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I seldom use this space to cry "anti-Semitism" or to rail at the misogynist patriarchy, but every once in a while, the Jewish feminist in me uses her guest posting privileges.
why not? it's a reality we totally deal with. stop kissing ass to your "liberal" and "progressive" friends… and you totally know what I'm talking about here Ester. don't act like I can't define you because I hate that. you know damn well you want to rant about shit, but ranting about a philosophy and world view is very different then ranting about your genetilia and who wears the pants. both can be fun to talk about however, but really you act as if feminism should be taken seriously at this juncture. you can choose to be a Jew. I never chose to have a penis Ester. It's wrong to put the two subjects together. it leads to some kind of equivalence argument that you package for your liberal readers. excuse me as I thumb my anus a little bit…
Over the past week or so, my Jewish circles online and off have been buzzing about two things. Most recently, this video ("The Coastie Song," via DCC at Jewschool) from the University of Wisconsin that is an ode to (or perhaps a condemnation of) the East Coast Jewish honeys who are blowing Daddy's money. But even before that came this Details magazine article by Christopher Noxon, celebrating "The Rise of the Hot Jewish Girl" – with its subtitle of "Why American Men Are Lusting After Women of the Tribe," hailed by many as a long-overdue paean to Jewish girls, or women.
oh come on… this is a no brainer. it's because they have written Jews off as elitist and getting to screw an elitism is like busting a virgin. it is pathetic and about power. My last boss in advertising was a Greek and he used to spend half his time telling me about the Jewish women he screwed… probably because I was a Jew and he thought it pissed me off. It didn't really because any woman no matter who her parents were that thought that guy was worth screwing deserved what she got… probably a disease. He obviously didn't think highly of any of his Jewess trophy screws because he settled down with a Venezualan who shared his Chavistan politics… but that is another story.
After a few mentions of Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, and Mila Kunis, the focus is revealed to be Jewish women in pornography. As feminist site Jezebel noted, "It's a pretext for a package of "JILFS" (guess) that include photos of and interviews with starlets whose appeal hasn't historically hinged on their rabbinical status." Are these two pieces of popular culture evidence for the appeal of Jewish women, or are they insults masked as compliments? Are they anti-Jewish, or anti-women, or neither?
well ya knows… they did kill an awful lot of us off. if one were a bitch connoisseur and not a real lover… a kind of ego based pursuit in the bedroom kind of thang?
It's not that the "Coasties" song itself is so bad – I mean, these guys didn't invent the term (although they did put a beat to defining it) – and with or without "Coasties," the JAP stereotype (as much as all stereotypes) is still alive and well. As a friend just pointed out in an IM chat, women getting offended by this video is kind of like him getting offended by a portrayal of the ludicrous men on "Jersey Shore" (which I'm not sure about, but I get what he's saying).
really I have no idea wtf you are talking about Ester. Coasties? background on that please. I spend most of my time hanging out online and don't go to bars. how on earth did Jews get called Coasties? is it because we aren't in Middle America? boy is that a myth
I'm pretty sure that this stereotype has skipped me – I've neither the money nor the inclination to spend $500 (or even $15) on sunglasses or wear Uggs (although I admit, I am from the East Coast and occasionally drink Starbucks). But as a single Jewish woman, I still suffer the fallout from stereotypes. After years of writing about relationships between Jewish men and women, I believe that anything that paints Jewish women in general as superficial damages the reputation of all Jewish women, and empowers others to use this stereotype as fact in conversations and in cultural products. (Despite it's clever riff on "Gold Digger," this is why I'm not a fan of the "Gelt Digger" t-shirts.)
well Amen Sister. of course it is bullshit. my sister barely gets by as well. but I think there still is something special about you for being a Jew
People who may not know many Jewish women and who form their opinions of things based on popular culture may see this kind of video in a vacuum and determine that the behavior depicted is typical, or may read the Details article and think all Jewish women are porn stars.
now we are all porn stars… oh lord… what next will they say? it isn't our fault that we are often top of our field. oops elitism…
But even people who should know better and who deal with Jews many times a day use these tropes to justify bad dating behavior. I think there's a reason that on JDaters Anonymous, my most-commented-on post of the last two years is "Driving the Jewish Men Away," offered originally in jest, but leading to some bitter conversation on why Jewish women may or may not be at fault for the lack of available, willing Jewish men.
hey Ester… I might be available this month. moo ha ha ha… but seriously… guys really don't like to be a commodity. especially since our chances of employment are no better then yours and yet our sexuality is completely tied in to our ability to provide. frankly I've given up on that fight… hence all my social networking that doesn't bring me a profit. my best friend is a Jewish Doctor. I can set you up with him if you want… he really gets turned off by women and their needs however. He makes plenty of money and he is a great guy… ok maybe a little passive aggressive, but other then that… he's my best friend, but he remembers being the nerdy kid that girls wouldn't touch and he resents the behavior of most dames.
In the Details article, I learned that Jewish women are only seen as hot when they shatter the otherness/expectations/limitations of their Jewishness, through looking, behaving or sounding not-particularly-Jewish but while otherwise conforming to contemporary standards of attractiveness. Heterosexual men are attracted to conventionally hot women – although we could unpack how conventional attractiveness is constructed, this is not really a news story. As for Jews in porn, a population that I doubt reads this blog, they are working in an industry that by its definition casts all its actors as sex objects – so that men (gentiles or Jews) who enjoy watching women in porn also enjoy watching Jewish women in porn is, again, not a surprise.
translation: be a blonde Gentile woman and pretend to be Jewish for hotness. I knew a lot Caucasian non Jewish Girls who were adopted into Jewish families when I was growing up and they did very well in life.
Jezebel blasted writer Noxon for his Details piece; I don't know Noxon personally, but I do know, as a writer, that you can't always assume the piece – or even the headline – is the writer. But what I think is interesting is that Noxon has his own experience with Jewish women, most notably his wife – "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan – which we can only hope/assume inspires a positive image of Jewish women. So we can assume (or at least, I'm assuming) that Noxon's perspective is not an inherently anti-Jewish or misogynistic one.
some stereotypes have some truth to it I guess… any niche sexuality shtick has it's drawbacks. I wouldn't want to be a nebbish Jewish stereotype that often can lead to success. I prefer to be my obnoxious self that isn't afraid to offend anyone. I'm a one girl kind of guy and I see no benefit of playing to that libidinal cliche.
While I was on Noxon's site, I read about his last book, "Rejuvenile" – an examination of how people (mostly men) are holding onto childlike behaviors and putting off adulthood (in this clip reel from his site, he talks about how he met and eventually proposed to Kohan – on the kickball field), and how this presents an opportunity for marketers. But my question is, how is this desire to look, feel, act and be younger, this maintaining the grip on a more adolescent attitude, impacting relationships in terms of both shaping attraction and commitment?
is this about Jewish guys or guys in general? Women seem to be very tolerant of this boy stuff. I find it to be as annoying as most women. it really leads to a lot of school yard style abuse. if anything I find women benefit from the Bull fighting and school yard play. It produces a more dominant mate, but then you have to share him. you can always chase Ishmael out of the tent though. they say Gorillas live in Harems. So do some Arabs in Saudi Arabia.
ooops… I said something elitist again
Standards of beauty and which traits are considered attractive in women in a particular era are a product of that era's social norms, expectations and culture. What's interesting to me is what plays out in popular culture – although Jewish men don't have to look a certain way to be seen as desirable as long as they display other traits (intelligence and/or humor, primarily) that are considered attractive, the language around attractive Jewish women seems to require us to see their primary worth as attractiveness first and as an afterthought add, "and you'd never believe she's Jewish!"
