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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Brach's Ice Cream Conversation Hearts
Brach's Ice Cream Conversation Hearts provide a conceptually different choice in the area of conversation candies. They're flavored like ice cream, which is to say that they're more mainstream than the original spice inspired flavors that Necco used to produce.
When I go to the store and browse ice cream flavors, the tops on my list of consideration go something like this (not necessarily in order): chocolate, coffee, mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, peanut butter cup and then maybe vanilla. I can't remember the last time I bought strawberry ice cream (though I buy strawberry sorbet rather often) and orange sherbet is so far off my list of viable flavors, I can't even recall seeing it in stores.
Strawberry (pink) was bitter and only a vague floral hint of berry. Mostly bitter from the food coloring.
Cherry (same shade of pink) was bitter and sweet with only a faint cherry flavoring note. Not tartness, just sweet. I'm still not convinced that there was any difference, except strawberry seemed even more bitter.
I had to take a break at this point because of the bitterness. A bit of water. Some crackers. I don't know why I started with pink.
Vanilla (white) was expected to be flavorless, but actually does have a pleasant vanilla note to it. It's like a marshmallow flavor. Really the only one I picked through assortment to eat. But it was really that I was actively avoiding nearly every other piece.
Chocolate was just horrible. Worse than the pink candies, because it was so lacking in chocolate and ended up tasting like a musty basement. You can tell just by looking at it that it can't taste like chocolate, it's not brown.
Orange was mild and did remind me of orange sherbet, except for the fact that it was missing that juice tartness. So it was more like an orange chapstick.
Now that I've tried their take on the classic ice cream flavors, I have no interest in their take on something more complex like butter pecan or mint chocolate chip. It's best they failed at the easy stuff so I don't get my hopes up.
Brach's also has Heartlines Classic Conversation Hearts (I reviewed them when they were called small conversation hearts) on the shelves again this year. They're better than the classic Necco (which are achingly hard to find) but still, not quite right.
Taken as a non-toxic and cheap decoration, there's little better than conversation hearts. I paid only $2.50 for a full pound. Even if no one eats them from this cute jar on my desk, it was an inexpensive way to look like I'm observing the holiday. If you're not eating them, it doesn't matter which version you pick up. Choose based on the color combos, the sayings on them, or where they're made. (These are made in Argentina.) There's little point in choosing based on flavor.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:28 pm Candy • Review • Valentines • Brach's • Farley's & Sathers • Ferrara Pan • Compressed Dextrose • 4-Benign • Argentina • Target •
Monday, February 14, 2011
Brach's Conversation Hearts
With the news that Necco changed its classic Necco Sweethearts (more coverage here) in 2010, I found that Brach's version more ubiquitous in 2011 on store shelves.
The package is bright red and easy to distinguish from the pastel-princess mess of the Necco reboot. I picked up the Brach's Small Conversation Hearts at the Dollar Tree for a dollar for an eight ounce bag. The ingredients are similar, a sugar and dextrose (glucose) paste held together with a bit of gelatin and oodles of artificial colors.
The mottoes I noticed: Luv Me, You Rock, U Go Girl, Ask Me, Hello, Got Love? So Fine, Good Bye, I [heart] You, Be True, So Fine, E-Mail Me, Dare Ya and the ultra romantic, Hey You.
The pieces are well made, I found very few duds in the package - all thick and consistent. The printing was a little blurry on some but mostly readable, except for the low contrast pink on pink.
The flavors are pleasantly indistinct. I could tell the orange ones were a creamsicle orange flavor. The yellow ones might have been banana, but maybe a really bland lemon. The pink were slightly like the seashore (a mixture of cheap flip-flops and Old Bay crab boil and the burning taste you get when sunscreen gets in your eyes). The purple and green were too bland for me to tell apart in a dark room. The white was the comforting flavor of mint toothpaste you find in the corner of your mouth before lunchtime. The texture is smooth and not quite crunchy, though still very firm.
If you were a fan of the original Sweethearts and can't find them, these are as close as you're likely to find. But if you never liked either, there's no reason to try these, they do nothing for the category except look cute. So basically, a nice decorative candy, but perhaps not for eating unless you're trying to bring your blood sugar up.
They're made in Argentina and produced on shared equipment with milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and soy.
Rating: 4 out of 10
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:13 pm Candy • Valentines • Brach's • Farley's & Sathers • Compressed Dextrose • 4-Benign • Argentina • Dollar Tree •
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: Stacked Fruit
For a long time I've thought that Arcor candy is some of the worst in the world. Arcor is a huge company and makes candy for many Central and South American countries and actually has quite a big presence in the United States as well. I find their chocolate products disappointing, as well as those with cookies or nuts in them. So I was rather surprised at how much I liked these filled hard candy fruit rods I picked up in July. They little wrappers call them Veni.
They're made in the Italian tradition of fruity filled hard candies. The wrappers are also nice, a heavy foil with a wax paper lining. The anana (pineapple) was particularly good.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:09 pm Candy • Argentina • Highlight • Featured News • Photography •
Friday, August 8, 2008
Bel Chocolatey Bars
In tough economic times it's tempting to try to save a little money on items like candy. Buying in bulk is usually the most economical way to go, but some of us also recognize that a 5 lb bag of gummi bears will last as long as a 1 lb bag.
So another option is to find a generic or off-brand of a tried and true favorite. The bargain stores like 99 Cent Only are an excellent place to find these lesser known brands. While it's understandable to assume that all the candy at 99 Cent Only or Dollar Tree or the like is past its prime, often these stores have special deals with candy companies to make sizes that can come in at their price point, so much of it is specially sized for value. (Well, either that or just be a reliable deal instead of waiting for the snack packs to come on sale at the grocery store.)
I found this line of snack sized candy bars at 99 Cent Only made by Bel. The package is a veritable Rosetta Stone with ingredients lists in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French with some other Arabic script on the wrapper as well. I found four varieties and bought three: Strawberry Burst, Vanilla Cookies and Toffee Taste. (The other flavor was some sort of Peanut Butter, but I stupidly grabbed two of the Toffee.)
Strawberry Burst is billed as milk chocolate compound coating with strawberry filling.
Before even opening any of the individual packages, this smelled like strawberries. Like some sort of Strawberry Shortcake candle or something, but still, it was a nice floral and fresh scent.
The wrapper is generic and simply says ChocBar. Only in tiny print stamped on the back does it have the expiry and variety ("STRAW").
I knew going in that these are mockolate, but I also know that there are some decent candies out there with fake chocolate in them, so I was keeping an open mind. It's a rather thin coating and around the edges I could see the pink nougat filling underneath. But still, it was a nice looking little plank. Each bar is about 2.5" inches long and .75 inches wide.
The nougat is soft and fluffy. It has the scent of berries, but very little taste besides sweet. The mockolate doesn't add much, but it also doesn't distract. It's not terribly waxy or grainy or flavorful. Basically it just seals up the nougat fluff.
It's, well, just not my kind of candy, even when well done. (Witness the 3 Musketeers Strawberry limited edition from last year.)
Rating: 3 out of 10
Vanilla Cookies is billed as vanilla candy with crispies and cookies coated in chocolate compound
I regarded this one as promising, I thought some Oreo type crunchies in an otherwise bland nougat might be good. (Seriously, why isn't there a 3 Muskteers version of this?)
The format is pretty much the same as the Strawberry Burst, but a little lumpier, as you can imagine the chocolate cookie crunches are irregular.
The crunches are, well, crunchie. But they don't taste like anything. The whole candy tastes like the marshmallows from Lucky Charms. While those are fine as little marbits mixed in with oaty sugar sweetened cereal, this is just fake vanilla sweetness with no chocolate crunch relief.
It's too bad because I thought this was a really good package design for a cheap product.
Rating: 2 out of 10.
Toffee Taste is billed as milk chocolate compound coating with toffee filling.
The wrapper here was identical to the Strawberry Burst. It smelled like sugar cookies, which is a promising thing as far as I'm concerned.
The filling is a fluffed nougat, it looks like peanut butter but actually tastes a bit like sponge candy, but with a definite artificial bite to it. The burnt sugar notes were not authentic and the lack of a good chocolate component to balance it just kind of left this one hanging.
