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In the last decade, Mark Lanegan has been nearly as busy as Rihanna, providing vocals on numerous tracks and albums with an indie-rock-leaning pedigree. Since the break-up of his great Seattle band Screaming Trees in the '90s, Lanegan has brought his gravel-coated vocals to collaborations with Isobel Campbell, Greg Dulli, PJ Harvey and Queens of the Stone Age, among many.
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Despite the title, there's only a smattering of blues on "Blues Funeral." Working with producer and multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes, he tries to vary the pacing and the musical palette with mixed results. The rhythms stretch from the rock stomp of "Riot in My House" to the electro pulse of "The Gravedigger's Song." "Quiver Syndrome" tries on some of the glam-rock flamboyance of Roxy Music. "Deep Black Vanishing Train" goes for a paisley chamber-pop vibe. "Ode to Sad Disco" unearths Lanegan's previously undetected passion for melancholy electronic music. The track wouldn't have sounded out of place on an early '80s Spandau Ballet album.
"Blues Funeral" goes down as an experiment that is only partially successful. and the lyrics fall short of even that modest standard. Lines such as, "The moon don't shine on Saturday's child/Lying still in Elysian fields," strain for poetry but end up just sounding silly. Lanegan remains a master of mood, his baritone croon one of rock's most inviting instruments. But even that voice can't patch over the weak spots on this inconsistent album.


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In our last installment, we covered the engine, drivetrain, and brakes. we are busy working on the many remaining tasks for our project, but we thought we would cover one aspect of the interior that has drawn quite a bit of interest lately. There will be more on other interior features in a later installment.
If you like the style, comfort, and the ability of newer seats to grace your bottom in the manner to which it has now become accustomed, you may be considering upgrading/changing your seats. While there are aftermarket seats available, many folks prefer to use as many Corvette components as possible when modifying their cars.
Installing C5 seats is becoming a popular way to achieve those goals, but getting them to fit and mount correctly can be an issue. Having gone through that recently, we thought we would share the approach we took to install them in a '63 coupe. We found some C5 seats on eBay, and the ones we have seen range from nearly new and perfect to those that will require reupholstering. The ones we found were a little worn, but since we planned to reupholster them anyway, there was no need to pay the price for perfect seats.
We chose to eliminate the power seat motors in order to lower the seats, eliminate the weight and wiring involved, and simplify the installation. To remove the power mechanism requires removing the seat bottom upholstery and foam in order to get at the four mounting bolts. At least that's what we did since we couldn't figure out a way to get at the bolts easily as they go into the power unit from the top of the seat frame. It isn't difficult at all, and you can put things back the way they were by reinstalling the hog rings at the rear of the seat and retightening the drawstring used to secure the seat-bottom upholstery.
For the installation, the main issues that need to be addressed are: seat height, seat rake, mounting, adjustability, and upholstery color match.
Seat Height: Installing C5 seats with their power adjusters in place can raise the height enough that you can hit your head on the ceiling of a coupe. The mechanism also weighs about 20 pounds each so you can save 40 pounds by eliminating them. If you want to retain the power feature, another approach is cutting and lowering the floors, but we didn't want to go that route.
On a convertible, you might find the seat headrests taller than you like, although we don't believe they are much taller than a midyear with the headrest option once the power seat assembly has been removed. If that is an issue for you, the seatbacks could be cut down somewhat to a height you prefer. If so, you will also likely have to move the seatback lock to a lower position. In a coupe, we didn't find height to be an issue.
Seat Rake: We found it helpful to raise the front of the seats so the angle of the seat bottom will help keep us in place and avoid the feeling of sliding forward.
Mounting: There are two areas to address here: Manual seat tracks can be fitted to the C5 seat frames, and the seat tracks need to be securely mounted to the floor.
Adjustability: Even without the power motors, the C5 seats retain their seatback adjustment. Most folks will also want to be able to adjust the forward and rearward position.
Seat Upholstery: You may be able to find seats which are fine; we've seen many on eBay. If you're lucky you might even find them in the right color to match your interior. If not, there are stock upholstery kits from a variety of sources, or you could go the custom route.
Seat Height: Replacing the power units with manual seat tracks from a '75-'77 Corvette will lower the seats enough to allow sufficient head room. These are usually readily available, and we found them on eBay. Other years may also work.
Seat Rake: we found that making four "risers" gives the right angle to make the seat bottom comfortable and hold you in place. These are positioned at the four C3 seat track mounting points for each seat. The front risers we used are 1 & 1/4-inches tall and the rears are only 1/4-inch tall. Depending on your height and personal preference, you may want to experiment to achieve the rake that feels best to you. All four are angled at 4 degrees to allow for the angle of the seat tracks. We used 1-inch-diameter solid aluminum for the risers. Each riser has a 3/8-inch hole in the center for the mounting bolts, which are 3/8-inch x 6 Allen (socket) head bolts. The front bolts are 2-inches long, and the rears are 1 inch in length.
The seat risers also provide another function by allowing the clearance needed for the mechanical adjuster mechanism arm on the seat track, as well as clearance for the cables used for the seatback adjustment.
Mounting: There are two areas requiring mounting: the manual seat tracks to the seat frames and the seat tracks to the car floor. The former is accomplished using the risers and bolts mentioned previously. The locations of the new holes you need to drill and tap are shown in the accompanying diagram. Basically, you need to drill and tap two new holes at the front underside of the seat frames, which are 1 & 9/16-inch in from the outer edge of the seat frame and spaced 14 & 3/4 inches from the rear mounting holes. The rear mounting holes use two of the holes now occupied by the innermost rivets that are at the rear of the seat frame. The easiest way to remove the rivets is to use the appropriate size punch and drive the inner portion of the rivet inward. Then, drill the rivet center with a 1/4-inch drill bit to remove some of the rivet head and cut the head of the rivet off using a sharp chisel. The inner portion of the rivet will go inside the seat framerail, but those pieces can be extracted through the center hole in the crossbrace. We used a vacuum to suction them out. Then we drilled the hole with a 5/16-inch drill bit and tapped the holes for the 3/8-inch x 16 socket bolts.
Once we had the seat tracks mounted, we installed the seats in the car to get the position we wanted, making sure we had the seat tracks fully to the rearward position and marked the holes we will need to drill through the floor. Midyears have a steel plate riveted underneath to accept the stock seat mounting bolts, but we found the holes didn't line up, and we preferred to increase the thickness of the mounts. We made three new plates for each seat from quarter-inch-thick steel, which were bonded to the underside of the floor. A single front plate is used for both front seat track bolts and measures 17-inches long by 1 & 1/4-inches wide. Two smaller plates were used for the rear seat track bolts to better fit the contour of the floor which measures 3 & 1/2-inches square.
Adjustability: With the seats and seat tracks in their proper position, we now have full fore and aft travel. We also have the seatback adjustment to get the seatback at a comfortable angle. Since we have already set the seat rake, we now have comfortable and supportive seats that also fit and look great in our midyear.
Seat Upholstery: In our case, the seats we found were worn, but we needed to change to match the colors we are using anyway. We purchased nine full leather hides of two tones of grey to achieve a more modern look. But we wanted to retain the same basic '63 patterns and style for the seats and door panels. We also had our logo digitized and embroidered on the seat headrests.
As usual, there are many ways to go about any project, and you may find your own method for this installation. After looking at a variety of methods, we found this approach gave us the height, comfort, and adjustability we wanted.
Although we have test fitted the seats, we aren't at the point where the interior is ready for our final seat installation. In the meantime, we hope the accompanying photos and descriptions are helpful if you are considering installing C5 seats in your midyear.
As we write this, we have 90-plus items remaining on our latest punch list, so we've a long ways to go on our project. We hope you've enjoyed what you've seen thus far.