Ester I can't tell you how much psychology it forces most men to deal with. a lot of flattery and deceit. It really is a lot of work and it gets in the way of actually making a living… which is something a lot of ladies want their men to do. it's not a problem for me however since I've given up on both making a living and flattering women. Most heterosexual guys are a lot less critical then the gay ones who are a lot of women's best friends. the materialistic femme culture really isn't men's fault. It's something you femmes do to yourselves.
This leads me to wonder about other assumptions about men and women in general, that women are more emotionally attuned and therefore attracted to inner substance and potential, while men are more visual, concerned with status and are attracted to appearance. And is all of this a concession to the overall emphasis on staying younger longer?
the status bit isn't true. we aren't concerned with status at all. it's you who are. and we want you ladies. we don't like to be humiliated and with all those Gorillas running around that you (ladies) encourage in the school yard the one thing that protects us is indeed status.
I lack the formal sociologist's training or feminist educational background to do anything but conjecture.
just don't shave your legs.
Besides, I wouldn't want to make any generalizations – that could lead to dangerous stereotyping, accusations of misogyny and misandry, and, in a worst case scenario, to more YouTube videos. And no one needs that.
oh noes. wouldn't want to be objective about anything. it is post feminism you are talking about?
below is what I posted on her profile…. ;^)
I'm enjoying your latest post… will get back to you on it laterNoah David Simonyou do realize I'm going to tear you a new asshole for your opinions… but I'm going to enjoy every second of it. I'm going to be reposting parts of your latest blog post on my blog because I think you are dealing with some real juicy stuff… that I totally disagree with, but I admire that you aren't afraid to think about.Esther KustanowitzBelieve it or not, I don't write to incite you, or anyone. But honestly, I hope you're engaging in the conversation on a high level, and not with the intention of tearing anyone a new anything, which I find to be a violent and uncomfortable image. I'm all about the conversation, but I believe it's got to serve a purpose and be conducted with respect.Noah David SimonPS… I think you are hot. I guess that might niche me in the scurvy syber freak that is posting weird shit on my profile category and probably doesn't have a job. I'm ok with that.Noah David Simonbut I can tell you that most of my Jewish guy pals are more concerned with their Jewish noses then you know. I can also tell you that hooking up with a Jewish girl is near impossible… especially for a dude like me that is on edge and can't keep a job because I scare people… probably because because I talk about shit. either way it's a Jewish trait that I'm ok with. it is very true that I've got a big mouth… my looks have nothing to do with that. if I didn't say a word you'd of thought I was an intimidating Spaniard or something. at any rate… my sister is the same. she has a big mouth and she don't look like a JEW JEW… she looks like my sister.Noah David Simonoh yes… respect… um… right. um… well that takes time to think about being respectful. this is just me in reaction mode


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A country has decided to have just two different coins, 3z and 5z coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that cannot be made? How do you know?
Imagine you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights. How many of each weight would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg? What other averages could you have?
Imagine we have four bags containing numbers from a sequence. What numbers can we make now?
Charlie and Abi put a counter on 42. They wondered if they could visit all the other numbers on their 1-100 board, moving the counter using just these two operations: x2 and -5. What do you think?
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Pick any ten numbers from the bags above so that their total is 37.
The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.
Can you find an efficient method to work out how many handshakes there would be if hundreds of people met?
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Polygons drawn on square dotty paper have dots on their perimeter (p) and often internal (i) ones as well. Find a relationship between p, i and the area of the polygons.
What are the areas of these triangles? What do you notice? Can you generalise to other "families" of triangles?
Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?
Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?
How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there are in different sized boxes?
Rectangles are considered different if they vary in size or have different locations. How many different rectangles can be drawn on a chessboard?
Explore the effect of combining enlargements.
How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?
Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number you first thought of, add 7, divide by 3 and take away the number you first thought of. You should now be left with 2. How do I. . . .
The sum of the numbers 4 and 1 [1/3] is the same as the product of 4 and 1 [1/3]; that is to say 4 + 1 [1/3] = 4 � 1 [1/3]. What other numbers have the sum equal to the product and can this be so for. . . .
Can you find sets of sloping lines that enclose a square?
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
A three digit number abc is always divisible by 7 when 2a+3b+c is divisible by 7. Why?
Can all unit fractions be written as the sum of two unit fractions?
Take any two positive numbers. Calculate the arithmetic and geometric means. Repeat the calculations to generate a sequence of arithmetic means and geometric means. Make a note of what happens to the. . . .
Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
What would you get if you continued this sequence of fraction sums? 1/2 + 2/1 = 2/3 + 3/2 = 3/4 + 4/3 =
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
Take a look at the multiplication square. The first eleven triangle numbers have been identified. Can you see a pattern? Does the pattern continue?
Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
Can you tangle yourself up and reach any fraction?
In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a surface so that the sum of the numbers on each of the four faces (top, bottom, front and back) is equal?
Pick the number of times a week that you eat chocolate. This number must be more than one but less than ten. Multiply this number by 2. Add 5 (for Sunday). Multiply by 50... Can you explain why it. . . .
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
It starts quite simple but great opportunities for number discoveries and patterns!
You can work out the number someone else is thinking of as follows. Ask a friend to think of any natural number less than 100. Then ask them to tell you the remainders when this number is divided by. . . .
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...
Explore the effect of reflecting in two intersecting mirror lines.
Explore the effect of reflecting in two parallel mirror lines.
Consider all two digit numbers (10, 11, . . . ,99). In writing down all these numbers, which digits occur least often, and which occur most often ? What about three digit numbers, four digit numbers. . . .
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges?
Can you use the diagram to prove the AM-GM inequality?
List any 3 numbers. It is always possible to find a subset of adjacent numbers that add up to a multiple of 3. Can you explain why and prove it?
How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?
We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?
Euler discussed whether or not it was possible to stroll around Koenigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Experiment with different numbers of islands and bridges.

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When Kitesurfing began, nearly all the development was devoted to the Kites, improving their stability, upwind ability, wind range and handling. In the last couple of years, board design has also come on leaps and bounds.
Over the last few years, most riders are realising the improvements a properly designed and made set of fins can make to a board. This is particularly so with regard to upwind performance, grip for higher jumps and control in a straight line


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July 07, 2015 08:00 ET
Clarizen Has Chosen Equinix to Host Two Dedicated Data Centers in London and Amsterdam for Its European Customers' Data
Clarizen Has Chosen Equinix to Host Two Dedicated Data Centers in London and Amsterdam for Its European Customers' Data
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 7, 2015) - Clarizen, a global leader in collaborative work management software, today announced it has opened two new data centers in Europe to better serve its multinational and European customers. Clarizen's European data centers -- in London, UK, and in Amsterdam, the Netherlands -- are located in state-of-the-art Equinix data centers with industry-leading uptime and security.