Rating: 3 out of 10.
If you're looking for candy you can display in your house to demonstrate to people who barely know you that you have excellent self control (let's face it, folks who you know will know the disposition of your self control, you're reading a candy blog!), this is the stuff. The outer wrapper is enticing enough that someone might be impressed that you haven't scarfed down all 12 in the package.
But if you're looking for a great value, this isn't it. You're getting what you paid for, which is twice as much candy, but it's only half as good as you'd like it to be. The previous week I bought some Almond Joy bars - 8 snack sized bars in the package for 4.8 ounces and only 99 cents ... this package has 12 bars but weighed only 5.5 ounces ... so really not that much more candy even. If you can't afford to go upscale, at least get stuff that's tried and true.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:28 am
Monday, November 19, 2007
Brach's Soda Poppers
There's rarely anything "new" in hard candy, so I was pleased to see Brach's has a new assortment of hard candies called Soda Poppers.
They boast real fruit juice and come in four licensed soda flavors (from Cadbury Schweppes): A&W Root Beer, Doctor Pepper, Orange Crush & 7-Up.
Rather than just being a mix of hard candies in soda flavors, the twist on these is that they're shaped like little cans and feature a firm goo center. (There's no carbonation, though.)
I'm a hard candy cruncher, so I liked that I could crunch these pretty quickly and get a whole new texture. They were kind of sticky once crunched, but I don't mind digging piece of hard candy off my teeth as an afternoon diversion.
Like the assortment that Jelly Belly has called Soda Pop Shoppe, there's no cola in this mix. Strange, as that's one of the flavors that's unique to the carbonated drink arena (besides Dr. Pepper).
Would I buy these again? Probably not. I prefer the simple root beer barrel, lemon drop or orange slice. If they managed to get a cola flavor in the mix, well, now then we'd have something! As a flavor mix and the fact that they added the chewy jelly filling, well, it certainly changes the ordinary hard candy idea on its head. These are being sold in bulk in Pick a Mix and in small bags (I think 7 ounces).
Of note: Brach's was recently sold by French chocolate company Barry Callebaut to Farley's & Sathers (which itself is made up of a bunch of other candy companies rolled into one: Heide, Trolli, Farley's, Sathers, Bob's, Now & Laters and RainBlo gum). These candies were made in Argentina.
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'The Movie Business Is Dying!! Blame TV!' -- The 1959 Edition
from the the-sky-is-falling dept
So why do we care? Well, take a listen to the interview in part 2, done in May of 1959 with the CBC's Tony Thomas, where Pickford starts complaining about how television is killing the movie industry, and warns especially about the pernicious intent of pay TV. Starting around 27:40 in the recording, she claims that TV is going to takedown the motion picture industry:
Pickford: I, in my short life, have seen the birth and the death of motion pictures.Sound familiar? Of course, there's nothing wrong with making a bad prediction. We all do it. But, when the industry "insiders" are so consistently dead wrong about how every new technology will "kill off" their existing industry, at some point, shouldn't we be asking why people still take them seriously when they do it again?
Thomas: You think the motion picture has died?
Pickford: Mm hmm.
Thomas: But why should it?
Pickford: Because of the competition. Uh, you know. You can see the old motion pictures, that are just as good... or better than some of them today. And why should people leave their house?
Thomas: But you can see a picture so much better on a big screen in a comfortable theater than you can on a box in your living room.
Pickford: Well, that's true. But it's very expensive, and we have to face the fact that at one time there was 17,000 theaters -- I don't know what the number is today -- but it breaks my heart to go by them today and see them... bowling alleys and skating rinks. Certainly, the motion picture will always be there, but I believe when paid TV comes in, and I'm sure it'll be less expensive than going to the theater, that it'll be the real death knell of motion pictures.

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ALC889A, Gigabyte (Intel): now having a working front mic
VCH888 posted a topic in AppleHDAThanks and credits to: THe KiNG, stickpin, Kabyl, karaakeha1, MadTux, Taruga, OcciJano, MaLd0n, toleda, janek202, RevoGirl and everyone (will be listed if I remember) who published tools, kexts, information, and hints. Note: I removed all patched binary kexts. Sorry for this action because I want to clean up this post. Date: 2011, August 04. Knowledge & How to: [HOW TO] Patch AppleHDA - Knowledge Base by THe KiNG, this's useful. Please read all of them to get some idea for you. How to patch AppleHDA.kext from 10.5.2 and above, Ii is a little bit hard, but is fun. by MadTux [How To] Pinconfig for Linux users by Master Chief Audio Device Technologies for Windows from Microsoft Pin Configuration Guidelines for High Definition Audio Devices from Microsoft Legacy AppleHDA for BOOT-132 by stickpin [How TO] 5.1 Surround Sound by consolation [How to] Have sound on all of your speakers by macgirl How to get 5.1 audio out of AAC-surround-encoded audio Editing custom personalities for ATI Radeon HD[45]{censored} by bcc9 DSDTs: DSDT: trick retail drivers by changing "device-id" (e.g USB)by zhell ACPI (DSDT) Patcher for BIOS and AML by koalala DSDT Patcher by fassl DSDT fixes for Gigabyte boards by iSoprano DSDT - Vanilla Speedstep - Remove _cst errors for MB without C-states by FormerlyKnownAs HDEF_DSDT-Patcher_Gigabyte go to post #951 Installing legacy kext, and HDAEnabler.kext to whare? 1) legacy kext(s) and HDAEnabler.kext can be installed into /Extra/Extensions, /Extra/Extensions.mkext, or /System/Library/Extensions. 2) LegacyHDA.kext contains only info.plist so it has to work with AppleHDA.kext. 4) HDAEnabler.kext is not required if you are using DSDT.aml with HDEF injection. 5) layout-id in DSDT or HDAEnabler.kext must be matched to LayoutID in info.plists of LegacyHDA.kext or AppleHDA.kext. 6) To avoid popping sound is to be MacPro because my work based on MacPro setting. How to enabler sound: there are three ways as I've known. Use only one that works for you. 1) Using HDAEnabler.kext. 2) Using DSDT with HDEF injection. 3) Using EFI string. How to get sound working: there are many ways. 1) vanilla AppleHDA.kext + LegacyHDA.kext + HDAEnabler.kext (or DSDT w/ HDEF injection) for ALC889a/ALC885 2) vanilla AppleHDA.kext + LegacyHDA.kext + DSDT w/ HDEF injections and HDAU (HDMI audio) injection for ALC889a/ALC885 plus nVidia GT220* 3) bin patched AppleHDA.kext for ALC### only + LegacyHDA.kext for ALC### + HDAEnabler.kext (or DSDT w/ HDEF injection) 4) bin patched AppleHDA.kext for ALC### plus nVidia GT240* + LegacyHDA.kext for ALC### + DSDT w/ HDEF & HDAU injections 5) bin patched AppleHDA.kext & edited info.plists for ALC### + HDAEnabler.kext (or DSDT w/ HDEF injection) 6) bin patched AppleHDA.kext & edited info.plists for ALC### plus nVidia GT240* + DSDT w/ HDEF & HDAU injections 7) bin patched AppleHDA.kext & edited info.plists for ALC### only plus nVidia GT220* + DSDT w/ HDEF & HDAU injections 8) ALC### disabled plus nVidia GT220*: vanilla AppleHDA.kext + DSDT w/ HDAU injection 9) ALC### disabled plus nVidia GT240*: bin pathced AppleHDA.kext for nVidia GT240 only + DSDT w/ HDAU injection HDMI: all links seem to be broken and I will update them as much as I can. There are two methods to get audio via an HDMI cable. 1). For nVidia graphic cards that have a S/PDIF connector , read Post #759. 