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Cosmo Cricket was founded by artists Eric & Julie Comstock in 2006. Moore joined the company a short time later, taking charge of its sales operations. The company is known for its bright, graphic designs with a retro influence, a departure from Advantus's current design portfolio.
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Notice of public meeting; reopening of the comment periods.
This document reopens the comment periods and announces a public meeting on the subject proposed airworthiness directives (ADs) that would apply to Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 402C, 411, and 411A, and 414A airplanes. The proposed ADs would supersede existing ADs and would require you to repetitively inspect the wing spar caps for fatigue cracks with any necessary repair or replacement on all airplanes and incorporate a spar strap modification on each wing spar on certain airplanes. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss technical issues and proposed corrective actions related to our determination that AD actions are necessary to prevent wing spar cap failure due to undetected fatigue cracks. Such failure could result in loss of a wing with consequent loss of airplane control. We are reopening the comment period to facilitate collection and consideration of data that concerns the technical issues. We are also seeking information about possible corrective actions other than those in the proposed ADs.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold the public meeting on March 3 and 4, 2004, starting at 9 a.m. both days, at the Hilton, Washington Dulles Airport, in Herndon, Virginia.
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on the first day of the meeting.
We must receive any comments on these proposed rules on or before April 5, 2004.
We will hold the public meeting at the Hilton, Washington Dulles Airport, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, Virginia 20171.
If you are unable to attend, you may mail comments (clearly marked with the docket numbers) to FAA, Central Start Printed Page 3866Region, Office of the Regional Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket No. 2002-CE-05-AD and Docket No. 2002-CE-57-AD, 901 Locust, Room 506, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. You may view any comments at this location between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also send comments electronically to the following address: email@example.com. Comments sent electronically must contain "Docket No. 2002-CE-05-AD and Docket No. 2002-CE-57-AD" in the subject line. If you send comments electronically as attached electronic files, the files must be formatted in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows or ASCII text.
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- For Requests to Present a Statement at the Meeting: Contact Marv Nuss, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4117; facsimile: (816) 329-4090; e-mail: email@example.com.
- For Questions Regarding the Proposed ADs: Contact Paul Nguyen, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone: (316) 946-4125; facsimile: (316) 946-4107.
- For Requests for Special Accommodations: Contact Barbara Pisaro, FAA, Aircraft Certification Service, 800 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-3827; facsimile: (202) 267-5364.
Participation at the Public Meeting on the Proposed ADs
What must I do to make a presentation at the meeting? If you would like to make a presentation at the meeting, make your request to FAA no later than 10 days prior to the meeting. Submit these requests to Mr. Marv Nuss as listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. You must include a written summary of your presentation with a time estimate of your presentation.
Will FAA prepare an agenda? We will prepare an agenda for this meeting. To accommodate all presenters, we may allocate less time for your presentation than you requested. If you request to present after the deadline, we will schedule your presentation as time is available. However, your name may not appear on the agenda.
What if I need special equipment? You should include in your presentation request any special audiovisual equipment that you need. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
Why has the FAA proposed airworthiness directive (AD) action (AD Docket Nos. 2002-CE-05-AD and 2002-CE-57-AD) on the wing spars of the Cessna 400 series airplanes beyond what is already currently required? The following briefly summarizes why we are proposing AD actions on this subject. For more detailed information, reference the notice of proposed rulemakings (NPRMs), Docket No. 2002-CE-05-AD (68 FR 26239, May 15, 2003) and Docket No. 2002-CE-57-AD (68 FR 26244, May 15, 2003):
- The FAA has service history of cracks in the wing spars of numerous airplanes since the late 1970s. The most recent was a fatal wing separation accident in 1999.
- Fatigue analysis performed by Cessna and the FAA shows that the wing spars of Cessna 400 series airplanes could fail if not modified.
- The primary safety concern is that once a crack starts in the spar cap, it grows to critical length before it can be detected by current nondestructive inspection (NDI) methods. At the critical length, the crack is still under the fastener head.
- The NDI methods used by current AD and maintenance programs are not detecting fatigue cracks and other damage. Cessna reported only one instance where cracks were detected using NDI procedures. There are other reported instances where cracks were detected visually in the wheel well area on the aft flange.
- The problem with visual inspections is the access doubler flanges cover a large percentage of the forward spar flange. This limits the effectiveness of the visual inspections.
Will we have an additional opportunity to comment while FAA plans the public meeting? Yes. Based on the content of the comments and the interest in the rules expressed by various operators and other interested persons, we have determined that the comment periods for the NPRMs should be reopened in order to seek additional data.
The comment periods will remain open until April 5, 2004, which is approximately one month after the public meeting.
Proprietary Data
Will I be able to obtain a copy of Cessna's fatigue analysis at this meeting? No, although some of the information in the analysis will be discussed. Specific portions of the data used in the analysis are considered proprietary. The Trade Secret Act (18 U.S.C. section 1905) prohibits the disclosure of such data. The requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) do not allow us to bypass the Trade Secret Act.
Because ADs address unsafe conditions associated with aeronautical products, we routinely evaluate proprietary data to determine if AD action is necessary. In determining whether we should include such material in the Rules Docket, FAA applies the standards developed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. section 552); in particular Exemption 4 (section 552(B)(4). Exemption 4 protects "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential."
When data is determined to meet the standards above, we do not place them in the Rules Docket. We retain them in a separate file that is not released to the public.
Cessna's fatigue analysis meets the requirements of proprietary under the Trade Secret Act and Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Public Meeting Procedures
What procedures should I follow for this public meeting? If you plan to attend the public meeting, please be aware of the following:
- There is no admission fee or other charge to attend or participate in this meeting. You are responsible for your own transportation and accommodations for the meeting. The meeting is open to all who requested in advance to present or who register on the day of the meeting. This is subject to availability of space in the meeting room.
- FAA representatives will conduct the meeting. We will have a panel of technical experts and managers to discuss information on the subject.
- The public meeting is intended as a forum to:
- Resolve questions that concern the approach used in our determination that AD action is necessary; and
- Seek additional data and supporting methodologies from industry, the general public, and operators. You must limit your presentation and submittals to data of this issue.
- The meeting will allow you to present additional information not currently available to FAA and an opportunity for FAA to explain to you the methodology and technical Start Printed Page 3867assumptions that support our conclusions.
- FAA experts, industry, and public participants are expected to hold a full discussion of all technical material presented at the meeting. If you present conclusions on this subject, you must submit data that supports your conclusions. All data will be part of the Rulemaking Dockets.
- We will try and accommodate all speakers. In order to do this, we may need to limit the time for presenters.
- We can make sign and oral interpretation available at the meeting, as well as an assistive listening device. If you need this assistance, make your request to FAA at least 10 days prior to the public meeting.
- A court reporter will record the discussions of the meeting. We will place the transcript of the meeting in the Rules Dockets. If you would like to purchase a copy of the transcript, you must contact the court reporter directly. We will provide further information at the meeting.
- We will review and consider all material presented. Position papers or materials that present views or information related to the proposed ADs may be accepted at the discretion of the presiding officer and placed in the Rules Dockets. The FAA requests that you provide 10 copies of all materials for distribution to the panel members. You have the choice on whether you want to present copies of the material to the audience.
- Panel member statements are intended to facilitate discussion of or to clarify issues. The FAA will consider comments made at this meeting before making a final decision on the issuance of any airworthiness directive.
- The meetings are designed to solicit public views and more complete information on the proposed ADs. Therefore, we will conduct the meeting in an informal and nonadversial manner.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on January 15, 2004.
Dorenda D. Baker,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
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(AFP) Liam Neeson's return as ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills in "Taken 2" easily topped the North American box office on its opening weekend, industry figures showed Monday.
The film, whose prequel relaunched Neeson as a Hollywood action star four years ago, took in a healthy $49.5 million between Friday and Sunday, said movie tracker Exhibitor Relations.
The plot in "Taken 2" sees Mills kidnapped in Istanbul by the family of the Albanian gangsters who he killed when searching for his daughter, played by Maggie Grace, in "Taken." This time round, Grace searches for Mills.
In second place this weekend was "Hotel Transylvania," where animated monsters become Dracula's guests, taking in $27.1 million -- down from the top spot one week ago.
"Pitch Perfect," a teen comedy-musical, was in third, up three places, with $14.8 million in takings.
In fourth place, with $12.1 million, was "Looper," a mob movie starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, just ahead of "Frankenweenie," Tim Burton's latest effort, which earned $11.4 million.
Cop drama "End of Watch" with Jake Gyllenhaal was in sixth place, down from third, on lowly takings of $4 million, followed by Clint Eastwood's "Trouble with the Curve," about a baseball recruiter losing his sight, on $3.8 million.
Fright flick "House at the End of the Street" brought in just less than $3.8 million this weekend, falling to eighth spot from fifth, while "The Master," about the rise of a religious leader in the United States in the 1950s, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, earned $1.9 million in ninth place.
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My Coleman NorthStar Dual Fuel InstaStart Lantern Flickers. It goes from 100% brightness down to about 80% (perceived) and back to 100%. Its very distracting. This has happened with two brand new lanterns that I bought several years apart. I returned the first one because of it and thought Id try again in case i got a defective copy the first time. Ive tried different pressure settings, different levels in the fuel tank, new Coleman fuel bought at two different locations, unleaded fuel, different ambient temperatures. Ive taken them apart and they are clean and free of obstructions. Well of course they are... they are brand new. I searched several times and couldnt come up with any answers, but noted that several others have reported the same problem. I called Coleman and they advised me to run it with half fuel in the tank. I told them this didnt help the situation and they didnt have an answer. I wonder if this is simply a design flaw. Maybe most people dont notice the flickering or it doesnt bother them, so they dont report it. Ive read hundreds of positive reviews and some negative because of the flickering beam. I have several other duel mantle coleman fuel lanterns and none of them do this.
I live at 3000 above sea level and wonder if the higher altitude causes it to run to rich. I could try running a different generator to make it run leaner but dont know if any others could be modded to fit or swap in directly. Am I one the right track here to curing flickering? I also thought about shielding a portion of the generator to see if that helps. Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated. I really want to like this lantern because of the huge light output and convenience, but the unstable flame is so annoying and distracting.


