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This morning, as my husband was leaving for work, he handed me a stack of his white undershirts and asked me to cut them up into rags. I said okay, but then had a better idea. I would use them to make Super Hero Capes for the boys.
I had recently seen this Super Easy Tutorial using large t-shirts for the Cape, and knew I wanted to give it a try - figuring I'd get to it before my oldest's birthday next month.
But in "Kristol Tunnel Vision" fashion, once I get something into my head, I have to do it right away... and so I did.
I gathered everything I would need: t-shirts, felt, and velcro
I made the capes following the tutorial, and then set about personalizing them. Using my Cricut and some Freezer paper, I cut out a Star Shape and three Initials as templates. I then pinned the star and an initial to a piece of felt, and cut around them.
The "M" is for my cousin's little boy who is a couple months younger than my oldest.
Then I straight stitched the Initial to the Star and then the Star to the Cape... Easy Peasy!!
I think they turned out WAY CUTE!!
So LOVE when projects like this take such little time and best of all, are FREE!!
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My ears have been bubbling today with selections from "Best Music of the Year" lists like I'm taking a long bath in hydrogen peroxide. But more than one list curator has selected Harlem-based Azealia Banks the best artist of 2012, purely on the basis on this one track, released in September, called "212".
Before you click play, make sure you've got your adult ears on. Her lyrics are definitely NSFW. (Unless you work at Kotaku, where we put it on the fourth floor mix.) Banks sings about sex with no compunction whatever, which combined with her self-aware flow and seraphic smile makes for one ridiculously appealing track.
Banks has a few more tracks on YouTube (including an Interpol cover, because yes, she sings, too), but according to a recent interview, she's over in the UK working on a proper full-length debut. Girl's only twenty years old (and seemingly very aware of where she's going, too). I cannot wait to see what next year holds from Banks—even if it's just eight more versions of "212".
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While Joe finalizes his move to Chicago Casey and I will be helping out on the news desk. Today's random thought? People who refer to podcasts as having "seasons" are dumb and they should stop. That is all.
Check out the interior of Eli Roth's "Goretorium" haunted house in Las Vegas. If you follow him on twitter he was posting pictures of lines around the block for its opening last night. Sounds great, except you'd have to live in Vegas and that sounds awful.
People are using GIF's now to promote their horror films, like that one for the Ethan Hawke film "Sinister". I could have used a few GIF's of Jennifer Lawrence last week to keep me interested in "House at the End of the Street"... missed opportunity.
Go behind the scenes of "Hotel Transylvania". We decided it looked too "Dreamworksy" for us to review it on the podcast. If a vampire doesn't make that stupid Dreamworks face at one point I'll give you my TV.
Joe Dante has announced some select screening dates and cities for "The Hole 3D". This has led other horror site owners to nearly have an aneurysm trying to come up with pun headlines. Get it, HE'S OPENING HIS HOLE. Congrats guys, we're all stupider for having read that.
By the time you find yourself being kicked out of a porn store while drunk, you've probably already made a few bad decisions in life. Let's not compound it by biting the clerk in the leg. That's just not classy.


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E is for EXCITEMENT!
It's official. Hotel is booked. Registration is paid. Luncheons, workshops, and other outings are booked and paid. My schedule of classes is (almost) done. Yep. I'm going to the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) 2012 Conference in Birmingham, Alabama!
I've been to a couple of genealogy conferences in the past, and they were great. But this ... this is like one of the BIG ones.
I am fortunate that I live close enough to Birmingham to be able to drive, so the money I'm saving on airfare I'll be able to spend on goodies at the conference!
I'm a little sad that I don't have any "official" research to do while I'm in Birmingham (I don't have any direct ancestors from Alabama at all - at least none that I've found yet) ... although, I feel pretty sure that I can find a library or archives of some sort to
In preparation for my trip, I even bought one of those little badge holders with all the pockets in it. I can't wait to bling it out! I think I'm going to have to take the seam out of one of the pen holders on the back so my phone will fit in the little pocket back there.
|P.S. Thanks, WhollyGenes- only $5 and super fast shipping
I'm going to take print my state "badges" from my 1940 Census indexing and do something super fancy and attach them to my little holder. I also have a couple of geeky pins I'll attach.
I've already started packing. Laptop, check. Camera, check. iPad, check. Contact cards, check. Flip-Pal, maybe. Batteries, check. Oh, I guess I'd better add some sort of clothing to the list. Jammies too. Maybe a toothbrush. Hmm ... tiara?
So if you happen to be at FGS and see me (I'll be the one wandering aimlessly around the conference looking completely lost), stop and say hi!
Do we share any ancestors?
Please email me at lostancestors [at] gmail [dot] com
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PASKO, Wash. – Former Georgia College baseball standout Richard Pirkle (2007-11) was recently drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, and has reported to his minor league assignment.
Pirkle has joined the roster of the Tri-City Dust Devils, members of the Northwest League of Professional Baseball, a Class-A Short Season squad. He is one of three catchers on the roster.
He has not seen any game action yet, as the Dust Devils are just four games into their schedule.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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BOULDER, CO - August 19, 2009
Webroot, a leading Internet security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced the appointment of Dick Williams as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
"We are very pleased to bring Dick on board as Webroot's CEO," said Eric W. Spivey, chairman of the Board of Directors at Webroot. "Dick has consistently delivered innovation and accelerated growth for companies that emerge as leaders in their category. His experience and strong leadership will be a tremendous asset to Webroot as we expand our position in the global consumer and enterprise security markets."
Williams has worked as CEO or chairman of several category defining companies funded by some of the most successful venture capital firms in the world. Most recently Williams was chairman of Hyperic, a leader in open source systems management software for today's large Web, SaaS and cloud applications and infrastructures. Prior to that, Williams was CEO of Wily Technology, the leader in Web application management, which was acquired by CA (Computer Associates) in 2006. Earlier he was CEO of Illustra Information Technologies, a pioneer of object relational database technology. Dick then co-founded and served as chairman of Quokka Sports, an online immersive sports media company, which completed its initial public offering in 1999.
Williams' executive leadership experience began at IBM, where he spent 22 years in a variety of sales, marketing, product and business management roles, including vice president for the company's Data Systems and General Products divisions. He then served as president and CEO of Digital Research, which he turned around and later sold to Novell. At Novell Williams served as executive vice president of sales and support, and general manager of Novell's Digital Research Systems Group.
"The never-ending proliferation of malware makes it clear we as an industry have yet to solve the problem of cybercrime," said Williams. "This presents a tremendous opportunity for Webroot, given the company's history as a pioneer in antimalware and an innovator in cloud-based security. I'm excited to join this team of top-notch professionals as we aggressively innovate and distinguish Webroot as a leader in making the Internet a safe place for consumers and businesses everywhere."
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Pixar delivers a kid-friendly riff on fraternity life with "Monsters University." It's a novel approach to a trope more often associated with cheeky adult comedies and teen slasher flicks than animated fare primarily aimed at the younger set.
