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Data Files
Science and Technology Government Information Sources
United States - Federal
Data.gov -- Raw datasets compiled by federal agencies, plus tools and geodata.
DOE Data Explorer -- Data from the Department of Energy: use the DOE Data Explorer (DDE) to find scientific research data - such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images - generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines.
ED Data Express -- Data that the U.S. Department of Education collects from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
GeoData.gov -- Geospatial One Stop, Your One Stop for Finding and Using Geographic Data. Find data or map services. Make a map. Browse community information. You can find data sharing partners in your area by looking at current marketplace items (data requests and planned acquisitions) posted by others or by posting your own request for new data.
HHS Gateway to Data and Statistics -- Provides easy access to HHS data and statistics and also brings together key federal health and human services related data and statistics from other sources. It is designed to help users locate health-related data, statistical information and reports collected from various government resources in one convenient location.
United States – State and Local
Alabama -- Open.alabama.gov features state spending, plans & performance, ethics, meetings and campaign finance, community colleges, Governor's Office spending, contracts and leases.
Arizona -– Arizona OpenBooks: Arizona's Official Transparency Web Site.
- Scottsdale – Data Feeds.
California -- Access raw State data files, databases, geographic data, and other data sources.
- Palo Alto – Open Data.
- San Francisco, California -- DataSF is a clearinghouse of datasets available from the City & County of San Francisco.
- Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz Open Data.
Colorado -- The purpose of the Web Development Center is to unlock access to government data so that it can be deployed using a broad range of software developed in the public and private sectors.
- Arvada, Colorado -- Arvada OpenData Initiative.
- City of Boulder
- Boulder County
- Castle Rock - Town of Castle Rock.
- Denver – Open Data Catalog.
- City and County of Denver
- Denver Regional Council of Governments -- DRCOG
- Fort Collins
- Longmont
- Gilpin County
- Pueblo County
District of Columbia -- DC Data Catalog
Connecticut – transparency.CT.gov: Searchable database for state expenditures.
Delaware – Open Data Portal.
Florida -- Florida Has a Right To Know
- Wellington – Open Wellington.
Georgia -- Open Georgia is a gateway for obtaining information and key documents about how the State of Georgia spends tax dollars and other revenues to provide services to Georgians.
- Atlanta, Georgia - GIS Data catalog.
Hawaii – Data.hawaii.gov. Everything from map able data regarding schools, libraries, health facilities, and shelters to census based data, ethics information, and capital improvement projects data.
Illinois -- Data.Illinois.gov has categories for economics, environment, public health, social/health care, and reference.
- Belleville
- Champaign
- Chicago, Illinois -- The City of Chicago's Data Portal
- Cook County, Illinois -- The Open Data portal for Cook County Government.
- South Suburban Mayors and Managers
- Rockford
Indiana IndianaMap: Download statewide data, including environment/Biology, Hydrology, Geology, and Coal.
Iowa – Iowa Data Share.
Kansas – KanView: revenue and expenditures.
Kentucky -- Open Door: Kentucky's Transparency Portal.
- Lexington – Geographic Information Service.
- Louisville – Open Data Portal.
Louisiana – LA TRAC: Louisiana Transparency & Accountability.
- New Orleans – data.nola.gov.
Maine -- Maine.gov DataShare
Maryland – Maryland StateStat.
- Baltimore, Maryland -- Open Baltimore.
Massachusetts -- Open Data initiative/Data Catalog
- Boston, Massachusetts – Open Government.
- Boston Data Portal
- Somerville
Michigan -- State of Michigan Data
- Ann Arbor, Michigan -- City of Ann Arbor Data Catalog.
Minnesota -- Minnesota Open Data contains the following data catalogs: Census, Education, Environment, Finance, Health & Human Services, Public safety, Technology, Trades, and Transportation.
Missouri -- Access to machine readable public data files maintained by state agencies.
Nebraska -- Nebraska.gov Data Sources, also has mobile version.
New Hampshire – NHOpenGov.org
New Mexico -- New Mexico Sunshine Portal.
- Albuquerque – ABQ Data.
New York – Open New York.
- New York -- The documents, facts, figures, and reports that affect the processes, or are a result of the processes, of the New York Senate.
- New York City, New York -- NYC Data Mine.
- New York State Data Center -- The state's primary and most comprehensive source for economic and demographic data
North Carolina -- NC OpenBook features contracts, grants and NCRecovery.gov.
North Dakota -- North Dakota Geographic Information System
Ohio -- Better Lives, Better Ohio provides Ohio families and businesses with easy access to information about quality of life in their communities.
Oklahoma -- Oklahoma government data that is not easily provided within the Interactive Player of the Oklahoma Data Center.
Oregon -- Data collected and stored by Oregon's state and local government agencies. Check out Seattle Donut shops.
- Portland, Oregon -- CivicApps Data Catalog: The Catalog is unique because it includes public datasets from a wide array of local government jurisdictions. It may be the only inter-jurisdictional repository of local public data of its kind in the United States.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Open Data Philadelphia.
Rhode Island -- Open Data Democratizing Rhode Island Data.
South Dakota – Open SD.
Tennessee -- Open Government provides public access to state spending data.
Texas -- Open data promotes government transparency, citizen participation, and the efficient use of public resources.
- Austin – data.austintexas.gov.
- Texas Transparency
- Weatherford – Open Data.
Utah -- State and local data files, data sources, data visualization, geographic data sources, and external data sources.
Virginia -- Commonwealth Data Point provides accessible demographic data, detailed state financial figures and periodic analysis.
Washington -- Data.Washington
- King County, Washington -- King County Open Data Project.
- Seattle, Washington -- Data.Seattle.gov.
- Madison – City of Madison Data.
European Environment Agency -- Downloadable data about Europe's environment.
European Union – European Union Open Data Portal.
OECD.Stat Extracts -- Extracts of databases available from SourceOECD.
UNdata -- UNdata currently has 32 UN statistical databases with 60 million records.
World Bank -- The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sets.
- Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires Data.
- Misiones -- El Portal de Datos Abiertos del Gobierno de la Provincia de Misiones
Australia -- Data.australia.gov.au: the home of Australian government public information datasets.
Austria – data.gv.at – offene Daten Osterreichs.
- Graz -- Open Government Data Graz.
- Linz – Linz Open Data
- Tyrol -- Tiroler Open Data Portal
- Vienna -- Offene Daten fur Vien.
- Vorarlberg – Open Government Data Vorarlberg.
Bahrain -- Open Data Platform.
Belgium -- The Belgian open data initiative.
Brazil – dados.gov.br
- Brazilian Federal Senate
- Sao Paula – Governo Aberto SP.
- Novo Hamburgo – Portal Dados Abertos.
Canada -- Open Data subject categories include Science & Technology, Nature & Environment, Agriculture, Health & Safety, Information & Communication, and Transport. There is also a Geospatial collection.
- Open Parliament -- Browse MPs, or find someone quickly by entering a name or postal code above. See what your representatives are saying, and what laws they're proposing. Poke around.
- Province of British Columbia -- DataBC: subject categories include Science & Technology, Nature & Environment, Health & Safety, Information & Communication, and Transport.
- Edmonton Open Data Catalogue -- The City of Edmonton Open Data catalogue increases the accessibility of public data managed by the City.
- Mississauga Data -- Mississauga Data is a website that contains urban planning related reports, newsletters, brochures and data. The Information Planning Research Unit manages statistical data including: population, demographics, census, development monitoring/activity, growth forecasts, housing, employment, office, land use, vacant employment lands, and the environment.
- Nanaimo Data Catalog -- The City of Nanaimo is making data available to the public to allow them to make the best possible decisions, to understand the City's business, and to engage in the democratic process to the fullest extent possible.
- Ottawa Open Data -- This initial release of data focuses primarily on geospatial data. Over time, the site will include more varied sets of data in more formats.
- Toronto.ca/open
- Vancouver Open Data Catalogue
Chile – Datos Abiertos Para Chile.
- Library of the National Congress – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile.
Denmark -- Digitaliser.dk is both a formal central repository of information on data interchange standards and a big open digital playground - a creative space for everyone involved in digitizing the public sector.
Estonia-- Statistical Database: economy, environment, population, and social life.
France – data.gouv.fr.
- Angers
- Aquitaine and Gironde – Ressourcerie Datalocale.
- Hauts-de-Seine – Open Data hauts-de-seine.
- La Rochelle – La Rochelle Open Data.
- Le Mans – L'open data.
- Loire-Atlantique -- ouverture des donnees publiques.
- Montpellier – Donnees Publiques Ouvertes/Open Data Garage.
- Nantes – Nantes Ouverture des Donnees.
- Paris – ParisData.
- Rennes – Rennes Metropole en Acces Libre.
- Saone-et-loire
- Toulouse -- Toulouse Metropole Data.
Germany – Portal U: German Environmental Information Portal – Agriculture, Air and Climate , Animal, Health, Chemicals, Construction, Energy, Environmental Economy, Environmental Information, Forestry, Gene-Technology, Geology, Health, Nature and Landscape, Noise Radiation, Soil, Soil Pollution, Sustainable Development, Traffic, Waste, Water.
Ghana – Ghana Open Data Portal.
Greece -- Geodata
Hong Kong – Data.One: geo-referenced public facility data.and real-time traffic data.
India – Data Portal India.
Indonesia – Portal Anggaran Dan Kineria Instansi Perrintah.
Ireland – StatCentral.ie: The Portal to Ireland's Official Statistics.
Italy -- Piedmont Regional Data.
Kenya -- The goal of opendata.go.ke is to make core government development, demographic, statistical and expenditure data available in a useful digital format for researchers, policymakers, ICT developers and the general public.
Mexico – Tu Gobierno en Mapas.
Moldava -- date.gov.md: agriculture, defense, health, education, finance, and environment.
Morocco -- data.gov.ma: cartography, education, employment, finance, health, and tourism.
Netherlands -- Statistics Netherlands.
New Zealand -- data.gov.nz: A directory of publicly-available New Zealand government datasets.
Norway -- data.norge.no
Peru -- Web del proyecto Open Data Peru.
Portugal – dados.gov
Republic of Korea -- Data.go.kr
Russia – OpenGovData.ru
Saudi Arabia -- Saudi National e-Government Portal.
Singapore -- data.gov.sg is the first-stop portal to search and access publicly-available data published by the Singapore Government. Launched in June 2011, data.gov.sg brings together over 5000 datasets from 50 government ministries and agencies. Most viewed data set: Parking Lots Availability Data.
Slovak Republic – DATA.GOV.SK
Spain -- Project Aporta: Reuse of public section information.
- Basque -- Open Data Euskadi
- Catalonia -- Open Data gencat
- City of Badalona
Sweden – Oppna data.
Timor-Leste -- Timor-Leste Transparency Portal. Financial data.
Tunisia – Liberez vos donnees pour la Tunisie.
United Arab Emirates -- Open Data: The UAE Government has adopted the Open Data practice to make government data and information seamlessly available to people. Documents are available in XML, Word and PDF formats.
United Kingdom Data.gov.uk -- Transparency is at the heart of this Government. Data.gov.uk is home to national & local data for free re-use.
Uraguay – Catalogo de Datos Abiertos.
- Montevideo -- @datos abiertos.


