemed
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
At its best, religion had helped people to build within them a haven of peace that enabled them to live creatively with the sorrow of life; but during the scientific age, that interiorised security had been exchanged for an unsustainable certainty [the attempt to use science to explain God]. As their faith ebbed, many Victorians sensed the void that it left behind."
These are big words, I know, but I believe that the scientific principle I've isolated will bring "joy, love, light, certitude, peace and help for pain". It's right under everybody's noses and a fundamental part of being alive. Why has nobody isolated it before? Don't ask me, but they haven't. Not one. Unique circumstances I guess. I very nearly died, and I also read The Selfish Gene. Etc. Etc. We're in the Information Age now.
Simon, I suggest you also read A History of God, by Ms Armstrong - fascinating chapter on Islam - one Mullah actually posited that god lives inside us, rather than in any external, physical heaven. That, as far as I know, is as close as any Muslim has come to the truth - that he is a product of our imaginations.
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not to Muslims --
I see what you did there, Mr. Smartypants. So now you want us to think that you meant the Muslim (not yourself) was speaking of "our imaginations". I feel bitchslapped now.
No, no, no - I'm saying that you and I may have the latitude to say "he," "she," or "it," when discussing the concept of a god, but a Muslim would not, any more than would an orthodox Jew or a fundamentalist Christian.
Yes, I'm finding that she's a very good writer, extremely intelligent and very dispassionate in what she says. She's not on one side or another, she just tries to understand the situation and tell it like it is. She used to be a nun. She's in an unusual position in that she's studied all the major religions together.
This is one point that I sometimes feel also. I have seen a tendency in the environmental movement to replace 'God' with 'Nature' as a ground of the sacred, but on deeper study 'Nature' seems more tooth and claw, than love and grace. For short moments, crossing into the 'prissy-white-light' of a sacred nature seems possible, but not sustainable. Sooner or later, we must wake up from the trace and reach for the antibiotics, the antifungals, a pointed stick, or our wits. Being surrounded by jungle here, it is clear that If I drop my guard, our garden will be in tatters, our house eaten by carpenter ants, mice will invade, and a forest fire could consume the rest! Our chickens recently went the way of predator/prey.
So I see the beauty around us, wonder at the details, and try not to assume that I am immune to the cycle of life...
To take that a step further James, there are more bacteria living in a single human colon, than all of the humans that have ever lived on this planet - as unglamorous as it may sound, we are little more than germ hotels from the perspective of a bacterium.
On the bacteria scale, we might be considered a whole planet, with about as many nitches.


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Masterpiece Mystery! "Wallander, Series III - The Dogs of Riga" After a raft with the bodies of two tortured Latvians is found in Swedish waters, a police major arrives from Latvia's capital, Riga, to investigate. He too is found dead. Wallander goes to Riga himself where he and the major's widow are embroiled in a dangerous search for files documenting high-level corruption.G
10:30 pm
New Tricks "The Crazy Gang" When Gerry Standing loses a poker game, bookie Michael Jacobs offers him a chance to clear his debt by finding out what happened to Jacobs' father, Joe, who died after being mugged outside Walthamstow Stadium in 1983. The key to the mystery appears to be tied into the disappearance of a champion greyhound in the early 1980s.G
11:30 pm
Equitrekking Adventures "Costa Rica" Host Darley Newman discovers Pacific Coast beaches and the fertile farmland and lush forests of the San Carlos Valley, mixing horseback riding with tree climbing and hot air ballooning. Then on gaited Paso Fino and Peruvian horses, Darley makes a trek to Arenal Volcano.G


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It seemed to be a a well-timed coincidence when Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs on Thursday, the day he and Dylan Bundy were named to the All-Star Futures Game in Kansas City.
But the Orioles' top position prospect has remained hot, and he continues to raise what had been a disappointing set of numbers that followed him around for much of the first half of the season.
Machado went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs Tuesday night as Double-A Bowie won, 10-1, at Binghamton.
For his past 10 games, the Baysox shortstop is batting .342 with 12 RBIs and a .605 slugging percentage. Those numbers are well above his season average (.256) and slugging percentage (.396).
It's not an overall line that generates the same awe as Bundy's but it's worth noting that he too is only 19 and this is his first season at the Double-A level.


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I'm trying to install Xubuntu on an old Fujitsu Stylistic 3500, and I'm not having much success. It doesn't come with a CD drive, so I had to pull the HD and install using another system. Did that, put the HD back in the tablet, powered it on and after a couple minutes I get an error saying that X-Server couldn't start. All I could do was press okay, and then I got a blank screen with a blinking cursor.
I tried to type a few commands, but it didn't seem like it was able to run anything. Is installing Xubuntu on this machine just not going to happen?