"Scaring, is the true measure of a monster," says Dean Hardscrabble (the voice of Helen Mirren) in a promo trailer for the prequel to "Monsters, Inc." And scaring up huge returns at the box office is the true measure of a monster summer hit.
"Inc." was in release for 47 weeks following its debut in 2001and has grossed over half a billion dollars worldwide. Shocking numbers Disney and Pixar no doubt hope "U" can replicate.
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Revisiting one-eyed Mike (Billy Crystal) and blue fluffball Scully (John Goodman) as they endure their awkward yet funny days of higher education harks back to classic college comedies like "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "Revenge of the Nerds." This time though, instead of "House's" Deltas vs. Omegas, it's Mike and Scully's Oozma Kappa vs. the smarmy creatures of Roar Omega Roar.
"University" Director Dan Scanlon visited real campuses to get a sense of student life and told USA Today that he and his team also studied the golden age of 1970s and '80s fraternity comedies for inspiration. "There are lots of monster mullets, puffy shoes and popped collars throughout the film," Scanlon said. "It seemed like the honorable thing to do."
In preparation for the release of "Monsters University" on June 20, check out these now classic college-based movies that scared up either big box office numbers or cult status among fans:
"Legally Blonde" (2001)
Obsessed with all things cute, fluffy or pink, Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods was the least likely candidate for Harvard Law School in this feelgood comedy hit. After being dumped by her boyfriend, Woods sets out to win him back and the first step is to follow him to college. Right!? The sorority ditz with a head for business was so popular she returned for a sequel and inspired a Broadway musical.
"National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978)
"What am I?" asks John Belushi as John Blutarsky in the cult comedy. Answer: "A zit!" If you don't get the reference you're either in the minority or born decades after the film was released. Politically incorrect and filled with memorable sight gags, audiences embraced the John Landis-directed hit centered around the members of a Greek fraternity who are more interested in making mischief and mayhem than maintaining a high grade point average.
"Revenge of the Nerds" (1984)
A savvy counterpoint to "Animal House," misfits and outcasts were the stars of this comedy that celebrated the smart set before television's "The Big bang Theory" raised nerds to their current beloved status. The films centers around a group of science majors who finally take one put down too many and rise up against the smug superiority of an all-white fraternity. Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield and John Goodman all feature in this classic underdog tale.
"Old School" (2003)
A natural precursor to director Todd Phillip's "The Hangover," "Old School" checked all the hallmark boxes of "Animal House" and "Nerds" in this over-the-top tale of three married men — played with abandon by Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn — who set up a fraternity house on the edge of campus so they can party like undergrads. Enlisting the help of the student body disenfranchised, they attempt to outwit the evil Dean Pritchard (Jeremy Piven) who is intent on having them removed. The tranquilizer dart to the neck scene is Ferrell comedy gold.
"Back to School" (1986)
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is a mega-wealthy businessman off to college for the first time in an effort to help his discouraged son learn to love campus life. Dangerfield delivers a stream of eye-roll gags and countless sexual innuendos in tandem with memorable performances from Sally Kellerman, Ned Beatty and Sam Kinison as an insane professor. Random point of interest: the film contains a cameo appearance by Kurt Vonnegut.
"The Nutty Professor" (1996)
Eddie Murphy stars as the literal "big man on campus" in this remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis original of the same name. As the rotund Professor Klump, Murphy turns in an hysterical, yet moving performance as genetic scientist whose physical size keeps him at a distance from a happy life. When a science lab experiment produces a chemical serum that transforms him into the svelte but obnoxious Buddy Love, Klump must choose between a life of shallow gratification or a contented inner existence. Under various fat suits, Murphy stars as seven different characters throughout the film. One standout scene sees him single-handedly portray all the rowdy Klumps at the dinner table.


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Rise Up, Fallen Angel
The ephemeral strands that connect us; a gesture, a sound, a touch – may trigger cascades of meaning.
A glimpse of something peripheral to the main event, catches attention, and is gone — slipping into the crowd. "Play the Moment Composers' Collective" weaves together strands of light and sound to form a tapestry of improvised narrative. The integrated media exhibition, Rise Up, Fallen Angel, brings together a diverse collection of visual creators from many countries who have sent their angels through the internet. We invite you to a primal, emotional experience designed to create an organically resonant, sensory immersion. Satisfy the need for spiritual renewal and tribal ritual in a contemporary context; myth and symbolism invoked using the latest in modern technology. We seek to reinforce the resilience of the human spirit: rise up and overcome the problems we all recognize in our lives, our communities and our planet.
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The show will be awesome because of the wonderful artworks that have been submitted and the artistry of the Play the Moment Composers' Collective.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Outland at 58
With my priest, I've reached the point where I became tired with the old world instances, quests and quest rewards so I decided to take him to Outland as soon as he hit 58. Though I can't run Outland dungeons just yet, though flying won't be available until 60 and though not all quests are available, it was a very good choice.
As I write this, I'm 59 going strongly on 60 and I've already got 3 good gear upgrades from quests. There's a world of different (forgive the pun) between Azeroth and Outland/Northrend in terms of quest design and rewards. Quests are quick, grouped together in the same area and rewards are meaningful. It's a good thing they're revamping the Old World in Cataclysm. I'd go crazy if I had to level just one more character through there.
Speaking of flying, remember the days when couldn't learn flying until 70? Good old days - not.
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- Shannara said...
Im 52 right now on my mage, as soon as I hit 58, im hitting outlands. Definately worth it, xp wise. And if you already have a lv80, then you probably have heirlooms to make leveling faster :)
- March 20, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Jerry said...
I've gone to Outland at 58 and usually had to come back to the Old World at 59. That usually happens because the quests dry up and I don't want to grind a whole level.
As for Northrend, I go at level 69 and don't look back. The transition for WotLK expansion was better designed for easing you into it. I'm currently working my 4th character to 80 and I totally hear you on being tired of the Old World. It's still where you spend most of your time leveling and it has the worst questing of all three lands.
- March 20, 2010 at 2:19 PM
I am currently leveling my 9th toon in Northrend (3 80's, the rest are 70 plus) and boy I have been tired of old world for so long since ive been playing since the game came out. I grind it out, no matter how dreadful, quickly questing away, just so I can get to Outland, and then Northrend. Good thing Cataclysm is coming out. It might actually give me the incentive to actually level the other toons I just cant get past level 40.
- March 20, 2010 at 9:24 PM
- Darth Solo said...
@Shannara my priest has 5 heirlooms: chest, shoulders, staff and 2x trinkets :) Leveling was definitely a whirlwind.
@Jerry I was afraid of quests drying up too but I went from 58 to 60 in no time, just by doing the few quests that are available at that level. In retrospect, I would even prefer mindless grinding of mobs instead of going back to the old world.
@Anonymous I've had my fill of Azeroth too. Hopefully Cataclysm will change it sufficiently that it will make leveling alts a blast.
- March 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- SirFWALGMan said...
You can run 1 dungeon at 58. I beleive if you go into the LFG interface and pick the "Select a Dungeon" option you can choose the 1 that is levels 57-62. I am currently leveling my Warlock who is 58 and running through that dungeon twice I have gained almost 2 levels.
