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The alien invasions that rocked the Indian sub-continent from 800AD onwards somehow left the South relatively unaffected. Thus, if you want to understand the original Indian civilization, you have to bypass the better-known northern areas. The Dravidian civilization of the area around Madras, Mahaballipuram, Madurai, and Cochin is truly a survivor of ancient India in its purest form - before the Mongols, before the Muslims.
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dconrad000 wrote:reese wrote:Hey dconrad000, I just wanted to say thanks for all of the info you put on this thread, it is one of my favorite threads on this site.(and the vaccine thread)
Thank you, Reese. I appreciate knowing that.
I have some information on a more recent thread you might also appreciate having...regarding a topic that is probably affecting some within the circle of family and friends of most of us...psychotropic medication...the dangers as well as how to safely come off of them. Here is a link to the thread:
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Here is a sample post of the kind of information to be found on that thread:dconrad000 wrote:...after sending the above e-mail out, someone that received it was kind enough to send me this. This is an absolute must-see for for every person, parent and grandparent!
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Psychotropic drugs. It's the story of big money—drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. The cost in human terms is even greater—these drugs now kill an estimated 42,000 people every year. And the death count keeps rising. Containing the testimony of a great many highly credible witnesses, including former drug company sales reps and researchers, lawyers, mental health experts, the families of victims and the survivors themselves, this riveting documentary rips the mask off psychotropic drugging and exposes a brutal but well-entrenched money-making machine.
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The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Horsham Fire District is responsible for prevention and suppression of wildfire on public land in the central west part of the state. Early detection of fire outbreaks is crucial to the coordination of an effective response to control and suppress the fire.
In the control centre, a fire's location is triangulated from reports from fire towers. This is done by using string lines to align bearings from a tower on a large magnetic wall map of the district.
In the past wall maps were prepared from published topographic base maps. This is generally no longer viable as many published maps are 10-20 years old, and quite out of date. There is also no scope for customising the information you need to show. DNRE holds more up to date information in digital form but no longer publishes maps at the required scale. In any event these are not optimised for the specific requirements of fire management.
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The big change for students completing A-levels this year was the introduction of the A* – an attempt to increase the value of the 'gold standard', as I see it. Unless of course you are taking Maths, Further Maths, Further Maths (Additional), Statistics, and Use of Maths AS. No AS will have the A* grade available.
"We can't rely on A-levels any more." [Sir Richard Sykes, Rector of Imperial College quoted in The Sunday Times].
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With many out shopping for the perfect holiday gift, police are watching out for shoplifters. As YNN's Kate McGowan reports, officers are working with loss prevention employees from 'big box' stores in the collaborative effort to end retail crime.
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Police in both the Town of Niagara and the City of Niagara Falls are stepping up to combat retail crime. But they can't do it on their own.
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These monthly meetings only began last year and police said they've helped reduce crime substantially.
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Do you think the origin countries have something to do/say about detailed descriptions?
Additionally, noticed interesting pricing around the showcase. Went back to purchase an item (and yes, it's been over a year ago from the initial purchase), the price tripled. I happen to still have the orginal receipt because DH was sure I was wrong and no, I wasn't. At least they knew for what I was asking. Other places often look puzzeled and then next visit there the product is and they look puzzeled when I mention the previous puzzelment. Interesting selling technique. So now, if I see it and like the price, I buy it - if the price has significantly dropped ....
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Shopping around the World Showcase at EPCOT – 04-30-2011,08:31 AM
A request on the Fun and Games board made me think of something that has always puzzled me about the World Showcase. The WDW maps and the WDW website does not list the shops in each of the countries of the World Showcase. It's not like they change regularly. I wonder why they don't provide this information? Sometimes I remember the shop but not where it's located.
I did find a website that gives you an overview of many of the shops but it's doesn't include the kiosks. http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guide...epws-shops.htm
Just wondering what you all think of this lack of information? And what are your favorite places to shop at the World Showcase? And do you have anything you always purchase or make a point to purchase it fairly often?--Denise
Janet & Dan
I never thought much about the individual store names until I played Kim Possible in Germany this past trip. A lot of the solves entail standing outside a certain store, which is mentioned by name on the Kim P transmitter. It really brought home that I never paid attention to the names of the individual stores.
Denise to answer your Q: I don't know that I have a favorite place to shop in WS, but I do find the Jewelry in Morocco reasonable, and have bought my DDs earrings there a couple of times. I tend to buy more Disney related souvenirs at WDW, it's unusual for me to buy merch in WS.