The video chipset is deffernt from the one you installed xubuntu on.
You will have to run "xorgconfig" or put the right video driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
You might want to try unbuntu forums as this is a bit outside the scope of this forum.
Thanks. I started it as a new thread on ubuntuforums, and here is the URL if anyone is interested:
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Try something new this Halloween. Turn your pumpkin on it's side and turn it into a cute Halloween witch or even a ghostly ghoul. Just use your creativity to make a fun pumpkin centerpiece for your Halloween party. You'll be amazed at what you can make by just using scraps of items you already have in the house.
To make the Halloween Witch, you will need:
- Pumpkin with a stem
- Striped paper straws
- Foam or paper for Hands/Feet
- Eyes
- Paper for Hat
- Scissors
- Marker
- Glue
What to Do:
- Turn the pumpkin on its side and find the flattest spot so it will stay on its side. Otherwise, you may have to cut away a thin layer so you have a flat bottom.
- Use a marker to place dots where you want the eyes, arms and legs.
- Cut straws to desired size, depending on size of your pumpkin, and then make a small hole in the pumpkin where the legs/arms will go. Use a sharp knife or skewer to make the holes.
- Insert straw legs and arms and then cut hands and feet from foam or paper. Attach legs and arms with glue.
- Draw large circle eyes with the marker and then glue either candy eyes or googly eyes in place, with some of the marker drawing showing.
- Cut a circle brim for the hat, removing center area so the hat will set on the witch's head. From construction paper or wrapping paper, make a cone shape and tape together. Attach the cone to the hat brim. You can secure the hat with toothpicks at the back side of the hat.
For more Halloween crafts
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The AutoPatcher project has been asked by Microsoft to stop operations. "Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do very little, and although the download page is merely a collection of mirrors, we took the download page down. We would like to thank you for your support. For the past 4 years, it has been a blast. Unfortunately, it seems like it's the end of AutoPatcher as we know it."


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Your old dog has never been overly fond of children anyway. He has a dental problem that causes him pain, and arthritis, which makes him unable to move fast. A child comes running up to him and when he normally would just walk away from the child, he is unable to move fast enough, so he snaps at the child.
Is it normal age-related behavior?
Our pets get a little "crotchety" as a natural course of getting older. Older dogs, in particular, can become less tolerant of changes in daily routines.
Some normal age-related behaviors can be modified with the same training techniques you would use on a younger pet, but they will entail some work on your part. Keep in mind that your old friend's reaction time will naturally be slower.
Common age-related behaviors
Factors contributing to these behavior changes include decline in organ function, decline in hearing and vision, and age-related diseases.
Cognitive Disorder (CD): A more serious problem...
The natural slowing of body processes and the decreased blood and oxygen to the brain can lead to a more serious disorder known as a cognitive disorder or CD.
Some brain changes that physicians see in Alzheimer's patients are similar to the brain changes that veterinarians see in CD patients.
Signs that the situation may be more serious:
Although there is no approved CD medication for cats, the use of medications for CD has been shown to be very effective in dogs.
The drug Selegiline or L-deprenyl, (brand name Anipryl), although not a cure, has been shown to alleviate many of the symptoms. The dog will have to be given it daily for life, but so far, a lot of dog owners have said that it has made a dramatic improvement in their dog's behavior and overall condition. Owners also report that their dogs really seem to be enjoying life again.
As with all medications, there are side effects, and dogs with certain conditions should not be given Anipryl. Dogs on Mitaban for external parasites should not receive Anipryl. Your veterinarian will discuss the possible side effects with you.
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Obama Urges Action on Expansive Agenda
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address Tuesday that included raising the minimum wage, increasing spending on infrastructure, attacking climate change and passing gun-control legislation.
Mr. Obama repeated his earlier calls for reducing the budget deficit through a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. He also said he would support "modest reforms" in programs including Medicare, as long as wealthy Americans contribute as well. And he said he would reduce troop levels in Afghanistan by half over the next year, an acceleration of the U.S. departure and an effort to wind down America's longest war.
In a speech largely focused on the economy, the president's rollout of his second-term agenda included many proposals aimed at helping low-income Americans advance. He urged Congress to work with states to provide "high quality'' preschool to all low- and moderate-income 4-year-olds, and he proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour, up from $7.25 today.
"It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation,'' Mr. Obama said.
Reopening a fight with Congress that he lost in his first term, he called for tens of billions in spending to rebuild the nation's aging roads and bridges. He also said he would work toward a comprehensive trade agreement with the European Union—an effort that would face considerable obstacles, such as more stringent European regulations compared with U.S. rules. But Mr. Obama said a deal would support "good-paying'' jobs.