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PowerColor R9 290X PCS+ Review
PowerColor R9 290X PCS+ Introduction:
Over the years, PowerColor has started really delivering some high performance video cards that are not in the mold of the rest of the crowd. Just about every AMD partner has their own custom card with enhanced cooling and special power circuits. PowerColor currently is the only one to push a factory overclocked and liquid cooling equipped card out the door as the LCS cooling solution. Having looked at a few of these in the past I can say the cards' cores are highly binned to get the highest performing parts under the water blocks. Most recently the HD 7970 LCS showed great overclocking results that put many a card to shame.
The LCS cards are great, but the vast majority of users are going to look for an air cooled solution and that's where the PCS+, or Professional Cooling System, comes into its own. Over the past year I have seen PowerColor really expand its high performance air cooling solutions on cards like the Devil 13 and most recently the Devil R9 270X. By creating a quiet cooling solution that effectively discharges the thermal load from the cores, you get a cooler running card that lasts longer. On top of the cooling solution you get all the benefits of an all-digital 5+1+1 phase power circuit and PowerColor's own Gold Power Kit components.
Priced at $649, the R9 290X PCS+ is a factory overclocked beast that is sure to deliver the gaming FPS you need with the visual quality you want. How will it fare when compared to a couple of other R9 290X cards, as well as the best from the green team? Let's find out.
PowerColor R9 290X PCS+ Closer Look:
The external packaging for the R9 290X PCS+ is all-black, with the PCS+ logo highlighted in metallic red across the center of the front panel. The upper right has a Win 8 UEFI ready logo, while along the bottom edge you get a few of the specifications and the GCN feature set. The back side goes into detail on the Gold Power Kit, showing that PowerColor uses a digital PWM and 5+1+1 phase power circuit using DirectFET technology. Additionally you get information on the PCS+ cooling solution with a breakaway view of the cooler. PowerColor states we should see a 24% improvement in cooling performance with a 17% reduction in noise level when compared to the reference design. Seen on a store shelf, the PCS+ logo stands out as a simple yet effective design.
Right out of the sleeve the inner package is filled with a foam insert that holds the R9 290X PCS+ and the included accessory bundle. The foam is rigid enough to prevent movement, but not so rigid as to cause damage during transit. The accessory bundle is slim with only the driver and software disc, installation manual, and a 6-pin PCIe to 8-pin PCIe power adapter.
On paper the R9 290X PCS+ should deliver best in class cooling and FPS performance with the big factory overclock straight from PowerColor. Before we get to the performance numbers, let's look at what makes the PowerColor PCS+ tick.


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text: WR Isaiah Ford of Jacksonville, FL has had an offer from USC since his tenth grade year and the Gamecocks are keeping in touch. He talked with recruiter Steve Spurrier Jr. a few days ago. "I like him a lot," Ford said. "He was telling me to keep working hard, stay in the weight room and the class room. He said I'd play the role (Alshon) Jeffery played. South Carolina is at the top of my list, if I did have one." Ford has not been to any junior days. He was invited to USC, Florida and Florida State for junior days but couldn't make it. He does plans to visit USC, North Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Ohio State. All but Florida have offered. He does not have a favorite. Last season Ford had 45 catches for 700 yards and 14 touchdowns.


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Josh Bonneau use to laugh at his friends who were wrestlers.
Josh Bonneau use to laugh at his friends who were wrestlers.
While Bonneau was working out for football, Frank Mayo was dripping with sweat after wrestling practice.
"I always saw Frankie Mayo's shirt and how much he sweat and I thought that was nuts," said Bonneau. "I definitely thought wrestling was a crazy sport. I didn't know much about it, but I didn't know why people did it."
Less than two years later, Bonneau walks the halls of Minisink Valley High and is recognized for his wrestling achievements.
Bonneau's fourth-place state medal at 220 pounds tied him for the seventh-best finish in the school's history, which spans more than 40 years.
"They definitely know I'm a wrestler," Bonneau said of his peers. "They talk about how I placed in the states."
Bonneau's drive to improve every practice and every match is an inspiring story in a sport that will be eliminated from the Olympics after 2016.
His life changed when Minisink Valley wrestling coach Kevin Gallagher, also head of the school's football program, persuaded him to get on the mat his junior year. Gallagher has converted football players into average or slightly above-average wrestlers before, but none has taken such gigantic steps in such a short period of time as Bonneau.
"He had one of all-time great years in our school," Gallagher said. "His enthusiasm for the sport is contagious. He's like the poster child for our program right now. Fourth in the state, wrestling in an all-star tournament, wrestling in college. All of this in less than two years!"
Earlier this month, Bonneau competed in the Pinning Down Autism in West Orange, N.J.
Bonneau's first season didn't go so well, however, going 22-18 as a junior.
"I didn't hate wrestling, but I hated how I lost a lot," said Bonneau, the Varsity 845 wrestler of the year. "I hate losing. I hated how I lost more than anyone on the team. I was going to come back and come back strong and try to be a factor in the section."
Bonneau tried to muscle his opponents in his first year. He needed to add some technique. So twice a week in the summer, Bonneau traveled to SIR Wrestling in Lafayette, N.J., to work out.
"He really wanted to get better," said Raccioppi, a sophomore 126-pounder. "He just went right in there and started to improve tremendously."
Heavyweights in New Jersey had a different style.
"They rode legs and it gave me a different outlook on how to defend them and it helped me out this season," Bonneau said.
Bonneau improved by 23 wins as a senior. He led Minisink Valley with 45 victories, including his first section title and a third-place finish at the Eastern States, the best finish by a Minisink Valley wrestler at the prestigious tournament since Ross Hansen took second in 2008. Making Bonneau's accomplishments even more impressive was his weight — 203 — about 17 pounds lighter than most of his competition.
"He's a gifted athlete," Gallagher said. "He fell in love with the sport. He's competitive. I have him in my physical education class and he wants to win in badminton. He has that competitive drive in anything he does and he's as hard of a worker as we've ever had."
Bonneau is only the second athlete to earn first-team Varsity845 honors as a football player and wrestler — Newburgh's Marcus Spearman did it in 2008-09. The wrestling all-star team began in 2009.
Football was Bonneau's favorite sport until he discovered wrestling. Now Bonneau is leaning toward wrestling in college. Division III Johnson & Wales and junior colleges Nassau and Jamestown are possible landing spots. More schools could be in the mix, too, after Bonneau competes in the Senior Nationals in early April at Virginia Beach, Va.
"I'm going to try and make a decision soon," Bonneau said. "Either way, I'm going to miss one of the sports. But I like wrestling a lot. I'm figuring I just started getting into it and what can I accomplish later in life. It's so fun now. Football, I've been playing since I was 8 and sometimes, it wears out."
The sport he once thought was a joke continues to grow on Bonneau.