Janet, I have found exactly what you mentioned repeatedly in the stores at WS--and fairly often in other WDW stores as well. You find something you like one trip, they don't know what you're talking about when you ask about it next trip, and then it's back again on a following trip--all within under a year. I guess the CM turnaround must be high, especially with all the college interns in WS.
I have to agree with Janet on the prices increasing too. Sometimes I hesitate because the price seems too high and then when I go back later they've really jumped. I can see it in the WS because the dollar has gotten so weak. But in the Disney stores. Maybe it's an indication that the products are manufactured in another country and then we're back to the weaker dollar. I read that the dollar has been strengthening but somehow I don't expect the prices to drop.
We bought an Umbrella Minnie and Mickey by Goebel in the Germany porcelain shop (which has changed now), in April 2009 to celebrate our anniversary mainly because we knew Goebel was sold to a Japanese company and the Hummel figurines were not going to be made in Germany (if made at all).
But we don't usually buy at the WS either other than candies. Our spending at the WS is for dining or snacks.--Denise
Joining the DVC is what propelled out WS expenditure. Use to be mainly food & drink but we started reading the perks which led us to see a few other deals and the rest is history ...
All you GPs out there, the Germany toy store has the cutest little steifs (sp? - stuffed toys). Guerlain will do your makeup for free (altho we did end up purchasing items - spend $75 they give you a nice gift - ask for Chris whose American, easy to undersand and is clean).
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Steiffs are pretty nice toys and might be a collector's item one day. Wil has a teddy bear (a panda) from his childhood that a friend offered him $800 for it. I don't think she would have really paid that much as she was just so excited to see it since she's a collector.
I'm always impressed with the doll's dresses in that store, but the prices oh my! I just wish they carried the Haribo Gummi Bears that are sold in Germany, I think they are made in Spain whereas the ones in the U.S. are manufactured in Turkey. Anyway, the European ones taste more like fruit on the package whereas the ones sold in the U.S. are more artificially flavored.--Denise
I love Twinings Tea, so a trip to the Twinings store is a must for me. And I especially love loose tea, and since it isn't available in the area I live ("Tea" is iced tea around here), I almost always buy a tin or two of loose tea there. My latest love is the Earl Grey in the black can-that's only available either in the UK or at WDW I've also bought a few pretty tea cups there. Guy love the shop right across the street there, also in UK. He's a big soccer fan, and they sell shirts, etc.from Manchester U and Liverpool (although the Liverpool fan CM gave him a hard time about buying a ManU jersey-they don't meet many Americans passionate about soccer).
Does anyone know how easy/difficult it is to buy stuff and have it shipped home? Do they even offer that option at the parks?
We use that option all the time since we fly. It's a pain to carry delicate stuff on and not damage it yourself. We have been extremely lucky because nothing has ever been damaged (yet) that we shipped home. Probably the most delicate was a $150 set of flutes we bought for sons wedding (Prince Charming & Cinderella). We actually bought another set of those for our daughters wedding and we were told that they were discontinued so I would say they both have something that will be worth a lot later.
Our favorite shop around the WS is the little glass shop outside of Germany (I used it as a Disney Park Trivia question). I like how they will cutomize stuff for you while you wait.-
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[QUOTE=simbasmom;104667]I love Twinings Tea, so a trip to the Twinings store is a must for me. And I especially love loose tea, and since it isn't available in the area I live ("Tea" is iced tea around here),
San Antonio transplant from Chicago here and nothing but iced tea drinkers in SA. I drink hot tea daily. Tried to order a cup to go at Sonic for breakfast and was asked "what is hot tea" lol
I also buy tea from the WSYou say Evil as if it's a bad thing!
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Convicted killer, Gore accomplice Waterfield transferred to Hardee County prison
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Educational Testing Service (ETS) is working with Measured Progress's Nimble Innovation Lab on a project that will provide a fully functional model of a computer-based test delivery platform explicitly designed to meet the needs of students who are blind or low vision.
None of the accessible, computer-delivered testing platforms available today allow for use of a Braille keyboard or utilize refreshable Braille display, according to ETS Senior Research Scientist Cara Laitusis, who is leading the effort. The project will develop testing accommodations that include key-stroke navigation, Braille keyboard input of responses, refreshable Braille display, screen magnification, and audio output.
"The focus of the project will be to deliver an eighth-grade reading assessment with the set of accommodations," says Ida Lawrence, ETS Senior Vice President of Research. "However, the real significance will be the documentation from the development process and the results from the field test. Together, they will supply a blueprint on how to design a computer-based test delivery platform that meets the needs of students who are blind or low vision."