Mr. Obama, addressing a Congress riven by disputes over how to rein in budget deficits, rejected broad changes to Medicare, the federal health program, as some Republicans have proposed. The president, who won an increase in tax rates on high wage-earners earlier this year, said he would press for deficit reduction by ending tax breaks and deductions for wealthier Americans, as well as for spending cuts.
His hourlong speech demonstrated the wide ideological gulf between the parties, even as Republicans work to reposition themselves after the 2012 presidential election defeat by taking pains to show they are attuned to the struggles of low-income and middle-class Americans.
In the Republican Party's formal response, Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla) said the president was wrongly relying on government, rather than the free market, to boost the middle class.
"Presidents in both parties—from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan—have known that our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity," Mr. Rubio said. "But President Obama? He believes it's the cause of our problems."
Mr. Rubio said Mr. Obama had an "obsession with raising taxes'' and relied on deficit spending, which he contended would hurt middle-class families. "Mr. President, I don't oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich,'' he said. "I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors.''
Mindful of the long odds of passing a broad legislative package, Mr. Obama is pledging to use his executive powers when necessary and maximize his leverage by taking his case directly to voters.
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He said he wanted Congress to act to curb global climate change. Should lawmakers balk, he said he would take action on his own authority.
"I will direct my cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy," Mr. Obama said.
Under Mr. Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency is already moving to regulate emissions for new power plants. Talk of further executive actions was seen by environmentalists as a signal that he will pursue a similar course for existing plants, which would mark a significant regulatory expansion.
In the speech, Mr. Obama detailed policy goals that have been dormant for years. As a presidential candidate in 2008, Mr. Obama proposed increasing the federal minimum wage to $9.50 an hour, but he has put little force behind the proposal since then.
"Tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour," he said.
Mr. Obama had made public works projects the centerpiece of a jobs plan he unveiled in 2011. He couldn't get it passed in Congress. Trying again, he is calling for $50 billion program that would address problems such as the 70,000 bridges in the U.S. that have been deemed structurally deficient.
Many of Mr. Obama's initiatives will require congressional action at a time when the White House has already given lawmakers a heavy workload. He wants lawmakers to pass a sweeping immigration overhaul and new limits on guns. On Tuesday, he again urged action on both fronts but didn't expand on his views about what he would like to see in legislation.
Mr. Obama cited victims of gun violence in the House chamber as he asked Congress to vote on his gun-control proposals. They would expand background checks to include all gun-buyers and bans on certain semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Present for the speech were families of the victims of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., as well as former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot to the head in 2011 and has emerged as an advocate for new gun limits.
Also in the House chamber were the parents of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed in Chicago days after participating in the Obama inaugural celebration.
With memories of long lines at polling places still fresh, the president announced creation of a commission to study ways to cut wait times.
The new panel will have a bipartisan cast: the chairmen will be former Obama White House counsel Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg, an attorney for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign who was on George W. Bush's election-law team during the 2000 Florida recount.
Republicans said Mr. Obama's speech did little to build bridges across the aisle, serving as more evidence of the president's second-term strategy of adopting a more confrontational stance toward the GOP. They also voiced skepticism about his promise that his new policies wouldn't add to the deficit.
"I was disappointed, but not surprised, by the president's remarks tonight,'' said Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R., Texas). "He laid out a very liberal agenda that called for raising taxes, stricter gun control, and a greater focus on climate change.''
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) said Mr. Obama's policies would hurt both the government's bottom line and the nation's character. "The president's policies are creating dependency and poverty,'' he s
aid. "No longer can we measure compassion by how much we spend on poverty but how many people we help to lift out of poverty."
Mr. Obama spent time in the speech sketching his approach to dealing with al Qaeda and its allies in Afghanistan and around the world. He said he would build partnerships with other countries to avoid sending American troops, but he signaled the likelihood of continuing U.S. strikes against "those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to Americans."
Mr. Obama also acknowledged the growing national debate over his administration's use of drones and targeted killing. In doing so, he promised greater transparency and an effort to provide a "legal framework" for U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
Members of Congress have begun discussing establishment of a special court that could review proposed counter terrorism strikes. Mr. Obama didn't address the court proposal but signaled he is willing to work with Congress to expand oversight.
"No one should just take my word that we're doing things the right way," Mr. Obama said, calling for a system that is "consistent with our laws and system of checks and balances."
Mr. Obama also referred to North Korea's latest nuclear test, saying that "provocations of the sort we saw last night will only further isolate them,'' and he promised to "lead the world in taking firm action'' that he didn't describe.
At the same time, Mr. Obama said he would "engage Russia'' in an effort to make further reductions in nuclear stockpiles.