2). For a graphic card that has a built-in audio chip, see Post #760. Update: thanks to toleda for telling me how to add "connector-type" in DSDT so that I can get HDMI audio working again. -- for GT240M -- HDMI audio by Jingu -- for GTX480 -- need to read previous posts by zzebulonn -- for Sapphire vapor-x HD 5770 -- HDMI audio by VCH888 USB Audio: C-Media CM6206 Enabler for Mac OS X v2.1 In case of no sound after waking up from sleep, see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5541299?start=90&tstart=0 for patching AppleHDA, OS X 10.10 to edit script from line of cat /tmp/patch|grep -A 500 "<key>IOClass</key>" to line to cat /tmp/patch|grep -A 700 "<key>IOClass</key>" Added for H87M-HD3: Outputs are similar to 945GCM-S2L's ALC662. There are two methods. ALC887_H87M-HD3_v1.00.zip or ALCpatchers_H87M-HD3.zip Script patcher for ALC662, 899a/885, and 898: This will patch AppleHDA.kext and you don't need such ALC885HDA.kext, for example. Still need any kind of sound enabler. (not test for ALC662 but should be working) (credit to script's writers) OS X 10.8.5 and 10.9 ALCpatchers.zip update for 10.10 & ALC662 edited: 28-01-2015 removed "2" before compress the folder, changing the name of folder from ALCpatchers 2 to ALCpatchers . ALCpatchers 2015-01.zip For OS X 10.7 (*.xml files) & 10.8 - 10.9 (*.xml.zlib files) ALC898 (899) for my Z77X-UP5 TH For 10.9, using this ALC889HDA.kext.zip instead of ALC898HDA.kext due to not in OSKextSigExceptionList reason: fix if using Headphone (might be on and off between Speakers [rear green] and Headphone [front green]), thanks to toleda. Just tested Headphone fully on March 1, 2013. ALC898HDA_Lion_MLion_V1.3.zip fixed missing layout 9 and removed a few of codec verbs in ALC898HDA.kext. (July 20, 2013) ALC898HDA_Lion_MLion_V1.31.zip ***related to 8419d411 in AppleHDA 10.8.5 & 10.9, may patch only sudo perl -pi -e 's|\x84\x19\xd4\x11|\x99\x08\xec\x10|g' /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleHDA SOLVED using Clover UEFI r1932 or higher (credit to pene @ projectosx) For booting UEFI with Clover needs to edit config.plist. Credit to Slice. (07/01/2013) This solution will fix sound issue when you're using iTunes, related to AppleHDA 10.9 & 10.8.5. <key>CPU</key> <dict> <key>BusSpeedkHz</key> <string>99790</string> or <string>100000</string> </dict> For more information about BusSpeedkHz, read http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Configuration#BusSpeedkHz ALC662 ALC662HDA_Lion_MLion_V1.00.zip may try these lines for ALC662 (07-19-2012) (thanks to TimeWalker & people @ applelife for some idea, discussion of AppleHDA 10.8) sudo perl -pi -e 's|\x85\x08\xec\x10|\x62\x06\xec\x10|g' /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleHDA sudo perl -pi -e 's|\x84\x08\xec\x10|\x61\x06\xec\x10|g' /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleHDA ALC889a ALC885HDA_Lion_MLion_V1.00.zip ALC889 trying for my Z68XP-UD3R (SOLD) and setting to be iMac12,2. better for multi-device output. (07-19-2012) Note: can not use layout-id =1 if trying these patching lines. (thanks for toleda's notice)(07-25-2012) sudo perl -pi -e 's|\x00\x88\xec\x1a|\x89\x08\xec\x10|g' /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleHDA sudo perl -pi -e 's|\xff\x87\xec\x1a|\x88\x08\xec\x10|g' /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleHDA HDMI audio & M-Lion : some lucky nVidia graphic cards with built-in HDMI audio may be working without patching binary files but still need such the follwowing lines in DSDT. Thanks (07-25-2012) ***will fix this section later For OS X 10.7 Now having a working front mic, more details inside. (I tested my 662, 885, and Z68X/889.) I made for Lion only. Update: added more pathmaps and others (22/02/2012) ALCHDASeries_Lion_V1.11.zip Update: fixed codec verbs to match layout662.xml (for ALC662) ALCHDASeries_Lion_V1.03.zip ALCHDASeries_Lion_V1.02.zip For Gigabyte Z68XP series (one HDMI port) and how to get HDMI display and audio on HD3000 Gigabyte_Z68XP_series.zip Update: fixed codec verbs in ALC889HD3000.kext for removing unused ports from System Information in each layout-id. Gigabyte_Z68XP_series_version_1.2.zip ALC885/889a ALC885_889a_LION.zip ALC889 (Gigabyte Sandy Bridge mother boards) ALC889_for_Gigabyte_67_68_chipset.zip ALC889_Lion_V2.zip Based on combo update; For ALC889a, you may copy Platforms.xml to /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/Resources before restarting after the installation of Lion update has done. For ALC889, you need to restart after updating and then patch bin and copy Platforms.xml again (if need). Don't forget to touch Extensions and restart. Useful tool: HDA Wizard by janek202 Other ALC### may find this. Playing DVD with VLC + Aggregate Device for 5.1, setting Sample Rate @ 48000 Hz (Audio Midi Setup). For OS X 10.6, up to 10.6.7 The kind of legacy kext for sound on board(s), including ALC662, ALC887/888b, ALC888, ALC889, and ALC892. More easier, DIY. Thanks to MaLd0n, toleda and others. Note: Front mic will be working as Line In. Legacy_ALCxxx.zip or old ones up to 10.6.7 LegacyHDA.kext and HDAEnabler.kext for ALC889a/ALC885 ALC889a_LayoutID_885.zip Specially for ALC889 and ALC892: Due to limitations, getting 4 ch. analog output (two ports) and two S/PDIF ports. Should be useful for 9400-9600GT (or others) graphic cards that have HDMI port and S/PDIF pin. ALC889_892_2DG.zip 10.6.3 How_to_patch_AppleHDA.zip For using a new AppleHDA.kext (1.8.4fc3 or later), ALC662, ALC883, ALC888B (or ALC887), ALC888 and ALC889 will not be able to use LegacyHDA.kext without patching AppleHDA binary. This is DIY. You can make your sound card working. Gigabyte mainboards that have ALC889a can use LegacyHDA.kext with the latest AppleHDA.kext without issues. 10.6 & 10.6.1 & 10.5.8 For Gigabyte (E)P35 & (E)P45 and may be compatible to other Gigabyte motherboards on how to make DSDT. There are LegacyHDA.kexts for ALC889a and ALC888. How_to_patch_DSDT_with_LAN_and_HDEF_functions_including_LegacyHDA.zip Also see more info about HDEF @post #392 for ALC889a Also see more info about HDEF @post #498 for ALC888 Series of LegacyHDA.kext for Gigabyte ALC888 and ALC889a 10.5.8 & Snow* Series_of_LegacyHDA.zip HDAEnabler for someone doesn't want to edit DSDT with HDEF. HDAEnabler for Snow.zip For OS X 10.5 for Gigabyte ALC889A, old stuff. Credit to stickpin for making legacy kexts. working with AppleHDA.kext version 1.5.7a24, 1.6.2a37 for ALC889A layout-id = 889 ; 0x00000379 ; 0x79, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00 Legacy_3outs3ins_digital_HDA_headphone.zip Legacy_3outs3ins_digital_regualr_headphone.zip Legacy_4outs3ins_analog_HDA_headphone.zip Legacy_4outs3ins_analog_regualr_headphone.zip You may learn how to edit layout and pathmap to get outputs from these legacy kexts. No front mic available. series_of_legacy_no_front_mic.zip Requirement: OS X 10.5.7 or higher 1.6.8a3 AppleHDA, front mic is not available. layout-id = 885 ; 0x00000375 ; 0x75, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00 HDAEnabler_for_1057.zip This HDAEnabler.kext should be used with 1.6.8a3 AppleHDA.kext. Series_LegacyHDA_1057.zip *****************************************


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CLEGG, Ireland, May 25 (UPI) -- A 64-year-old Irish grandmother locked three suspected thieves into a yard, promised to come back with the key and then called police.
Her daughter says Ann Curtis also got some help from her neighbors in Clegg, County Meath, who gathered in front of the gate before police officers arrived to make sure the men did not escape, the Irish Independent reported.
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon. Clegg said her grandchildren reported seeing a strange car in the yard. She told them to shut themselves in the house and then went out and found three men loading tools into their vehicle.