As the work is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences through a three-year, $1.17 million grant, the development process will be made available for use on all assessment platforms.
ETS and Nimble Innovation Lab have extensive experience in both test development and delivery for students with disabilities. The nonprofit organizations already have developed testing platforms — NimbleTools® and Voiced GRE® test — that are accessible to students who are blind and use other assistive technologies, such as screen readers or screen magnifiers.
"This new work will build on what already has been achieved to Braille readers," says Measured Progress Vice President of Innovation Michael Russell. "It will have an effect on assessments taken for accountability purposes under the No Child Left Behind Act. More importantly, the project will augment the field of assessment by greatly enhancing the ability of students who traditionally could not fully participate in the education process."
About ETS
At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals, educational and professional institutions, foundations and numerous government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education, as well as conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million assessments annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series™ assessments — in more than 180 countries. For more information, visit our website, www.ets.org.
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Measured Progress (www.measuredprogress.org) is a Dover, New Hampshire-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to student learning and improving instruction in the standards-based classroom. Since 1983, Measured Progress has successfully partnered with more than half of the states across the nation in support of programs that have affected millions of students. The organization develops state- and district-level assessments and is the nation's leading provider of alternate assessments for students with cognitive disabilities. In addition, Measured Progress offers professional development services and products that assist educators in creating and using assessment to measure student achievement and improve instruction.


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Part of the Foreign Ministry statement read that the U.S. government took another anti-Iran measure and proved that its actions are not based on logic.
The U.S. has adopted a double-standard approach toward the issue of terrorism and its most recent decision in regard to the MKO ran contrary to its international commitments, it added.
It was also noted in the statement that Iran holds the U.S. government responsible for the terrorist actions by this group in the past, at present, and in future.
The statement added that the U.S. formally announced its support for acts of terrorism carried out by the group against Iranian, Iraqi, and even U.S. citizens.
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I looked for a "site feedback" section and couldnt find one, and i know <G> reads in here as well so i post here.
I would like to have the "Hardware Help, Soldering Tips, Tricks, Repair & Fixes " as a subforum to ps2-modchips.
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Regardless of your opinion on the quality of the Wii, it was a classic everyone-get-together-and-play-together gaming experience. They sold shitloads of consoles to people who would never, ever connect theirs to the Internet. They don't want to compete in that space, for whatever reason.
I'm all for that, because that space is seriously overrated. Obviously not desiring to compete in that space did not hamper the Wii's success. I think the problem with the WiiU isn't so much the spaces they aren't trying to compete in so much as the lack of any clear space in which they are trying to compete.
Not being one that has ever once tried to complete an achievement in a game (I typically play just to to play, not to earn bragging rights specifically), I'm a little fuzzy about the distinction between a system-wide achievement, and a game specific one. I've been seeing a lot of people upset that the Wii U won't have system wide achievements, and I'm not sure what they're upset over (since apparently games will retain any achievements their developer's put in). What is a system-wide achievement, and how is it different from any of the achievements I occasionally see in any other game I play? The best I can figure is that it's simply the equivalent of XBL's gamer score. Is that about it?
It means you can view and compare achievements from outside the game. Steam has support for that without mandating achievements or having an overall achievement score.
Ahh okay. Without the ability to compare achievements I don't even see the point of having them then, unless you're using them specifically to track your own progress in a game or something... which would be kind of weird since the game itself should have a better feedback system for such things than utilizing an achievement system. I love seeing stats tracked (like specific number of goblins killed in a character's life or something), and I don't mind earning stuff like bronze, silver or gold medals for racing games or something, but I've never really caught on to the whole achievement thing. I'm sure this is because I suck enough at everything I play that I've never felt very competitive over any of it, beyond comparing base character stats, skills and equipment or something. Edit: Apparently, I really like this phrase, or something.
A lot of people like the social aspect of achievements. They let them see what games their friends are playing, and what/how they are doing in the game. As you point out, though, without a coherent online model, this isn't really possible, anyway.
I've been tempted by achievements, though usually only if I stumble across one. Like I kick a foofle in the head, and a UI pops up, saying 1/10 foofles kicked in head. You know I gotta go kick me nine other foofles. Other times, it's like, 1/999999 foofles shot from over ten miles away while blindfolded, using only a pistol without any bullets. And I'm like, yeah, no, not going to be doing that one.
Although I don't care much about this particular DLC, and the author of the article is merely speculating as to the reasons behind the Wii U's exclusion, this type of stuff could prove to be a deal-breaker for my chances of picking up a Wii U if it ends up being the rule rather than the very very (very) rare exception. Source.