- March 22, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Darth Solo said...
Yeah, there's 1 dungeon available, I believe Hellfire Ramparts. At 58 it is red. I didn't bother running that since I wanted to use the random feature for the little extra XP and blue items.
At any rate, I'm at 62 now and running randoms with every chance I get.
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Finding out that a loved one has cancer can be very scary and confusing. When that loved one is your dog, it's important to keep in mind that different veterinarians might have different views on the best way to treat the disease. It's always a good idea to seek out a second opinion, perhaps from a veterinary oncologist, and carefully review your options.
What Is Cancer?
Cancer is a class of diseases in which cells grow uncontrollably, invade surrounding tissue and can spread to other areas of the body. As with people, dogs can get various kinds of cancer. The disease can be localized (confined to one area, like a tumor) or generalized (spread throughout the body).
What Causes Cancer in Dogs?
Cancer is a "multifactorial" disease, which means it has no known single cause. However, we do know that hereditary and environmental factors can contribute to the development of cancer in dogs.
What Are the General Symptoms of Cancer?
Symptoms of cancer in dogs may include:
Lumps (which are not always malignant, but should always be examined by a vet)
Persistent sores
Abnormal discharge from any part of the body
Bad breath
Rapid, often unexplained weight loss
Sudden lameness
Black, tarry stools (a symptom of ulcers, which can be caused by mast cell tumors)
Decreased or loss of appetite
Difficulty breathing, urinating or defecating
How Is Cancer Diagnosed?
If a lump is present, the first step is typically a needle biopsy, which removes a very small tissue sample. Alternately, surgery may be performed to remove all or part of the lump for diagnosis by a pathologist.
Radiographs, ultrasound, blood evaluation and other diagnostic tests may also be helpful in determining if cancer is present or if it has spread.
Which Dogs Are Prone to Cancer?
Older dogs are much more likely to develop cancer than younger ones, and certain breeds are prone to specific kinds of cancers. Boxers, Boston terriers and golden retrievers are among the breeds that most commonly develop mast cell tumors. Large and giant breeds, like Great Danes and Saint Bernards, are much more likely to suffer from bone cancer than smaller breeds. It is important to be familiar with the diseases to which your dog might have a breed predisposition.
How Can Cancer Be Prevented?
You can dramatically reduce your dog's chance of getting certain types of cancer by having him or her altered at a young age. Breast cancer, the most common cancer for female dogs, can be avoided almost completely by having your dog spayed before her first heat cycle. And of course, a properly neutered male dog has zero chance of developing testicular cancer. Additionally, some believe that adding antioxidants such as vitamins C and E to a dog's diet will reduce the likelihood of cancer.
How Is Cancer Treated?
Treatment options vary and depend on the type and stage of cancer. Common treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy. A combination of therapies may be used. Success of treatment depends on the form and extent of the cancer and the aggressiveness of the therapy. Of course, early detection is best.
Some dog owners opt for no treatment of the cancer at all, in which case palliative care, including pain relief, should be offered. Regardless of how you proceed after a diagnosis of cancer in your pet, it is very important to consider his quality of life when making future decisions.
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Webroot, a leader in cloud-based security intelligence solutions, today announced that Grayson Milbourne, Webroot's director of security intelligence, will participate on the panel "Apps Exposed: A look into the Most Dangerous Apps" on Saturday, March 8, 2014. The session begins at 11:00 a.m. CT at the Radisson Town Lake, Riverside Ballroom during SXSW 2014 in Austin, Texas.
In the session, presenters will discuss the latest mobile security threats and highlight key examples, including the top three "good" apps and the top three "most dangerous" apps based on malicious content and risky app behaviors. Attendees will learn from a panel of industry experts about how apps infect devices, collect (and sell) data on users and other risks, along with new ways to keep mobile devices secure.
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And first of all thanks for taking the time to read my first post.
I am working through a a java textbook and am stuck on this application problem :
"Write an application that prompts for and reads a double value representing a monetary amount. Then determine the fewest number of each bill and coin needed to represent that amount, starting with the highest (assume that a ten dollar bill is the maximum size needed). For example, if the value entered is $47.63, then the program should print the equivalent amount as: 4 ten dollar bills 1 five dollar bills 2 one dollar bills 2 quarters 1 dimes 0 nickels 3 pennies " I have tackled it by using starting with a total amount (eg 5678 dollars) and using division followed by remainder operator to work down to dollars then cents. (I am working in 10dollarnotes, 5dollarnotes, 1dollarcoin, 2dollarcoin, 10centpice and 20centpiece rather than the currency in the example). I have found this to work in easier examples but I'm hopeful there is a better way..... At the moment it prints the correct value of 10dollar notes, but FAR too many 2dollarcoins and NaN for cents. Also it doesnt allow me to scan the total so I can enter and rerun with a new total for the terminal. Here is what i'm puttin in and getting out : //RevCoinValueScan.java //application which prompts for and reads a monetary amount in dollars //and cents. Then determines the fewest amount of 10dollar, 5dollar //notes, //5,10 cent 1 and 2dollar coins required to make that amount. import java.util.Scanner; public class RevCoinValueScan { public static void main (String[] args) { double note10; double dollar2; double dollar1; double cent10; double cent5; double total = 5678; double total2; double total3; double total4; double total5; Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in); System.out.println ("Enter the monetary amount: " + total); note10 = total / 10; total2 = total % note10; dollar2 = total2 / 2; total3 = total2 % dollar2; dollar1 = total3 / 1; total4 = total3 % dollar1; cent10 = total4 / 0.10; total5 = total4 % cent10; cent5 = total5 / 5; System.out.println (" the total number of 10 dollar notes is: " + note10); System.out.println (" Two Dollar coins: " + dollar2); System.out.println (" One Dollar coins: " + dollar1); System.out.println (" Ten Cent coins: " + cent10); System.out.println (" Five Cent coins: " + cent5); } }
1 error craig@craig-laptop:~/Documents/panda/java$ javac RevCoinValueScan.java craig@craig-laptop:~/Documents/panda/java$ java RevCoinValueScan Enter the monetary amount: 5678.0 the total number of 10 dollar notes is: 567.8 Two Dollar coins: 2.2737367544323206E-13 One Dollar coins: 0.0 Ten Cent coins: NaN Five Cent coins: NaN craig@craig-laptop:~/Documents/panda/java$ ANOTHER AMOUNT : craig@craig-laptop:~/Documents/panda/java$ javac RevCoinValueScan.java craig@craig-laptop:~/Documents/panda/java$ java RevCoinValueScan Enter the monetary amount: 786.908 the total number of 10 dollar notes is: 78.6908 Two Dollar coins: 2.8421709430404007E-14 One Dollar coins: 0.0 Ten Cent coins: NaN Five Cent coins: NaN craig@craig-laptop:~/Documents/panda/java$


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Study via Spotify shows that US Spotify listeners stop checking new music on average at the age of 33 and go back towards what comforted them when they were younger. Now, I'm guessing no one who contributes to this forum these days is under 50 but I'm thinking most - maybe all - of you still, to some degree, check out new music. I find Spotify a real help in this - i read about Major Lazer in Friday's Evading Standard and had a listen. Not really my thing but interesting to hear a mix of house music and JA dancehall. That said, I don't listen to a helluva lot of new music and the last LP I bought (yesterday) was Furry Lewis on Yazoo and the last CDs were cheapo compilations of King, Chief and Cobra Records (Fopp has lots of these new at £3 - very good value tho' obviously public domain so no royalties to surviving artists or estates).