—Janet Hook and Julian E. Barnes contributed to this article.
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Two-for-One: 8 Sandwich Cookies For Holiday Nibbling
Sandwich cookies have always been our favorite based entirely on the fact that you get two cookies for the price of one. Whether you're a five-year-old or a mumble-year-old, you just can't deny the sweet logic of that. Check out these tempting - and gorgeous - recipes and tell us which one you'd make first.
• Double Chocolate Sandwich Cookies from Gourmet - Dark chocolate and white chocolate! Brilliant!
• Pecan Lace Sandwich Cookies with Orange Buttercream from Epicurious - Oh. Wow. Yes.
• Mint-Chocolate Sandwich Cookies from Martha Stewart - These bear a striking resemblance to a certain Pepperidge Farm cookie we are addicted to.
• White Chocolate Snowballs from Real Simple - Chewy macaroons meet white chocolate.
• Peanut Butter Cookies with Milk Chocolate Filling from Leite's Culinaria - So good
• Chewy Almond-Raspberry Sandwich Cookies from Bon Appétit - We love the slivers of almond decorating each cookie.
• Alfajores de Dulce de Leche from Sunset Magazine - We've had our eye on these dulce de leche-filled cookies for quite some time.
• Ginger-Spice Sandwich Cookies with Lemon Cream from Fine Cooking - Tart lemon and spicy ginger go together so well.
Which one to make first? Or do you have another favorite sandwich cookie?
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There is St. Nicholas, and there is Santa Claus, and, contrary to common opinion, they are not the same person. We'll explain how the saint became confused with Santa later, but for the moment let's focus on the real St. Nicholas.
St. Nicholas (died c. 350) was the bishop of Myra in what is now Turkey, where he was famous for his generosity to the poor. The details of his life have not come down to us, but a host of legends have sprung up to fill the void, almost all of them emphasizing Nicholas' goodness to people in need.
It is said that St. Nicholas rescued three innocent men who had been falsely accused of robbery and were about to be executed, and that he saved the crew of a ship that had lost its mast in a storm and was about to sink.
The most famous legend tells of a widowed merchant whose business went bankrupt. He and his three unmarried daughters survived by pawning their valuables, one by one. At last there was nothing left to sell and no hope that any man would ask for the hand of a young woman who was a pauper; the father feared that his daughters would be forced to become prostitutes.
St. Nicholas heard about the family's desperate situation, and, so, after dark one evening he walked to the merchant's house and tossed a bag of gold coins through an open window. Now the eldest daughter had enough for a respectable dowry. The next night, he went again to the merchant's house and threw in a second bag of gold for the second daughter. Finally, on third night, the merchant and his daughters were waiting for him. As the third bag of coins sailed through the window, the grateful family flung open the door and rushed outside to thank their benefactor.
The story of the three bags of gold is the origin of giving gifts on St. Nicholas Day (Dec. 6). But how he became the patron saint of children comes from another legend, which is not for the squeamish.
Nicholas was traveling, and when night came he stopped at an inn where he asked for a room and a meal. The inn-keeper, proud of the opportunity to entertain a bishop, declared he would serve Nicholas a splendid dinner, including meat that had been delivered fresh that day. Bishop Nicholas did not say a word, but pushed the man aside and walked into the kitchen. There, in the middle of the room, stood a large wooden tub brimming with fresh meat. Nicholas made the Sign of the Cross over the tub, and the meat vanished, replaced by three little boys. The innkeeper had murdered the children and planned to serve them to his guests.
After his death, St. Nicholas' tomb in his cathedral in Myra became a destination for pilgrims. Then, around the year 1085, the Seljuk Turks conquered Myra. Christians across Europe feared that the Turks would desecrate or destroy the saint's relics.
In Italy, city officials in Venice and Bari resolved to rescue St. Nicholas, but the men from Bari got to Myra first. They took the saint's casket from the cathedral, and on May 9, 1087, sailed into the Bari harbor bearing the relics of the saint. The relics are still in Bari, enshrined in a crypt beneath the Basilica of St. Nicholas.
Read 'A Miracle Baby,' from the book by Anne E. Neuberger.
For centuries, St. Nicholas was one of the most popular saints, with many churches, chapels and altars raised in his honor. Before the Reformation, there were more than 400 churches dedicated to St. Nicholas just in England. He was named the patron of Greece, Russia, Sicily, the French province of Loraine, as well as many cities and towns. Newlyweds, longshoremen, sailors, pawnbrokers, thieves and children venerated him as their patron saint.