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Sundry Bits
I know, I know. I've been away from the bloggy-verse for too long. Longer than I intended.
I've missed you.
I've been busy and inspired and...busy.
I have so many random things floating around in my head to tell you about.
(and we're NOT going to talk about the raging inferno of a heat wave outside my door and likely yours too.)
Where to even begin?
1) I know you love to read as much as I do, thus, prepare to love me for telling you about THIS site--> www.bookholder.com Life changing, I tell you. LIFE CHANGING.
2) Would you like some free storyboard templates? Yes? (trust me, you do. You'll thank me later for this site too) Go here--> http://www.printablepaper.net/category/storyboard
|but there are LOTS to choose from.
3) I've long been obsessed (and have done many posts on them) with vardo caravans.
I dream of having one in my backyard as my own little
|très romantique, no?
|source via flickr gipsy bazar
|click on photo to see larger
|Fantastical! Are you not inspired to write in one of these?
|LOVE this bohemian purple a green...pretty!
|don't you want to write in here?
|My dogs and cat would *love* hanging out here with me!
|Love love love the pillowed swing... and fire pit
|*LOVES* *drools* *NEEDS*
|click to see larger...and droolage.
Yeah. I'll stop now.
4) I've received many emails and tweets asking for pictures and such from our vacation. First, let me say the timing of going to Harry Potter World right before the final movie was perfection. It amped the excitement and immersed us deep into Harry's world.
|The outside of Hogwarts..inside is the BEST ride EVER: The Forbidden Journey.
Worth the price of admission just for this ride alone.
|my daughter and my husband (on right) and random strangers (on left)
|daughter wishing she had her invitation to Hogwarts
|daughter wishing she could buy Hermione's dress. (sadly, it's just a display; not for sale)
|daughter with Belle inside the castle.
|husband with Aurora inside castle
5) Thank you JK Rowling for giving us Harry Potter. It has been an amazing journey.
|Neville saves the day!
If these don't inspire you to dream big, to create new fantastical worlds, I don't know what will.
Tell me about your dreams. I care about them.
Know this: I love you. I love you for being my friend, for loving words and creating worlds and for understanding why I love words and creating worlds.
Thanks for being in THIS world. *hugs*
61 comments:
- Heather said...
So many fantastic pictures, wow! It looks like you had a great time. And I would totally love one of those adorable caravans as a writing cottage. Cool idea! So glad to have you back. :)
- July 23, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- Carol Riggs said...
Rah for Harry Potter. I saw the movie on Thursday, very cool. And I LOVE those gypsy caravan photos!!! Thanks for sharing those. Now I want one!
- July 23, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- Carla White said...
Those gypsy beds look so comfy I think I'd just take too many naps in there and not get any writing done. But, the one by the water with the big, winding tree would be my ideal spot for writing and the mist just adds to the fantastical element. Love it! The colours are fabulous, too.
Looks like you had a fun vacation - hope it was relaxing too.
- July 23, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Sarah said...
I want to live in a gypsy caravan!
- July 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Linda G. said...
Lola! You're back! And with so many lovely piccies, too. Your vacay looks looks like it was truly fantastic. :)
And now I want a gypsy caravan. *sigh*
- July 23, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Sophia Richardson said...
I wouldn't have thought they'd be so big inside! I'm with you on the caravan love; between Danny Champion of the World and The Name of the Wind, they just seem like such cosy, bohemian homes.
- July 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Old Kitty said...
Hi Lola!! Loved the many shots of these fairytale romantic and sumptious gypsy caravans!!!! They are very very very pretty!!!
Your daughter is beautiful and yay for your hubby!!! Awww that's Belle and Aurora!!!!! Yay!!!! And yay for Ms Rowling too!!
Have a great weekend - great to hear from you!!! Take care
- July 23, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
The photos are awesome. Really good to hear from you, Lola!
- July 23, 2011 at 5:42 PM
- Lola Sharp said...
Y'all are sweet to stop by here on a Saturday. Thank you. <3
Wouldn't it be shiny if we ALL had a gypsy caravan? I think we should start a movement. The magical bohemian gypsy writer's caravan movement.
I swear to you, one day I WILL own one and it will be magnificent.
And, thanks Alex.
- July 23, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Lola Sharp said...
OK--you are always so delightful. Thank you for the kind words about my daughter. *hugs*
- July 23, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- Lisa said...
How I've missed you!
The photos are lovely. I'm glad your family had a wonderful time.
Now, who are these people with gypsy wagons and why don't I know them?
- July 23, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Summer Frey said...
If you get one of those, one day you will come out and find that I have taken up residence in it, with my Romanian gypsy lover Sebastian. (True story: I went to college with 2 guys from Romania, and one day I mentioned something about gypsies to one of them, and he was very anti-gypsy. Sadness.)
- July 23, 2011 at 10:37 PM
- Eliza Tilton said...
yup, I want on a gypsy caravan now
- July 24, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Elliot Grace said...
...gypsy caravans, you don't say?
Then surely you're a fan of Gaiman's "Stardust," and all the magical fervor surrounding those whimsical travelers ;)
Happy Weekend, Lola!
- July 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Sarah Ahiers (Falen) said...
omg. i TOTALLY need a gypsy caravan now!
- July 24, 2011 at 12:51 PM
- Samantha Vérant said...
Belle doesn't look real! Is she made of wax??? Oh, and Gypsy caravans? I don't mean to let you down, but here in France...Yeah, pretty much RVs in RV parks. The ones you posted are absolutely MAGICAL!!!!!
- July 24, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Laura Marcella said...
Love love love those gypsy caravans!!! Everyone needs one of those in her backyard!
- July 24, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Jeff King said...
I would love to have a gypsy caravan in my back yard… I would use it to write in, that would be awesome.
- July 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
LOVE those caravans! We only had 2 creative writing assignments in my school years. For the first I wrote a story centered around a gypsy caravan! It was ridiculously sappy and sentimental. I don't have a copy of it (I wish I did!) but I remember it well. Thanks for the memories :)
- July 24, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- James Garcia Jr said...
Wow, great photos. Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. Lovely family!
As for dreams, I find that I have been living it for the past year and a half. I never thought I would be published...ever. Very soon it will be happening for the second time, and that's not even counting all of the magazine articles and posts that I have been writing. I went from having no one reading my words to having people do it on a weekly basis.
In the end, however, the best part of the whole thing will probably prove to be my meeting of wonderful people like you, Lola.
Have a great week.
- July 24, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Sarah Allan said...
What great pictures, and it sounds like you had a fabulous vacation! I can't wait to get to HP world at some point.
- July 24, 2011 at 10:11 PM
- Michelle said...
I love the name of your blog.
I love love love those wagons.
Such an inspiring post. thank you x
- July 25, 2011 at 6:12 AM
- Michelle said...
I love the name of your blog.
I love love love those wagons.
Such an inspiring post. thank you x
- July 25, 2011 at 6:13 AM
- Christa said...
Okay, now I'm obsessed with gypsy caravans...Can I live in one? Hmm...might take a bit of convincing of the man. Great pics, Lola.
- July 25, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Kelly said...
Holy gypsy caravans! I'm not sure I've seen one before today and now I've seen fifty! :) Beautiful!
LOVE your vacation pics! I want to go to HP world so badly! Your family is beautiful, and I'm so glad you got to share such a wonderful vacation with them!!
- July 25, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- Sara McClung ♥ said...
A gypsy cottage sounds AMAZING. I totally want one too now.
Also? Alan Rickman/Snape still brings tears to my eyes. Just seeing his picture.
Glad you had fun in HP World! Someday I'll get there, I swear...
- July 25, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Regina said...
I adored those gypsies cottage pictures. They are something very amazing.
- July 25, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- JEM said...
Lola! I missed you. And those caravans are AMAZING writing places. I totally want one, especially if I can have an awesome backyard like that one picture. Although can you call it a backyard when it's just nature? I'm pretty sure I'm living in the wrong place. My backyard is made of fence...how can I dream?
- July 25, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for sharing all of the pictures. Too cool!
Welcome back!
- July 26, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Heather said...
I love those pictures! And I saw HP 4 times in a week! It's not enough!
- July 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- Lisa Potts said...
O.M.G. Can we talk about the uber awesomeness of those gypsy caravans? I have never seen the INSIDE of one. I think you've given me a new obsession.
And HP? It almost feels like a death in the family. My oldest is reading all of them again *wipes tear from cheek*.
Love you too, sweetie!
- July 27, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Shelley Sly said...
Lola! Sorry to comment so late, but I'm so happy to see you in the blogosphere! I love the photos of your vacation, and those pictures of the gypsy caravans are really pretty and inspiring. Your posts are always fantastic. I love coming here! Thanks for being so wonderful! :D
- July 27, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Ella Press said...
I want to write a story with a gypsy caravan now.
And you love HP, which instantly makes you my new friend. OK? OK.
- July 28, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Lola Sharp said...
Thanks so much for indulging (and enabling) my gypsy wagon addiction. They sing to my inner bohemian nomadic self. My inner gypsy.
Thank you all for taking the time to stop by. I'm so blessed and grateful for you. *hugs*
- July 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Theresa Milstein said...
I don't care if you took a long blogging break because it was so worth the wait.
1) Those little places to write. Some of them are gorgeous!
2) Hogwarts!
3) Inspirational Harry Potter quotes.
- July 28, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
Imagine how fun it would be to have one of those caravans as your writing/art studio...So sweet!
- July 28, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Carla said...
Our raging inferno is about to be washed away as we're on the outskirts of a small tropical storm...yay!!
I've never really looked at gypsy caravans, but I have to say...they look quite addicting! I'd love to have one (or three or four) to set up studio in! How fun!
- July 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Love you back...and love those pretty pictures!! delicious. most of all, love Alan Rickman's speech. sigh. absolutely inspiring. Sarah xx
- July 29, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Love you back...and love those pretty pictures!! delicious. most of all, love Alan Rickman's speech. sigh. absolutely inspiring. Sarah xx
- July 29, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Michaela said...
Oh my word, those caravans! So gorgeous, so charming, so inspiring--I want one so badly! I'd live in one, if I could, but what a perfect little writing office! Thanks for the pics!
- August 1, 2011 at 10:09 PM
- Jamie Burch said...
Now I really want a gypsy caravan! Thank you for this magical post and all the lovely images and links.
Hope you're doing well and enjoying the rest of your summer. *Hugs*
- August 2, 2011 at 10:15 AM
- Will Burke said...
Don't sweat it too much -- a lot of Blogs are slow in the summer, mine included. Besides, what will you write about if you don't get out and live, eh?
- August 2, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- j. littlejohn said...
gypsy caravans? if i can put an engine on one of those i might sell my car
- August 4, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- Carolyn V said...
Lola, this is so awesome! Looks like you had a wonderful vacation! The gypsy caravans are awesome. I could spend forever in there creating new worlds. =)
Hope your summer is a great one!
- August 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- Deirdra Eden-Coppel said...
You have a fabulous blog! I want to award you with one of my homemade awards: Powerful Woman Writer Award for all the hard work you do!
Go to http://astorybookworld.blogspot.com/p/awards.html and pick up your award.
- August 4, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Theresa Milstein said...
Just checking in. Love seeing these pictures again!
- August 10, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- ~Nicole Ducleroir~ said...
My inner gypsy is squealing! I want to live in one of those adorable wagons forever!!
LOVE your vacay pix! My kids want to go to FL for the HP park so bad. We just watched #8 last weekend, as it opened the day we left for our trip. It was so so so so good!!!! And Neville!! He rocked!
Love you lots, Lola!!
- August 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Donna K. Weaver said...
I SO want one of those writing cottages!
- August 20, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Theresa Milstein said...
I'm stalking, I mean checking on you again. Hope you're having a good summer!
- August 22, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
You are always an inspiration, dearie. Those gypsy caravan photos were lovely. Makes me want to write a story with gypsies ;) Perhaps one day something good will come to me.
It looks like you had an amazing time at Disney! Perfect timing, indeed. If only it were possible to just move into Hogwarts. I know I wouldn't be the first to dream of it.
I hope you are well, sweet. Miss you.
- August 22, 2011 at 8:35 PM
- Miss Cole said...
My Gran used to have a model Gypsy Caravan and seeing all those photos is like seeing it life size!
Nice to meet you, fellow campaigner!
- August 24, 2011 at 3:06 AM
- Miss Cole said...
My Gran used to have a model Gypsy Caravan and seeing all those photos is like seeing it life size!
Nice to meet you, fellow campaigner!
- August 24, 2011 at 3:06 AM
- Miss Cole said...
My Gran used to have a model Gypsy Caravan and seeing all those photos is like seeing it life size!
Nice to meet you, fellow campaigner!
- August 24, 2011 at 3:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hey there, fellow campaigner! Wow... just wow! I am loving you and your blog already! Lol... Those gypsy caravans look neat and it's always nice to meet a fellow Harry Potter fan! Sounds like you and the fam had a great time at Disney! Also? LOVING your taste in music! NIN, Nirvana, Depeche Mode, Bowie... OMG! Lol... Anyhow, pleased to meet you! :-)
- August 24, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- Sheri Doyle said...
Hi, I'm in your YA group. Nice to meet you.
- August 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- A.J. Mullarky said...
Gypsy caravans = love. HP = love. This blog = love.
- August 24, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Lori M. Lee said...
Love this post to pieces. Beautiful and inspiring pictures and messages :D
- August 24, 2011 at 12:58 PM
- Kerri Cuev said...
I want a gypsy caravan now! How adorable. Of course it would have to be enhanced wih some plug outlets for a computer lol. Great vacation pictures. Glad to be in your group this time for the Campaign :)
- August 24, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Harvee said...
With a writing cottage like one of these, I do believe I could write more than I do!
- September 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Hannah Kincade said...
I want a magical writing cottage SO BAD!! One day, I swear to you. One day, Lola.
- September 27, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- Gina Dickerson said...
Hello, Lola.
Now I'm really wanting a writing cottage in my back garden...it would consume most of it but the dog doesn't need to run around, does he?!
You've an interesting blog and I look forward to reading more!
Thanks for your comments on mine.
Have a great weekend too!
- October 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM
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Drew, I have received documentation sheets on 10Gb transmitter and receiver chips using bipolar silicon technology. These chips are expected to be seen in commercially available OC192 transmission interfaces sometime this year. The G2 technology is already here. Thank you, Roy Bynum, MCI WorldCom "Perkins, Drew" wrote: > It seems to me that we're drawing to a conclusion something like the > following: > > Semiconductor technology is continuing to follow Moore's Law. That suggests > that the next generation of silicon will support something in the > neighborhood of 2.5 - 3.125 Gb/s since the current generation supports 1.25 > Gb/s. Some day, however, another generation (maybe the next) will support > something in the neighborhood of 10 Gb/s. This may be using SiGe instead of > Si. So, we should plan for two or more generations to occur: 2.5 - 3.125 > (G1) and 10 Gb/s (G2). Of course GaAs supports 10 Gb/s today, but is seen as > being more expensive than Si or SiGe. So we probably want to specify a > serial version of 10 Gb/s immediately as well, but we should expect that we > may have to revise it when G2 becomes available. > > G1: For Generation 1, we will want to use a non-serial protocol > implementation that leverages G1 silicon. This may be WWDM/CWDM/etc. and/or > MAS. We may also need to do this because of fiber impairments that don't > allow 10 Gb/s serial anyway. For G1, we may want to specify multiple > standards, just like Gigabit Ethernet did. We may want equivalents of SX and > LX. In fact, perhaps these two standards were well enough matched to market > demands that we should copy the requirements and try to meet them. Also, > these standards may have not set a good set of expectations that the market > will force us to meet. I would propose that we take these two as baseline > goals. I.e. let's use the same fiber types and lengths as our goals and try > to work with them. This probably implies that we want an SX-like solution > that uses 850 nm VCSELs, and an LX-like solution that uses 1310 nm FP > lasers. > > G2: For Generation 2, we will want to use a serial protocol implementation > that leverages G2 semiconductors on fiber that supports it. In fact, we > probably want to specify and standardize a 10 Gb/s solution immediately as > well for use with GaAs technology. > > Drew > --------------------------------------------------------- > Ciena Corporation Email: ddp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Core Switching Division Tel: 408-865-6202 > 10201 Bubb Road Fax: 408-865-6291 > Cupertino, CA 95014 Cell/Pager: 408-829-8298 > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > JVpico@xxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 5:46 PM > To: piers_dawe@xxxxxx; stds-802-3-hssg-speed@xxxxxxxx; > stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Why wrong LINE rate could cost dear > > In a message dated 6/28/99 2:41:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > piers_dawe@xxxxxx writes: > > > Why wrong LINE rate could cost dear > > > > 1. Cost JUMPS as bit rate goes up. > > Faster IC technologies, more heat, possibly substantial extra complexity > > around the optoelectronics. > > > > Lasers don't follow Moore's Law. > > Unlike transistors, there is no virtuous circle of smaller -> faster and > > cheaper -> better. The guts of a laser are sized for the wavelength. > > Laser speed has increased slowly and unevenly, but until now, they were > > fast enough (for 2.5 Gbit/s line rate). Optical modulator type > > transmitters as used in OC-192 are very expensive. > > > > Picking a line rate that's faster than the state of the art will delay > > product availability and cause extra costs into the future (25% to 150% > > more? make your own guess). > > > > 2. Standards are good. > > Line clock ICs take time and money to design. Other parts > > (multiplexers, receivers, whatever) may be in the market now for ~9.95 > > Gbit/s, a very few at OC-192+FEC rates, none for 12.5 Gbit/s. Analog > > parts are rarely right first time, respins add to the delays... > > > > Picking a non-standard line rate could cause delay and further fragment > > the market for parts which we believe are currently too expensive but > > where volumes are driving costs down. > > > > So, I believe that raising the line rate of optical transmitters > > four-fold is a worthwhile achievement, and then we attach ourselves to > > the nearest standard, the OC-192 line rate of 9.95328 Gbit/s. Raising > > the line rate of optical transmitters five-fold, out ahead of the state > > of a slow-moving art and away from any standard, will cost money and > > delay and needs very good justification. There's an obvious direct hit > > on link length too (dispersion limited) but what I'm talking about is > > more severe than that. > > > > Can we get back the difference between what's desired and what's > > affordable by looking at line codes, interframe gap or what? Maybe > > settle for 95% of what we would like and get a good-enough job done on > > time and affordably? > > > > "Keep it simple, follow standards, keep it cheap." > > > > Piers Dawe > > -- > > To all: > > I heartily agree with Piers' recommendation! > > As a receiver manufacturer looking for better 10g amplifier solutions, > it becomes clear very quickly that good IC's for anything above 10g > are simply not readily available, while 10g components are receiving > considerable attention from several suppliers, and are in fact providing > acceptable sensitivity performance at both 850 and 1310nm. > > Although the needs for FEC will be addressed by speciality products, > this certainly will not be the main stream, and also will not reach the cost > structure necessary for a viable product on the anticipated timeline. > > The most elegant, cost-effective, and especially, timely solution will > exploit those components that are already being developed for related > applications (OC-192). > > Common sense is a good thing. > > Janis Valdmanis > Picometrix Inc. > (734) 998-4502