Anyway, how do you lot hear about new music? And how often do you listen to it? Or do you just listen to old stuff?


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Don't tell Keith Filipek that music is just something extra in the school curriculum. In his opinion, it's a key part of a well-rounded program.
"People often look at music, art and physical education as extras that are just there for fun," Mr. Filipek told Morenci Board of Education members Dec. 7. "I disagree. They're essential to the academic program."
Mr. Filipek presented the monthly "educational topic" at the last school board meeting. Each month a facet of the school program is highlighted.
Mr. Filipek said a course in his graduate studies made him stop and think about his role as a music teacher.
"I've been teaching for 20 years, but never took the time to think about why I do what I do," he said.
When a student learns to read, he said, pitch, inflection, etc., are part of the process, and those are all musical attributes, also.
Mr. Filipek told about studies showing that for standardized tests, schools with good music programs outperform those with a weak program. English and mathematical skills also improve, he said, due to a boost in IQ gained through musical skills.
Studies have also shown an increase in self-esteem and self-confidence, and students show a greater tolerance for differences. In addition, students showed better classroom behavior and were less disruptive.
"I think it's all about discipline," Mr. Filipek said, "similar to athletics."
The word "quality" is the key, said Morenci Superintendent of Schools Kyle Griffith.
"At Morenci we have a quality music program from kindergarten to 12th grade," he said.
Griffith mentioned that a Morenci Education Foundation mini-grant will fund the production of "Annie Jr.," a musical involving students in grades three to nine. Mr. Filipek will direct the production later in the school year.
Mr. Filipek introduced his talk by recalling the argumentative school board in the musical, "The Music Man." Once the board members learned to sing together, Mr. Filipek said, they all got along well.
At that point he passed out song sheets to the board and audience, brought them all to their feet and led everyone in song.


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May 2002 - Newsletter 70
There are so many dates to fit in this letter that I don't have much room for idle chatter. 'Jolly good thing too' I hear you say. Years go we used to reckon that the summer was the quiet time of the year for us but these days the work seems to pile in and to be the kind that needs a certain amount of adaptability on our parts. I can remember a British Council rep. saying when we were on our exotic jaunts to the Far East etc. that The Yetties are like corks bobbing on the ocean and I guess this has stood us in good stead. Barns, marquees, village halls, theatres, street fairs, agricultural shows, private parties, radio, television. Tis all grist to the Yetties mill.
Yetminster Fair & Friday Night Party 5th & 6th July
This is one of Dorset's best village events of the year. Come along for the day and book your tickets for the evening concert from Derek Mott, Stonechat, High Street, Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6LF. Tel. 01935 872123. Unfortunately we will not be able to make the pre-fair night at The Weavers Club. We were made on offer we couldn't refuse by the Camping & Caravan Club and have a job at one of their rallies. However if you wish to go to The Weavers you will be made very welcome. I'm sure you will have a convivial night meeting all the regular fair goers. There will be music, we will supply you with some nosebag. We know you campers like to stock up for the weekend and it saves getting the primus out. The other advantage of The Weavers is, of course, the booze is at club prices. As Pete would say, 'You can save a fortune'.
Jubilee Celebrations
How the world has changed in the 50 years since the Coronation. We went by bus from Thornford School to watch a film of the service, parade etc. at Yetminster Village Hall. This time we shall be celebrating in The Digby hall Sherborne with a Ceilidh on the 1st of June. Yetminster Irish Dancers will be there to put on a show and Anne Knobbs will sing us songs from the 50's. Tickets are £7 from The Abbey Pharmacy, Cheap St., Sherborne; The Sweeterie, Middle St., Yeovil and from our PO Box. You can also ring 01935 814611, 814667 or 813890. Bring your own food. There will be the usual well-stocked bar run by Mark Williams.
Sponsored Walk
Every couple of years or so I do a sponsored walk for charity. This time it's for 'The Children of Fiji' and I will be walking down the River Parrett in Somerset on the 18th of August. We did a concert earlier in the year for the charity, which is run by Peter & Margaret Long of Cattistock in Dorset and I became intrigued by their drive, enthusiasm and plans. Originally they went to Fiji in November 1999 to help 40 children in a home but since then they have adopted every child on the Island with the object of providing some of the essentials for their education such as books, pencils etc. They persuaded Lakeland pencils for instance to give them product which was not quite up to standard and 30,000 pencils appeared on their doorstep. Airlines and carriers have been very good as well. If you wish to help by sponsoring me you can send a cheque made out to 'Children of Fiji' to the PO Box. I will, of course, have information with me at our concerts etc. as well.
Old Yetties LPs
I have sent quite a few of these to good homes (about £400 worth) in the last year and this money has gone to Halsway Manor Folk Centre. At the moment I have some 'Yetties of Yetminster,' 'Our Friends' and 'Dorset Is Beautiful' The rest seem to pass through my hands at a high rate of knots. If you are interested either to donate or to purchase please ring 01935 814611.


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For kids and teens, social media is an essential part of their lives, much the way telephones were important to us at their age.
About 90% of teens have used some form of social media and 75% have a profile on a social networking site, experts say. More than half of all American teens visit social networking sites every day. These numbers are way up from just a few years ago, and there's almost no chance of them ever coming down again.
There are plenty of good things about social media — but also many potential dangers and things that you want your kids and teens to avoid. They don't always make the smartest choices when they post something to a site like Facebook or YouTube, and sometimes this can lead to problems.
So it's important for parents to teach their kids how to use social media wisely.
Social media can help kids:
The flipside is that social media can be a hub for things like cyberbullying and questionable activities. Without meaning to, kids can easily share more online than they should.
One study showed that 9 out of 10 teens post photos of themselves online or use their real names on their profiles; 8 out of 10 reveal their birthdates and interests; and 7 out of 10 post their school name and the town where they live. Actions like this can make kids easy targets for online predators and others who might want to cause them harm.
These statistics about teens highlight the dangers of social media:
In addition to problems like cyberbullying and online predators, kids also can face the possibility of a physical encounter with the wrong person. Many newer apps automatically reveal the poster's location when they're used. This can tell anyone out there exactly where to find the person using the app.
And photos, videos, and comments made online usually can't be taken back once they're posted. Even after a teen thinks something has been deleted, it can be impossible to completely erase it from the Internet.
Posting an inappropriate photo can damage a kid's reputation in ways that may cause problems years later — such as when a potential employer or college admissions officer does a background check. And if a kid sends a mean-spirited tweet as a joke, it could be very hurtful to someone else and even taken as a threat.
Spending too much time on social media can be a downer, too. By seeing how many "friends" others have and viewing pictures of them having fun, kids may feel worse about themselves or feel they don't measure up to their peers.