Today, St. Nicholas is still widely venerated in the Orthodox Church and among Catholics of the Eastern rites, and in many parts of Central and Northern Europe his feast day is still celebrated, especially by children. But in the United States, devotion to the saint is virtually nonexistent.
Blame it on Clement Clarke Moore, a professor of biblical studies at the Episcopal Church's General Theological Seminary in New York City. In 1823 Moore published a poem titled "A Visit from St. Nicholas," better known today as "'Twas the Night before Christmas."
There was a popular trend among New Yorkers of the early 19th century to try to "recapture" their city's Dutch heritage. Influential men such as Moore and the author Washington Irving (who wrote the stories of Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman) invented a host of traditions and folklore that they claimed had been part of day-to-day life in old New Amsterdam. Moore, Irving and their friends were especially enchanted by the stories of St. Nicholas, and so claimed that the first Dutch colonists arrived in Manhattan aboard a ship bearing a figurehead of St. Nicholas (it didn't); that the first church in New Amsterdam was dedicated to St. Nicholas (it wasn't); and that the Dutch colonists celebrated St. Nicholas Day (they didn't).
Moore took these innocent fabrications and used them as the basis for a full-blown treatment of a brand-new Christmas legend, complete with eight flying reindeer, a sleigh full of toys and an elderly overweight man in a red suit who climbed up and down chimneys. It is a delightful poem; and in Santa Claus, Moore has given the world one of the most memorable characters ever, one that is recognized all across the globe.
Moore's poem kicked off a Santa Claus phenomenon, but it had an unintended side effect — it all but guaranteed that devotion to the real St. Nicholas would not take root in the United States. We shouldn't be surprised: How could anyone be expected to pray to a saint who is described as "a right jolly old elf"?
We don't have to choose between St. Nicholas and Santa Claus; they are two different figures, and we can have them both. Let Santa keep what's his — the big chair in the department store, the reindeer and the sleigh, the magic of presents under the Christmas tree. And let St. Nicholas have what is his — the Mass in his honor on Dec. 6, the tradition of giving children a little gift or some chocolates on his feast day as a prelude to Christmas. Most importantly, let us honor St. Nicholas by imitating his virtues, especially his generosity to people in need.
Thomas J. Craughwell is the author of "Patron Saints" (OSV, $14.95) and "Saints Behaving Badly" (Doubleday, $15.95).
Dec. 6, the feast of St. Nicholas, is especially well suited for children. It is a little foretaste of Christmas, an occasion when we can drive home the message that there is joy in heaven when we share our blessings with the less fortunate.
St. Ambrose, a doctor of the Church, was known for leaving his door open to listen to the needs of the poor. Pray for his intercession during Advent that you might open your heart to the requests of others. Feast day: Dec. 7
St. Lucy (d. 304), virgin martyr, was tortured for choosing Christian devotion over the advances of a Roman soldier. Her name means light. Pray her intercession grants you strength to live in the light of Christ. Feast day: Dec. 13
St. John of the Cross, the great mystic, endeavored to devote his life to Christ in all of his works and writings. Pray for his intercession that you might be able to appreciate your humble daily tasks in relation to the significance of the Incarnation. Feast day: Dec. 14
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2012 Legislature: Bills that impact your district
The main run of the 2012 legislative session is over. Click here for a summary of education-related bills.
K-12 Education funding summary for FY13
The Legislature has approved a budget with a 2.3 percent increase in the per-student allocation, as well as several one-time monies. Click here for a summary of funding-related bills.
Proposed accountability system relies on multiple indicators
South Dakota has applied for an ESEA Flexibility Waiver from the federal government. The waiver allows states and school districts flexibility from certain tenets of No Child Left Behind.
PRF database now open
The Personnel Record Form (PRF) database reopened on Wednesday, March 7. You can now use the database to update staffing information or run reports. It can also be used to identify staff who are qualified to teach an assignment.
Nominate your teachers for Dakota STEP work groups
While South Dakota is moving to a new state assessment in 2014-15, the state is still required to conduct an annual data review of the existing Dakota STEP.
ESA 5 provides anti-bullying training
ESA 5 is pleased to announce its newest training opportunity entitled, "Bullying, Cyber-bullying and 21st Century Citizenship."


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A treasured heirloom created on pure wool doctor flannel. The appliqued bears are created from crushed velvet and they form the basis of this simple design centred on the blanket. Delicate hand embroidery from silk ribbon and thread compliments the bears activities.
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I only pump once a day right now in the morning - one side while my DD nurses on the other. Pretty often ill pump only 2 oz that side in 15 to 20 min. There have been times where i pumped 4 to 5 oz. My question is, when you pump a small amount are you likely still pumping foremilk and hindmilk? I'd hate to think I've stored a bunch of 2 oz bags of all foremilk in the freezer. Hoping that's not what happens just because output is smaller.