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By CHRISTINA STYAN
By CHRISTINA STYAN
Special Writer
DARTMOUTH — Special Education (SPED) Director Linda Maniglia updated Dartmouth School Committee members at their Jan. 22 meeting on the improvement plans, activities and strategies for the department that will align with the District Improvement Plan.
"Our goal is to make sure all students are college and career ready with existing programs. Early intervention and monitoring progress of the students is critical," she remarked.
The goal of the plan is to increase outcome measures for students receiving SPED services and match the needs of individual students, she added.
The School District currently has 485 special education students in the program. "This number is 11 percent lower than the state average, which is 17 percent," Mrs. Maniglia reported.
Thirty-four SPED students are in out of district placements, 27 students are in private day schools, and seven students are in a residential placement.
In-district SPED programs include occupational therapy, students who are receiving support in the regular classroom, and a resource room where students in small group settings receive tutorial instruction and work on time management and study skills.
Mrs. Maniglia explained some of her key strategies. "This year we are piloting Walk to Learn — a literacy intervention program at DeMello," she said. The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention System (LLI) is a small-group, supplementary intervention program designed to help teachers provide powerful small-group instruction for the lowest achieving children in the early grades.
The program gives children the opportunity to practice reading at their grade level, Mrs. Maniglia said, pleased to report the gains achieved so far. The program will be implemented with kindergarten students at Cushman School in January.
The Cultural Core plan including better communication with students and parents has had a positive impact on students. Informational nights for parents and a program called "Community Connections" during summer school have also been included, she added.
The curriculum includes travel training and job exploration opportunities for students.
SPED students are involved in internship positions and some students attend vocational schools. "We encourage positive behavioral instruction and support a consistent manner across the district that creates a safe environment for learning," remarked Mrs. Maniglia.
For the future, she said she wants to design an in-district language-based program for elementary grade students now being sent out of the district. She would also like to form a committee to identify a research-based math intervention program for "at risk" students, and develop an in-district behavior program at the elementary level.
In other business, School Business Administrator James Kiely updated School Committee members on the five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). He said he will continue working closely with the Police Department on the physical security assessments for the school buildings.
As requested by the School Committee, the replacement of auditorium seats at Dartmouth Middle School will become a priority for FY14 CIP requests, he said.
Committee members approved Mr. Kiely submitting a "Statement of Interest" to Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for potential Potter School renovations and additions to meet a February 2013 deadline.
"I contacted the Select Board and they will vote tentative approval on the proposal Monday night (January 28)," he explained.
The Statement of Interest submission creates an "eligibility period" which would require a Town Meeting vote to fund a feasibility study within 270 days.
The estimated project cost of $2.37 million will be revised in cooperation with the MSBA.
The proposed project also includes replacement of the existing roof and boiler, and upgrading the electrical system, Mr. Kiely indicated.