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Our shop is open to the public. Not only do we have tools and work stands for you to use, we also have trained volunteers to answer any questions you might have about bike repairs, cycling in general or even just a suggestion for a good local bike hang out.
We sell some a lot of used parts and frames, and you can build a complete bike at our shop. While the vast majority of our parts are donated and used, we also stock some new parts like tubes, tires, cables, brake pads, lights and locks. Please keep in mind our stock is based on donations, and there's no guarantee that we have something specific to begin with or that something will remain in stock. Similarly, we try to keep a regular stock of those basic new parts, but sometimes we run out– bear with us!
Our shop is a safe space for everyone
Bike Saviours seriously upholds a safe space agreement between everyone in the shop. We want to help everyone, but angry, hateful and dangerous behavior is never tolerated. We don't like to say no, but we will always say no to racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, impairment and disruption. If the shop isn't safe for everyone, it isn't safe for anyone– so consider your fellow shop users before you come in.


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Have there been, or is there interest in, a series of blog posts which will break down the OSI model and make it more understandable?
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No crime committed in Colorado student mouth taping, police say
AURORA, Colo. – Police say no crime occurred when a second-grade Colorado teacher taped her students' mouth shut when they wouldn't be quiet.
Police interviewed the teacher at Fulton Academy in the suburb of Aurora after a student told her mother who then reported Thursday's incident to police. The student confirmed to police the teacher's statement to an officer that it was a joke, the children were laughing, and had asked that their mouths be taped.
In her statement to police, the teacher said she didn't "think anything bad" about placing tape a small, vertical strip of transparent tape on all 28 students' mouths.
"The incident did not meet the elements of any municipal violation or state statute," Aurora police said in a statement.
The unidentified teacher is on paid administrative leave while the Aurora Public Schools district investigates.
"My daughter's been in the house crying, begging me not to send her back to school. (She) said that she'll do good in home school and she promises. She doesn't want to go back to a public school," Tenisha Bynes told KUSA-TV.
The girl said the punishment was painful.
"When she put it on, it was like, OK, and then, like, it started to hurt my mouth right here. It's also hard for me to breathe with the tape, too," she said. The girl's name is being withheld because of her age.
The teacher did not return a phone call to the station seeking comment. The teacher's name was redacted in a police report because no charges have been recommended.
The school is under the jurisdiction of Aurora Public Schools with limited responsibility for making its own decisions.
The school district issued a statement saying it's taking the matter seriously and will conduct its own investigation.
"Due to privacy laws, we are unable to discuss these allegations specifically. When we receive allegations of this nature, we immediately contact the police, begin our own investigation and possibly place the staff member on administrative leave during the investigation. We do not condone any inappropriate adult conduct toward students, and we cooperate fully with the police," said spokeswoman Paula Hans in an email statement.