I don't know how the volume will increase when I'm pumping multiple times a day, both sides, at work. I just want to make sure I leave a quality stash in the event it's needed. Thx.


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Types of clinical trials
Most clinical trials start with cancer research in a laboratory (laboratory-based), where scientists try to understand cancer at its most basic and deepest level. If a new approach seems promising in the laboratory, the next step may be to test it on animals. If the research continues to show positive results, the next step is to do clinical testing and have people participate.
The main types of clinical trials in the field of cancer research are:
|Type of clinical trial
Looks for ways to reduce the risk of developing cancer in healthy people who have not had cancer or people who are at a higher risk of developing a certain type of cancer. Researchers may also conduct prevention trials in people with a history of cancer to try to prevent it from coming back (recurring) or to reduce the chance of developing a new type of cancer.
Examples of prevention trials include:
Screening and early detection
Tests or evaluates the best ways to find cancer early in people who do not have any signs or symptoms of cancer. Finding cancer early can often improve the results of treatment and increase the chances of survival. People who have a higher than average risk of developing a certain type of cancer or people who have been exposed to cancer-causing substances (such as tobacco) may be offered a chance to participate in a screening and early detection clinical trial.
Examples of screening and early detection trials include studying:
Looks for better ways to diagnose or stage cancer.
Examples of diagnostic trials include studying:
Tests or evaluates new cancer treatments and usually compares new cancer treatments with ones that already exist (standard treatments). This is the most common type of clinical trial involving people with cancer.
Examples of treatments tested in clinical trials include:
Supportive care
Studies how to reduce the impact of cancer and improve comfort levels and quality of life for people with cancer and cancer survivors. These are also called quality of life trials.
Examples of supportive care trials include studying:
Randomized clinical trials
Researchers conduct phase III and sometimes phase II clinical trials as randomized clinical trials. In these studies, the participant is randomly assigned to the experimental group (receiving the new, experimental treatment) or a control group (receiving standard treatment). This study design is ethical when it is not known which treatment is better.
Sometimes participants in the control group may be given a look-alike pill or an injection that does not contain any active drug (placebo). This study design is ethical if it is not known if there is benefit or risk from taking the experimental treatment.
People who participate in randomized clinical trials have an equal chance that they will be assigned to either the experimental or control group. A computer usually assigns random numbers to participants. The number a person is assigned will decide whether or not they are in the experimental or control group. The doctor who conducts the trial (principal investigator) does not decide whether a participant is in the control or experimental group.
Blinded clinical trials
Researchers may conduct clinical trials as blinded clinical trials. In these studies, the researcher knows if a participant is in the experimental group or a control group, but the participants do not know what group they are in. This is because if a person knows what treatment they are getting, it may affect their response. For example, those who know they are getting the experimental treatment might expect it to work better and report positive or hopeful signs because they want to believe they are getting well. This could throw off the results of the study.
In double-blinded studies, neither the participants nor the researchers know which treatment group participants are in or what treatment they are receiving. This study design is preferred as it prevents both the participant and the researchers from doing things that may bias the scientific results.
A description of the extent of cancer in the body, including the size of the tumour, whether there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes and whether the disease has spread from its original site to other parts of the body.
Stages are based on specific criteria for each type of cancer.
The process of determining the extent of cancer in the body based on exams and tests is called staging.
Great progress has been made
Some cancers, such as thyroid and testicular, have survival rates of over 90%. Other cancers, such as pancreatic, brain and esophageal, continue to have very low survival rates.


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Windows XML Event Log (EVTX)
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Revision as of 11:55, 9 September 2012 by Joachim Metz (Talk | contribs) (→External Links)
Please help to improve this article by expanding it.
The Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) format was introduces in Windows Vista as a replacement for the Windows Event Log (EVT) format.
See Also
External Links
- EventLog Remoting Protocol Version 6.0 Specification
- int for(ensic){blog;} - results tagged Evtx, by Andreas Schuster
- Introducing the Microsoft Vista Event Log File Format, by Andreas Schuster in 2007
- Linking Event Messages and Resource DLLs, by Andreas Schuster in 2010
- Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) format, by the libevtx project
- EventID.net


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- Date: 12/03/2017
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Month-long holiday celebration! Enjoy the Victorian Candlelight House Tour, a horse-drawn carriage ride, Dickens carolers, ice-skating. Marvel at the holiday lighting displays. And don't miss the Town Christmas Tree made entirely out of crab pots.


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Confederation of Aerial Industries fuel card partnership deal with The Fuelcard People means that you can now enjoy real fuel cost savings, with free credit and reduced administration, backed by personal service and security.