"I parked a bit away and asked them what they were doing," she said. "When they started giving me cheek, I reversed really fast, got out of the car and managed to get the iron entrance gate closed and padlocked. My hands were shaking."
Her daughter, Marie, said she got there soon after and parked her own utility vehicle in front of the gate. Then about a dozen neighbors arrived.
"Everyone here is hailing mum as a hero. They think she's brilliant," Marie Curtis said. "Everything happened so fast and adrenaline was so high that we didn't think of the dangers."
Police said three men were arrested on suspicion of theft.


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HONOLULU, Hawaii – No. 22 Hawai'i (14-0) used a complete team effort to defeat visiting UC Santa Barbara (7-13) on Saturday afternoon in front of a packed stadium at the Bank of Hawai'i Invitational at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Kaia Parnaby (6-0) tossed a complete game shutout and allowed just three Gaucho hits while striking out nine. She did not allow a walk.
With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Sarah Robinson hit a long ball over the center field fence to give Hawai'i the early 1-0 lead. Jessica Iwata followed with a base hit to left field and then a pitch hit Alex Aguirre to put two runners on base. The Gauchos were able to get out of the inning when Sharla Kliebenstein grounded out to the shortstop.
At the top of the next inning, Kathryn Pilpil posted the Gauchos' first hit of the game with a two-out rolling infield grounder. Parnaby notched her third strikeout of the game to get the third out and to leave the UCSB runner stranded.
The Rainbow Wahine added to their lead early in the bottom of the second inning. With one out, Makani Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu sent a base hit to right field. The UCSB coaches decided to bring in Shelby Wisdom to relieve Andriana Collins, who had pitched a complete game earlier in the day. The freshman ran into trouble immediately as Dara Pagaduan hit a home run off of her first pitch to the left field foul pole, stretching the Rainbow Wahine lead to 3-0.
Wisdom was then called for a series of illegal pitches, which allowed Kelly Majam to walk and then advance all the way to third base. Collins was brought back into the circle and grabbed the second out of the inning when Kayla Wartner grounded out to second base, but Majam was able to tag home on the play, pushing the advantage to four runs.
At the top of the fourth with two outs, Lainey DePompa tallied the Gauchos' second hit with a single to left field. DeJanee Moore followed with a base hit of her own, hit right over the top of Hawai'i shortstop Jessica Iwata. Parnaby, however, managed to hold off the Gauchos as she struck out the next batter.
The Rainbow Wahine added another run at the bottom of the fifth when Majam led off with a solo homer over the right field fence.
It looked as though UCSB was going to face further troubles in the sixth when Leisha Liilii hit a single through the right side with two outs and then a pitch hit Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu. Pagaduan then reached first base on balls to load things up. Collins remained calm and grabbed the third out on a ground out to second base to keep the Rainbow Wahine from doing any further damage.
Collins (3-8) suffered the loss after allowing three earned runs on seven hits. She walked two and struck out two in six innings of work.
The Gauchos will conclude action at the Bank of Hawai'i on Sunday. The seeding for Sunday's games will be determined by the result of Saturday's final game between No. 20 Florida State and No. 22 Hawai'i.


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The $3 million UNCG Softball Stadium became the program's home in the 2006 season.
The complex, located on the site of the old UNCG Softball Field, hosted its first contest on Feb. 22, 2006, when the Spartans welcomed Radford for a doubleheader. Construction of the new facility took a little over a year to complete.
UNCG Softball Stadium will be the home to many events in the future. It already has served as the 2007 Southern Conference Softball Tournament and will host the tournament again in 2013.
On April 10, 2008 UNCG hosted Team USA in an exhibition as USA Softball took on teams throughout the country in its "Bound for Beijing" tour. The game was played in front of a packed house as 1,500 fans attended to see the Olympic team compete.
The complex includes a stadium with 500 permanent seats, a press box, a concession area behind home plate, spacious restroom facilities, a grounds storage building and an indoor hitting facility.
The indoor hitting facility is more than 1,000 square feet and contains two batting cages. It is air-conditioned and heated, allowing the team year-round usage.
The press box, located atop the seating behind home plate, is 360 square feet. It contains two broadcast booths and a main working media area designed to seat 10-12 people. It is also heated and air-conditioned and has phone, ethernet and cable television facilities.
The field itself is a Tiff Sport Bermuda Grass with a 90 percent profile and sand field. The outfield is surrounded by a 10-foot high wall and is 200 feet down the lines and 210 feet to straightaway center field. There is a 10-foot red stone warning track surrounding all sides of the field.
The scoreboard is 420 square feet and sits above the fence in right-center field. The wirelessly controlled system has an inning-by-inning scoreboard display and a LED message board.
The seating structure is also ADA accessible by ramps down both the left and right field foul lines. There is also a ticketing facility in the right field corner.
The field is also lighted for night games. A Musco design, there are six light poles in the configuration providing a minimum of 70 footcandles of illumination in the infield and 50 footcandles of lighting in the outfield.
The dugouts are just as impressive. Totaling over 700 square feet each, they, too, are ADA accessible and include bat-storage racks, restrooms and drinking fountains and have direct access to the bullpen areas in the left- and right-field corners.
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Improved Mobile Broadband Support
Fedora 19 includes a new, more capable version of ModemManager for interacting with mobile broadband devices. This version provides better support for multi-mode devices like Qualcomm Gobi WWAN cards and other devices that support both CDMA/EVDO/LTE and/or GSM/UMTS/LTE simultaneously. To provide this support, the D-Bus API of ModemManager has changed, which may require updates in applications that interact with ModemManager to control WWAN devices.
Many devices will connect and authenticate using the NetworkManager GUI.
nm-cli has added features to configure mobile connections. For more detailed usage information, consult http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/MoreMobileBroadband .
locking the firewall
Dynamic firewall configuration by application can now be locked down completely, or limited to a whitelist. The whitelist can contain commands, users, UIDs, and selinux contexts.
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Configuring firewalld is now possible using high level, human readable language. firewalld's XML rule definitions make advanced configuration easy. For more information, read the feature page at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FirewalldRichLanguage .
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Hand-painted peonies
In a word, gorgeous. Blogger Katie's Pencil Box decided to skip wallpaper and hand-paint her daughter's nursery in this sweet peony pattern. Check out her blog for more inspiring photos.
Vintage plates and frames
A sweet, whimsical nursery with vintage pieces (spotted on Project Nursery).
Scrabble baby
So clever! 'Scrabble'-inspired nursery wall art spotted on the blog Coochicoos.
A sweet baby boy's nursery
We love the combination of blue-and-yellow walls with bright red pom-poms! Check out more photos from this nursery at Fresh Quince Interiors.
Go bold
The simplest way to make a statement with your nursery walls? A solid, unexpected color, like Emily M.'s nursery.
A pop of print
We love this bright, fun print for a baby girl's room. Check out more photos from this nursery on Apartment Therapy.
Map it
Cool idea! Map your child's "roots" on this personalized map ($50 on Etsy).
Thematic mural
This UFO-themed nursery (spotted on AnnieWise.Blogspot.com) pulls out all the stops: An urban mural, adorable alien pillows and lime green accents.
Whimsical butterfly walls
"We had a shoestring budget and really wanted something unique that she could grow into," says mom Dawn S. "I tried to avoid cliche baby colors and get creative with thrift-store finds and DIY projects." Check out more photos of this gorgeous space here.
Incorporate a quote
Not only is this wall fun to look at (love the contrast of neutral stripes with bright yellow!), but the quote has personal meaning. Blogger Team Turn Bow says: "This quote made sense for [my baby boy's] room... [he] hadn't stopped bringing smiles to my face since the day I found out I was pregnant!"
Decoupage tree
Feeling creative? DIY a decoupage tree! Easy instructions on Project Nursery.
Gallery frames
"When we found out that we were expecting a baby girl, I looked at fabric samples until we decided on a peachy/pink and buttery yellow," says kellwood328. "We love how it turned out!" See more photos from her nursery here.
Framed lullabies
Not a fan of complicated wall art? You can still add original touches to baby's room in picture frames. We love this framed lullabies idea, spotted on Project Nursery.