In fairness, if you're picking up a Wii U to play multiplatform games, you're probably doing it wrong.
Essentially. Later on, you may get some worthwhile contents there, if you're lucky - but right now? You're looking at launch ports done by three guys in a converted janitorial closet to capitalize on the period between now and Wonderful 101/Pikmin 3/etc. when this thing is out but doesn't have much original content to speak of. Oh, and Ninja Gaiden 3. Which apparently had some real effort put in, but is still Ninja Gaiden 3. The very definition of polishing a turd, right there. also: I was not aware of that pricing. Yeah, that's not going to be bad.
Not to mention the third entry in a trilogy of games with a lot of story. Still don't quite get why EA didn't pick something else to port over.
It doesn't help that (according to Amazon.com) ME3 is $59.99 for the Wii U port and only around $22 new on other platforms.
I think Mass Effect is probably the least "RAARGH SHOOTY MAN FACE ELITE OPERATOR KILL ALL THE BROWN PEOPLE" of their leading franchises, and thus compatible with the Wii U family focus. Are they bringing the Sims to the Wii U at launch?? Major fail town if they are not. EDIT: Actually probably not. By controlling the Sims ecosystem on PC, I bet they make shiteloads of selling microtransactiony stuff on PC, and that is likely not possible on wii U
The fact that you're not really exaggerating much here in describing the genre should depress everyone.
To celebrate launch day, here's two interesting stories to read. Examiner: Wii U Gamepad and Pro Controller battery life confirmed Ars Technica: Why the 8GB Wii U can only store 3GB of downloaded games and DLC
Courtesy of Doug Erickson, here's a photgraph of the Wii U's 1500 mHa battery (~3-4 hours battery life) in a compartment that was clearly designed to house a 4400 mHa battery (~9 hours battery life). Cheaping out FTW!
Through a series of events I'll not recount here, I got two of the black bundle this morning. Lines were...short. Three people in the first one, maybe two in line when I arrived at the second about twenty minutes before opening. For comparison, the line was a hundred deep when I waited for the Wii near launch. Either people don't know this thing is out or they don't want it. I think the real test will be what happens to eBay prices after next Friday.


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This large Victorian home in Oneida, New York has been known under a few different names, the Farnam Mansion, the Polly-Anna and most recently the Collinwood Inn. In it's most recent incarnation, as the Collinwood Inn, it serves as a bed and breakfast themed after the 1960s Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Much like the fictional Collinwood estate the bed & breakfast is named after, the Collinwood Inn is said to be haunted by the spirits of those who once lived there.
The Farnam Mansion
The house at 302 Main Street in Oneida was built in 1862 for businessman Stephen H. Farnam. Stephen had made his fortune in manufacturing axes and other hardware items at his factory in Little Falls, New York. Farnam relocated to Oneida in 1862, when he purchased a local hardware business. Stephen remained in Oneida for the remainder of his life and gradually became involved in other local businesses, including banking.
Stephen Farnam passed away at home on November 17, 1897 at the age of 75. He was survived by three of his five children and his second wife, Sarah (his first wife, Elizabeth, pre-deceased him by more than a decade). Farnam was interred in nearby Glenwood Cemetery (he had been president of the cemetery association at one point during his life).
Within years of Stephen's death, the mansion was sold by the Farnam family. Over the decades following it became home to suffragist Mary Dyer Jackson, and a succession of three doctors. The first of the three doctors, Robert L. Crockett also served as mayor of Oneida for two years. In 1983 the mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1986, the Farnam Mansion was purchased by Ken and Doloria Chapin, who transformed the place into The Polly-Anna Bed and Breakfast. After serving as a bed and breakfast for more than a decade, the mansion was sold once again and briefly returned to being a private residence until 2010, when it once again became a bed and breakfast.
The Collinwood Inn
In 2010, the mansion passed into the ownership of former antique dealer Gerri Gray. Gerri and her husband Brian wished to open a bed and breakfast (B&B) with a unique theme and for a brief time considered creating a theme based on author Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. After deciding that idea might be too extreme for some guests, they chose to turn it into a tribute to one of their favorite television shows, Dark Shadows. They named their new B&B the Collinwood Inn in honor the soap's Collinwood estate, where most of the plot took place.