When you fill up with diesel or petrol, you can ignore the price shown on the pump. Even better, you do not have to pay for the fuel there and then. Find out more below:
Save on the cost of fuel. Save on administration: no hassle with fuel receipts, credit card statements or cash reimbursement. Save on paperwork: one weekly invoice covers all refuelling, for every vehicle.


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C.H.A.O.S. is Climbing, Hiking, Adventure and Outdoor Sports
Welcome, and thanks for checking out our group!
Tired of trying to convince all your friends to go hike a mountain, camp around a fire, climb a slab, ride or ski, tear up a trail? Well, so were we! We've got it all, and we're looking forward to meeting you!
Age - CHAOS is intended for adventurous people in their 20's and 30's. Our members have told us that they value attending meetups with people their own age and with similar interests, potentially forging friendships that grow beyond just posted events. The new leadership team has thus decided to maintain the original age restrictions as of July, 2013.*
What YOU can expect from C.H.A.O.S.
We're one of the most active groups in the area.
We have a diverse list of activities including:
Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowshoeing, Ice Climbing, White water rafting, kayaking, Surfing, Standup Paddleboarding, Outdoor Rock Climbing, Indoor Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Camping, Hiking, Mountain Biking, and more!
We've got lots of members, (and we typically dismiss inactive ones to keep everyone active), we've got sponsors, and we've got tons for you to do!
What WE'RE looking for in members:
Active in the group - We need YOU to want to participate, otherwise why join?
Adventurous - Try new things! We've got experts in all areas!
Expertise - Are you a white water rafting guide? A certified belay instructor? Know how to fix a mountain bike and willing to teach others? We need people like you!
Leadership - Looking to lead your own outdoor climbs? Your own hike up Mt. Washington? Know a bike trail that's tucked away from the world? We have experts and leaders but are always looking for more so we can be more active!
We hope you'll join our group and look forward to meeting you at an upcoming event!
-Kelsey, Sean, Jason, and the entire CHAOS team. (Most content originally written by our founder, Bill.)
*Regarding Age: Some original CHAOS members are now older than 40 and others will of course eventually surpass the intended age for the group. These members will always be welcome in CHAOS. Additionally, friends of current CHAOS members who attend events as guests can be given special approval to join the group in certain situations. CHAOS reserves the right to reject any membership application for those over the age limit.
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Friendship makes the world a better place.
Remember a time when a friend helped you in a time of need?
How did they make you feel?
Did it make a difference in your life?
This is what you can do for others.
This is what we can do for each other.
It does not cost anything.
All it takes is sincere caring and being a friend.
What would happen if each day every person on the planet helped and encouraged another person?
Can you imagine the transformation that would take place?
When you come from a place of friendship, it is true caring and serving.
It is unconditional and creates so much good.
This is the way we should be treating ourselves, others and our families.
This is the way we should be doing business with everyone we interact with.
Greed, selfishness, power corrupt people and destroy lives and natural resources.
Instead of creating harmony and balance, greed and unfair profits creates pain, suffering
and poverty consciousness for the sake of short term profits and success.
Now is a time for us to build a new world economy.
There is nothing wrong with achieving success as long as it does not violate the rights of others.
You can be totally successful and follow Natural Law & Proper Principles.
What happens when you treat your customers like a real friend?
It's not what you do, but how you do it!
People always remember the way you made them feel.
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Pediatricians typically have a lot of ground to cover in the 20 minutes or so they spend with patients. A child's safety, eating habits and physical development often dominate doctor-patient discussions.
But these days, Dr. Thomas Flaherty is ending many of his appointments with a focus on healthy social development, and a surprise: a free children's book.
In February, the Rex Pediatrics offices in Cary and Holly Springs joined a nationwide nonprofit program that seeks to emphasize the importance of early childhood literacy.
The program, Reach Out and Read, provides its partners with information about childhood literacy and a list of developmentally appropriate books for children ages 6 months to 5 years.
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The Cary and Holly Springs offices have given away a total of up to 300 books so far.
The Rex Healthcare Foundation pays for the books, which pediatricians hand out to their patients at each well-visit.
Flaherty likes to hide each book under his chart until the end of the appointment.
"It's often the most colorful thing in the room," he said. "The kids usually grab it and start turning pages ... or biting it."
That's OK too, he said with a laugh. Many of the books have strong, boarded pages that are safe for infants.
Early childhood literacy, while important, doesn't always come up in conversations with parents, Flaherty said.
But perhaps it should, he said. The more a child can read, the more he'll be able comprehend. The more he can comprehend, the more he can learn.
It might seem natural for parents to read to their children. But some might not be sure where to start.