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If everything goes according to his plan, medical marijuana proponent John Greene says he could open a dispensary in Taunton by early July.
TAUNTON — If everything goes according to his plan, medical marijuana proponent John Greene says he could open a dispensary in Taunton by early July.
The Taunton Developmental Impact Review Board examined plans for a proposed medical marijuana dispensary Tuesday and voted to send a favorable recommendation to the city's Planning Board. The Planning Board is expected to take up the matter Feb. 6 and issue a recommendation to the City Council, which has the authority to grant a special permit for the facility.
"The council will be the ones making the decision on whether the city will allow this, while the Department of Public Health still has to issue a license," City Planner Kevin Scanlon said.
The state Department of Public Health has said it intends to award licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries by Friday.
Statewide, there are 100 applicants for medical marijuana dispensaries that have progressed to the final stage of the licensure process. The DPH can license a maximum of 35 dispensaries statewide. State law requires the department to license at least one, but no more than five, dispensaries per county.
Voters in the 2012 state election passed a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in Massachusetts.
Greene is proposing to open his dispensary at an existing building at 30 Mozzone Blvd. He is also seeking a license to open a dispensary in Brockton.
Two other applicants, Baystate Wellness Center and Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts Inc., the latter of which is headed by former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, have listed Taunton as a potential dispensary site. Neither has provided the city with a site plan, Scanlon said.
During Tuesday's municipal meeting, Greene and his attorney, David Gay, fielded questions from the Developmental Impact Review Board. Many questions focused on issues such as drainage, lighting, signage and landscaping.
Greene told the board his plan includes growing marijuana in an indoor facility. He also plans to have a commercial kitchen onsite to make edible marijuana-infused products for patients.
The DIRB passed the site plan to the Planning Board with a list of conditions, including a prohibition on outdoor marijuana cultivation and a restriction on business hours. Greene said he doesn't intend to grow marijuana outdoors. He proposes to have the dispensary open for business from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. six days a week, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays.
He also plans to have an armored van to transport marijuana and marijuana products between his dispensaries and to patients who are unable to have a caregiver pick up medication at a dispensary.
His vision includes a space for outside contractors to provide free educational programs on nutrition and a variety of alternative medical treatments, such as acupuncture, reiki and massage. That would be in compliance with a state regulation prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries from selling other services, he said.
If awarded a license, Greene said it would take up to 30 months to hit full operating capacity, with 60-100 employees and serving 3,000-4,000 patients.


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How to Care for Your Spa Covers or Hot Tub Covers
Spa and hot tub covers are necessary to protect the inner workings of your spa or hot tub by keeping out debris and dirt from the water. These covers will also prevent children and pets from falling inside the unit and getting injured. In order to have your spa cover or hot tub cover last a long time, you will need to take proper care of it. Failure to take care of your spa or hot tub cover will have it cracking and fading in no time. This will consequently result in damage to your hot tub, as well as potential injury to your family.
The first thing to do in order to extend the life of your spa or hot tub cover is to clean it. Avoid using detergent based soaps, dish washing soaps; alcoholic products or any other cleaning products that contain bleach, as these could damage the vinyl in the cover. Ask your spa or hot tub cover manufacturer for recommendations on which products to use, or simply use water and some elbow grease.
Inspect your spa or hot tub cover for any signs of damage or wear on a regular basis. Check for small holes or cuts in the vinyl. These should be immediately repaired to prevent the inner foam core from getting damaged due to moisture build up and mold growth.
Simple repairs can be completed on the inner plastic layer by covering the holes with some clear packing tape. If possible, buy a vinyl repair kit to patch up any holes or cuts in the outer vinyl layer.
You will also need to look into ways of preventing mold from building up on your spa or hot tub covers. Most good quality covers will come already treated with anti-mold agent. Depending on your particular environment, you may need to apply additional protection. Again, it would be wise to consult your cover manufacturer for recommendations on which products to use.
At least 3-4 times a year, you should apply quality UV vinyl protection to your hot tub cover. This will help protect it from cracking and drying, due to exposure to the sun. Be sure to consult your cover manufacturer on which products to use. At least once a year, remove the foam core sections from inside the vinyl cover and flip them over, to help reduce sagging in your hot tub covers and spa covers.
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VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001--Direct Focus, Inc. (Nasdaq:DFXI - news), a marketing company for fitness and healthy lifestyle products with a direct business model, announced the appointment of Kevin Lamar as its new President. Mr. Lamar will report to Brian Cook, who will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
From 1989 to 2000, Lamar served in a variety of senior management roles for Schwinn GT, a global leader in bikes and fitness equipment with annual sales in excess of $350 million. He was instrumental in growing the company's fitness business from $20 million in annual sales to over $100 million in annual sales, and he became President of Schwinn GT in 1999. From 1987 to 1989, he was Director of Marketing for Bowflex, Inc. (which later became Direct Focus, Inc.). From 1985 to 1987, he played professional football for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League. Mr. Lamar received a BA in economics from Stanford University in 1985.
``We are delighted to have Kevin back on our team,'' said Brian Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Direct Focus. ``During his highly successful tenure at Schwinn, Kevin helped position that company as a global leader in fitness equipment. He has a proven track record in executing product development and worldwide distribution for approximately 20 major product rollouts. In particular, we believe Kevin's industry experience will provide us with strong leadership in expanding our retail and commercial fitness business, building on our powerful Nautilus brand.''
``I am very excited about joining the Direct Focus team,'' said Mr. Lamar. ``From my previous experience, I am quite familiar with the Bowflex and Nautilus product lines, their strong position in the fitness and healthy lifestyle marketplace, and the winning Direct Focus formula. I believe there is tremendous opportunity for growth here and I'm pleased to be a part of it.''


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This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, "Port Hudson Battlefield" (with photographs), and other primary sources about the siege. It was made possible by the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program. The lesson written by Gregg Potts, Site Manager at the Port Hudson State Commemorative Area, and Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., historian at Pamplin Park Civil War Site in Petersburg, Virginia. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
Where it fits into the curriculum
Topics: The lesson could be used in units on the Civil War. Students will strengthen their skills of observation, research, and analysis of primary sources.
Time period: Late 19th century
Relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
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Objectives for students
1) To explain how the physical features of the area made Port Hudson strategically important for both sides.
2) To examine the particular characteristics of siege warfare and how it affected soldiers physically and mentally.
3) To determine if their own community has withstood monumental crises, and how it responded to such a situation.
Materials for studentsThe materials listed below either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, photocopied, and distributed to students. The maps and images appear twice: in a low-resolution version with associated questions and alone in a larger, high-resolution version.
1) two maps showing the Mississippi Valley and Port Hudson;
2) four readings about the siege, including several first-hand accounts from soldiers;
3) five historic photographs made during the siege and after the surrender;
4) one illustration of AfricanAmerican troops at Port Hudson from Harper's Weekly;
Visiting the sitePort Hudson State Commemorative Area is located in East Feliciana Parish adjacent to the old town site of Port Hudson, Louisiana. The main entrance is located on U.S. Highway 61, approximately 15 miles north of Baton Rouge. Port Hudson State Commemorative Area is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. year round, except New Year's, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. For more information, contact the Commemorative Area Manager, Port Hudson State Commemorative Area, 756 West PlainsPort Hudson Road, Zachary, LA 70791.


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We meet first as a group in the gym and then in individual team meetings. Coaches introduce themselves and their athletic philosophy and address relevant practical concerns.
I have two children at MUHS who enjoy sports so I have attended 11 of these meetings so far, and likely have five more coming up.