The couple immediately set about restoring many of the Italianate mansion's original features, including uncovering ornate ceiling medallions that had long been hidden from view and forgotten. The Grays gave the guest rooms individual themes based on Dark Shadows characters. The rooms feature d�cor that evokes the spirit of the show. The room based on vampiric character Barnabas Collins sports Gothic furnishings such as an iron candelabra and a photo of actor Jonathan Frid baring his fangs in his role as Barnabas. The final touch is a purposely cheesy rubber bat attached to the headboard of the bed in a nod to the rubber bat prop used for Barnabas's transformation scenes.
Other guest rooms are themed after Barnabas Collin's true love Josette, the witch Angelique (complete with an iron cauldron in the room) and werewolf/ghost Quentin Collins (including an antique gramophone in a nod to the gramophone discovered in a hidden room on the TV show) . Another room, based on Baranabas' sidekick Dr. Julia Hofmman is currently under development at the time of this article.
Gerri and Brian have also created an atmosphere consistent with the Dark Shadows TV show in the common areas of the bed and breakfast. The 1897 Drawing Room in particular is designed as a tribute to a time-travel plot from the series. Reproductions of portraits used in the show also adorn walls throughout the mansion, giving fans the sensation of having stepped into the fictional Collinwood Estate from the moment they cross the threshold into the Collinwood Inn. The Grays have further macabre plans in mind that will bring to life moments from the show as they continue to develop and restore more areas.
Haunting of the Collinwood Inn
During their restoration of the mansion, Gerri and Brian noticed odd unexplained sounds and sensations. They heard footsteps in unoccupied rooms. They also felt the sensation of a cat or dog moving against legs when there were no pets in the home. Gerri felt someone unseen touch her hand while she worked in the kitchen. Lights turned on and off seemingly of their own accord. A spectral figure was seen to appear near an antique clock that the Grays had brought with them. The pair noticed that the figure would appear on the edge of the vision often when the clock had wound down. An antique child's writing slate appeared mysteriously in the attic in a place that had been empty. The slate bore the name of one of Stephen Farnam's grandkids.
The Grays researched the history of the mansion and discovered that multiple people had died there and that stories of it being haunted predated the Grays' ownership. There are three deaths recorded as having happened within the house just from the time of the Farnams' ownership. Stephen, his wife Elizabeth and their 31-year-old son Fred are all said to have died there. Stephen and Elizabeth lost another son at the age of one, but he appears not to have died in the mansion itself. Later occupants to die within the mansion include Dr. Robert Crockett (who died in his basement laboratory) and Dr. William Hummer (the third doctor to own the place) and Hummer's wife Shirley.
The earliest mentions of possible haunting dated back to 1913 when Mary Dyer Jackson sold the property after a mere five months of ownership. Rumors that the place was haunted began to circulate among the Oneida townsfolk shortly after. A local article had also been written by the owner previous to Gerri Gray, describing his witnessing an apparition of a man near a mirror in the downstairs hallway. The apparition is said to have resembled the deceased Dr. Hummer.
Gerri and Brian invited the New York Shadow Chasers to conduct a paranormal investigation of the home. A video of the investigation can be viewed on YouTube (see Related Sites below).
Events at the Collinwood Inn
Besides regular tours offered (see Visiting the Collinwood Inn below), the Collinwood has also begun offering special events. They have held haunted explorations of the house that allowed participants to bring their own ghost-detecting gear and work alongside the New York Shadow Chasers. In 2011, the Grays also hosted a Halloween Masquerade Ball to raise money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central New York. The Masquerade is planned as being an annual event, featuring old-fashioned Halloween parlor games, fortune-telling, food, non-alcoholic drinks, a candlelight tour, a raffle and a costume contest. The event was held twice in 2011, once on Halloween itself and once the weekend prior for anyone unable to attend on Halloween night. The event was free to attend for guests who had booked rooms at the B&B. Check the Collinwood Inn Web site (see Related Sites below) for details on new and upcoming events.
Visiting the Collinwood Inn
Anyone wishing to book a room at the Collinwood Inn should visit their Web site (See Related Sites below). Upon request, guests who stay the night may participate in candlelight tours, Victorian parlor games or private showings of the films House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Night of Dark Shadows (1971). Both movies were shot at the Lyndhurst Mansion (see Lyndhurst Mansion), a little over 200 miles away in Tarrytown, New York. Hosts, Gerri and Brian, also offer tours of the house for non-guests as well as conducting tours of the nearby Glenwood Cemetery, in which Stephen Farnam and other members of his family are buried.


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If Congress decides to do its job, the hard work of education officials in nearly three dozen states suddenly will go down the drain.