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Skip to comments.Daily Beast Exclusive: White House Official Fired for Tweeting Under Fake Name
Posted on 10/22/2013 6:00:46 PM PDT by kristinn
A White House national security official was fired last week after being caught as the mystery Tweeter who has been tormenting the foreign policy community with insulting comments and revealing internal Obama administration information for over two years.
Jofi Joseph, a director in the non-proliferation section of the National Security Staff at the White House, has been surreptitiously tweeting under the moniker @natsecwonk, a Twitter feed famous inside Washington policy circles since it began in February, 2011 until it was shut down last week. Two administration officials confirmed that the mystery tweeter was Joseph, who has also worked at the State Department and on Capitol Hill for Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Joe Biden. Until recently, he was part of the administration's team working on negotiations with Iran.
During his time tweeting under the @natsecwonk name, Joseph openly criticized the policies of his White House bosses and often insulted their intellect and appearance. At different times, he insulted or criticized several top White House and State Department officials, including former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, Secretary of State John Kerry, and many many others.
The Daily Beast saved a long record of @natsecwonk's tweets prior to the shutting down of his Twitter feed.
I'm a fan of Obama, but his continuing reliance and dependence upon a vacuous cipher like Valerie Jarrett concerns me, he once tweeted.
"So when will someone do us the favor of getting rid of Sarah Palin and the rest of her white trash family? What utter useless garbage .... , he tweeted last October.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
I'm a fan of Obama, but his continuing reliance and dependence upon a vacuous cipher like Valerie Jarrett concerns me,
Translation: The Sleestack Fired him for talking bad about the sleestack...
Wow. I'm amazed they didn't Fort Marcy Park him for that.
What name did this guy use, "Barry Barack Harrison Hussein Soetoro Sobarkah J. Obama Bounel".. or something?
Valerie Jarrett is immune from public accountability for a reason. And it's not good. She is where the evil begins and the buck stops.
What are the odds he's gay?
Protected species.
"Wow. I'm amazed they didn't Fort Marcy Park him for that. "
There's always time for that. Dont forget, he knows too much and he may choose to write a book.
@Obama ?
Palin's entire family are registered Native American tribal members, even her grandson.
Imagine a republican saying something like that about a white woman democrat married to a minority with minority children.
And How is it That America Doesn't Know this about the Palin Family and Instead is Constantly Imaging Her as a Sort of White Supremacist???
Jarrett is Obama's puppet master but I do appreciate this guy's dislike of her.
He had better start thinking about switching parties, or working for the Clintons.
Todd is more Indian than Obama is black American.
I have a hard time believing this guy would *really* get out of this so easily. Something ain't right.
he should have tweeted under the name 'FastnFuriousBenghaziBob' ... noone in the WH or the MSM would have ever read it
Obviously, that is not why he was fired. I wonder if the Daily Beast staff believes that headline.
With all the "tools" at their disposal, it took the NSA 2 years to catch this?
His wife is a Republican staffer. Is there a second party in that swamp?
Maybe he used Sum Ting Wong or Howie Felterbush. Liberals have been suckered by those names before.
aliases bump
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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Last night was a banner night of sorts here in the United States, as the SyFy channel aired "Sharknado 2," the much-awaited sequel to last year's "Sharknado." Neither of these movies were much good by traditional standards, but that doesn't really matter, because both of them were so bad that they were great. The movies are about…well, I'm not sure I can really explain it other than to say they involve a tornado made out of sharks that attack major cities.
During both movies, Twitter was alive with people making jokes and getting in on the fun of making fun of "Sharknado." And one NBA player, Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, piped up with a possible movie poster for "Sharknado 3."