It's important to be aware of what your kids are doing online, but prying too much can alienate them and damage the trust you've built together. The key is to stay involved in a way that makes your kids understand that you respect their privacy but want to make sure they're safe.
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So, how can you drive these messages home? One way is to make a "social media agreement" with your kids — a real contract they can sign. In it, they can agree to protect their own privacy, consider their reputation, and not give out personal information. Furthermore, they promise to never use technology to hurt anyone else (through bullying or gossip).
In turn, parents agree to respect teens' privacy while making an effort to be part of the social media world (this means you can "friend" and observe them, but don't post embarrassing comments or rants about messy rooms).
Parents also can help keep kids grounded in the real world by putting limits on media use. Keep computers in public areas in the house, avoid laptops and smartphones in bedrooms, and set some rules on the use of technology (such as no cellphones at the dinner table).
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Problematic DPR "Reviews" (Esp. Recent Ones)
As I have always said, camera gear "review", by its name, is just a kind of unprofessional assessment on camera gear, which is more or less consisted of many personal opinions and comments made by individual writer rather than more on scientific measurements. For professional ones with proper measurements, which should strictly follow those well-established International Standards and/or Industrial Standards such as ISO, IEC EN, ANSI, ASTM and etc., for the testing procedures and then for the verifications of the obtained results, they are called "Lab Tests" or "Bench Tests", NOT "Reviews".
But then about ten years ago, there came the DPReview (DPR) website, which the site owner Phil Askey used to call his user reports on digital cameras and gear as "reviews". Those reports of him were just summaries of his personal findings (based on some very simple "measurements" or even not), comments and opinions about the gear: no more, no less. Since at that time, there was not much useful information on the Internet and ditto for many of those printed magazines, in which most of the "test" reports are almost useless, the DPR became more and more popular and "large". A good example for those limited information age of the Internet is no better to quote the Steve's Digicams which produced really crappy useless "reviews" (you'd better download an official user manual from an official site and could get more info about the cameras!) could still earn a living! Nowadays, the term "review" has now been widely accepted and has a generalised meaning for any gear test or comment report, regardless of how they were done, i.e., anyone can write a "review", from a novice who knows almost nothing versus a real expert who has been working in the industry for years and has acquired different professional qualifications in the relevant fields and areas of the industry.
So, let me go back to the topic. What makes me to write this blog article immediately is that I can see the quality, usefulness and creditability of those published camera reviews by the DPR are declining. But yet I know that the general public of the Internet *still* trust too much the DPR (well, it is just a tradition by now). The general audience, whom are huge for those who read their site, just rely too heavily on their reports. For all these reasons, I opt to write here something to share my observations and thoughts with a sole intention to draw the attention of any of those internet readers for the flaws and problems of those DPR reviews (more so recently, and also the upcoming reviews, very likely). In fact, I can see that DPR and Phil Askey have spent no more new effort in improving the quality and standard of their reviews with better contents. Instead, Phil's crew and staff who called themselves as "technical writers", are just knowing to follow strictly the old report template that has been used by their boss for long, which IMO is just rather outdated by today's standards.
Now, let's go on to see why the DPR reviews are now so problematic. I will elaborate more in details with *some* examples:-
1. Inconsistent Judgements/Yardsticks
Since Uncle Phil sold his DPR site to Amazon and became the Overlord of the site, he employed a team of crew of his own so that Phil could have more time to enjoy more of his life from his hard earned money, which should not be a small sum as Amazon is just a very large company! Well, just think if you had the money, you would want more time, so that you could spend your money! Right? :-)
But after that, all the DPR reviews were written by different person(s), sometimes one, sometimes two, sometimes three and sometimes four. Phil sometimes participated with his name appeared as one of the reviewers, but not often. But then what's the (real) problem? With different combinations of different persons as the reviewers, their viewpoints, judgements or simply prejudgements could be very different, even though it seems that there is a well-established "system, which is just more or less a document template for the review report format.
Nevertheless, on the other hand, I don't know whether Boss Phil would give any "input", actually I mean a "pointer" or a finger to his staff for what direction they should write for each of the DPR reviews, for his own "impressions" on different cameras for particular brands and models, or just his "intentions". But what I can see is that serious inconsistency in judgements and there exists many subjectivities, which overweighs much of the more important facts and thus harms their objectiveness much. When they made their marks and conclusions, I can see many biases, which are rather illogical, with very different "yardsticks" when different cameras are "reviewed" - it can be easily noticeable that they have more tolerances with "large" brands.
Say for example in their K-m review published today, they write in the "Conclusion" that the in-camera jpeg image quality is really rather bad for the K-m and a 6.5 mark out of 10 was given. But in their side-by-side comparison to the Oly E-420, for anyone who can read with a more careful mind, it actually shows there is NOT MUCH difference in the image quality (which they have also mentioned themselves) and that they even say the highlight and shadow transition and preservation are better for the K-m. But then the most ridiculous thing is that they still gave a 8.0 mark for the image quality for the E-420 in their E-420 review.
Whilst I do agree with their preliminary findings that the K-m in-camera jpeg is not on a par with the Canon 1000D (which is true from looking at their posted pictures), and also not as good as the RAW converted jpeg of K-m itself, the quality differences between the K-m against the E-420 and Sony A200 is not of that big differences (with 420's jpegs are close in resolution and A200's slightly better). So, why they did not find serious problems with the Sony and Olympus, even though the Canon is undoubtedly is better, for the evidence they showed.
Hence, they just have very different tailor-made yardsticks for doing different reviews, I must say. IF they compared DSLR to DSLR, all of them should be considered and compared on the same basis, NO MATTER they are Full Frame, APS-C or 4/3. They SHOULD NOT have much more "tolerances" just because the 420 is a 4/3 camera! Silly and stupid enough? (Or maybe the true reason is just about the "brand" behind?)
Whilst they say one of the biggest Cons of the K-m is that "Default JPEGs too contrasty and poorly sharpened" (the first Con they list, which led to the poor marginally "Recommended" rating for the K-m). But then the writers also know well and have mentioned that it is the "default" tone/colour curve as in different regions in the world (actually when the user selects a different language, a different colour/tone profile will be set by the camera). However, since this sharpening level and steep tone curve profile is just a "picture profile" which is just a matter of taste, what "Con" is it actually? How "Big" is that "Con"? What's the fuss about??