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Portage County's unemployment rate ticked up two tenths of a percentage point from 5.8 percent in October to 6.0 percent in November, according to data released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. It was the first increased after three straight months of decline.
Portage had the 20th lowest jobless rate out of Ohio's 88 counties. A year ago, the county's November rate was 6.7 percent.
During the past recession, the jobless rate in Portage peaked at 11.5 percent in January, 2010. The lowest rate for Portage in the past six years was 4.3 percent in May, 2006.
In November, there were 5,500 people unemployed out of a workforce of 91,500, according to ODJFS.
The number of jobless workers in Ohio was 396,000, down from 406,000 in September, according to ODJFS. The number of unemployed has decreased by 88,000 in the past 12 months from 484,000. The October jobless rate for Ohio was 8.3 percent a year ago.
The U.S. unemployment rate for November was 7.7 percent, down from 7.9 percent in October, and down from 8.7 percent in November 2011.
Ohio's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in November, down from 6.9 percent in October, according to data released Friday.
Jobless rates ranged from a low of 3.9 percent in Mercer County to a high of 11.9 percent in Pike County. Rates increased in 66 of the 88 counties. Ten counties had jobless rates at or below 5.5 percent in November while eight had rates at or above 9.5 percent.
Rates of five of six counties contiguous to Portage went up. Only Trumbull went down, from 7.8 percent in October to 7.7 percent in November. The others were: Cuyahoga, 7.0 (6.2 in Oct.); Geauga, 5.5 (4.7 in Oct.); Mahoning, 6.9 (6.6 in Oct.); Stark, 6.4 (6.2 in Oct.); Summit, 6.0 (5.9 in Oct).


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Pilgrimage to Grand Bassin in preparation for the festival of Maha Shivratri (follow-up post is here - Maha Shivratri 2011).
Last Sunday, we set out at 6.30 am, knowing that the roads will get clogged up as most people will take advantage of the week-end. & it was at La Marie/Henrietta that we encountered the first traffic jam. Fortunately, it was only up to this junction.
Beyond that, the traffic was fluid, mainly because most of the pilgrims were going towards Grand Bassin & the few on their way home weren't obstructing the road.
These photos don't really show it, but there was a massive number of pilgrims on the roads with their kanwars…
Pretty soon, we reached Ganga Talao, where we were greeted by the gigantic effigy of Shiv.
More pilgrims were seen braving the heavy rain…
… inspired by the towering figure of Mangal Mahadev.
The first view of Pari Talao.
The crowd was huge!
Tired pilgrims were stationed near the Mauritiuseswarnath Shiv Jyotir Lingum Mandir.
These panoramas show just how crowded the place was…
Lake – end to end.
Near the Mauritiuseswarnath temple.
The other side of the lake.
Devotees offering prayers to Ganga Talao.
& then pour the sacred water at one of the two mandirs.
No pilgrimage can be complete without the ascension of the hill.
It's only from above that you grasp just how tall this statue is…
Breathtaking view.
Equally awe-inspiring were these beautifully crafted kanwars…
While I do resent the lack of accommodation for the pilgrims (some were sleeping on the ground near the upper temple), everyone was duly satisfied by the food & refreshments provided freely by benevolent organisations… including the UOM SU.
Just before I left the place, I once again visited the 108-foot Mangal Mahadev statue.
A truly remarkable structure. I hope they do not go ahead with whatever plans they had of building a similar statue next it. The Mangal Mahadev is unique & should remain so…
… looking over the incessant flow of pilgrims converging towards Ganga Talao. A beacon of hope for tired legs.
- Island Crisis - Maha Shivaratri Celebration In Mauritius – Grand Bassin
- Yadhav - Journey To The Heart Of Maha Shivaratri In Mauritius
- Vidhish - A (bus) trip to GBassin
- Hysteria Productions - Maha Shivratri - a peaceful walk [YouTube]
- Mauritius Photography - Grand Bassin photos in Mauritius


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The mayor of Altoona on Tuesday said he plans to ask the city council to fund a full-time school resource officer for West End Elementary School.
The mayor of Altoona on Tuesday said he plans to ask the city council to fund a full-time school resource officer for West End Elementary School.
Mayor Rick Nash said he will propose funding an officer to be at the school until the end of the school year, while the council works through issues of the elementary school, located just outside the Altoona city limits, possibly being incorporated into the city.
"I'm not going to let our children sit up there without a police officer," Nash said in a phone interview. "I don't know where the revenue will come from, but I will find the extra revenue to keep an officer up there."
The officer's pay would be fully funded by the city.
West End Elementary Principal Andrea Collett said the school, along with Ivalee Elementary, currently shares an Etowah County deputy sheriff assigned to West End High School.
Collett said Altoona had a police officer at the school all day Tuesday and part of the day Monday. Students were excited to see the officer at the school all day. "The presence of an officer gives us a real sense of security to our parents and students that you can't have without," she said.
Collett said she's pleased with the idea of having a full-time officer, and she hopes it happens.
The Altoona City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Friday.
Nash said he hopes nothing like the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., would ever happen in Etowah County.
"You sure hope not," he said, "but we want to make sure it doesn't. That's my intention."