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Platform-releng/Updating Branding
This page contains information on updating the Eclipse SDK branding elements (icon, splash screen, etc).
Splash screen
The splash screen used for both the Eclipse SDK and Eclipse Platform Runtime is located in the bundle org.eclipse.platform (see in Git repository). It is a single file called splash.bmp (a 452x302 bitmap). The same directory in the source tree contains some PhotoShop source files that can be used to update the splash. Typically each year the splash needs updating with the current year in the copyright statement, and the name of the Simultaneous Release.
In the same org.eclipse.platform bundle, the plugin.xml file contains properties specifying the font color and position of progress messages that are overlayed on the splash screen during startup. These properties might need changing if there are significant changes to the splash screen layout. See properties startupForegroundColor, startupMessageRect, and startupProgressRect
The icons for the Eclipse SDK are rarely updated, but when they do change, it is a significant process. Icons have to be prepared in various sizes and formats for different platforms. They have to be inserted into the build in various places.
Icon sizes and formats
The following sizes and formats are needed, as a starting point:
Png - 32 bit: (all sizes) 16, 22, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024
Gif - 8 bit / 256 colors 16, 22, 24, 32, 48
4 bit / 16 colors 16,22,24,32,48
Note: Besides the "normal" icon, a 16x16 Gif is needed where the Eclipse icon has a border around it. This is used inside the IDE at various places (see below)
How these sizes and formats will be further prepared for delivery depends on platform:
Windows ICO file containing:
- 32 bit PNG: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64 and 256x256
- 8 bit GIF: 16, 24, 32, 48
- 4 bit GIF: 16, 24, 32, 48
- Only a 32-bit copy of the 256x256 pixel image should be included, and only the 256x256 pixel image should be
compressed to keep the file size down. Note that the sizes (24x24 and 64x64) are included for "classic" mode on XP.
MAC ICNS file format containing 1024x1024, 512x512, 256x256, 128x128, 32x32, 16x16, original format is PNG
Linux XPM file containing a single resolution. Currently 256x256.
Icon locations
Feature icons for about dialog
- Every feature with a branding plugin contains a copy of the 32-bit PNG file. The file name is specified in about.ini, but is usually called eclipse32.png.
- The primary product features (org.eclipse.platform and org.eclipse.sdk), also contain a larger 116x164 pixel image for the about dialog called eclipse_lg.gif.
Window images
The images that appear in the upper left hand corner of each window are specified by the product branding plugin (org.eclipse.platform and org.eclipse.sdk in our case). A variety of sizes and formats are given, and SWT has an algorithm to select the most appropriate image for a given platform. We currently provide:
- 32x32 GIF image (eclipse32.gif)
- 48x48 GIF image (eclipse48.gif)
- 32x32 PNG image (eclipse32.png)
- 48x48 PNG image (eclipse48.png)
- 256x256 PNG image (eclipse256.png)
Typically you can just replace the existing files with new files of the same name. If you need to add additional sizes, they are listed in plugin.xml, in the property "windowImages".
Launcher icons
On Windows, the icon is embedded in the eclipse.exe executable. This is done by the launcher build. The icon file is placed in this Git location. A launcher build must then be run to build a new executable with the embedded icon.
On other platforms, the icon is just included as a separate file in the launcher installable unit. The icons just need to be dropped into this Git location, and they will be picked up by subsequent builds.
Icon in IDE
The IDE itself uses a 16x16 Gif variant of the Eclipse icon which has a border around it, e.g. in the Branding wizard or for the Eclipse launch configuration:
- /org.eclipse.help.ui/icons/etool16/eclipse.gif (probably not used)
- /org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.ui/icons/full/obj16/eclipse_profile.gif
- /org.eclipse.pde.ui/icons/etool16/eclipse_launcher.gif
- /org.eclipse.pde.ui/icons/obj16/eclipse.gif
(1) SWG User Interface Branding - Application Icon, Icon Creation: http://stwweb1.torolab.ibm.com/uibranding/rational/appl_icon_creation.html - for Windows only, does not include latest larger size 256
- Information and links provided by Eclipse developers
- Windows sizes and production information
- Mac reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495250
- http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/stable/icons-types.html.en#application_icons
- http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines#Sizes
Other branding elements
Welcome page
The welcome page has branding that may need updating if there is a major theme change.


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Well Hung Men
It's a fact. Guys love football, beer and decorative wall hangings. Okay, I made that last part up. But you can get creative with your floor to ceiling space and still hold onto your cojones. And we're not talking about a framed poster from Animal House. Man up and add some flair.
Here are a few examples of guys who have enhanced their walls with big, bold prints, wraparound graphics, colorful books, even a giant E.
For more of some of the above homes check out these past Apartment Therapy Tours:
Image 1: Jack Makes Micro Changes
Image 7: Dan's Art Filled Animal House
Image 9: Kevin's Creative Commorancy
Image 10: Ruben's Grand Vision
Images: 1 Levi Ward; 2, 3 Ace Hotel; 4 Marie Claire Mason; 5, 6 The Selby; 7 Beth Zeigler; 8 Inhabitat; 9 Kristen Lubbe; 10 Janel Laban


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The national park huge variety of maritime species like birds, fish and sea-mammals
This has created optimal climatic circumstances for the fauna in the arera. Paracas is well known as "the pacific ocean´s lungs" for its pureness and also for the big amount of oxygen the water produce.
The nasjonalpark is divided into two zones, the maritme one and the terrestrial one. The maritime part is basically Islas Ballestas which is the crownjewel of the national park.
Besides the natural beauty of Paracas, the peninsula is a very important arqueological and historical area, where advanced inidian-cultures florished before the year 1000a.d. The Paracas-culture is world famous for it´s textiles, with its great color- and style- combinations. But the most stunning about the culture is how they were able to do complicated brain-surgery, and cranial-expansion. In the museum Julio C. Tello you will get to know how the Paracans lived illustrated by pictures, explanations and also by arqueological findings.