"Clarizen is growing rapidly across the world and in particular within Europe," said Ted Purcell, Clarizen senior vice president of worldwide sales and customer success. "These two centers support that growth, adhere to Europe's latest security regulations regarding regional data storage, and provide increased performance and scalability."
Clarizen will process and store customer data in both locations and the centers ensure that Clarizen's European customers' data always remains within Europe. Both locations will be operated and monitored by Clarizen's operations team.
"The new data centers further enable our ability to keep up with the needs of our growing EMEA customer base and the global proliferation of Clarizen," said Purcell. "Clarizen continues to become the collaborative work management platform of choice for the world's most valuable multinational brands and growth companies alike. A critical decision criterion for us was the ability to deliver a world-class security solution for our customers and to keep up with their data delivery demands."
Both centers have environmentally friendly accreditation, reflecting Clarizen's commitment to environmentally friendly practices. They also have all the major accredited certifications including ISO 50001 and 14001 and the Amsterdam center won the 2014 DataCloud Congress Award for Environmental Sustainability. The Amsterdam center also offers super-fast connection to most of Europe within 50 milliseconds.
Clarizen already has two data centers in the US, hosted by Equinix and Telx. The California-based company chose Equinix as its European data center facilitator because of its superior average uptime and its extraordinary physical security and operational reliability across a global platform of more than 100 data centers.
More information about Clarizen's security procedures can be found by clicking here.
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Clarizen is a leader in collaborative work management, bringing together cross-organizational project management, flexible workflow automation and purposeful collaboration in an enterprise-grade platform. Clarizen unites teams, reduces unnecessary communication, and provides extensive visibility at all levels of the organization, so everyone can work more efficiently, adapt to changes and deliver results. Thousands of organizations across 79 countries, including dozens of the Fortune 500, rely on Clarizen's award-winning solution. The privately held company has locations all around the world, with regional headquarters in San Mateo, CA, Tel Aviv, IL and London, UK. For more information, visit www.clarizen.com.
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Project and Assessment for Transformation Unit
Unit 3: Transformers and Transformations
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Big Idea: Students will be assessed in multiple ways on the transformations unit using a choice of 2 projects and a formal exam.
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Do Now: In this Do Now, students will review key vocabulary like image, pre-image, transformation, rotation, reflection and translation. The first Do Now question requires students to have an understanding of how to work backwards when describing translations. The second question reinforces the idea of an isometry and also ask students to review visualizing how transformations appear on the coordinate plane.
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The Community College of Rhode Island and the two other public institutions for higher education in Rhode Island (Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island) are governed by the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education. The Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education was created through legislation in 1981. The Board consists of 15 members: 12 public members, including a student from one of the three public institutions of higher education, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate in staggered three-year terms, except for the student who serves two years; plus, the chair of the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education and the chair of the finance committee of the Rhode Island House and Senate or their designees. The chair, who is one of the 12 public members, serves at the pleasure of the Governor.
As indicated on the College's organizational chart, the administrative structure at the Community College of Rhode Island works primarily through six divisions, each under its own Vice President or Associate Vice President, with the exception of two departments (Institutional Equity and Small Business Initiative) which report directly to the President. The College's chief administrative officers are:
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text: On October 6, 1973, hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, in 1967, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Taking the Israeli Defense Forces by surprise, Egyptian troops swept deep into the Sinai Peninsula, while Syria struggled to throw occupying Israeli troops out of the Golan Heights. Israel counterattacked and recaptured the Golan Heights. A cease-fire went into effect on October 25, 1973.


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The health insurance marketplace, aka Obamacare, website is an absolute fiasco and filled with more glitches than you can possibly imagine.
It won't allow you to progress to the next screen when trying to click on a link, or the website sends you nebulously out into cyberspace.
I called the 800 number twice and the representatives said that they were surprised that I had gotten as far as I did (further than anyone else they had talked to) and that I needed to simply keep trying and the glitches would get worked out eventually.
This is so par for the course with this Obama administration and the failings of a bureaucratic machine.
It's an absolute travesty and catastrophe and the one representative said before the call ended, "Well, keep trying to log in over and over again until you complete your application and call us back anytime if there is anything else that we can do for you?"
I thought to myself, "What's the point?"
Kyle Grady
Highway 17 North
Mount Pleasant
Maybe somebody better check my math here, but I think I have a legitimate bone to pick with the board of directors of the S.C. State Ports Authority.
An article in the Sept. 18 Post and Courier detailed the $175,000 in bonuses that were passed along to the top seven executives and managers of the authority, as a result of having exceeded their targeted annual cash flow of $42.3 million by $200,000 (a whopping 0.5 percent). By my kind of math, nearly 88 percent of that "overage" went to those lucky top seven in the form of cash bonuses.
Hmm ... makes me wonder. Is the SPA charged with operating the port (owned by the state and located in the natural marvel of Charleston Harbor, also owned by the state — read that as "you and me") for the benefit of South Carolinians or for those seven individuals?
I know, they say we need to provide this kind of financial incentive to make sure these folks keep our port competitive with its peers, so that we here in Charleston don't wither up and blow away.
To believe that, you have to also believe that the $370,000 annual salary of the president and CEO (up 5.7 percent last December), and the $170,000 to $245,000 paid to the six vice presidents, is not, in itself, sufficient to provide that incentive.
Ain't it peculiar — during my 33 years of service to the state as a scientist, I more often heard the mantra that "everyone here is doing a great job, but the cold, hard fiscal reality is that we'll need to do more with less $$ and a smaller staff."
I wonder if anyone else in state government managed this year to land a 16 percent bonus ($58,000), like Jim Newsome did for meeting less than half (47.5 percent) of the performance goals established by his bosses for the year. Compare the authority's accomplishment of exceeding the financial and production goals by 0.5 percent with that 16 percent bonus. Not even close.
I know I've thrown around a lot of the numbers published in the article, but won't somebody look them over and tell me what I'm missing here?
David Knott
Ivy Hall Road
The Sept. 19 Post and Courier editorial headlined "Biden's straight talk on harbor" is pure political baloney. The slant of the editorial is that it is difficult for the feds to find funding for dredging our shipping channels, so we should be grateful for the administration's "commitment to deepening Charleston Harbor." Nonsense.
In 1986 Congress enacted two bills, the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) and the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT), for the express purpose of collecting taxes from shippers to be used for commercial harbor operations and maintenance.
Federal accounting records show that from its inception through the end of fiscal year 2011 the HMTF had spent $900 million and had an unspent balance of $5.5 billion.
So, there's $5.5 billion in the HMTF waiting to be spent for harbor maintenance, right? And it's not available for earmarks and bridges to nowhere, right?
Wrong on both counts. That money, like the Social Security Trust Fund, is just a number in some computer memory and an imaginary stack of wrinkled IOUs in a dusty shoebox.