Obama administration waivers granted to 34 states and the District of Columbia, which freed them from the constraints and mandates of the No Child Left Behind law, would be nullified if lawmakers move a major new education reform package this year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told lawmakers Thursday.
"My understanding is that the waivers become obsolete" if new federal education reforms go into effect, he told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. "This [waiver system] was our Plan B because of the congressional lack of action."
State leaders, including those in Maryland and Virginia, produced detailed waiver proposals with many significant reforms to their school systems. While successful applications were by no means identical, they all included the same core elements: a plan to develop stronger college and career readiness programs; greater focus on teacher and principal effectiveness and evaluation systems; and accountability systems for the lowest-performing schools.
Education Department officials issued the waivers, arguing that the many of the mandates and deadlines of No Child Left Behind, passed in 2002, had proved unworkable. Once granted the waivers, states were free from the law and its most onerous provisions, specifically the "adequate yearly progress" system that labels schools as failing each year even if they are making progress.
While publicly pushing for lawmakers to get a deal done, Mr. Duncan said that he wanted to enact the waiver program -- which has proven popular with many educators and state officials -- sooner than September 2011, when it was announced by President Obama at a White House news conference.
Out of respect for Congress, the administration waited, he said. But in the end, school reform measures in both the House and Senate fell short and the White House felt it had no choice but to bypass No Child Left Behind.
"We put in hundreds and hundreds of hours in what proved to be a fruitless effort," he said of congressional negotiations to fix the law.
Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle sounded optimistic Thursday about the prospects of passing a comprehensive education reform bill in this Congress. Previous attempts fell apart due to bitter partisanship, but lawmakers hope to learn from past mistakes and find agreement.
"We're overdue in doing our job," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican and his party's ranking member on the Senate education committee.
The need for the waiver system, he added, is a direct result of inaction on Capitol Hill.
"That's our responsibility. That's our fault. That's on us," said Mr. Alexander, who served as education secretary for President George H.W. Bush. "I hope we can take the work we did in the last Congress, focus on what we agree on, come up with a lean bill, pass it, and let the House pass whatever it passes."
Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and committee chairman, echoed those sentiments.
"In this new Congress, we will redouble our efforts," said Mr. Harkin, who recently announced that he won't seek re-election in 2014. He has served in the Senate since 1985.
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I loved this shoe when we first received it just before school started at the end of August. Two months have passed and my love has dramatically faded. Not only is the leather worn off of the toe portion on the shoe, but the rubber sole has pulled away from the leather. I had to super glue it back together so that my daughter can wear them for two more days until her new shoes arrive. My daughter is prissy and not hard on clothing or shoes. Two months and they are practically unwearable. Ridiculous!
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These shoes are not leather! Read the description carefully! The toe does tend to scuff, and you cannot really polish them like leather, when leather scuffs. They fit really well, and they are super comfy. My 4 year old wears them all the time. She fits a 12 in L'Amour, and a 13 in Nina.
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Jolida's FX10 proves Huey Lewis right — it is hip to be square. This 7 x 8 x 7-inch integrated amp pairs two 12AX7 tubes with two matched pairs of EL84s to pump out 10 watts to each of its two channels. Adding to the cool quotient are LEDs that bathe the tubes in a blue glow, especially in a dark room. The unit, which has a removable glass cage, is offered in silver, black or blue powder-coat finishes. Connections are made via two rear-mounted analog inputs (CD and Aux), or via a front mini-plug jack that can be used to connect an iPod or other player. Also on the rear are gold-plated binding posts for speakers (both 4- and 8-ohm taps), and a detachable power cord for those who get a buzz from upgrading to one that costs more than the amp itself. The unit is self-biasing, so tube-roll other-brand EL84s to your heart's content.
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June 2, 2012: Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks (right) is congratulated by third baseman Aramis Ramirez (left) after scoring during the fourth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-US PRESSWIRE
I didn't see this one for the same reasons that no one else saw this one, so that means we can pretend it didn't happen, right?
So here's what didn't occur:
-P- Shaun Marcum taking a page out of the April 2012 playbook, mauling Pirates hitters by striking out eight batters while walking one and allowing one run in seven innings.
-P- Los Piratas picking up only five hits the whole game (including a Garrett Jones homer to lead off the fourth).
-P- Erik Bedard giving up four hits to start the fourth, the last of which was a two-run homer by Brooks Conrad (who was 0-for-27 entering tonight's game).
-P- Doug Slaten walking the bases full in the eighth. (And getting out of it without letting in a run.)
-P- The beer-makers wearing vomit-colored alternate jerseys, which would surely be just a little bit too on the nose, wouldn't it? Good thing they didn't do that.