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Students Share Stories, Photos of Mississippi Tripby Howard W. Hewitt • October 19, 2005 Share:
Wabash students have returned to campus after their four-day trip to Mississippi to assist residents of Moss Point and Pass Christian recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
A few mechanical problems were the only reported glitches in the group's plans. The rented bus had difficulties which caused the Pass Christian group to return to campus at 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Already the group's impact is being felt and appreciated.
"My wife and I met several of your students who were down here helping our town to recover from Katrina," wrote Roy and Kathleen Lang, of Moss Point. "I would like to say that they were some of the nicest young people we have met. Their whole demeanor was one of being courteous and well mannered to us. Please tell the person responsible for planning their trip down to our little city in Mississippi that we sent our heartfelt thanks for them being among us this past weekend, and for the great work that they did for senior citizens in our city."
A television station serving the Biloxi, Gulfport, and Pascagoula area did a short story featuring Pascagoula native Andy Brimm '09.
"People were dropping their plans to come down here, dropping going home to see their families and dropping everything just to come and help out their fellow students is something amazing I think, pretty unique," Brimm told WLOX television.
Several of the students are writing about their experience helping with the cleanup. We will be posting their stories as soon as submitted. Some of those essays will also be featured in this week's Bachelor. Click in the 'related story' box above to read the students' account of the trip. Be sure to check back as others are posted.
Junior Brock Johnson, a Bachelor and BOP photographer, shot photos with the Pass Christian group. Here are two photo albums of his pictures: Album 1 – Album 2. Several students on the Moss Point trip took photos: Moss Point Album. A second photo album features more Moss Point photos.
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Parents dropping their children off at areas schools Monday morning saw more police presence than usual — just one of the safety checks and measures enacted in the wake of Friday's deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Parents dropping their children off at areas schools Monday morning saw more police presence than usual — just one of the safety checks and measures enacted in the wake of Friday's deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Kelli Johnson-Hagan, of Glencoe told The Gadsden Times via email that she and her husband had been apprehensive all weekend about dropping their kids at school.
"As I turned onto Lonesome Bend Road to drop my 10th-grader off at Glencoe High School, I noticed the usual police officer posted, as he is every day. When I turned to drop my second-grader off at Glencoe Elementary, there were at least five Glencoe Police cars parked at different locations around the school," she said, adding she wanted to thank the police department and mayor for making her feel more secure.
Gadsden City Schools Superintendent Ed Miller said the increased presence Monday reassured parents the police department is working with the schools.
Miller said the system haa two school resource officers provided by the Gadsden Police Department at Gadsden City High, and one who works at the three middle schools. He said new Police Chief John Crane has worked with the system to ensure there will be a law enforcement presence for those visiting schools.
Etowah County Schools Superintendent Alan Cosby said there was increased police presence at the Glencoe, Hokes Bluff and Southside schools.
Amanda Jackson of Gadsden said in a Facebook post that she "understands and appreciates the measure taken by the school system to make us feel safer as parents," but that the action cut her to the core.
"It is so sad that we live in a world where it would be necessary to post a cop outside an elementary school to make parents and students feel safe," Jackson said. "The visual of sweet little Eden prancing into school with her fresh Christmas cookies for all her teachers, her Tinker Bell gift bag for her class party and her Hello Kitty lunchbox right past a police officer stationed to make sure evil won't touch them today, is a bit more than I could handle. I'm not sure where we are as a human race right now."
Lauren Shaffer of Gadsden said she felt she just should have just left her son at home.
"It's a scary thing to think that the violence in our society has gotten so bad that our children can't even go to school without us fearing the worst," she wrote on The Gadsden Times Facebook page.
Miller and Cosby both they had asked principals to meet with their school staffs Monday, to look at safety plans and evaluate any needed changes.
"We're going to do everything possible to ensure the safety of kids in school," Miller said.
Gadsden City elementary schools have door entrance systems where visitors must be "buzzed" into the school after pushing a button to have the door unlocked.
There are security cameras in place on school properties in Gadsden. Cosby said the county high schools and middle schools are extensively covered with cameras, but that the system may have to look at additional cameras at its elementary schools.
The six Etowah County high schools have SROs, funded in part by the Board of Education and by the Etowah County Sheriff's Office. Cosby said officers at the high schools also check on the elementary schools in the area.
He said John Jones Elementary and Rainbow Middle School each have a resource officer provided by and paid for the Rainbow City Police Department.
Miller said there are two resource officers provided by the Gadsden Police Department at Gadsden City High and one who works at the city's three middle schools. He said the shooting sparks some debate on additional funding for security measures in schools.
When asked if arrest Thursday of a Glencoe High student who allegedly planned to kill several students put Friday's events in a different perspective, Cosby said it underscores the importance of quick action after a threat is made.
"Anytime we have someone make a threat against students or employees or anyone associated with our schools, we're going to deal with it from a school standpoint, but we're also going to turn it over to law enforcement to prosecute to the fullest extent," he said, "because we can have no tolerance for any threats made in our schools."
Miller said the biggest safety net for schools is community members, noting that students are aware of what's going on and can alert school officials or law enforcement.


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Tulsa's own Man-Who-Would-Be-Mayor, Paul Tay, was the subject of the piece above. When he's not getting ticketed for failure to ride as far right as practicable, or defending himself for other heinous cycling acts, Paul pedals around town pulling a large trailer afixed with various signs.
He's the nemesis of some local radio chat shows, and he's the focus of several area law enforcement departments whenever he's out and about on the street. As I was leaving the BTW event last month, I overheard a TPD officer speaking into his microphone. "Paul Tay's down here somewhere!" he informed the dispatcher and every other officer in the downtown area. He's been an overnight 'guest' of police departments in Tulsa and OKC.