The real $5.5 billion has been appropriated into the government's "general funds." There, it offsets a small part of the annual budget deficits and, of course, is available for some bottom-feeding congressman to grab for his or her pet home-boy project.
Commitment to Charleston Harbor? I don't think so.
I would suggest that someone at The Post and Courier google "HMTF" read a little bit and follow some links to get the whole story.
Then tell us again, please, why we should be "reassured" by the administration's "commitment."
Terry W. Ryan
Captiva Row
The recent article about Judge Fields brought back memories of an unforgettable visit to his courtroom for a moving violation.
The year was 1987. The weekend before I had gone to Williams-Brice Stadium, in Columbia, to watch the South Carolina Gamecocks defeat the Clemson Tigers for on only the second time in seven years. I returned to Charleston with the score taped to my back truck window to show how proud I was of my teams win.
The following Monday I was driving on the crosstown headed west when a city policeman motioned for me to pull over along with another car which was flying Gamecocks flags from the windows. The officer gave both drivers a ticket for running a red light.
I decided to go to court and was the last case to appear before Judge Fields that day.
He called my name and read the charge. I said, "First, judge, I want to make sure you're not still upset with the defendant before me." He assured me that he wasn't. He then asked for my plea.
I told him that I was guilty, but I didn't see the color of the light due to the afternoon setting sun. Then I explained to the judge that the officer had pulled two vehicles which adorned Gamecock colors and I wanted to know if the officer was a Clemson fan.
Judge Fields then asked the officer if he was a Clemson fan, and he answered that he was. The judge then struck the gavel and exclaimed case dismissed.
Elmore L. Marlow
Briarfield Avenue
Concerning the horrible judgment and the leniency of Circuit Court Judge Alison Lee — a federal judgeship in her future?
Joanne Hafter
White Falls Drive
South Carolina's senior senator, Lindsey Graham, is a leader. If there is an important issue being addressed in Washington, you can count on Lindsey Graham to be an active legislator in the process.
Instead of sitting on the sidelines, Lindsey is always working to find common ground to tackle the tough issues. He understands the big picture, and I applaud his efforts to address the issues facing our nation.
The United States is facing threats from all around the world, and Lindsey is committed to a strong national defense to protect us.
Sen. Graham is a proven conservative. He is a staunch advocate of the Second Amendment. He is pro-life. He supports marriage being between a man and a woman.
Lindsey Graham is a vital asset to South Carolina and our country.
He has always looked out for our best interests, and we need him in Washington. He has always been a vocal advocate for the Port of Charleston. He understands the need to dredge the channels, to ensure that we remain competitive when the larger container ships are able to pass through the Panama Canal.
We need Lindsey Graham to continue representing South Carolina. He has proven his worth.
I will be supporting Lindsey in his re-election for U.S. Senate and I urge voters of South Carolina to join me.
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Besides, two years after you graduate the only two things that will matter are where you graduated from and if you were on Law Review.


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After selecting items from the Buffalo Zoo's grocery wish list, which will be provided at each location, shoppers can leave their gift with a zoo volunteer in the store lobby. All of these donations will then be used as special enrichment treats to promote the animals' natural behaviors and to stimulate them physically and mentally.
Requested grocery items include: Kellogg's Apple Jacks and Froot Loops or plain cereals; dog biscuits (all sizes); extracts and spices; peanut butter; plastic toys (Frisbees and balls); rawhide chews; Purina Whisker Lickin's cat treats (soft); as well as a variety of other items. The items may be purchased at the following Tops locations:
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A small outline dual inline memory module (SODIMM) consists of a number of memory components (usually black) that are attached to a printed circuit board (usually green). SODIMMs get their name because they are smaller and thinner than regular DIMMs. The gold pins on the bottom of the SODIMM provide a connection between the module and a socket on a larger printed circuit board. The pins on the front and back of a SODIMM are not connected.
200-pin SODIMMs are used to provide DDR and DDR2 SDRAM memory for notebook computers. To use DDR or DDR2 memory, your system motherboard must have 200-pin SODIMM slots and a DDR- or DDR2-enabled chipset. A DDR or DDR2 SODIMM will not fit into a standard SDRAM SODIMM socket. (Information about which memory technology your system uses is included in the Crucial Memory Advisor™ tool.)
The number of black components on a 200-pin SODIMM can vary, but it always has 100 pins on the front and 100 pins on the back, for a total of 200. 200-pin SODIMMs are approximately 2.625 inches long and 1.25 inches high, though the heights can vary. Like 144-pin SODIMMs, 200-pin SODIMMs have one small notch within the row of pins; however, the notch on the 200-pin SODIMMs is closer to the left side of the module.


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Exports from the U.S. are set to pick up in 2013 after slumping last quarter as global growth strengthens from Asia to Latin America, giving American manufacturers a boost.
Industries in which U.S. companies have a competitive advantage, including agriculture, medical supplies and aviation, will probably benefit the most from improving global demand, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics. That would brighten the outlook for corporations from General Electric Co. to Boeing Co. and Johnson & Johnson.
China reported economic growth accelerated in the fourth quarter for the first time in two years, raising prospects that a regional lift will fuel demand for U.S. goods. Developing nations are projected to grow 5.5% in 2013, more than last year, while Europe stabilizes, according to projections from the World Bank.
"The rest of the world is still growing, which means you should have higher exports," said Maury Harris, chief economist at UBS Securities LLC in New York. "If China is improving, those neighbors are going to have better growth. And if their neighbors have better growth, then they'll buy more stuff from us."
Harris forecasts sales to overseas customers will be 6.7% higher in this year's fourth quarter compared with the same period in 2012. The comparable gain in 2012 was an estimated 1.6%, reflecting a projected 5% slump at an annual rate from October through December.
Gaining Momentum
Foreign demand will grow throughout the year, advancing at a 6% rate from January through March and at a 7% pace in the subsequent three quarters, according to UBS.
Forecasts from the International Monetary Fund issued today were in line with those from the World Bank. The Washington- based fund projected developing economies will grow 5.5% this year, up from 5.1% in 2012. It cut its world growth estimate to 3.5%, less than the 3.6% forecast in October, as Europe is projected to shrink for a second year.
Stocks fell today, after benchmark indexes reached five-year highs, as lawmakers prepared to vote to temporarily suspend the federal borrowing limit until May 19 and investors watched corporate earnings. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index declined 0.1% to 1,490.94 at 10:53 a.m. in New York.
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In the Qur"an, it teaches the believers to call to Islam with wisdom and fair preaching, to call others to worship The Living god and not to ascribe partners in worship with Him. Harun"s books clearly does this.
He uses The Qur"an and Science to reach the people"s intellect, to make them ponder and reflect on the verses of The Qur"an. I have come across only a few books of this magnitude, which reach the heart as well as the intellect. Not just by words only, but giving a visual effect.
Many of us read but cannot envision or imagine what we read. But when you have pictures along with the words, it reaches the heart as well as the mind. The God tells mankind in innumerous verses, to look at the sun, the moon, the earth, animals and even ourselves, for there are signs in all of these things for those who reflect and ponder. So, Harun is clearly doing that which The God commands.