Elisa Sevier was reading "The Grapes of Wrath" before she gave birth to her first child, Xander, about 20 months ago.
"We're avid readers," the 33-year-old said of her and her husband. "But we didn't know what was too much or too little to read to (Xander)."
Flaherty introduced Sevier to the program during her first visit after Xander's birth. He recommended starting off with a book that has simple pictures and about one sentence per page.
Sevier picked "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" as Xander's first book and was surprised at how quickly he picked up on letters and objects.
"Sometimes it seems like his memory is better than ours," said Noah Sevier, Xander's dad.
Xander's new favorite book is "Where the Wild Things Are." By the time he reaches kindergarten, Rex will have given him about 10 free books.
Flaherty noted that simply taking the books home for a child to read is not enough to put them on the path toward literacy and social health. Children progress more when parents read to them from a book – not a mobile device or computer – at least once a day, he said.
"There's something about the parent interaction that can't be translated across an electronic format," he said.
Readers must also engage children with enthusiastic reading and pose open-ended questions to them to spark their interest and comprehension, according to the American Psychological Association.
"It stimulates their vocabulary and language acquisition," Flaherty said.
The program puts a special emphasis on helping children in low-income families, who are more at risk of reading failure.
Twenty percent of 4-year-olds from impoverished families can recognize all 26 letters of the alphabet, according to the National Center for Education Statistics data.
Parents served by the Reach Out and Read program are four times more likely to read to their children, according to the organization.
On vocabulary tests, preschool-age children aided by the program score three to six months ahead of children who weren't part of the program, Reach Out and Read claims.
Rex plans to measure the program's effectiveness through surveys it will give to parents over the next few months and years.


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Missing woman's body found in her towed car
Kelly Kenney reported missing Feb. 28
Kelly Kenney reported missing Feb. 28
Police have found the body of a woman was reported missing on Feb. 28 in her car, which was towed away as an abandoned vehicle.
According to WCSC, Kelly Kenney, 23, was last seen at the Recovery Room Tavern on King Street in downtown Charleston, but her cellphone last pinged off Highway 17 near Shem Creek.
Kenney's Subaru Impreza was found Friday at an apartment complex on Stall Road, Hanahan Deputy police Chief Michael Fowler said. Fowler said the car was towed as an abandoned car.
Fowler said the apartment complex manager later saw the news about Kenney's disappearance, recognized the license tag, "SQRRLS," and told police where the car had been towed.
Police got a warrant to search the car and found Kenney on Monday dead in the back seat, Fowler said.
According to WCSC, The State Law Enforcement Division was called to investigate the death, which is typical procedure in a case involving multiple jurisdictions.
Fowler said an autopsy was being performed Tuesday to determine Kenney's cause of death.
Lori Kenney, Kelly's mother posted on her Facebook page: "With profound sadness and grief, I want to let everyone know that my beautiful girl is no longer with us. Kelly was and always will be my daughter. She was and always will be a sister. She was and always will be a granddaughter. She was and always will be a loyal friend. Kelly lit up a room when she entered and left it hollow as she left. And the moments in between were filled with laughter, love, and that unforgettable smile. My darling girl I will miss you with each breath I take and I will love you every day until I see you again."


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Proposed Okla. 'Personhood' Ballot Measure Challenged in Court
March 30, 2012 — The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma Supreme Court seeking to block a proposed "personhood" measure from the state's November ballot, the AP/Columbus Republic reports. If enacted, the ballot measure would alter the state constitution to define a person as "any human being from the beginning of biological development to natural death."
The suit, filed on behalf of several Oklahoma doctors and residents, alleged that the amendment "would confer rights on a fertilized egg that trump the rights of each woman to determine whether and when to conceive and whether to carry a pregnancy to term." ACLU and CRR said that the amendment is unconstitutional, would ban abortion under all circumstances and would interfere with a woman's right to use certain forms of birth control and access certain medical procedures, such as in vitro fertilization.
"Let's save the taxpayers of Oklahoma the time and expense of collecting and verifying signatures, placing this question on the ballot and sending something that we know is unconstitutional to a vote of the people," Ryan Kiesel, the executive director of the ACLU's Oklahoma chapter, said.
Personhood Oklahoma, the antiabortion-rights group behind the ballot measure, launched an initiative petition on March 1 and has 90 days from that date to collect 155,000 signatures from registered Oklahoma voters. The group, which has said its goal is to tee up a challenge to Roe v. Wade and ultimately outlaw abortion, issued a statement condemning the court challenge.
A separate personhood measure (SB 1433) passed the Oklahoma Senate earlier this year and is pending in the House (Murphy, AP/Columbus Republic, 3/29).