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1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. "Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob." (Heb. Xi. 9) "Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves." (Evelyn)
2. A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. (Ex. Xxvi)
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. "Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle." (2 Pet. I. 14)
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically:
The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
A tryptich for sacred imagery.
A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
6. A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. Feast of Tabernacles, one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments.
Origin: F, fr. L. Tabernaculum, dim. Of taberna nut. See Tabern.
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Given the strong undercurrent of resentment toward their Mon Calamari cousins and the galaxy at large, it would seem strange to outsiders that the Quarren ever bothered with galactic representation. Yet for the last few decades of the Old Republic, Quarren interests exclusively represented their planet in the Galactic Senate.It was the Quarren who mined the depths of Mon Calamari's ocean floor for the ores that made the immense floating cities used by the Mon Cals, and the majestic Calamarian starships that soared through space. When the Quarren miners joined the Commerce Guild, they gained considerable political clout. The Commerce Guild was able to buy a majority Quarren presence on the Mon Calamari Council, and installed Senator Tikkes through several terms in office. The Mon Calamari people did their best to have their voices heard, but corporate interests and Quarren isolationism won out time and again. Senator Tikkes was exposed as a corrupt official during the Separatist crisis, and avoided Republic prosecution by fleeing into Separatist space. He pledged his planet's resources to the growing Separatist movement, joining as one of the founding members of the Confederacy of Independent Systems when the Clone Wars erupted. But he didn't have the right to speak for his people, since a more progressive Quarren, Tundra Dowmeia, was named Senator following his censuring. The resulting political conflict sparked a civil war on Mon Calamari, and Tikkes' supporters became the Quarren Isolation League. The League sought to reject all Republic presence from their oceans, and took up arms against Mon Cals and Quarren alike to achieve those aims. The isolationists included Quarren mining barons who had grown rich from Commerce Guild funding, and they were able to secure Confederacy support in exchange for continued shipments of raw ores to the guilds. It was Tikkes himself who signed a treaty with Count Dooku, which resulted in the League obtaining advanced underwater weaponry crafted by the Trade Federation and the Techno Union. In the civil war that ensued, the valiant Mon Calamari Knights did their best to defend their cities and the Calamari Council. The Republic soon arrived, and with clone trooper forces led by General Kit Fisto, they defeated the Quarren Isolation League.
The Clone Wars were the catalyst for escalating local conflicts on many worlds. The water-covered planet of Mon Calamari had been a tinderbox for centuries, as cultural differences between the native Mon Calamari and Quarren had threatened to spill into full-scale fighting throughout their long history. When the Clone Wars erupted, the Confederacy of Independent Systems exploited the long-standing resentment between the two cultures, and pushed the planet into civil war.[...]When the Separatist crisis that predated the Clone Wars sparked whispers of impending war, the Knights intensified their training, and brought back the arms and combat skills that made them legendary. The Confederacy-backed Quarren Isolationist League brought the war to Mon Calamari, and the Knights were there to protect the surface cities from their contentious cousins. The Knights teamed up with the clone forces led by Jedi Master Kit Fisto.
Senator Dowmeia took office following the censuring of Senator Tikkes, a corrupt Quarren Senator accused of profiting from slaving ventures in the Outer Rim Territories. Tikkes was placed under house arrest while such charges were investigated, but he fled Coruscant and disappeared to parts unknown, eventually joining with the Confederacy of Independent Systems.Dowmeia filled the void left by Tikkes' departure. He originally hailed from a different faction of Quarren on Mon Calamari.
So, as the subject line implies, does anybody know what is going on with the Quarren? Is there some remote Quarren faction on Shitopia that remains loyal to the Republic when the ones on Mon Calamari align with the Separatists?
In the EU, they state that a reason the Mon Cals joined the Rebel Alliance was the way that the Quarrens betrayed them by allowing the Empire to have a presence on Mon Calamari. I believe it involved a Quarren bringing down the shields either around the whole planet or one of the main Mon Cal cities.With that said, does that fit in with the history that Valin has pointed out. Could the betrayal actually be how the Quarrens joined the Separtists and brought war to their world. Or is this betrayal actually by the Quarren allies the Mon Cal had during the Clone Wars and is something that occurs after ROTS?
Nathan, I would just like to extend my deepest gratitude for the obvious research you did to answer my silly question. You have saved my head from exploding, and that is appreciated.
One thing I am curious about other people's feelings on that has to do with both the EU and the films is whether or not people were confused with the Sifo-Dyas thing never being explained. One of people's main arguments with "The Blair Witch Project" (if they could sit through it) was the fact that you had to read a book and the website to get the background information, and they felt that they shouldn't have to do so in order to get the full film experience. I'm of the opinion that films should stand alone and not rely on books to get the whole story, but that such supporting materials are interesting to read after you've seen the film and add more depth to them. Sifo-Dyas, while being explained in LOE, was never brought up or explained in either AOTC or ROTS past Obi-Wan's report to Mace and Yoda. I went to see ROTS (number 12) with a cousin last Saturday who is a fan of the films (but not a huge fan) and she was asking me all kinds of questions afterwards, and one of those was "What about the Sifo-Dyas guy?"So, I guess another focus of this thread could be, when does an EU explanation/backstory *need* to be included in the films in order to make sense to the casual viewer? In the case of the Quarren, I don't think it's important, but when you mention it in one film, make a huge deal out of it, and then don't even explain it in that film or the next, it's kind of iffy.
The people of Mon Calamari weathered great political upheaval during the Clone Wars. Their Senate representative, Tikkes, proved to be a Separatist turncoat. This Quarren nearly dragged the entire planet into the Confederacy fold during the start of the conflict. This sparked a civil war beneath the oceans as the Quarren Isolation League did battle with the Jedi-backed Mon Calamari Knights.With the signing of a peace accord between the Quarren and the Mon Calamari, a new resolution was passed that saw the planet be represented jointly in the Senate by dignitaries from both species. By the time of the Clone Wars' end, this office would be jointly held by Senators Tundra Dowmeia and Meena Tills. For much of the conflict, their administration was rife with Separatist spies.
My understanding is pretty much that the Quarren and Mon Calamari are warring with each other: the Mon are on the side of the Rebels/Republic and the Quarren on the side of the Empire/Separatists.
Quote from: Dressel Rebel on June 30, 2005, 11:19 PMMy understanding is pretty much that the Quarren and Mon Calamari are warring with each other: the Mon are on the side of the Rebels/Republic and the Quarren on the side of the Empire/Separatists.It's incredibly more complex than that I think, especially given what I'm reading in this thread which goes beyond even what I'd originally thought...
Very confusing, but in the end it does make a lot of sense, hashes out some things we see in the film, and ties into the classic trilogy (and the EU around it, should you "believe" that). Sounds like Mon Calamari was a real cluster-f during the Clone Wars...
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Christmas pudding ice cream
Mix leftover custard with equal amount of double cream and stir in crumbled leftover Christmas pudding. Put in the freezer for 2 hours, then take out and stir before putting back into the freezer overnight. Take out an hour before serving. Tastes like rum and raisin ice cream, and great with a dash of Bailey's over the top.
Vegetable stock
Boil turkey carcass in 2 litres of water with 2 sticks of celery, 2 peeled onions chopped in half, and 2 carrots, for about an hour. Strain into bowl and then pour into plastic containers for storage in fridge or freezing. Use for soup, stews or gravy.
Turkey and banana balls ( baby or toddler food)
Steam an unpeeled banana. Chop a few teaspoons of leftover turkey in a food processor and add the banana and a little butter. Remove the mixture and roll into little balls to make finger food for a baby or toddler.
Hot winter fruit salad
Boil satsuma or clementine slices in water, a little sugar and a bit of brandy or Cointreau if you have some to hand, along with anything to hand such as dates, grapes, and dried fruits. Serve with cream or ice cream.
Chestnut and coffee mousse
Mix together leftover chestnut puree, a small amount of instant coffee to taste, and double cream in a food processor or blender until the cream has thickened. Sweeten with vanilla sugar.
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The US Open is starting up... I want to start hitting again so I can feel like I'm playing in it!
Style: I'm flexible. I can hit with virtually any style or level (beginner-competitive). Although I do prefer playing for form and repetition over playing matches at the moment.
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Hey Michael
I just moved to Frisco/Little Elm area and have been playing at Lone Star HS on Sunday AM's and able to hit evenings when I am in town--here is my cell 210-845-3100 text me your number and maybe we can hit this week
Hi Kevin,
Lone Star HS would be great. I'll text you.
If you can hit on Sunday evening around 3 to 7pm. We can hit at Cenntennial HS on Rolater and Coit Rd. Let me know. Thanks.
Sounds good. I'll try to catch up with you.
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In the 1976 film 'The Song Remains the Same,' the four members of Led Zeppelin each had scenes showing them outside of the rock 'n' roll realm.
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Bears kicker Robbie Gould issued a statement of apology to the grounds crew at Solider Field, but not before suggesting he might leave Chicago on account of the grass.
Gould was critical of the conditions during a driving rainstorm that dumped two inches of rain during last week's loss to the Texans, saying the grounds crew didn't have a handle on the weather, and should have pulled a tarp before the game.
Gould then issued a tail-between-legs statement.
"I need to apologize to the grounds crew at Soldier Field and our grounds crew for my recent comments regarding the field," the statement said. "I have since learned a lot more about the NFL's policies and the measures that are taken at Soldier Field to ensure a reliable and safe playing surface. It was my mistake to speak prior to having a full understanding.
"That's not why I missed a field goal on Sunday, and it's not why I've missed the other field goals this year."
But prior to the statement, he said the field conditions would have an impact on his future with the team. He's under contract through 2013, but said he'd think about leaving if things didn't get better.
"If those are the [field] conditions we've got to play in, I just have to adjust, and obviously those are the type of situations you look for in re-signing with teams," Gould said, via Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times. "I have a year left on my contract. I hope to stay a Bear. And those will be situations that I'm going to take into [consideration]. I don't know if I want to deal with that as I get older as a kicker.
"But at the same time, I'd love to retire a Bear. I'd love to be here. I've got a year left before we start talking about that, but those are things that guys like myself in my position think about."
Gould has every right to pursue perfect conditions to kick in when he becomes a free agent. But he also chose to sign a six-year contract in 2008, after having kicked at Soldier Field for three seasons. So it's not as if he was surprised that the field is traditionally among the worst in the league.