2. Incomplete Views by Deemphasizing Shortcomings (of the gear they "like"), Overemphasizing Shortcomings (for gear they "don't like")
Of course, none of we average Internet readers would know the reasons behind for why they actually "like" or "dislike" individual camera of a particular brand and model. But I can see many facts, for example:-
In their very recent Panasonic G1 review (the last review prior to the K-m one), they highly praised the camera and have given the camera very high ratings/overall rating. In fact, I myself have been very interested in the G1 too and I appreciated much the innovativeness and creativity of Panasonic too. Since I have been finding a compact and lightweight DSLR to replace my K100D, I just went to try it. But shortly after I tried it for several minutes, I told myself this camera was not the one I would buy (The set price tag is okay for me). Why? The G1 is a pseudo DSLR with an Electronic ViewFinder (EVF), but that EVF, despite it is quite strong in Spec on paper and is also expensive to make, it is just something not much useful if it is compared to any *optical* viewfinder: Its dynamic range is rather limited - I could not even see those well lit parts of the Pana showroom against those just somehow darker areas at the same time in that environment or vice versa. Pixelisation of the finder image was obvious (owing to the large magnification, which the DPR praise). Flickering of EVF image was obvious. Colour reproduction was fake. So, why STILL the DPR could give the G1 a "Pro" about the EVF of the G1 and praised loudly about its EVF?? If they are mind correct (I mean technically, not commercially) in their methodology, all "DSLRs" under their tests should be considered on the same basis - they should not just because it is the best EVF then they gave it a high mark and even emphasizing it it a "great" "Pro"(!?). The fact is that the EVF of the G1 is *still* far worse than any optical viewfinder, even the worse ones, e.g., those in the 4/3 entry level models - Physics. Owing to the serious biases of the DPR writers, their reviews could be very misleading.
And, as for the K-m review, another major reason they told the world for giving such a rarely seen and low rating (by now and in recent years) and why they are so disliked about the camera is yet unsubstantiated (putting aside the inferior in-camera jpeg (but yet they do not mention about the best retained colours and details by the K-m at higher ISO speeds), which is: The missing selected AF point indication (the illuminated red-points).
It should be noted that the K-m has only five AF points which are put very closely to the frame centre (which is still more than a few of those "Highly Recommended" current entry level DSLRs by other brands). In the following, I would talk more about that red indication from the viewpoint of a Photographer and then more from an Engineer.
First, from the user point of view, practically:-
A. For stationary objects: If the user want to have total control on the selection of focus point (and for knowing where the focus will fall on), he/she just has chosen the (Single) Central AF point already and do re-composition for each frame when taking the pictures. On the other hand, if the user, whom is usually a beginner or novice, let the camera decide and choose the AF point *automatically* for him/her, WHY the user cares about which point? Why it is needed? Will they care? Of course, if there is such an indication, it is mostly welcomed. But I don't think it is a serious flaw, never; and
B. For moving objects: Actually, under most circumstances, it is more important to know which focus point(s) the camera has chosen, since practically it is not feasible to re-compose and time usually does not allow. Indeed, I want the indication for my Canon 5D too. I did write at the DPR long time ago when I first got my 5D for asking Canon to implement it, at least as an option. But waaait, do Uncle and Boss Phil knows *even* the Canon 1 series truly professional DSLRs, namely, IDS and 1D MkIII, will have the red AF illuminations disabled in the Continuous / Servo AF mode (Yes, I am sure that they know!). So, what's the point, then?? And, why didn't DPR give the Canon flagships low marks and then "not recommending" the EOS 1D and IDS bodies because of this reason??? In fact, they have never done that, and never dared not and will never dare to do so (and of course!). All Nikon DSLRs have the indication even in Servo AF mode (as I have said, at least as an option - IIRC), so why not DPR trashed the Canons?
Now, from the technical point of view, the entry level Canons, say, the 1000D AF point indication is just a small and weakly illuminated red point which is hardly visible, especially when shooting outdoor, which just means that it is not much better. Since the 1000D has a particularly small viewfinder vision, such indication is yet not as useful as it would be, theoretically. In contrast, the K-m does have the largest viewfinder image magnification amongst all entry level DSLRs, which is undoubtedly larger than that of the 1000D and D60, so why didn't Uncle Phil's guys emphasize this so strongly?? (There is only one brief and vague statement mentioned in the whole review)
All in all, should the above two most "important" and "killing" shortcomings really worth for so many marks to be deducted. With such weak reasons and "grounds" to finally draw up a "Recommended (with Reservation)" rating, I am totally not convinced. It just looks like some simple excuses were to be found and it's time for DPR to show their "objectiveness", since they have just given too many and so many "Highly Recommended" ratings in recent years. And, as you can see the numerous responses on the Net already, conspiracy theory will come in again for the true reasons behind..
On the other hand, I wish to point out that the K-m does not have the LiveView function (technically fully explained here), why the DPR don't even mention this as a "Con", which is a more valid point IMO. Would it be just because the *Nikon* D60 also doesn't have that? In their D60 review, this is even not listed as one of the Cons, neither. Really very good "consistency! Well done, DPR! They were most brilliant and clear enough to mention that discrepancy in the words of the Conclusion, which are well hidden, together with some kinds of defense. In fact, for what I know about those new DSLR beginners, especially whom used to shoot with P&S or Prosumer DCs but no DSLR reflex experience before, LiveView is just a feature on the top of their requirement lists when they are to make their choice (whether the LiveView will be useful to them or not when they have their DSLRs is yet another problem).
P.S. I have all those entry level Canon and Nikon DSLRs at work and I myself own and use so many Pentax DSLRs and also a high-end Canon Full Frame DSLR. As such, I believe I actually know very well for all those practical differences, between different models by different makers.
3. Unqualified Incompetent Persons; Not Observing International/Industrial Standards; Infringement to the Intellectual Property of the ISO
- DPR measure resolution values by human eyes, with no consideration of the MTF % or simply ignore it completely! Note: MTF - Modulation Transfer Function, fully explained here (by Norman Koren), here (by Bob Atkins), here (by Michael Reichmann) and here (by Ken Rockwell). Well, DPR don't know about MTF??
- DPR do not test exposure accuracy based on Standards, not even they recorded and shown any histogram before they commented on the "exposure accuracy" of the DSLRs (Funny). But then you can download all their stuff, inspect the EXIF data, view the histograms and compare, if you have the time!
- DPR do not test AF timings before they made so many "Conclusions". Oh, yes, they concluded by *Opinions* and *Impression*, I almost forget.
- DPR do not test AF accuracy! No object/chart was tested/posted but they dared to comment! So, what's the difference of those "technical writers" from an Average Joe who writes at any user commenting websites like the Epinions. All these, including those made by the DPR, are just individual *user comments* afterall, which are based on nothing!
- DPR do not test system time lags of the DSLRs, which is just a key manufacturer's performance spec which is usually not published, as opposed to what Japanese CIPA and Imaging Resource measures.
- DPR (and actually Phil) even dared to steal and modify the ISO test chart (which Phil bought long ago) for measuring resolution and then marked a "copyrighted" by the DPR!? He is just so much conceited but was not even aware that it is illegal! Didn't Uncle Phil know that the ISO test chart was and is still copyrighted by the ISO and is the Intellectual Property owned by the ISO, not the DPR! (and of course not by Phil Askey personally - he was just one of the customers of the ISO publications!)
- DPR technical writers and editor (i.e., Phil Askey) have no professional qualification of any kind shown and told by them as related to the industry and field. Phil only told us that he was an IT man.
- And so on.. (but I would stop here, you *think* and *judge* yourself!)