In my opinion, Harun"s books make mankind reflect on the words of The God. Reflect on His Greatness and Omnipotence. That which science tries to explain away, Harun uses to show that One with complete Knowledge and Wisdom creates all that exists. The All Knowing, The All Wise, The All Powerful, All Seeing, All Hearing Lord and Creator.
May The God continually bless and enrich Harun Yahya in his work. May The God grant him the best in this world, in his grave, and in the hereafter. He is truly one who calls to the worship of The God.
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A few years since I last visited, but here I am with another dumb question...
I am looking to set up a high availability service from home, and of course want to keep the nasties out. I have one line from my ISP, and of course wish to stick a firewall on the internet-facing side. To be HA, though, I would really need two firewalls in case one box falls over.
How do I get input directed at one IP to go to either/or firewall without adding another box and thus a single point of failure?
Is the only way to do this to have a clustered pair, one live and one failover?
Isn't that adding complexity to what should be a basic box (and therefore adding vulns)?
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Lawyers for man charged with murder seek to halt demolition of Exeter concrete plantBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
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May 01. 2013 8:09PM
BRENTWOOD - A judge has postponed the demolition of a vacant Exeter concrete plant where police found the body of Amanda "Amy" Warf so defense lawyers can preserve the crime scene for their own examination.
The request was made by public defenders for Aaron Desjardins, 36, of Epping, shortly after his case was transferred to Rockingham County Superior Court.
Desjardins is charged with first-degree murder of his ex-wife.
Building owner James Schelzi had already agreed to hold off on plans to demolish the City Concrete Co. building at the request of state police, but public defenders for Desjardins sought their own court order to prohibit the building from being razed, according to court records.
Exeter firefighters discovered Warf's body on March 7 after they were called to the building to douse a blaze on the second floor.
The building had been deemed unsafe by the town of Exeter and the Exeter Fire Department, and plans were underway to schedule the building for demolition, according to public defenders for Desjardins.
Public defenders Joseph Malfitani and Anthony Naro said in a court motion that they have not yet been provided with all evidence against their client. They told Judge Marguerite Wageling that they are "not in a position to determine whether any independent examination of the scene is necessary."
The state processed the crime scene inside the building at 2 Hampton Road. Desjardins was arrested last month days after his ex-wife's murder. Warf, 36, of Hampton, and Desjardins were arguing over details of their divorce and the care of their 1-year-old son, William, just prior to the murder, according to family court records.


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Q. Is GFCI protection required for a single-phase, 208V, 30A coffee maker receptacle in a commercial kitchen?
A. No, only 15A and 20A, 125V receptacles installed in commercial kitchens (Fig. 1) need to be GFCI protected [210.8(B)(2)].
Q. Can a GFCI-type receptacle be installed on an AFCI-protected circuit?
A. Sure. As a matter of fact, some manufacturers have listed circuit breakers that incorporate both GFCI and AFCI protection.
Q. Can copper wire be used to secure EMT in a metal stud wall?
A. This is really up to the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). Electrical metallic tubing must be securely fastened within 3 feet of every box, cabinet, or termination fitting, and at intervals not exceeding 10 feet [358.30]. The NEC doesn't spellout specifically how the support is to be done, but all installations must be "approved" by the AHJ [90.4].
Q. What are the NEC rules for splicing copper and aluminum conductors to each other?
A. Copper and aluminum conductors must not make contact with each other, except within a device that is listed and identified for this purpose [110.14].
Q. Am I required to "pigtail" conductors at receptacles and switches, or can the screws (one on a terminal) provided on the devices be used to maintain the circuit continuity?
A. Conductor pigtailing is generally not required, but the continuity of the grounded (neutral) conductor of a multi-wire branch circuit must not be interrupted by the removal of a wiring device. Therefore, the grounded (neutral) conductors of multi-wire branch circuits must be spliced together, and a pigtail must be provided for the wiring device [300.13(B)].
Q. Can I use MC cable for luminaires located at 8 feet above a patient care area?
A. Branch circuits that serve patient care areas must be installed in a metal raceway or listed cable with a metallic armor or sheath that qualifies as an effective ground-fault current path in accordance with 250.118.
Typically, the outer metal sheath of interlocked Type MC cable isn't listed as a suitable ground-fault current path [250.118(10]). Therefore, it is not permitted to supply branch circuits in patient care areas of health care facilities [517.13(A)].
However, the metal armored sheath of Type AC cable is listed as a suitable ground-fault current path (it contains an internal bonding strip in direct contact with the metal sheath of the cable [250.118(8)]) and can be used to wire the luminaires located in the patient care area [517.13(A)].
Note: Exception No. 2 of 517.13(B) exempts the redundant equipment grounding (bonding) conductor; it does not exempt the type of 517.13(A) required wiring method in a patient care area. Patient care areas include patient rooms as well as examining rooms, therapy areas, examining and treatment rooms, recreational areas, and some patient corridors (see 517.2 Patient Care Areas).
Q. Can I gang three extension rings on to each other?
A. Yes. According to the UL listing requirement, extension rings are listed as a Metallic Outlet Box (QCIT), and this standard allows one or more extensions to be used [110.3(B)].
Q. Do I have to identify GFCI-protected receptacles with the "GFCI-protected" stickers that come with the devices?
A. Yes, if the instructions supplied with GFCI-protected receptacle state that the enclosed "GFCI-protected" labels be placed on all GFCI-protected receptacles [110.3(B)].
Q. When GFCI protection is required by the NEC for receptacles, must I use receptacles of the GFCI type, or can I protect the receptacles on the circuit with a GFCI circuit breaker?
A. A GFCI-type receptacle or a GFCI circuit breaker can be used to provide the protection required by the NEC.
Q. If an outdoor hot tub has integral GFCI protection, do I still need to provide GFCI for the equipment?
A. Additional GFCI protection isn't required for a listed self-contained spa or hot tub unit or listed packaged spa or hot tub assembly marked to indicate that integral GFCI protection has been provided for all electrical parts within the unit or assembly [680.44(A)].
Q. What is the minimum distance a receptacle must be located away from a sink?
A. The NEC doesn't specify a minimum distance that a receptacle must be located from a sink.
Q. What is the minimum distance a dry-type transformer must be installed from an inside wall?
A. Transformers rated 112.kVA or less must be located at least 12 inches from combustible materials, unless separated by a heat and fire-resistant barrier [450.21(A)]. Transformers with ventilating openings must be installed so that ventilation is adequate to dispose of the transformer full-load losses without creating a temperature rise that is in excess of the transformer rating [450.9].
As always, be sure to comply with the Listing requirements [110.3(B)] for your particular installation. This typically calls for 6 inches of clearance.
Q. Is a service disconnecting means required to be installed on the outside of a building?
A. This is really a judgment call that has to be made by the AHJ. The service disconnecting means must be placed at a readily accessible location either outside the building or structure, or inside nearest the point of service conductor entry [230.70(A)(1)].
Check with the AHJ on what "nearest the point of entry" means — to some it means a back-to-back installation; others permit up to 10 feet of service conductor within the building.