A colorful alphabet
"We kept the gender a surprise," says Homage G. "I wanted to design a fun, eclectic, somewhat-vintage, colorful space." Check out more photos of this nursery here.
Magical mural
This amazing, super-detailed mural was painted freehand! "I liked the idea of letting her dreams float around with dragonflies and fireflies while she slept," says mom Erika B. "I also wanted to make it feel like she was in her own secret meadow."
Add a rustic element
How unexpected is this nursery (as seen on Decor Pad)?
Simple stripes get an upgrade when paired with fun prints. Get more ideas for using stripes in baby's nursery on Chic Cheap Nursery.
Checkered walls
Not only is this nursery gorgeous, but it was also budget-friendly! Mom Anne Marie says: "I created our nursery for under $1,000 using paint and scrap wood leftover from other rooms in the house, refinishing furniture from other rooms and making our bedding and accessories myself."
Modern jungle
Amazing animal-inspired nursery from Pinterest.
Mom & Dad silhouettes
Such an unexpected—but cute—nursery detail: Mom and Dad silhouette pictures (spotted on the blog Lilly's Notebook).
Owl-themed mural
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Tiger's World Challenge heading to Florida in '14
Windermere, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Tiger Woods Foundation announced on Friday that the World Challenge will move to Florida in 2014.
This year's World Challenge will be contested at Sherwood Country Club, December 5-8. Sherwood and Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., are the only two courses the event has been played on in its first 15 years.
When the event shifts to Florida, Isleworth Golf & Country Club will be the host course.
"We have a longstanding relationship with Tavistock Group and my friend, Joe Lewis, and I am thrilled to see it grow in support of our foundations," said Tiger Woods of the group that owns Isleworth. "We've enjoyed 15 amazing years in Southern California, which helped us launch our flagship Tiger Woods Learning Center. It serves as a lasting tribute to the local fans that have supported us year after year. I'm looking forward to this next phase of the World Challenge and what it can bring to Florida."
This year's 18-player field at the World Challenge includes 14 of the top 20 players in the world, along with defending champion Graeme McDowell and reigning PGA Champion Jason Dufner.


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For example, Lions receiver Titus Young went through waivers, and he was claimed by the Rams. Lions defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch, in contrast, will become a free agent. And he can now sign with the Rams, or anyone else he chooses to sign with.
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Brother Builds Sibling a Halo-Inspired Radiator Cover
Well, here's a glowing example of brotherly love. The0ldMan's younger brother expressed a desire to cover up an unsightly and unused radiator within his room with the request it just be something "futuristic". Taking a cue from the angular sci-fi art direction from Halo and Mass Effect, big brother got to convertingthe radiator into a useful bedside console (the furnishing, not the gaming platform) for under $50...
The radiator cover was all planned out in advance using a 3D illustration application.
My brother recently painted his bedroom and asked if I could design and build a radiator cover for him. He wanted it to look futuristic. I came up with this shape because it reminded of something from Halo or Mass Effect, but I don't know exactly what inspired it.
Originally it would have a screen, and I suggested some hexagonal perforated sheet metal, but it's about $100 to get a piece delivered that's big enough to do it seamlessly. Big box stores have perforated sheet metal in 3'x3' sheets, but the cover is over 4 feet wide, so that wouldn't work with the design. And the $100 was out of the budget. But I told him that hexagons would look the most futuristic, and I wanted to light it from inside with some greed LED strips.
Total: $33 for plywood, about $12 for bracket hardware, and some leftover paint. Not bad for a weekend project pieced together by two siblings, and the cover not only covers a non-used eyesore, but provides additional shelf space (here are a few more DIY examples without the gaming motif).
For further information and photos illustrating how this radiator cover was made, check out The0ldMan's Imgur page.
Other radiator posts from our archives:
- 3 Easy Ways to Liven Up Your Radiator
- 7 Ideas For Masking The Radiator
- Make Your Own Radiator Covers for Extra Shelf Space
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Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez: Yamato Dinner Stop!
Justin Bieber and his on-and-off again girlfriend Selena Gomez exit Yamato restaurant together on Friday (November 16) in Encino, Calif.
The "Beauty And A Beat" singer and the 20-year-old actress reportedly didn't end dinner well. Here's how it went down, according to the photographers. Justin and Selena left in separate cars after being inside the restaurant for five minutes. Afterward, Justin headed over to Selena's house, but was denied entry through her gate.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Justin Bieber
The day before, Justin and Selena were spotted reuniting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.


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- "The guard was confused. He stared down at the thin, golden Probe and then at his companion, who said in a slightly dazed voice, 'Yeah, you've just checked them, Marius."
- —The Gringotts guards, confunded by Harry Potter[src]
The Confundus Charm[2] (Confundo[1]) is a charm which causes confusion in a person[1] or even an object, provided it has a mind to be confused.[2] It appears that there are varying degrees of confusion caused by the spell, from simply tricking a person or thing about a specific incident[3] to confusing a person to the point at which they endanger themselves.[4]
The spell seems to be rather difficult to cast, as Severus Snape, a very powerful wizard who could flawlessly perform Nonverbal spell casting, had such trouble with it that he had to "frown in concentration". To cast it, one must point their wand directly at the person or thing that must be confused and incant, "Confundo". If one is casting the charm on multiple targets, they must point their wand at each individual target in turn and incant once for every individual target.
Although the spell carries no light or sound, one can detect if another person has been Confunded (someone who has had this spell cast on them has been "Confunded") only immediately after the spell has been cast; the person will shudder when the spell hits them. It will cause any of varying degrees of confusion, from a simple trick[3] to making a person believe that they have come up with a complex plan when said plan was given to them by the caster.[5]
It can also be used on inanimate objects that have a level of sentience, as Barty Crouch Jr did with the Goblet of Fire, though this was noted to be a difficult task, as the Goblet itself was a powerful magical artefact.[2]
Known uses
|Barty Crouch Jr
|October 1995
|The fake Moody used this charm to fool the Goblet of Fire into accepting Harry's name under a fourth school.
|Hermione Granger
|Hermione used a Confundus Charm on McLaggen during Keeper tryouts in her sixth year.
|Harry Potter
|1 May, 1998
|Cast by Harry on each of the two wizards outside the main entrance of Gringotts.
|Severus Snape
|July 1997
|Snape used this charm on Mundungus Fletcher, suggested by Albus Dumbledore.
|It was speculated that a Confundus Charm had been placed on Dawlish, who was known to be susceptible.
|Ronald Weasley
|Admitted to using the charm on a Muggle driving instructor so that he would pass his driving test.
|Used the Confundus Charm on Amos Diggory while impersonating his niece and carer.
Known practitioners
- Barty Crouch Jr[6]
- Hermione Granger[3]
- Ronald Weasley[7]
- Severus Snape[5]
- Harry Potter[1]
- Albus Dumbledore
- Delphini
Confundus, as well as the incantation Confundo, are derived from the Latin verb confundo (confundo-confudi-confusum-confundere), meaning "to confuse, to perplex."
Behind the scenes
- In the films and video games, the incantation for this charm is Confundus, and not Confundo as it should be.
- Professor Severus Snape theorised to Minister Cornelius Fudge, and tried unsuccessfully to convince Albus Dumbledore into agreeing, that Sirius Black might have cursed Harry Potter and Hermione Granger with this charm; however, this was false, as Black was actually telling the truth. This, however, could merely have been a cover-up to attempt to protect Harry due to his lasting love for his mother, and the reason he did the same for Hermione and Ron may have been would seem odd if only Harry was supposedly Confunded when all three of them attacked him.
- Ronald Weasley used this spell to trick his Driving Examiner into letting him pass his driving test. This may constitute a breach of the International Statute of Secrecy, but it is unknown if Ron faced any repercussions about it. It is possible that it was not considered a breach if no one noticed that magic was used.