Well, besides all the above facts and "Cons" of the DPR (Now I have almost completely "reviewed" them! Haha), there are more to note for the global Internet atmosphere and trend:-
1. Decreasing Reference Values
Last but not least, with the rise of Web 2.0 and interactive information and data sharing platforms, there are more and more useful materials shared on the Net daily such as Blogs (from different persons) and those end-users posted sample photos, which could be very valuable if the readers can select carefully and most importantly, those information could be more *honest* and "faithful". Other than the DPR, we now have much many choices at places like Blogger, Flickr, YouTube, or even Facebook and more. If you like, you can still pixel peeping on those un-retouched original images (till the end of the world!) which are not intentionally selected and picked. So, what are the true values of those primly commercial websites run by *merchants* with incompetent employees nowadays??
2. Conflicts of Interests
I think quite many people have already forgotten that DPR and so many alike sites are just running solely commercially, despite that they seem to be providing "free" (really?) services to the *end-users*? But what are their sources of incomes?? How come they could and can earn a living? And, when and under what situations they will be unable to survive and need to close down?? (And then they need to find a job after losing their *businesses*! ;-) Are they afraid?)
Go find the simple answers yourself!
Conclusion and My Humble Final Reminders
DO NOT take personal opinions solely and heavily relied just on *one* single source, no matter how authoritive the source looks or you think to be. Do more researches by reading more other articles and read more honest user opinions as well. Only by doing that, you can gather more facts, INSTEAD of subjective opinions and comments (including those by so-called self-claimed "technical writers" or "reviewers" who earn money for a living from all those associated commercial deals and Ads.
But on the other hand, do totally BEWARE of those brand-blinded fanboys and their opinions, which must be filtered out! When you see persons who always do not allow anyone to say anything "negative" on *any* shortcomings of "their" gear (they particularly are very sensitive to the "brand" they ""own"") and/or just that "their" gear are *always* "perfect, you should IGNORE THEM totally! And of course, whilst I believe that I am totally honest enough, please also don't take my words solely neither, do read my this disclaimer for why, just in case if you have not yet!
Most importantly, do try out your interested camera gear *yourself* hands-on before you act. Otherwise, you will have remorse!
With this trend of declining quality reviews for what DPR give us, I bet that the site will be going on a down slope in the long future once the internet community recognises that it is no more a reliable and valuable resource. Actually some more better sites which are carrying gear tests in a professional manner are coming up recently, like the DxOMark.com (and my report of its birth here), with a very good web interface too. So if you really intend to measur(e)bate and pixel-peep, do read better sites instead of those sub-standard ones! For old sites, I would rather recommend the "friend" site of DPR, the Imaging Resource, at least their camera reviews are based on the Imatest for some of their tests, which is using the ISO standards, e.g., for the exposure and colour accuracy tests, and they did select more sensible camera performance parameters to measure than the DPR.
The Earth is rotating, years ago, the type of DPR reviews and standard report format might be still good enough to satisfy the needs of the Internet audience and readers, owing to the limited information and little competition on the Net, as I have said in the beginning. Nowadays, in 2009, with the more advanced Web 2.0 and open platforms for all Internet users, I think the one-way information sharing is just outdated. In fact, I have seen no real improvement of the DPR website (their web design is dated - when you use different machines to view their pages and you will know what I am talking about) and more importantly their tests and the way they made their tests are dated also.
Lastly, I would remind here anyone to think twice and twice again if he/she is still really to make purchasing decision solely based on the DPR "reviews". My final humble advice: Take the DPR reviews nowadays as grains of salt. If you read, read their RAW materials presented *first*, which are readily downloadable from their site. Judge the materials they put but not the words from their mouths, never. They just give misleading and partial conclusions, owing to many many reasons.


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Like something out of a holiday-season movie, Rose's Bakery in Evanston, Ill., has found the Christmas present it needed.
According to a report by Evanston Now, the bakery had been scheduled to close Monday (Dec. 24) because owner Rose O'Carroll's lack of $104,000 to keep the business open.
But at the last minute, bakery patron Marcus Lemonis came up with the money to save the business.
Lemonis, the chairman and CEO of Good Sam Enterprises LLC and Camping World Inc., will become majority owner of the bakery, with O'Carroll staying on as a partner.
Lemonis recently appeared on the ABC television series "Secret Millionaire" where he returned to his hometown of Miami and helped save three charitable organizations there. Also in the works is a show on CNBC, tentatively called "The Big Fix," that will feature Lemonis putting up over $2 million of his own money to turn around failing companies all across America.
Lemonis said the bakery deal was much more personal than the planned CNBC show, where "he'll do anything and everything" to turn a business around.
"Having gone gluten free over a year ago and becoming a patron of Rose's Bakery & Wheat Free Café, I know the love and devotion that customers have for Rose's as I am one of them," said Lemonis in a news release. "I have been following the business closely, and when I heard that Rose would have to close its doors on Christmas Eve, I knew I had to step in and save the business."
"As the new owner and partner of Rose's I am committed to not only keeping the business open but growing its customer base and having a successful and profitable business."
O'Carroll had begun a campaign to raise $104,000 before Christmas Eve to keep the business open. By Friday she had only raised around $13,000 and planned to shut the bakery's doors on Monday.
But Lemonis struck a deal with O'Carroll where he wrote an initial check for $200,000 to become the majority owner of the business with a commitment of an additional investment of $150,000 over the next 18 months.


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It seems pretty clear from this animal's deflated expression that spinning is pretty low on its list of favorite things to do, maybe right above "be dressed up in sports jerseys by master" and "vacuum cleaner wrestling." The DJ looks to have his fingers firmly in his dog's armpit, so all the poor thing is really doing is having someone poke its sensitive areas while its forepaw spasms every few seconds for no discernable reason. This video doesn't quite qualify as animal abuse, but can we call a moratorium on making our pets do stuff that clearly upsets/doesn't interest them, no matter how cute or amusing it seems when we get wasted and decide that what the pets really need is some extra stress in their short lives?
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Got my baseball Hall of Fame ballot
And yes, for the fourth consecutive season, I voted for Mark McGwire.
My take on baseball's steroid era is nearly every player at least experimented with performance enhancing drugs, otherwise referred to as PEDs. Some may have taken one injection while in the minors. Some may have taken it for a six-week cycle. Some may have tried it for a year or so. Some may owe their entire career to PEDs.
My guess is more than 50 percent of the players, in the period from, say 1995-2000, ingested or injected a PED at least once. The minors pay poverty wages, in the thousands of dollars. The majors pay a king ranson, by the millions.
If you're a minor-league shortstop, and you know the shortstop on the minor-league team is a juicer, you're going to stay clean and be rewarded with a life of McDonald value meals? Oh, and meanwhile the guy coming up in Single-A is discovering the wonders of steroids.
All this while baseball bosses were turning their heads and not testing for steroids through 2001.
By the way, there's no doubt in my mind pitchers used more than hitters. Every mph above 90 is precious in the majors. Steroids can not only help boost velocity, they aided a pitcher's recovery so he could also throw hard in his next start or relief appearance. For recovery reasons, pitchers needed steroids more than hitters.