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9 Initiative, referendum measures on Ariz. ballotPosted: Updated:
PHOENIX (AP) -- Nine voter initiative and legislative referendum measures on Arizona's Nov. 6 general election ballot:
SALES TAX INCREASE - Proposition 204 would replace a penny-on-the-dollar temporary sales tax increase set to expire in mid-2013 with a permanent increase of the same size. Revenue would have to be used for education, construction projects and social services. Initiative.
PRIMARY ELECTION - Proposition 121 would revamp the state's primary election system. The two top finishers in the primary election would advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. And voters, regardless of party affiliation, could vote for any candidate. Initiative.
STATE SOVEREIGNTY - Proposition 120 would have Arizona declare that the state has exclusive authority over all land within its borders. American Indian reservations and military bases would be exempt. Referendum.
PICKING JUDGES - Proposition 115 would give governors more say over judicial appointments. The governor would generally get at least eight nominations for each appointment, up from at least three now. Also, her appointments of attorney members of the nominating commission would not have to come off a list of lawyers recommended by the State Bar of Arizona. Referendum.
CRIME VICTIMS - Proposition 114 would provide a new legal shield to crime victims. A crime victim would not be liable for damages suffered by a person engaged in a felony or fleeing from a situation involving a felony. Referendum.
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT TAX- Proposition 116 would provide tax savings for smaller businesses. The exemption on value of equipment and machinery subject to property tax would increase from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $68,079 to $2.4 million for newly acquired equipment and machinery. Referendum.
PROPERTY TAX - Proposition 117 would impose a cap on property tax increases. Increases could not exceed 5 percent over the value for the previous year, beginning with the 2015 tax year. Referendum.
EDUCATION FUNDING - Proposition 118 would set a minimum amount for funding for schools and other designated beneficiaries of income from the state trust land fund for the next nine fiscal years. There is currently no minimum requirement on using the fund's income. Referendum.
TRUST LAND SWAPS - Proposition 119 would allow swaps of state trust land under certain conditions. Trust land could be exchanged with other public land in Arizona to protect military installations from encroaching development or to convert trust land to public use. Referendum.


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IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/
Category: Action
Rating: 7 / 10
This movie got tons of hype from what I remember. I thought it was a decent action movie. It's not like a groundbreaking or deep story. SInce it's got Keanu Reaves it's got Neo. He pulls some matrix shooting scenes without the slo-mo.
It's worth a watch. I wouldn't say it's the movie of the year or anything but it's worth watching for the type of movie that it's
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/
Category: Drama
Rating : 7.5 / 10
This movie is based on a true story. I didn't really know much about it before watching the movie since it's all from the late 80's - mid 90's.
That being said, I thought it was a pretty good depiction of how the characters interacted in reality. I was pretty impressed overall with the acting. Channing Tatum wasn't just playing a goofy hot guy and Steve Carrel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829150/
Category: Action
Rating: 6.5 / 10
This movie basically talks about the legend of Vlad the Impaler aka Vlad Tepes, the real life inspiration for Dracula. It pretty much butchers the story and only throws in some of the details from the real legend. It's not like I was expecting much from the movie but they could've certainly shown some more impaling.
A couple of the battles are ok but a lot of it
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/
Category: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Rating: 9.5 / 10
This is by far the best drama movie I've seen this year. There's a lot of buildup throughout the movie as you start to actually hate/like some of the characters. It's certainly easy to understand what's going on and why which is a huge plus too but doesn't make the story simple at all. I'm not sure if it was a happy ending either.
There's a
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/
Category: Action / Sci-Fi
Rating 8.5 / 10
This movie actually really surprised me. The trailer barely touches on the main point of the movie and makes you think it's just another sci-fi war movie with Tom Cruise wrecking shit. However, it's far from it and instead focuses on the idea of being able to "reset" the day upon death.
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October 15, 2010 09:00 ET
WILSONVILLE, OR--(Marketwire - October 15, 2010) - Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that NVIDIA has adopted the Olympus-SoC™ product for multi-corner, multi-mode (MCMM) design closure of their high performance graphics processors. The Olympus-SoC system significantly reduces time to market while improving quality of results with advanced design closure capabilities like synchronized optimization, interconnect re-synthesis and physical SDC, in addition to MCMM closure for very large designs.
"We build some of the world's largest and highest performance ICs and it's crucial for us to maintain design schedules in the face of increasing IC complexity," said Sameer Halepete, vice president of ASIC Engineering at NVIDIA. "We have used Olympus-SoC on multiple GPU tapeouts and are very impressed with the overall quality of results and design schedule savings."
At the heart of the Mentor Graphics® solution is the Olympus-SoC chip assembly flow, which combines the strengths of the conventional hierarchical and flat design flows to deliver high capacity, fast runtime, and reduced memory without sacrificing high quality of results. The inaccuracies and inefficiencies caused by physical partitioning of designs is eliminated by the Olympus-SoC product's innovative and scalable architecture that allows designers to load in multi-million gate designs flat, and close timing by working across the physical hierarchies, thereby minimizing ECO iterations.
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"We are very pleased with NVIDIA's success and its decision to standardize on Olympus-SoC for physical implementation and optimization," said Pravin Madhani, general manager for the Place and Route group at Mentor Graphics. "Olympus-SoC's unique architecture, high capacity data model and efficient multi-corner, multi-mode design closure capabilities continue to drive its adoption across various IC growth segments such as mobile, wireless, networking and graphics."
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When Bobby Moore led England to victory in the World Cup final against West Germany in 1966, he was hailed as a nation's hero.
The captain, who lead the three lions to their first and only World Cup triumph, was widely renowned as the greatest leader England have ever had. His decade long tenure as skipper was undoubtedly one of England's finest.
Ever since he was first given the captain's armband against Uruguay on May 6 1963 until his final game, a friendly against Italy on 14th November 1973, he remained as the captain.
He had captained his country 90 times over a period of 10 years, which at that time, didn't seem like an awful lot.
But, fast forward to 2013 and you begin to wonder if captaining your country means all that much.
In just the last decade, there have been 11 different players who have started a game as captain. Ashley Cole was the latest player to go alongside legends such as Bobby Moore and Bryan Robson, as players who have led the national side.
It seems, nowadays, all you have to do get an opportunity to captain England is to be present on the pitch. A seemingly innocuous friendly against Serbia and Montenegro on June 3 2003 set the tone for what was to follow. David Beckham, the regular captain, was injured, so his deputy, Michael Owen took his place.
As this was nothing but a meaningless friendly, there were plenty of substitutions and by the end of the game, the captain's armband had passed on from Owen, to Emile Heskey, Phil Neville and Jamie Carragher.
As the final whistle blew, England had four new captains within the space of 90 minutes.
It was right then and there, that a little piece of black elasticated cloth lost its value and being the captain of England had lost its magic.
So much so, that, in 2008, England had not one, not two but four official captains in David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.
While Bobby Moore lead the three lions for 90 games, there have been players who have led the country for all of 90 seconds. Whether this is because of a growing trend of players choosing club over country, remains to be seen.