- In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander may have cast the charm on a muggle that witnessed his creatures being unleashed from Jacob Kowalski's apartment, though it may have also been a Memory Charm or Memory Modifying Charm. Visually, the spell resembled the mist-like appearance of the Imperius Curse as it appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) (GBA and DS versions)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: Spells
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore (Book Herding on PlayStation Home)
- Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 26 (Gringotts)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 17 (The Four Champions)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 11 (Hermione's Helping Hand)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
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I really wanted a space that felt like a home, that felt lived-in, and comfortable. I walked into this apartment and I knew it would be awesome. It has the feel of a little Parisian garret apartment with high ceilings, white walls, and lots of little quirks.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- The challenge for me was creating separate spaces, so I could go to bed at night and not be able to see the living room or the kitchen. I also tried to be ship-like about it. My sofa becomes a twin bed, my table doubles in size -- I've flipped it longwise and had an eight person dinner party -- and my bookshelf also operates as a night table. I actually had a lot of fun designing it. Working with a small space makes you a lot more consicous about what you bring into it, and so I find I'm really only surrounded by objects that I love.


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A good friend of mine called me up the other day. He sounded panicked.
I asked him what the problem was and he proceeded to tell me that he just had a birthday (it was a round number that started with a four) and he was panicked that he didn't have enough money yet in retirement savings. I tried calming him down. Keep in mind that he owns his home outright-no mortgage- and has about $280,000 split between an IRA and a joint account with his wife. He has a wife who works part time and five kids and is really worried that aside from making a small contribution to his IRA every year he is spending everything he earns, and not saving enough.
I started off by telling him that while he may worry, he is in better shape than 95% of 40 year-olds. After all he owns a home and has a respectable amount of money saved up. With a little tweaking, he should have no problem building enough wealth for a secure retirement. He was aware of the statistics that most Americans don't even have $25,000 invested for retirement, but that didn't make him feel any better. After all he said, "Just because they are irresponsible doesn't mean that I have to be."
For my friend he basically needed to create a budget and save a little bit every month (an extra $250) and max out his IRA contributions. Even if he generates below average returns over the next 25 years he should be fine.
The bigger challenge is for the other 95% of Americans who haven't really started to think about retirement and have hit their 40s. They are in what is called "catch-up" mode. Not all is lost. With some discipline, they too will be able to have a secure retirement, but need to get started ASAP.
Here are three tips that can be taken to get you to where you need to be financially to retire. Before I present these tips, I would like to caution investors against trying to make a fortune by becoming too aggressive with their investments. Recently I met with a do-it-yourself investor that said that after having taken a bath in the market, he decided that to hit his retirement goals, he needed to quickly make back all his money. He then proceeded to make very aggressive investments, and not only didn't he make his money back, rather, he added insult to injury and dropped another 20%.
I can't tell you how often I hear this same story.
While this may not be the most cheery advice, it may be the most effective. Delaying retirement by a few years can be a huge factor in being financially able to retire. By working not only do you push off tapping your retirement funds, but you can keep saving for a couple of more years. According to the Oblivious Investor, Mike Piper, "Whether it's sticking it out for an extra couple of years at your current job or picking up part-time work in a more enjoyable field after leaving your job, retiring later is often the highest-impact thing you can do for your retirement finances. Each additional year of work is one more year to accumulate savings and one fewer year of spending from your savings."
Maximize savings
I can't tell you how many times I hear, "We can't save any more money!" Nonsense. Where there is a will there is a way. If you are backed into a corner and it's either making some tough spending decisions today versus moving in with your children when you finally retire, something tells me that you can forgo the take away chicken once a week. Get back to basics, and figure out what you truly need to live on, and start eliminating some of the excesses.
And there is some good news. As you get closer to retirement there is a good chance that your kids may be out of the house which means that you can save on tuition and food. I can't stress the importance of creating a budget where the first expense item is to "pay yourself first." If you create a disciplined budget with an increase in built in savings, you will be surprised at how much you will be able to sock away. It may not be fun, but you have no choice if you want to be able to retire.
Delay Social Security
While you can start taking Social Security benefits at age 62, for those still working and trying to build savings for retirement income, it pays to wait on taking your benefits until you reach the age of 70. According to Forbes, "You can start drawing early retirement benefits from Social Security at age 62, but it pays to wait, especially if you continue working past that age, and is crucial if you've begun saving late. Delaying the start of Social Security benefits until age 70 can boost the monthly payout by as much as 80%"
I have been a Seattle Seahawks fan since their inception. While everyone now is celebrating their recent Super Bowl win and talking about Richard Sherman and the genius of coach Pete Carroll, I would like to reference a former coach who took an old-school approach to the sport, and his advice was the perfect "tough-love" approach pre-retiree's need to hear. Chuck Knox, used to say, "You have to play the hand you're dealt."
While it may not be how you envisioned your pre-retirement years, if you take the tough, necessary steps now, you can still enjoy a financially independent retirement.
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Academic Integrity
It's almost silly to state the obvious: in the business of educating to learn facts, truth and to gain understanding, a commitment to academic integrity is core. But we realize that well meaning people can have moments when recognizing and making difficult choices is not always clear at the time. Here is our effort to put our immutable commitment to academic veracity and conduct – and our expectations around it – down in black and white.
A community built on principles of Christlikeness sets a very high standard! To put this into human terms, here is what we expect of each of the three broad groups of the university community: faculty, staff, students. To find out what to do in case of a violation, click here.
Lipscomb University students, faculty and staff are responsible for conducting themselves with high integrity, both inside and outside of the academic setting. Having an awareness of what constitutes "academic fraud" is helpful to everyone. Just in case there is any question about how we define violations of academic integrity, here is a list of the key "definitions."
Promoting integrity
Students don't have to go it alone! Lipscomb faculty and staff are always available to discuss issues of academic integrity. In fact, faculty members are encouraged to champion an atmosphere of academic integrity in the classroom in several ways.
Lipscomb University subscribes to a specific process in dealing with violations of academic integrity that begins with the instructor's investigation and can go through to review and action by the university's Integrity Council.


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Lengthy testimony by St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Mary Case on Wednesday highlighted the second day of the murder trial of Waynesville resident Ryan Evans.
Lengthy testimony by St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Mary Case on Wednesday highlighted the second day of the murder trial of Waynesville resident Ryan Evans.
Evans is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 18-month-old Skyler Barrett on Oct. 23, 2006. He is also charged with child abuse resulting in death.
Skyler's father Nick Barrett, his paternal grandparents Jeff and Patty Barrett, and his maternal grandparents Robert and Glenda Meyers, wept as Case indicated on projected autopsy photos the bruises on Skyler's cheek, forehead and scalp that Case said resulted from injuries that killed him.
Under questioning by Prosecutor Susan Boresi, Case said the injuries, in her opinion, caused Skyler's death and were made by "a very forceful impact."
Case testified that the injuries could not have been caused by anything else, including shaking the head, a vitamin K deficiency or rough treatment by paramedics or emergency medical technicians.
Case testified that she examined Skyler's brain about three weeks after he died, and found significant bleeding and major brain damage, which could have been caused only by a forceful impact that caused "differential motion" of the child's skull and brain, meaning that the skull and brain were forced to move in different directions.
Case, who is the medical examiner for St. Charles, Franklin, Jefferson and St. Louis counties, was accepted as an expert witness by the court before testifying.
During a lengthy cross-examination, defense attorney Mark Prugh questioned Case's impartiality, suggesting that she had been called by the prosecution to secure a conviction. Case denied this, saying she is not an employee of any public safety agency and that her only role was to give her opinions about what she observed.
Prugh also questioned Case about what she was getting paid to testify, but Case said she was not getting paid anything to testify in this case.
When Prugh asked her if she had seen Skyler's CT scan, Case replied, "No, but I saw the brain." Case testified that the subdural bleeding would not have shown up on a CT scan, but she said it was visible when she examined Skyler's brain.
Two other doctors also testified. Dr. Robert Lynch, who was director of pediatrics at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital when Skyler was brought there on Oct. 23, 2006, testified that he performed an exam on Skyler and determined he was brain-dead. This was indicated, Lynch said, by Skyler's being totally unresponsive, and a negative blood-flow study. "My determination," Lynch said, "was that Skyler's condition was caused by a sudden traumatic injury to the brain."