I don't know where to draw the line on my Hall of Fame ballot, so I don't draw it anywhere. They're all in, if their merits otherwise allow.
McGwire hit 583 career home runs. That comes out to an average of 34 homers over 17 seasons. Sure, I believe he used. In my mind, they all did. Sorry all those ballplayers who stayed clean. The competition among the elite was so fierce, and the rewards were too great, for me to believe anything other than a small percentage tried it at least once. Is using once a lesser sin than using often?
I don't believe this question can be answered by any mortal, not even a writer.
What does this have to do with the Broncos and the NFL? I am a football writer who is also lifetime member of the Baseball Writer's Association of America, having covered the Rockies and Major League Baseball for 12 1/2 seasons. As such, I get a baseball Hall of Fame ballot each year.
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In response to my original post on cat-calling and my responses to it, I got an interesting question that I wanted to bring up here. I cross-posted this to Feministing, and here's what I was asked:
Why is their "responsibility to actively work to change those systems"? What's in it for them?
Not trying to be a jerk but asking a legitimate question.
I suspect alot of men actually want you to talk back and that their silence has more to do with them being embarrassed by the scene you are making then the behaviour of the guy. It's a tough situation to be in b/c doing what you do only makes you look like the crazy one, yet doing nothing makes some women feel powerless. I feel for you.
Super valid question! So valid, in fact, that it made me articulate myself a little more clearly, so I wanted to post my response here as well:
I don't think this is jerk-ish at all; you raise a valid question. Here's my thoughts on why men, too, share responsibility for calling out and attempting to countermand misogyny:
1. When you're in a privileged subject position — male privilege, white privilege, straight privilege, cis privilege, able-bodied privilege, etc — you are always already reaping the benefits of that privilege. This is true whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, whether you want to be or not. So you can either actively work towards equality, which means admitting that your privilege is not earned but is instead received at the expense of another, or you can be a signatory to those unequal systems of power that privilege you and disenfranchise others. Being a signatory happens in two ways: passive or active. The cat-caller in question is an active participant in his privilege, but by not speaking against him, his friends and all the other onlookers (male, female, whomever) are being passive participants, passive signatories. So it's the responsibility of those who witness to speak up and out against these systems of power when and how they can in order to work against them. There's no neutral position.
2. It's their responsibility because, as I said, I'll leave, and they'll all be standing there in the wake of out interaction, and if those onlookers want to actually be agents of equality, they have to — have to! — not allow the conversation to end with me. They need to use their privilege and their access and their power to continue engaging and challenging misogyny, even if it is uncomfortable.
3. It's their responsibility because if onlookers would agree with people like me and refuse to associate with bigots and misogynists like the cat-caller, then Mr. Cat-Caller would have no safe social space in which to be a misogynist. This is about creating communities that will not abide that kind of behavior and as an outsider, there's little I can do to affect that community. So it's up to the insiders.
I hope this makes my position a little clearer. You're absolutely right that these situations are uncomfortable and that those scenes embarrass us all, but I think we need to be willing to experience the kind of discomfort that this elicits in order to change these systems. I appreciate your sympathy and willingness to engage with these issues.


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Since David Eyster took over the reins at the Mendocino County District Attorney"s Office he has personally taken charge of all marijuana cases in the county. Last month he won his first marijuana trial as the district attorney.
The Mendocino County jury found Kim LaValle, 54, of Laytonville and San Francisco, guilty of transportation of marijuana for sale. She is scheduled for sentencing April 24. LaValle was stopped in January 2012 on Highway 101 near Hopland with 8 pounds of marijuana.
By insisting on a jury trial, LaValle was seen as the first defendant actually challenging Eyster"s current low profile marijuana policy. Eyster"s winning record in nearly every criminal prosecution since his election had one glaring hole-marijuana cases. In all other case types he has demonstrated defendants ignore early plea deals at their peril.
Eyster"s main untested area was in prosecuting marijuana cases. LaValle"s conviction last month was an important milestone for the DAs office.
Under the last district attorney, prosecution of marijuana crimes typically took years to resolve and frequently ended with the cases being dropped rather than proceeding to trial.
Before LaValle the last two marijuana trial cases in Mendocino County were against Dennis McMahan Jr. and Matthew Graves. Both failed to be convicted on marijuana charges from cases which dragged on for years. While the Graves" trial was technically early in Eyster"s tenure, it had been underway for years when he took the helm. Until LaValle"s guilty verdict came through, some wondered whether Mendocino County jury would ever vote to convict.
During his election campaign Eyster pledged to revamp how marijuana prosecutions were handled; and he has delivered on his promise.
The vast majority of marijuana defendants decide to accept one of Eyster"s patented marijuana settlements. These force violators of marijuana laws to pay restitution, court fees and to comply with the county zip tie ordinance for any future grows. Since this policy was instituted in 2011, more than 300 offenders have accepted the deals and more than $1.2 million has been "restored" to the county to pay for police services. To date Eyster says only four of those have come back to his desk.
To ensure those who accept the plea follow the county"s ordinances and state laws in the future, the offenders are subject to search and seizure and remain on probation for up to three years. Anyone who has had a "special Eyster deal" is not eligible the second time around. Eyster says one of the goals of the program is to make sure anyone convicted through this process is clear on the state and county laws concerning medical marijuana.
Marijuana cases now take an average of 7 months from beginning to sentencing compared with 15 months before the new policies were put into place, says Eyster. Eyster says this type of turnaround still requires a major time commitment on his part with nearly 40 percent of his own work week devoted to handling marijuana cases.
There are many side benefits to public agencies peripheral to the prosecution. Police officers and sheriff"s deputies are spending more time on the street and less time waiting around in court to present testimony. Judges and other court personnel are spending less time on these types of cases than before. While the defendants are paying $50 per plant and $500 per pound in restitution, for many this is less than they would have paid for a defense attorney in the past. Community service organizations are also benefiting with defendants agreeing to serve about one hour of community service for each plant. Some of those benefiting the least are the defense attorneys specializing in pot defense.
While other county district attorneys have spoken with Eyster about starting a similar program elsewhere, so far, none have implemented a similar process. Eyster was the first to take advantage of an obscure element of the California Health and Safety Code which allows the state to recover the costs of law enforcement activity from those committing drug crimes.
Some watching the LaValle case were hoping a not guilty verdict would undermine Eyster"s marijuana settlement process in favor of an even more liberal one. Some see the current "pay to play" restitution costs and the annual zip tie fees as too much for the medical marijuana community to pay.
While there have been no prior trials not everyone was allowed to accept the Eyster program. A number of defendants in the past two years have accepted plea deals that have netted either time in jail or prison. Most of these also involved other drugs, weapons or assaults.
In 2011, Jorge Martinez pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana for sale and was sentenced to 16 months; Dustin Jordan pleaded guilty to marijuana cultivation and was sentenced to 8 months; and Bobbie Maki got 24 months for marijuana transportation.
In 2012, Michael Eugene Keever received a 24 month sentence for transportation and Christopher Hampton got a 24 month sentence.
Just Friday, David Higgs received a 36 month sentence for transportation of marijuana for sale.


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