But, one thing is for sure, it will surely be a long time before any England captain is mentioned in the same breath as Bobby Moore or Bryan Robson. And maybe just maybe, seeing the sorry state of affairs of the current England setup, there are more pressing concerns than who gets the captain's armband.
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Veteran cruiser prepares for 10th annual Martinsburg Cruise Night
The American love affair with automobiles has lasted more than 100 years and shows no indications of dwindling. Anyone who disagrees should ask local auto repair expert and car enthusiast Glenn Buck – who, since 2007, has driven one of his self-built classic cars in the "Martinsburg Cruise Night."
And, he shares that passion with his family.
His son Monte has helped him for years build cars for the cruise and has even entered a few cars himself and won a few competitions. This year, Buck's daughter, Savana, plans to enter the family tradition for the first time, showing off her baby-blue 1966 Mustang. His other daughter, Sierra, and wife, Nancy, are also very supportive, when she's not running her pet grooming business. Monte's wife, Emily, also supports the family hobby and helps build the cars when she can.
"It's a car show per se, but not in a spirit of normal car shows, where you go, have fun and a few judges go around and give out special awards," Buck told said in a recent interview. "This one offers a fun cruise and the opportunity for spectators to look at the car and see what we had to go through to build it.
"It is for sure, by far, the most fun car show that we have around here, and it's a great time to spend time with friends that love the same thing you do."
The 10th Annual Martinsburg Cruise Night – hosted by Martinsburg Area Community Betterment – is being held Friday, April 26, in downtown Martinsburg. Any car, truck or motorcycle can participate. The event begins at 5 p.m. with a car show, followed by a cruise through the downtown area.
"Each year, this family-friendly event has consistently grown larger; bringing car, truck and motorcycle enthusiasts together from throughout the region in an old school rendezvous and show off," said Rhonda Arens, a spokesperson for the Martinsburg Area Community Betterment organization. Arens said the first year probably had 30-40 cars. But in 2012, nearly 200 entries were submitted. The increased numbers of entries and spectators, she said, "demonstrates the American fascination with the car is alive and well."
Buck couldn't agree more.
"I think I came out of the womb wanting a '57 Chevy with a four on the floor, and it just went on from there," the 49-year-old father of three said. The walls of his shop – Glenn's Garage, located at the corner of Hwy. 54 and State Road HH – are filled with awards he has won with his burnt-orange colored body and white top 1969 Chevrolet Nova. Buck has owned more than 120 cars in his lifetime; 90 percent of which have been General Motors products. Additionally, Buck has been in the general auto repair business for more than 25 years, and is an active member of the Quarter Mile Cruisers.
His favorite part the cruise is what's called the "Burn Out Contest," where cruisers are allowed to spin their tires and do a burn out in downtown Martinsburg. "The cruisers enjoy it and the crowd loves it," Buck said.
A new adventure in connection with this year festivities is a Poker Run. The starting point will be the Old City Jail in downtown Martinsburg at noon. The run will meet up at the finish line at 4 p.m. Any car, truck or motorcycle may participate with a $10 registration fee. Prizes will be awarded and maps with stops are available at registration. Call 573-581-7702 or 573-473-5683 for more details.
With the proceeds from the Car Cruise and Poker Run, the Community Betterment organization hopes to continue its mission of "promoting good community relations in Martinsburg."
The Community Betterment Council was founded in 1997 when Martinsburg Bank donated the building currently known as the Martinsburg Branch Library and Community Room. Cruise Night has become the group's major fundraising effort to meet the expenses related to the upkeep of the building and various other community undertakings. Previous projects for the Council have included new playground equipment at the city park, jailhouse restoration, hosting a "trunk or treat" for Halloween 2012, and hosting an Art and Home Tour in January 2013.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the car show, Miss Audrain County 2012, Courtney Thomure, will be on hand to award trophies. Cars will be judged in categories of Camaro, Mustang, Muscle Car, Truck, Race Car, Motorcycle, and Best Car. New to the program is a "presentation or themed car" award that will go to the best-looking car among those with a theme.
Cruise Night offers free admission for spectators. Musical entertainment will be provided by Music Express, advertised as Mid Missouri's premier mobile DJ service. A menu of burgers, hot dogs, pork loin sandwiches, and fried taters will be offered for sale by Community Betterment.
Spaces for the Car Show are available on a first-come, first serve basis. A $15 entry fee gets your vehicle in the car show and cruise. For more information about the car show or to pre-register, call 573-492-6446 or 573-492-6488.


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It can be a dreaded subject among parents and teens, most often called "the talk."
It's debated when and where kids should learn about sex, but they learn it, often from peers. So, what if that information they were learning was, well, correct? Instead of myths about pregnancy and safe sex practices, teens could be learning facts.
That's a goal Cori Stennett has as Planned Parenthood's Community Outreach Educator in Juneau. She started in this new position in October and has been a voice for Planned Parenthood in the community, in coalitions and at events.
She's "really getting out there and being the face of Planned Parenthood in our community," Stennett said of what she's been doing since taking the position. "That's ranged from other health organizations, to being a presence out at UAS, to tabling at events like the health fair — the Women's Health Summit, to the Juneau Project Homeless Connect."
Planned Parenthood offers a variety of services, more than 90 percent of which are aimed at reducing the number of unintended pregnancies, Alaska Education Manager Katherine Huffman said.
"While access to safe and legal abortion care is really essential to women's health care, most of what we do is providing cancer screenings and reproductive health exams and sexually transmitted infection screenings and treatment, that actually protects women's fertility," Huffman explains.
"A lot of people don't really realize we have really accessible, affordable quality care and we're staffed by highly trained doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals."
Huffman points out that Planned Parenthood clinics offer services to men, women and teens, and that services are offered on a sliding fee scale.
Still, another aspect of Planned Parenthood is their community outreach and education.
Stennett presents at events and to different organizations, but a big project she's working on currently is the Teen Council.
"The mission of Teen Council," as shown in the brochures for the program, which should be popping up around Juneau in the next few months, "is to empower teenagers to educate and inspire their peers, their families and their communities.
"The Teen Council educates about human sexuality and healthy decision making," Stennett said. "It inspires teens to use their voices to advocate for just and humane sexual attitudes and policies.
"We're in the early phases of recruiting (teens), we'll be spreading the word at schools, letting different teachers and community members know about this opportunity, we'll probably be listing a couple of little recruitments around town.
"We'll go where youth are, if that's Zach Gordon Youth Center, at the schools, different clubs".
Topics the teens will learn about to educate their peers include healthy relationships, body image, STI prevention, gender and sexual orientation, abstinence, pregnancy prevention, birth control and media literacy.
The program is open to students in grades 10, 11 and 12 and Stennett says she looks forward to having a program that has "a variety of people, gender diversity, and also youth that are representative of our Juneau community."
The teens who are selected for the Teen Council will have the opportunity to attend a retreat in August, right before school starts, and will have regular meetings during the school year.
Stennett anticipates students will be ready to make presentations or educate their peers and the community in late fall or early winter.
Huffman wanted to point out there are a number of benefits to the teens who make up the Teen Council.