Dr. Arturo Montellano, who in October 2006 was a doctor at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, testified that he examined Skyler on Oct. 22, 2006 and found him healthy. He prescribed a suppository and Pedialite and sent him home. Montellano was also on duty in the hospital emergency room on the night of Oct. 23, when Skyler was brought in unresponsive and without a heartbeat. Montellano said he began an IV and administered fluids. Montellano said Skyler's heartbeat restarted, and he was flown to Cardinal Glennon.
Under cross-examination by Prugh, Montellano said he did not remember a nurse named Jeremy Reynolds being in the emergency room, even after Prugh produced testimony from Montellano's Dec. 12, 2008 deposition saying that Reynolds was in the emergency room.
Two law enforcement officers also testified. Bill Anderson, who at the time of the incident was the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department Chief of Detectives, testified that Evans told him that Skyler "got sick" at home after sleeping for 15-20 minutes. Anderson said he never saw Skyler at the hospital.
Donald Hayden, a Pulaski County sheriff's deputy, testified than he saw Skyler in the GLWACH emergency room before he was flown to Cardinal Glennon. Hayden testified that he saw bruises on Skyler's left cheek, on his forehead between his eyes and on the back of his head.
The trial was expected to continue Thursday with more state witnesses.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Katie Spielbauer (Lakeview, Mich.) and freshman Ada Taylor (Durham, N.C.) represented MIT on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) New England Region Team as announced by the organization on Thursday. In addition, Taylor collected Region Freshman of the Year accolades, joining Austin Zimmerman '06 and Alex May '10 on the list of previous honorees for the Cardinal and Gray.
Earlier this week, Spielbauer became the first libero in the history of the NEWMAC to be selected Athlete of the Year while earning her second straight first-team all-conference selection. She leads the NEWMAC in digs (647) and digs per set (5.26) while ranking second in aces (64) and third in aces per set (0.52). She currently stands second in the MIT recordbook for career digs with 1,966 and is seventh in career aces with 185.
Taylor received the Engineers' first Region Freshman of the Year award since 2006 and was the first rookie to collect NEWMAC accolades in four years as she was tabbed to the all-conference second team. She currently ranks third in the country in hitting percentage (.432) and is tied for first in the conference standings for blocks (105).
Spielbauer, Taylor, and the rest of the Engineers return to the court on Friday, Nov. 9 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament where they will face UMass Boston at Connecticut College. First serve is at 5:30 p.m.


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Qualifying play took place Friday at the New Haven Open at Yale at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven. The Melanie Oudin vs. Eva Birnerova match was held up for some time while medical staff evaluated Birnerova who was feeling ill. Birnerova eventually retired in the match due to heat illness. During the break, the ball boys and girls found shade to pass the time. Logan Berke, 13, of Woodbridge, left, waits alone as some of the girls, from left, Natalia Zhiltsova, 13, of Fairfield, Rachel Krug, 15, of Branford, and Tyler Papallo, 14, of Milford pass the time talking.
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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller recently published an opinion that should be good news for school-choice advocates who favor customized education for low-income students. He wrote this week that students opting for the state's voucher program should also be allowed to receive special-education services, if eligible, at their local public school.
This undoubtedly would anger two camps of school-choice opponents: 1) those who believe that private schools accepting voucher-bearing students must offer the same special-education services found at traditional public schools and 2) those who believe that once students leave the public school system, they give up everything it has to offer.
Of course, most choice opponents occupy both camps, and that goes for Indiana Superintendent Glenda Ritz, who this summer asked the attorney general a loaded question: Must a private school participating in the state's voucher program offer special-education services to eligible students who qualify for both a voucher and a new special-education grant the state legislature approved this year?
Zoeller said no, writing in his opinion that private schools might refuse voucher students altogether if they have to administer special-education services...
It has always puzzled me why the Rev. H.K. Matthews hasn't drawn more attention for his support for private school choice. His name may not carry the weight of King, Randolph, or Rustin, but it's doubtful that the civil-rights movement would have quickened in Florida at the pace it did without the sacrifices Matthews made.
Chief among those sacrifices was Matthews' freedom: When he was president of the Pensacola Council of Ministers in the 1960s, he led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters throughout Northwest Florida that led to his arrest—thirty-five times. He was gassed and beaten by police on the march with Martin Luther King, Jr., from Selma to Montgomery, and he was blacklisted from jobs after protesting police brutality in the Florida panhandle. More recently, Matthews helped to lead protesters who bemoaned the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.
So when Matthews calls school choice an extension of the civil rights movement, that assertion ought to at least merit a few high-profile headlines.
At least the Birmingham News recognized the allure of Matthews's position. This week, the News published commentary from Matthews supporting the new Alabama tax-credit-scholarship program and reprimanding the Southern Poverty Law Center...
The Justice Department may be the last major American institution that values racial integration for the sake of integration. Its lawyers have worked to encase aging federal school-desegregation orders in cast iron while families—both white and black—have sought more flexibility, quality schools, and choices as to where their children will attend.
DOJ attorneys may tolerate some flexible plans aimed at voluntary desegregation, such as magnet schools and other forms of public-school choice, but there's one form of choice it seems the Obama Administration and its legal beagles will not accept: private-school vouchers.
Late last week, lawyers with the department's Civil Rights Division petitioned a federal judge in Louisiana to stop the Bayou State's new voucher program from spreading throughout the thirty-plus districts operating under federal desegregation orders. During the 2012-13 school year, Louisiana awarded vouchers to nearly 600 students from these districts, and DOJ asserts that their exit caused thirty-four public schools in thirteen districts to stray from "the desired degree of student racial diversity."
To regain that "desired degree," the department wants vouchers prohibited in court-supervised districts, unless the cognizant judge grants permission. That may be in keeping with the Obama Administration's hostility to private-school choice, but...
Count me among the fans of school choice who looked favorably upon this year's results of the Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)/Gallup poll. (We're a small group.) Yes, for two decades, the PDK/Gallup folks have all but guaranteed a negative response to the "voucher" question ("Do you favor or oppose allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense;" which makes impoverished families who benefit from today's voucher and tax credit scholarship programs sound like a special-interest group). But the poll points to an embrace of parental power elsewhere.
Thirteen months ago, I wrote about the hostility charter-school athletic teams faced across the nation as they sought an equal opportunity to compete against their peers. The impetus for the piece was the story of Friendship Collegiate Academy and their sterling record of winning games and graduating students. While last school year was the first time that schools like Friendship were allowed to compete on an even playing field with their traditional public-school counterparts, this year the schools have received a greater degree of equality and have formed their own league, the Charter School Athletic Association.
This new league, while allowing charters to face one another, will also result in some facing-off against traditional public schools in citywide tournaments and championship games. Some may be quick to dismiss this news as only a sports story, but they ignore the important role sports play within society.
This new league will help D.C.-area charter schools for the following four reasons:
1. Increased visibility for all charters. This league will undoubtedly raise the profile of all regional charter schools as their students compete with their traditional public school peers in soccer, volleyball, basketball, and softball. (The league formed too late for football.) For...
It's good news Wisconsin lawmakers are focusing more on the results of the nation's oldest voucher program. This week, the chairmen of the Senate and Assembly education committees released a plan that, among other things, would rate the performance of private schools enrolling voucher-bearing students and kick the worst schools out of the program.
But, even though this plan has been two years in the making, it needs more time to marinate. It gives state education chief Tony Evers too much control to develop a report card for schools, and Evers has never been shy about his contempt for school vouchers.
The bill, for instance, requires Evers and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop an accountability system that measures schools' achievement in reading and math, records student growth in those subjects, and judges other matters like college and career readiness and "pupil engagement." A report card ranges from "significantly exceeds expectations" to "fails to meet expectations," and private schools that land in the latter category are kicked out of the voucher program.
Let's be clear, it's appropriate for the state to take action against private schools that show consistently poor results in core subjects with their...
This is why it was important for Georgia voters to create an independent authorizer for charter schools.
This week, Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Erroll Davis asked the district's Board of Education to stop approving new charter schools. The reason: Georgia's Supreme Court has yet to decide whether Davis can withhold millions of dollars in tax revenues from charters to help pay off an old pension debt in the district. Until that judgment comes, Davis said he couldn't "in good conscience" further burden the school system "in order to create new schools that will not pay their share."