Nope, didn't see any of that, so it must not have been real. The Pirates go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon.


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Wiggins takes Tour with time to spare
BLAGNAC, France (AP) -- Yellow jersey holder Bradley Wiggins once said that to win the Tour de France you have to be good for 21 days.
That looks like one of the rare mistakes Wiggins has made in this three-week, nearly 2,200-mile race. Because with three stages left before the Champs-Elysees finale, Wiggins needs to just hang on and avoid crashing to become Britain's first champion of bicyling's premier race.
Rather than 21 days, Wiggins needed only 18 to effectively lock down the victory. Establishing a comfortable time gap over rivals early on in the race against the clock, Wiggins' specialty, the 32-year-old rider managed his lead for the rest of the long race in what he called a "business-like" and "calculating" manner.
All that was left for Wiggins to do was let his superior Team Sky teammates, a collection of Austrian, Australian, Belarussian, British, German and Norwegian racers, drive such a high pace in the mountains that attacks by other teams became nearly impossible.
Since the start in Liege, Wiggins and team boss Dave Brailsford have repeated that they were taking the race day by day, and that they wouldn't start thinking about Paris until the Eifel Tower was in sight.
Now, all that stands between him and the top of a podium on the Champs-Elysees is Friday's hilly 137-mile stage -- in France's southwest that offers no major difficulty -- and Saturday's final time trial, the discipline Wiggins masters so well he bested four-time World Champion Fabian Cancellara by nearly a minute in the race's first long time trial on July 9.
Cancellara is out of the race now, and Wiggins' next real rival, Italian Vincenzo Nibali, is 2:41 behind. Nibali lost over two minutes to Wiggins in that 25.8-mile race between Arc-et-Senans and Besancon. Barring extraordinary misfortune, Saturday's longer 33.2-mile race should be a mere formality and a chance for Wiggins to pad his victory.
The race's Top 10 hasn't included a new face since stage 10, meaning the entire second half of the race has mainly been about the slow drift of defending champ Cadel Evans down the standings, from second to where he sits now, in sixth place.
After Thursday's stage, Wiggins finally allowed himself to admit that the race was effectively his.
"Once we saw Nibali cracked at the top of Peyresourde and didn't have the danger of him attacking in the final, at that point I knew it was pretty much over," Wiggins said.
The 89.2-mile ride from the southwestern town of Bagneres-de-Luchon to the ski station of Peyragudes featured three hefty ascents in the Pyrenees and an uphill finish.
On the last ascent, Chris Froome, a Kenyan-born Briton, powered ahead with Wiggins struggling to keep on his wheel. But Nibali of Italy, the only real threat to Wiggins' title hopes, was trailing behind.
Alejandro Valverde, the Movistar leader who is back from a two-year doping ban this year, won his third Tour stage in a breakaway. Froome was second and Wiggins was third, both 19 seconds back.
Valverde, with tears in his eyes in the winner's circle, had a rough start to the Tour with at least three crashes. He also sensed Wiggins and Froome closing on him at the end of the stage.
"I went all out," said Valverde, who also won stages in the Tour Down Under and the Paris-Nice races this year. "When I saw there were only 700 meters left, I was really, really happy."
Friday's stage between Blagnac and Brive-la-Gaillarde includes two short, steep climbs in the last 24 miles that could reward a breakaway and open the door to a stage win by a rider other than the pure sprinters.
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Grand Central has great bread. A lot of local restaurants actually serve bread from this bakery. They also have bakeries, and deli's across town.
Here is the link to their breads listing all of the ingredients --> http://grandcentralbakery.com/breads.html
NOTE: There is one bread which does contain milk. The bread is NOT listed on this list, but
they will be able to tell you in the store. I will let you know once I know.
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hello, do tell which bread is not vegan. I cant handle lactose and would love to know what I can buy here.
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Their baguette is amazing, as is the ciabatta. All of the sweets are off limits, as it the brioche, and a couple other items - always double check in the bakery.
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Luxury holidays to Tunisia
Luxury holidays to Tunisia – Going to Tunisia should be a really luxurious, indulgent experience, with some splendid sights to see.
But to start with, there's no shortage of luxury in Tunisia when it comes to accommodation. From five-star hotels that offer every comfort, to boutique hotels with character and class, there are some terrific options.
You'll find good examples of that in and around Tunis, in fact. Take The Residence hotel, for example.