"We will provide them with lots of opportunities to increase their skills and, well, we'll learn from them too, but it's a great opportunity for them to have something like this on their résumé or there have been cases where teens could use this activity as a special senior project."
Huffman also pointed out that in a Western Washington Council, the teens "involved themselves in a yearly teen lobby day, where they totally are in charge of this huge lobbying effort, where they educate themselves on issues that are important to them, then they travel, they all go to Olympia, and they meet with their legislators and talk to them about what their priorities are."
Lucky for Juneau students, they are already in the capital. It is easy for teens to feel they have no voice when they have no vote and may feel that their opinions aren't taken seriously. A program like the teen lobby day allows students to be proactive in making their voices heard by those who could enact change.
So far, Stennett says she's had a really positive response from the community.
"I think one of the most endearing responses we received from the community was from some teens themselves, with the Juneau Community Foundation Youth Action Committee. We were invited to submit a grant and these youth identified some areas for funding this year and they included healthy relationships and really tackling unsafe sex practices in our teenage population, so we submitted a grant with them and they had excellent questions and they really saw this program as something that could be beneficial, they were able to see into the action – the education action we're working on here." Stennett said.
Her goal is to create an exciting, engaging and fun environment for youth to come together to talk about different viewpoints and different opinions, attitudes and beliefs, she said.
Overall, Planned Parenthood is continuing in its efforts to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, not only by providing services, but by encouraging education. Next time your kid comes home with information about sex from another kid at school, there's a good possibility, the information will be educated and encouraging safe and healthy decisions.
For more information about Teen Council and other outreach and education programs Planned Parenthood provides, contact Cori Stennett at firstname.lastname@example.com or 209-7051.
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Dujmovits and Fischnaller victorious in second Europa Cup at Lachtal
The second day of the Lachtal Europa Cup parallel races brought again an Austrian victory.
On the women's side, Julia Dujmovits edged off Melanie Hochreiter (GER) to the second rank of the parallel slalom held in a single run format.
Her Austrian team mate Ina Meschik, who was victorious yesterday, brought home another podium result as third.
On the men's side of things, Team Italia celebrated a 1-2-punch with Roland Fischnaller and Aaron March being the most dominate male riders on the slope.
Lukas Mathies (AUT), who had won the first parallel slalom at Lachtal, host of the 2015 World Champs' alpine snowboarding events, rounded out the podium as third.
Positive news from Micic
Nina Micic (SRB) who got injured yesterdays at her back being hit by a ski hasn't suffered any major injures but only bruises.


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One of Miami's legal lions, C. Thomas Tew Jr. — whose personal passions were his family, Miami Hurricanes football, and helping ordinary people behind the scenes — died Monday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Tew, known as "Tom" to everyone, started his legal career in a tiny Biscayne Boulevard office with his mother as his secretary and capped it with a boutique law firm in the Four Seasons Tower on tony Brickell Avenue.
Dozens of attorneys, judges, friends, and family members visited the 73-year-old lawyer at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to bid last good-byes and thank him for how he had touched their lives.
"It was beautiful because he could hear everything," his daughter, Kristina Tew, said Tuesday. "He loved helping people."
"He was one of the most respected attorneys in Miami and outside of Miami," said auto magnate Norman Braman, who helped Tew receive cancer treatment at the Mayo Clinic.
"But he was more than just a wonderful lawyer, he was a wonderful person. He treated everyone the same, no matter who they were."
Tew, born in Gainesville in 1940 while his father attended the University of Florida, moved with his family to Miami during World War II. Tew, brother Jeffrey, and sister Laura were raised in the Allapattah and Coral Gables areas.
While their father worked as an insurance salesman, their mother took a job as a secretary at the Cushman School off Biscayne Boulevard so the children could attend private school during their elementary years.
Jeffrey Tew, a partner in his brother's law firm, said Tom excelled at Coral Gables High School and played receiver on the football team. The head coach, who had been an assistant at Yale University, suggested he apply to Ivy League schools because of his high grades.
He was accepted at Dartmouth College. Tew later graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was No. 1 in his class and the editor of the law review. He also served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he met future Miami federal judge Jose Martinez.
When he left, Tew joined one of Miami's largest law firms, Shutts & Bowen. But he lasted only one year.
"Tom liked to be his own boss," said Jeffrey Tew, who followed in his older brother's footsteps at Dartmouth and UM law. "He saw what Miami was becoming as a city and the opportunities in corporate, securities, and bankruptcy law."
As Miami turned into an international business hub, Tew earned a reputation as one of the city's top civil lawyers. He advised an array of South Florida banks and corporations on mergers and bankruptcies.
He also specialized in securities law, representing flamboyant entrepreneurs involved in two of Florida's most spectacular bankruptcies: the International Gold Bullion Exchange of brothers James and William Alderice and Colombian coffee trader Alberto Duque.
Tew also served as the bankruptcy trustee in the high-profile ESM Government Securities fraud case.
After working as partners with some of Miami's most prominent lawyers, Tew started his last law firm in 1991 with Al Cardenas, a well-connected figure in the Florida Republican Party.
At Tew Cardenas, Tew played the role of rainmaker, mainly attracting clients in the banking industry, such as Bank United. They were experiencing upheaval as regional banks with national ambitions gobbled up longtime local banks. He also advised the city of Miami during its financial troubles with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For his part, Cardenas was a mover and shaker in government circles, from Tallahassee to Washington. Cardenas, who also started a separate lobbying business, would serve as chairman of the Florida Republican Party during part of Jeb Bush's tenure as governor.
Cardenas described Tew as a "true friend" whom he had known for a decade before they formed the law firm together. He said that, even after he was diagnosed with cancer last year, his idea of slowing down was to come into the office every day. "His first love was practicing law," Cardenas said.
Tew Cardenas thrived locally, most recently representing clients such as U.S. Century Bank and the accounting firm Morrison Brown. It also cultivated Latin American clients, such as Venezuelans, who have business and other investments in South Florida.
Newspaper and TV reporters often sought out Tew's comments for stories because of his legal expertise and ability to explain complex financial matters in layman's terms.
In recent years, Tew, an avid golfer, turned his attention to boxing. He renovated a row of storefront buildings on Biscayne Boulevard and opened a gym called Biscayne Boxing, located across the street from Jimmy's Diner.
Tew, a UM football booster, helped establish the university's boxing club and provided his gym as a place for boxers to train.
Tew's brother, Jeffrey, said that Tom liked to give back to the community but in his own private way, one person at a time. He recalled the day his older brother received a letter from a Miami woman who had just graduated from New York University School of Medicine.
He said Tom had met her when she was working as a waitress and was struck by her drive to further her education. He volunteered to help pay her college and medical-school tuition.
"He was a no-nonsense guy in the business world, but was very soft-hearted with people who needed help and wanted to get ahead," Jeffrey Tew said. "Few people knew that about him."
Tew is predeceased by his father, Cornelius "Cotton" Tew; and survived by his mother, Mamie O. Tew; daughter Kristina Tew; her mother, Donna Tew; his brother Jeffrey Tew; his sister Laura Mamie Tew Drury; his nephew Spencer Tew; and his partner, Marta Alfonso.