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ARLINGTON, Va. – In a follow up to last night's pair of triumphs, the York College men's swimming team picked up win number three on the season with a 158-90 victory at Marymount. The Saturday-afternoon Capital Athletic Conference win lifts the Spartans to 3-0 this season as each of their victories have come in-conference.
A pair of Spartan rookies put together quality performances against the Saints as Cody Latchford and Shane Bonner each notched two individual victories. Latchford, who showed exceptionally well against Mary Washington and Hood on Friday evening, won the 200 freestyle for the second straight meet as he posted a 1:51.66 in the event. The rookie later came back and won the 200 backstroke with a 2:05.40.
Bonner, who recorded his first two collegiate individual triumphs, led the Spartans in a two freestyle races with the Green and White swept 1-2-3. Winning the 50 free by just two-hundredths of a second, Bonner recorded a 23.49 to teammate Alex Diehl's 23.51. Richard Janosky came in third for York with a 23.56. Bonner led that same trio in the 100 freestyle, finishing with a time of 52.38. Janosky and Diehl switched spots as Janosky posted a 52.44 while Diehl went 52.75.
Aside from the four combined triumphs from Latchford and Bonner, York registered seven more victories on the afternoon.
Senior Jack Gottschalk captured two of those wins as he posted a 10:54.54 in the 1,000 free before finishing with a meet-best 5:18.53 in the 500 free.
Jamie Hicks and Andy Woods also registered two wins apiece, as they garnered win in their respective strokes. Hicks won both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, with times of 1:04.67 and 2:24.31, respectively. Woods' pair of triumphs came in the 100 and 200 backstroke. Swimming the 200 first, Woods clocked a 57.60 to best the field before taking the 100 event with a 56.08.
Freshman Adam Schin picked up his first collegiate victory as he took the 200 butterfly with a 2:12.51.
Diehl posted a second-place time in the 200 free with a 1:53.10 while Tyler Ziegler notched the runner-up spot in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:05.98.
After swimming back-to-back meets, the Spartans return to action on Saturday, November 12. The Green and White host Susquehanna and CAC foe St. Mary's (Md.) in a 2:00 pm tilt from York's Grumbacher Sport & Fitness Center.
PHOTO: Jamie Hicks swims the breaststroke during York's season-opening meet against Hood and Mary Washington on Friday, November 4. Courtesy of Aaron Frishkorn - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications practicum student.


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I have no children and am not in any kind of relationship and I have no prospects. That said, I would like to find a woman. The thing is, in the unlikely event I ever have a son, I do not want him to be circumcised at all. Furthermore, I would have to go to every doctor appointment he has to go to so I could closely supervise the nurese and doctors to make sure nobody ever touches his sex organs.
For me, not giving any future son I would have a bris is an immediate no-brainer. In fact when I see videos of brises or circumcisions on YouTube I wish I could bash the moyl or circumcisor's head through the wall.
I'm more strongly against sex-organ mutilation than most circumcision activists: we don't just let a concenting adult choose to get his legs cut off, and for the same reasons we should not just let a fully concenting adult get his sex-organ(s) mutilated! Every body part is equally important!
My question is, do you agree that nobody should ever be circumcised? Because to do something just because its a tradition and you think you have to do it because you just have to be an unbroken link in a chain that has been going on for a few thousand years is the most asanine excuse to hurt your son possible.
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I don't think male or female children should have their genitals cut up. (With the exception of some condition that makes it medically necessary, if there is such a situation, which I'm not sure of.) It boils down to mindless tradition now. I actually looked at essays by people defending FGM, saying it's not antisexual, and the defense boiled down to "it's tradition/culture/heritage". That says something pretty negative about your heritage if you do something stupid just b/c it's tradition.
The thing about waiting until someone is adult and can choose it for themselves: the tradition won't live on if people get to choose. And traditions shouldn't live on if they are dependent on coercion.
If an adult actually does want to go through circumcision and they have thought it through, it's not so different from the many other things that adults do to their bodies (piercings, tongue-splitting, plastic surgery, sterilization, sex change...) Although most people would not let a consenting adult chop their legs off, there are people who for whatever reason want to have some limb chopped off or be otherwise handicapped.
What's the deal with wanting to monitor every doctor's visit? Do you think someone will circumcise him in stealth?
I think in case I have a son, I have to stand just a few inches away from the nurses and doctors, with my hands out, ready to interfere at any second, because, you see, I've read that some or many medical professionals are ignorant about the the anatomy of intact males. I've read that the foreskin and glans are not separate structures until a kid is somewhere between about 7 and 15 years old. Until the parts are separate, the there is no retractable foreskin. But doctors might not know this, and they might try to retract the foreskin, and if they do, its like ripping a nail off a finger: there will be bleeding and trauma. The kid himself should be the only one who ever touches his organs; I wouldn't let a doctor or nurse touch them. I wouldn't touch them. The mother better not touch them.
Anyway, I've been afraid of doctor visits for as long as I can remember. One day, before school, my mother would tell me I had to visit the doctor after school, and I would freak out and panic for the whole day, and then at the doctors office, I cried and went crazy, and I'm not sure who I hate more, the nurses and doctor, or my mother for taking me, or maybe the government for making my mother take me. This will not happen in case I have a kid.
Until I came out as an atheist when I was 26 (my birthday is in May and I first skipped the high holidays and really quit Judaism in oct 2009) I had some cognitive dissonance and thought I had to everything orthodox Judaism dictated, but I didn't do most of what I thought I had to do because I didn't want my family or anybody else to think I was crazy. Let us think of a hypothetical alternate reality to illustrate my intuition that body mutilation is imoral or wrong. If, even when I was 25, if I had been intact and then had learned that I was intact but that Judaism requires all males ot get circumcised when they turn 26, I might have agreed to get circumcised before I turned 26, and then I might have actually had to get circumcised in order to aviod cripling guilt or shame. (Guilt in Judaism happens when you feel bad or fear you will feel terrible for not doing what you are "supposed to" do. Shame in Judaism is when you are afraid other people will be mortified or angry at you for not doing what you are "supposed to" do.) Then, after I would have gotten circumcised, I might have still quit Judaism and still come to realize how damaging circumcision is. Then I would have been angry at myself for letting myself be so controlled by the Judaism virus that I actually got myself circumcised, and I might not have been able to live with myself due to my getting circumcised. Not being able to have sex properly is psychologically just so bad I can't begin to explain it. Thus getting your genitals pierced or removed or having parts cut off may result in the nightmare situation of someone wishing he had not gotten cirucmcised or had not pierced his parts. Its sort of why most doctors probably will not cut off the legs of a person who has a severe psychological problem and really wants them cut off.
Well, I've (sorta) been there. An ex-Jew who adopted a 2 yr old son from a Catholic country. He was not circumcised, and my husband and I weren't going to bother withthe hocus-pocus or entertaining the thought of having the surgery my pediatrician offered (and my mother NAGGED me). Fast forward more than a year, and my poor kid was one of the (very few) who needed a medical circum. He had recurrent infections, couldn't be toilet trained, and had pain.
I went to specialists, etc. As a parent, I made the decision for an almost 4 year old that was medical in nature and involved surgery. It needed to be done. Sometimes it does. My jewish family almost sat shiva for us not even bothering to at least have a "celebration" after. Barbaric. My kid had general anesth., and I should bring him home, give him his meds, and then go downstairs for a bagel and schmear!?
The really sad thing about your story is that stories just like it might inspire other parents to get their perfectly healthy sons circumcised. Your kid is the only one on the planet who had or will ever have this kind of problem. I'm sure there must have been nicer treatments (cleaning, stretching exercises, antibiotics or whatever) that would have left your son intact. Yes, this reply is very insensitive (because it is too brutally honest), and I will politely not reply to or dispute your kvtetch about me.
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LeBron James saves Miami in Game 1, nailing a game-winner in a thrilling overtime finish (Video)
If only the Indiana Pacers employed a lengthy, defensive-minded center that could patrol the paint down the stretch of close games.
Wait, what?
Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel shockingly decided to remove all-world defender Roy Hibbert from his lineup in his team's two most crucial possessions of the season on Wednesday night, and the Miami Heat took advantage while winning Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Two different times, down the stretch of overtime, Heat MVP LeBron James slashed to the rim for easy lay-ins, as Hibbert could only look on from the bench while Vogel went with reserve wing Sam Young to "counter" Miami's small lineup.
After Pacer All-Star Paul George tied the game following James' first slash with three clutch free throws to hand the Pacers a one-point lead, LeBron James responded with the spin move and game-winning lay-up over … Sam Young.
And not over Roy Hibbert, considered by just about everyone else in the NBA (save for his own coach, at least on this Wednesday night) to be the most important part of the NBA's best defense in 2012-13.
Miami showed some rust in Game 1, as it did during the team's second round matchup with the Chicago Bulls after an eight day layoff earlier this month, but the seven day layoff between their conquest of the Bulls and this pairing with Indiana was entirely different. Indiana is working with the same lineup they've known since last October, and they match up terrifically with a Heat team they topped in two out of three regular season meetings.
The Pacers had their breaks in this Game 1 near-win – Paul George hit a ridiculously lucky game-tying three-pointer to send the contest into overtime, and George was fouled late in overtime to tie the game once again before James' game-winner – but the near-even score should be considered a statement, and not a fluke. Indiana is just the sort of team to play Miami to a veritable draw, even while in Florida.
Here's George game-saving shot to keep his team alive at the end of the fourth quarter:
James came through with perhaps the quietest 30-point, ten-rebound, ten-assist game in NBA playoff history, while co-star Dwyane Wade seemed refreshed on his way toward 19 points. On the other end, David West took advantage of a lacking Heat frontcourt while piling up 18 first half points (and 26 overall), and Paul George showcased a significant amount of moxie on his way toward a team-high 27 points. George had his hiccups down the stretch of regulation, but by and large he was taking chances in the face of a Heat team designed to shut down athletes of his caliber.
Because this was a stalemate, though, the scrutiny falls on the novelty that ended the game.
Hibbert was on the court when the Pacers hit the floor on the defensive end with the game tied and 24.6 seconds left in overtime. After seeing Miami's lineup, though, Pacer coach Frank Vogel decided to pull his center for Sam Young, and LeBron James immediately went to work on Indiana's "SWITCH EVERYTHING!"-defense, taking advantage of George Hill and scoring a lay-in over Young.
The Pacers followed with a broken play that led to Wade slapping George's arm as he went up for a three-pointer, and the Indiana All-Star nailed three out of three free throws with 2.2 seconds left to put the Pacers up one.
Which led Vogel to, once again, put Hibbert on the bench.
James responded with a brilliant, lightning-fast lay-up to win it at the buzzer. There's no guarantee that Hibbert would have stopped a shot like that, or even been able to rotate and cover a move like James' in that instant. Or that he would have even been able to deter James from driving, much less finishing.
Still, Roy Hibbert would have helped. Any part of him – his length, his side to side movement, his intelligence, or just his presence – would have helped.
Scouting helps, in this league, and Frank Vogel has one of the bigger brains in the NBA. He routinely advises his team mid-game of which play is coming next, and he brings a video operator's knowledge, a leader's wisdom, and a fan's passion to the head coaching gig he so richly deserves.
He dropped the ball, though, twice. Twice in a game that may have been Indiana's best chance to win on the road, and change the shape of this series.
It's now Frank Vogel's job, as that leader, to convince his men that Game 1 wasn't Indiana's best chance to take a game in Miami, and that their best days are ahead of them. It's his job to convince them that Game 2 will be just as close. And that they'll be back for Game 5. And that a Game 7 could be in the offing.
After his late-game moves in Game 1, though, he'll have to convince more than his players that he's up to the task.