It must be noted that no charter ever approved by the school district is even partly responsible for this pension debt, which has grown to $550 million. And no charter employee benefits from this pension plan today. Rather, as district leaders have argued in court, charters should share this burden "because it keeps the Atlanta Public Schools fiscally sound."
Those were the words of Charles Burbridge, the school district's chief financial officer, who also testified in open court that he couldn't recommend expanding charter schools in Atlanta "because every expansion of the charter school [sic] would be fewer dollars...
When the news came Thursday that the latest CREDO report showed outsize learning gains at New Orleans charter schools, I recalled the simplicity that Neerav Kingsland used to define his idea of "relinquishment" in public education. In a recent talk with Andy Smarick that appeared on Flypaper, Kingsland, the chief of New Schools for New Orleans, said that relinquishment was based on three principles: 1) educators should operate schools, 2) families should choose among these schools, and 3) government should hold schools accountable for performance and equity.
This is relevant to the CREDO report because New Orleans is practically the only city in the United States that adheres to these principles. By the time CREDO finished its analysis of learning gains in Louisiana, and in New Orleans particularly, nearly 80 percent of all public school students in the Crescent City attended a charter school. Arguably, since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005, a redefinition of public schooling, a rush of entrepreneurial activity, and renewed focus on what makes for a successful charter school have all contributed to the following CREDO findings:
Harvard EdLabs researchers Will Dobbie and Roland Fryer have plunged more deeply into the Harlem Children Zone's Promise Academy, emerging with positive outcomes from this high-performing charter middle school in New York City. Previously, Dobbie and Fryer found that the Promise Academy had closed the black-white achievement gap, as measured by test scores, by the time sixth-grade lottery winners reached the eighth grade. Now the pair has looked to the school's impact on more "medium-term" outcomes such as high school graduation, college enrollment, teen pregnancy, and incarceration—and they have found that the Promise Academy provides a huge human-capital boost. Six years after winning the admissions lottery, Promise Academy students not only score higher on the nationally normed Woodcock-Johnson math achievement tests than lottery losers, but they are more likely to enroll in college, by 24 percentage points. Additionally, female lottery winners are 12 percentage points less likely to become pregnant in their teens, while males are 4 percentage points less likely to be incarcerated. The Harlem Children's Zone social and community-building services are well documented, but Dobbie and Fryer attribute Promise Academy's success to the markers that make it a...
Updated on August 8, 2013
As "school choice" laws go, this one is sloppy and coercive. If a school district in Missouri loses its accreditation (which means, more or less, that it's failing), then its school board must pick an accredited district to which it will send students who want to transfer. Parents may choose a different district, but they'll be responsible for their own transportation. The receiving district can't say no. And when the unaccredited school district gets back its accreditation, the students must return.
This is not like other inter-district enrollment policies, such as the Schools of Choice program in Michigan, where students may attend any neighboring district—for any reason—so long as that district chooses to participate. Most Michigan districts are happy to take additional students and the revenue that comes with them, but residents in the Missouri districts poised to receive more students under the transfer law there have revolted.
There are three unaccredited school systems in the state: Kansas City Public Schools and the St. Louis–area districts of Normandy and Riverview Gardens, all mostly black. Normandy and Riverview Gardens have chosen to bus students to suburban districts, one of which is across the Missouri River...


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TROY - Troy University will launch a new master's program on its Dothan Campus this fall.
The Master of Social Work program will help the region provide needed clinical services in the Wiregrass region and the southern half of the state. The degree is considered the highest degree a student may earn in social work, or a "terminal" degree. Graduates are immediately qualified to sit for the licensure exam.
"This has been 23 years in the making," said Dr. Denise Green, a professor of social work and chair of the department. "It's long been the University's vision to provide social workers for southern Alabama and it fills a need for clinical services in the region."
The program, two years for completion by people without a bachelor's degree in social work or human services and one year for completion by those with the undergraduate degree, will offer two concentrations: direct practice with a focus on military families, and organizational management and leadership. The program is designed to accommodate working students, and will be offered on weekends and evenings.
In addition to the degree program, the University will add five new faculty positions on the Dothan Campus - including two new undergraduate positions, in addition to Green, who serves as the multi-campus director. The University began offering undergraduate programs in social work and human services on the Dothan Campus in 2010, the programs showing a consistent 15 percent per year growth rate.
"Both of the undergraduate degrees are 'working degrees' - when the student graduates, they are trained for work and are able to obtain a job," Green said, adding that social work is a nationally recognized growth field. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a growth rate of 25 percent over a 10-year period.
She said that much of that success - and the demand for the Master of Social Work program - is spurred by community support and direction, much of that through the Dothan Campus Advisory Council consisting of business and civic representatives.
"Friends of Fort Rucker and community agencies were integral to designing and crafting the concentrations of the master's program and an extensive 3 year needs assessment helped us put together the type of program that addresses needs in south Alabama, regionally, nationally and internationally. We will be competitive in the marketplace," Green said.
Added to that input was TROY's unique experience both as a leading supplier of military education and as Alabama's international university.
"Alabama is the nation's fifth-largest National Guard state, as well as hosting Fort Rucker, Maxwell AFB and other military installations. Our direct practice concentration will allow us to train students to deal with military families and their unique requirements," Green said.
The organizational management and leadership concentration speaks to the globalization of U.S. developed social work strategies.
"In China alone, they will need to have 1.4 million social workers by 2020. England, Ireland, India, South American countries, and other nations are asking for U.S. trained social workers. The Peace Corps offers student loan forgiveness for social work majors and the military commission's people for their social work degrees," she said.
TROY social work students routinely complete practicums in military, state, federal and local agencies, in addition to overseas placements in such places as Uzbekistan, China, Europe, and the Peace Corps.
For more information about the Master of Social Work program, visit www.troy.edu. Applications for the program are being accepted now at admissions.troy.edu/graduate.


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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - MIT men's cross country finished third overall at the Plansky Invitational this past Saturday, hosted by No. 20 Williams College at Mount Greylock High School. Sophomore Jake Ruzevick served as Tech's top finisher, closing eighth with a time of 19:28 on the 6000-meter course.
Ruzevick looked in position to win Saturday's race, but a leg injury half-way through the circuit hampered another outstanding performance by the maturing second-year harrier. Josesph Roy-Mayhew crossed the line in 13th place with a time of 19:31, while senior Kevin Brulois ran 19:39 en route to 18th on the individual leader board.
Freshman Johannes Schneider continued to serve as the Engineers' top rookie so far, finishing fourth on the squad in 25th in the meet with a time of 19:48. Sophomore Trevor Rundell ensured that every Tech scorer would clip the 20-minute mark as he capped the scoring in 30th place with a time of 19:57.
The nationally-ranked Ephs won the meet with a score of 19 points. East Stroudsburg finished second in the team standings with 83 points, while MIT scored 94 for a three-point edge against fourth-place Stonehill College. RPI closed out the official team standings, although four other teams competed in the Invitational with partial squads.


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Fleeing to an abbey isn't reallySeonaid Dunbar's first choice. She'd been trained alongside her brother as a Scottish warrior at her father's knee. But runningwas preferable to wedding Blake Sherwell, a man the English court calls "the Angel." Seonaid knows there are no English angels,only English devils—and more than one way to elude a devilish suitor, even if King Henry himself has ordered her to marry him.
Blake believed the next countess of Sherwellwould be sitting at home—embroideringperhaps—as she eagerly awaited his arrival.Instead, she is hiding behind the wallsof a new stronghold and readying herdefenses. To win this battle of wills,Blake will need every weapon at his disposal:swords, sleeping drafts, claymores,sweet words, and passionate kisses. But he has to catch her first . . .
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lynsay Sands "hits all the right notes" (Suzanne Enoch) whether she's penning passionate tales of the Argeneau vampire family or transporting her readers to the Scottish Highlands. In her charming historical romance classic The Chase, a beautiful Highlands hellion flees the handsome "English devil" she's been promised to, and her intended groom realizes that his enchanting prize will be much harder to win than he imagined. Lynsay's loyal readers, as well as fans of Hannah Howell and Kinley MacGregor will adore The Chase…as well as the very sexy capture!