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It's that time of year, again! Use this thread to post the very best fireworks photos that you took over the Fourth of July holiday (or whatever you may celebrate in your country). I'll throw in a few photos too, weather permitting of course!
Jeff Keller
Founder/Editor, Digital Camera Resource Page
My favourite from Canada day (July 1) in Kingston Ontario.
- Phil
Billed as the Midwest's largest fireworks show, R&B's is synced to a soundtrack....
More at Baldmoosephoto.com
I don't know which I like the most. This one catches my eye but I don't know.
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Here are my contributions, taken with the Canon EOS-7D. Taken from Fort Mason in San Francisco.
Last edited by Jeff Keller; 07-09-2011 at 10:37 PM.
Reason: added location
Jeff, where did you go for fireworks?
Camera: Anonymous
I could tell you but I wouldn't want you to get all pissy if it's the wrong brand
This is one my better ones
Originally Posted by TheWengler
Jeff, where did you go for fireworks?
Oh, sorry, those are from San Francisco!
Here's a few of mine, from Baldwin Park in Orlando.
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Works on: iPhone and iPad
Cost: $0.99
For: Kids who have a flair for hair
If you're a parent with an iOS device, there's a good chance that you've already heard of Toca Boca, and/or have a few (or all) of its awesome apps on your phones and tablets. The ingenuity of its digital toys, the graphics, and the lack of in-app purchases or advertising (yay!) are just a few reasons why Toca Boca apps are my favorites.
Toca Hair Salon, the company's best-selling app, just came out with another version that will delight children even more. Toca Hair Salon 2 features four brand new characters, new hairstyles, accessories, and what's even more exciting - waves, curls and kinks! Yes, in addition to the usual tools for shaping hair like shears, buzzers, shampoo and hair color, Toca Hair Salon 2 now offers a curling irons, crimper, straightener and razor as additional hair coiffing tools.
The animation is really smooth, which is the standard among all Toca Boca apps, but the hair flows a little more realistically in this version and is very easy for kids to style into whatever beautiful hair creation they want.
Take a look at these other awesome Toca Boca apps:
(Full disclosure: These apps were developed by Toca Boca, a division of our parent company Bonnier in Sweden.)
If you have an app that you'd like considered for Screen Play, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Fifty years after the March on Washington, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told the nation about his dream of racial justice, are we ready to sing, in the words of the old Negro spiritual he quoted, "free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we're free at last?"
After all, Jim Crow segregation has been vanquished. The 1964 prediction — in capital letters no less — by the publisher of New Hampshire's largest newspaper that passage of the Civil Rights Act would "practically mean the end of the tourist business in the White Mountains, Lakes Region and beaches" proved to be unfounded.
Signs at New Hampshire's grand hotels that once read "No Negroes, Jews, or Dogs" are long gone. "Whites only" signs are found only in museums. Not only that, civil rights protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations have been extended to people with disabilities and, in many states, to lesbians and gays. We've clearly made historic progress.
But before we declare this a "post-racial" era and start singing "We Have Overcome" let's take a closer look. Empirical data shows that black Americans still carry an undue burden of inequities in wealth, employment, and the criminal justice system.
The occasion for the 1963 march was the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the occupied South. "One hundred years later, "Dr. King said, "the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land."
On the 150th anniversary of emancipation, the statistics are still pretty stark.
For example, as unemployment rates fluctuate, the black unemployment rate is consistently twice the white rate. That's one of the factors behind a February 2013 Brandeis University report that the wealth gap between white and black families tripled from 1984 to 2009.
"Our analysis found little evidence to support common perceptions about what underlies the ability to build wealth, including the notion that personal attributes and behavioral choices are key pieces of the equation."
"Instead," wrote the authors, from the Institute on Assets and Social Policy, "the evidence points to policy and the configuration of both opportunities and barriers in workplaces, schools, and communities that reinforce deeply entrenched racial dynamics in how wealth is accumulated and that continue to permeate the most important spheres of everyday life."
For another way to look at the same numbers, take a look at the 2013 "State of the Dream" report from United for a Fair Economy. They say that in 2010, the most recent year for which they had statistics, "white families held on average more than six times as much net wealth as Black families and nearly six times as much as Latino families." Moreover, families of color were harder hit in the wealth department by the recent recession than their white counterparts.
Take another issue: incarceration rates. According to an analysis by The Sentencing Project, 38 percent of people in state or federal prisons in 2011 were black, 35 percent were white, and 2 percent were Hispanic. One in every 13 black males ages 30 to 34 was in prison in 2011, as were 1 in 36 Hispanic males, compared to 1 in 90 white males in the same age group.
Black males have a 32 percent chance of serving time in prison at some point in their lives; Hispanic males have a 17 percent chance; white males have a 6 percent chance. The rate of black incarceration is so high, and the legal consequences for felons so severe, that scholars such as Michelle Alexander have labeled the phenomenon as "the new Jim Crow."
We may in fact have risen from the "dark and desolate valley of segregation," but we are still miles away from "the sunlit path of racial justice" described on that day in 1963.
So as we recall Dr. King's soaring rhetoric five decades ago, let us renew our own commitment that we will never turn back until justice roars down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Arnie Alpert, New Hampshire Program Coordinator, served as Communications Coordinator for the grassroots campaign for New Hampshire to observe a state holiday honoring Dr. King's birthday.


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If you search Google images for "landscape," the results will yield verdant fields with neon, jagged peaks soaring into cerulean skies, and horizons that mystically dissolve into auspicious wisps. Brooklyn-based photographer Mark Dorf calls these idealized images "a sort of pornographic landscape—one that is amplified and manipulated into something that I think you could rename dreamscape."
"Sure, no one expects to walk into the woods and see something with such highly saturated colors as what you find in this image search," Dorf continues, "but I certainly think that affects the ways in which we remember the landscape—we tend to amplify and romanticize [it]."
Seeking real-life splendor, Dorf trekked to the Redwoods of California, the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and New York's Catskills to photograph a series of landscapes that most closely align with our immense expectations of nature. For Dorf, these ancient towering trees, snowy mountaintops, and fern-laden clearings are archetypes. He describes the landscapes as our oldest symbolic language. Now we use selective attention—the ability to focus on one aspect of our environment while eliminating others—to recognize a red or green light as cars move around us in traffic or to hear a companion's recommendations among a restaurant's din. But at one time, we looked to the foliage, weather, and natural formations around us to decide what to eat and when to flee.
Dorf layers the landscapes with collage, 3D rendering, and 3D scans to create the images of his series //_PATH. In the most subtle, arcs of colored light hover among trunks and leaves and mimic lens flare, the photographic phenomenon where scattered light creates visual artifacts. In others, rectangles carved by exaggerated contrast, detail, and saturation pop into the foreground. And in the most obviously manipulated, hyper-colored apparitions—a computer, a home, and scans of natural forms (stones, plants, or piles of dirt)—float. Together, they represent the range of ways we might read, interpret, and interact with the world around us, or as Dorf writes on his website, "the ways in which we have become dependent upon [the internet and digital] technology to help aid us in our navigation of our every day and how it affects our perception of the world around us all socially, emotionally, and physically."
Put more simply: as we traverse the world physically or virtually, and look to the landscape—for the resources to build shelter or for an ideal to retreat to—we search, sort, and filter to see exactly what we need.
Mark Dorf is a photographer and artist based in Brooklyn, New York.
Sara Distin is a writer and editor based in Boulder, CO, and Brooklyn, NY. Follow her on Twitter @sldistin.


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Controlling The Weather For Fun And For Profit
from the what-day-is-today dept
It seems like quite a slow news day today -- and it appears the folks at Business Week think so as well. You may remember back when Katrina hit that there was a weatherman who insisted the hurricane was caused by the Japanese mafia. Business Week has decided to look deeper into the story by discussing various historical efforts to control the weather. For the most part, it doesn't look like the various efforts ever got very far -- but, of course, the conspiracy theorist point out that this is exactly what they would want you to think.


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WoodWood, Berlin
"Despite the recent influx of mega-stores, Berlin's indie shopping scene is still flourishing and continuing to attract an innovative international crowd of artists, designers, and other visionaries hoping to preserve Berlin's progressive rep. The newest addition to the city's prosperous center is none other than WoodWood, a Copenhagen export with an eponymous sportswear line, a selection of electric T-shirts and sneakers and a sampling of international designers who fit the store's as well the city's hip factor. WoodWood selects the most colorful and at times outrageous pieces for men and women by Nike, Commes des Garçons, Cheap Monday, Maharishi, Camilla Staerk, and Yazbukey—the kind of stuff that gives a playful context to the quirky collection of toys and elaborate mobiles that punctuate the space."
Rochstrasse 4
10178 Berlin
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All News Releases By Date
EPA Issues Amendment to Record of Decision for the Peoples Natural Gas Superfund Site in Dubuque, Iowa
Release Date: 10/21/2013
Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, firstname.lastname@example.com
Environmental News
(Lenexa, Kan., Oct. 21, 2013) - EPA Region 7 has issued an amendment to the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Peoples Natural Gas Superfund Site in Dubuque, Iowa. EPA signed the original ROD for the site in January 1991 to address soil and ground water contamination. The selected remedy for the 1991 ROD was excavation and incineration of contaminated soils as well as ground water extraction, monitoring, and treatment of soils on-site.
The ROD was modified in 2001 and 2004 to exclude the installation of the ground water extraction system for an area where ground water contamination was found to be very limited, and to change the cleanup level for benzene, respectively.
The selected remedy for the amended ROD includes institutional controls along with extraction wells to prevent movement of the contaminants in the ground water and monitoring natural degradation of the contaminants.
A Technical Impracticability (TI) waiver will be implemented for ground water within the TI zone; ground water cleanup levels must be met outside of the TI zone, however institutional controls will prevent exposure to contaminated ground water in the TI zone, as well as exposure to contamination in subsurface soils and vapor intrusion.
The contaminants of concern at the Peoples Natural Gas Superfund Site are volatile organic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Accidental ingestion of, or direct contact with, contaminated soil or ground water may pose health threats to individuals. The site was added to the National Priorities List in August 1990.
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Cleanup Complete at Markham, Illinois, Dump Site
Release Date: 06/23/2011
Contact Information: Mick Hans, 312-353-5050, firstname.lastname@example.com
For Immediate Release
No. 11-OPA059
(CHICAGO – June 23, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed a $400,000 cleanup at a 12-acre uncontrolled dump in Markham, Illinois. The site is near the intersection of I-294 and 159th Street, south of Chicago.
In April, EPA began removing and disposing of 2,000 tons of contaminated soil. EPA also uncovered and safely disposed of 110 containers of hazardous material. The State of Illinois began the cleanup in 2010 by disposing of discarded tires, chemical drums, compressed gas cylinders, and numerous containers of solid and hazardous waste.
For more information, please visit https://www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/markham/index.html.
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