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This week, Julie Fleming, one of our Prior Learning Assessment students, turned in her final PLA Portfolio: 17 credits for college-level learning that she had gained through her experiences owning a dance school and teaching dance.
Julie's major is Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Business, Communications, and Dance. The 17 credits fulfill her requirements for her Dance concentration entirely. Courses she earned credit for through the PLA process include Dance Education Theory, Methods of Teaching Children's Dance, Dance Composition I, Music for Dance, Costume Design and Construction for Dance, and Dance Production.
In her Reflection Essay, Julie wrote, "The PLA process is much like a second journey down a familiar path, examining my past through an academic lens." I asked Julie to share a few thoughts about the PLA process, its benefits, as well as some of her essay writing strategies. I think after you watch this video, you'll agree with me that its theme is about claiming your knowledge and framing it academically, a benefit that for Julie has gone far beyond earning the credits.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Konner Veteto's lay-up with 5.4 seconds to play gave visiting Sacramento State a 51-50 win over UC Santa Barbara in a Ramada World Wide BracketBuster game on Saturday night.
Veteto's basket culminated a second half comeback by the Hornets (13-12 overall) that saw them overcome a 40-28 disadvantage. UCSB (8-18 overall) had taken a 50-49 lead with 18.3 seconds left in the game on a long three-pointer from the corner by Taran Brown.
A three-point attempt by the Gauchos' Michael Bryson bounced off the side of the rim as the game ended.
"Give them (Sac State) credit, they played with more urgency than us, especially in the second half," said UCSB head coach Bob Williams. "Right now it seems like our guys don't get it. They aren't playing with any urgency and that is a big concern for me."
The Hornets won despite making just 32.7% of their shots. The Gauchos weren't much better at 33.3%. Brown led Santa Barbara with 18 points, but he was the only player in double-figures. T.J. Taylor had nine points, all on three-point baskets, six assists and just one turnover in 38 minutes.
"T.J. was the best player on the floor for us tonight," Williams said. "He got us off to a good start with his three-pointers in the first half and he took great care of the basketball."
Veteto was one of four Sac State players to score in double-figures with 11. He also added a team-high eight rebounds. Dylan Garrity and John Dickson each added 12 for the Hornets.
Playing with just eight available players, UCSB's troubles were even deeper when three of the eight had four fouls with more than 10 minutes to play.
Sparked by a trio of three-pointers and nine points from Taylor, the Gauchos claimed a 29-21 halftime lead. The Hornets were ice cold in the first 20 minutes, making just 5-of-25 shots, including 2-of-17 from inside the three-point arc.
UCSB pushed the lead to 12 on two occasions in the second half, the final time coming at 40-28 when Brown made a pair of free throws with 12:20 left in the game, but back-to-back three-point baskets by Dickson and Garrity capped a 14-3 Sac State run that saw the Gaucho lead shaved to 43-42 with 5:44 to play.
Santa Barbara was able to maintain the lead until another three by Dickinson gave the Hornets their first lead of the game, 47-45, with just 1:34 remaining. A jumper by Alan Williams tied the score at 47, but a lay-up by Dickinson put his team up 49-47 with 33 seconds left in the game and set the stage for the baskets by Brown and Veteto.
Williams, UCSB's leading scorer, was held to just eight points and had one of his worst shooting performances of the season, making just 3-of-14 field goal attempts. He did add a game-high 11 rebounds and he tied his career-high with five steals.
UCSB will return to Big West action this week when it travels to the University of Hawaii on Thursday and Cal State Northridge on Saturday. The Gauchos return home for the final weekend of the season hosting Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, Mar. 7 and UC Riverside on Saturday, Mar. 9. Both games will tip at 7:00 p.m. and tickets can be purchased from the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB (8272) or online by clicking here.