It's a delight: beautifully-landscaped, immaculately designed, with thought and attention to every aspect. It's not just the spacious bedrooms or the inviting swimming pool – it's the spa, the golf course, the selection of enticing restaurants with food from all over the world – there is very little anyone could want for.
Not too far away from The Residence is a hotel of a completely different style – the Dar Said.
Here the luxury comes from the intimacy – there are just 24 rooms. The luxury comes from the location – in the heart of the quaint clifftop village of Sidi Bou Said. The luxury comes from the charm of the ancient building, an aristocratic family home from centuries ago.
Those sorts of choices and opportunities are available throughout Tunisia – and to truly experience the country it is essential to get out and around. The country has a rich blend of influences – the Roman presence of the past, Islam from the East, and Europe from its colonial days. Tunisia has fused all those influences and become quite unique, and it's something that the guides in the country love to talk about.
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"Millions of older Americans take nutritional supplements to protect their sight without clear guidance regarding benefit and risk," said NEI director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. "This study clarifies the role of supplements in helping prevent advanced AMD, an incurable, common, and devastating disease that robs older people of their sight and independence."
Results from the chelation arm of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) were published in the March 27, 2013, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Preliminary results from the vitamin component of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) were released during the American College of Cardiology's 2013 Scientific Sessions.
What: David G.I. Kingston, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Director, Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Chemistry at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, will be the featured speaker for the fourth annual Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Health Therapies. Dr. Kingston's lecture is entitled Natural Products: Drugs and Medicines for All Reasons and All Seasons.
Funds, totaling approximately $11.3 million, will support the first year of the Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory, which will engage health care systems as research partners in conducting large-scale clinical studies. The funds are managed through the Common Fund at the National Institutes of Health.
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The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional schools as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education.
A new series of monthly health tips, Time to Talk Tips, will provide consumers with easy-to-read information on complementary health practices. The effort is managed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health.
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In the relatively recent past, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has made statements that would lead the reader or listener to believe that he is not at all in favor of school choice legislation that utilized school vouchers. Haslam said on Monday that he'll favor voucher legislation for means-tested lower-income students from "the worst performing schools." What changed Haslam's mind? Some may say it was the "study committee" that he formed to look at the issue, but more likely it was the reality that a voucher bill may come to his desk, and his veto is powerless.
Tennessee's Constitution provides that a simple majority of each House can override a Governor's veto (Article III, Section 18). In practical terms, that means that if a piece of legislation passes with a reasonable majority, will have little choice but to give his assent or face a kind of public political flogging at the hands of the General Assembly, as happened to former Governor Phil Bredesen after he vetoed legislation that allowed for concealed carry permit holders to carry in restaurants that serve adult beverages.
One fact of Haslam's tenure as Governor is that he has avoided public spats with the General Assembly, even if that has meant allowing bills to become law without his signature. This is likely because those are battles that it would be constitutionally impossible for him to win. Haslam was going to get a voucher bill, one that would have passed and that he would have had to accept as it appeared on his desk whether he signed or vetoed it. If he comes out in favor of any kind of voucher plan now, he controls the debate and the direction the legislation will take rather than letting the Legislature control it for him.


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My family and I recently received a copy of the new animated DVD, Madeline's Christmas & Other Wintery Tales, to review.
From one of the best children's series ever, comes this new to DVD collection of stories perfect to bring in winter and the Holidays! There are five stories included on this one: "Madeline's Winter Vacation", "Madeline at the North Pole", "Madeline and Santa", "Madeline's Holiday With Mr. Grump", and "Madeline and the Ice Skates".
In "Madeline's Winter vacation", Madeline and the girls - and Pepito too! - take a train to visit Miss Clavel's Aunt Hilda's chalet in the Alps. Leave it to Pepito to bring up Snow Monsters (the Abdominal snowman) and send the imaginations into overdrive! lol This disc definitely does have more of a Christmas theme to it than other titles from other series coming out this series. It's the usual Madeline stubbornness, with Miss Clavel, Pepito, and of course, Genevieve in all the stories. Madeline fans will not be disappointed, although, there is no bonus material on this disc. (Sniff, sniff, it would have been such a great opportunity to have a Noel tie in game!) Pick this one up before the holiday season starts, so you can enjoy it all season long.
Madeline's Christmas & Other Wintery Tales will be released on DVD on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010, and runs 110 minutes long. It is full screen edition, and rated G - it's best for ages 3-5, older kids will probably be bored. There is no violence or bad language to be worried about, and this DVD doesn't contain any special features. The suggested retail price is $12.99, but Amazon has it on pre-order as of this posting for $12.49.
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