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The Last Horror Blog: Love 'ABCs of Death'? Check Out More Classic Horror Anthologies
Welcome to The Last Horror Blog, a biweekly column on all things horror.
I've always enjoyed horror anthologies (both the cinematic and written varieties), if only because they're kind of like that stupid box of chocolates Forrest Gump prattled on about; you really never know what you're going to get. If you happen to tear into a story and hate it, well, the whole thing could turn around with the next one. This is part of why the newly released ABCs of Death is so intriguing – because it's a massive undertaking even by horror anthology standards. The film features 26 stories, each inspired by a letter of the alphabet, sort of like how children's books are structured or how Sue Grafton was titling her books. Will all 26 stories be hits? The law of averages says no, but I'm guessing there will be at least a few that tickle our fancy when it hits DVD and Blu-ray this week.
My anticipation of the project got me thinking about some of the other great horror anthologies to turn up over the years – and there have been many – so join me this week in taking a look back at eight of the greatest horror anthology flicks of all time.
We kick things off with one of the most recent horror anthology films, V/H/S. This low-budget found-footage entry features some of the genre's biggest up-and-coming filmmakers (Adam Wingard, Ti West, Glenn McQuarrie, etc.) and made my Best of 2012 list. The title features multiple stories bookended by an admittedly weak frame story. The theme is that all of the footage is discovered on tapes found in a house filled with VHS cassettes and a dead man.
The bulk of the tales in V/H/S are good. The found-footage aesthetic leads to a bit more "shaky cam" than I'd like, but the overall concept is sound. Radio Silence's closing entry is clearly the highlight of the film, but all of the stories have something interesting to offer, and the film was a big enough hit that the sequel has already had its debut at Sundance earlier this year.
Black Sabbath (1963)
The late, great Mario Bava dipped his toes into the anthology film format with his 1963 gem Black Sabbath. Thank goodness he did, because his three-story entry still stands as one of horror's all-time great anthology flicks. Black Sabbath will probably seem quaint to audiences raised on extreme horror, but that shouldn't stop you from checking out this atmospheric chiller from one of the form's greatest masters.
Unlike V/H/S, all three tales in Bava's outing are excellent and choosing a favorite is genuinely challenging. The film opens with "The Telephone", a tense vignette about a woman menaced by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past. Things then turn supernatural in "The Wardulak", a period vampire tale featuring a mesmerizing performance from Boris Karloff. The film finishes with "The Drop of Water", which might be the best entry of all. Each of these stories is unique in its presentation, but all show just how talented Bava truly was.
Creepshow (1982)
George Romero and Stephen King teamed up for this 1982 homage to the classic EC horror comics and the end result is one of the best anthology flicks the genre has ever seen.
Featuring five tales of the macabre written by King and directed by Romero, Creepshow was one of those dream collaborations where the results actually lived up to fan expectations. While not every story in Creepshow is perfect ("The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is the weakest, showing King is a better writer than actor…), it does a splendid job mimicking its inspiration. For every great issue of those old horror EC comics, there were more than a few clunkers as well. The balance here is shifted toward the positive, with the bug-infested "They're Creeping Up on You" being the one I'm most likely to call my favorite.
Featuring a top-flight genre filmmaker, the biggest horror author in the world, and an impressive cast (that included Leslie Nielsen, Hal Holbrook, E.G. Marshall and more), Creepshow is certainly an anthology film worthy of classic status.
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Dan Curtis' 1975 horror anthology Trilogy of Terror is cheating a bit, if only because it was a made-for-TV film/pilot for series. I'm happy to bend the rules for this one, though, because a lot of people saw it, loved it, and still remember it.
Karen Black stars in a series of stories penned by horror icon Richard Matheson. The tales are unrelated, but Black plays a key character in each one. Each of the tales is named after Black's characters, and all are entertaining enough, but the one everyone remembers is "Amelia."
"Amelia" is the classic installment where Black is menaced by a living, breathing, Zuni Fetish Doll she's acquired. The segment is creepy and really intense for a 1975 made-for-television feature – I've talked to lots of other kids who grew up in this era, and we all wound up fairly traumatized by this particular tale – and all remember it fondly as adults. All of Trilogy of Terror is worth seeing, but there's no denying that the "Amelia" segment is the real standout.
Kwaidan (1964)
Kwaidan is one of the classic Japanese horror films – one that anyone serious about horror films or Asian cinema as a whole needs to see. Unlike Creepshow, Kwaidan is much more focused on an understated approach to fear. Director Masaki Kobayashi brings an almost expressionistic style to bear in this film centered on ghosts and those who encounter them. There's a dreamy, ethereal quality to these stories, each one a slow burn where atmosphere trumps jump scares and gore FX. While that might make it seem outdated to modern audiences, there's a lot to appreciate in this film, which also served as an inspiration for the deluge of Asian-girl ghosts films we endured in the late '90s and the early part of this century.
Kwaidan won a special jury prize at Cannes, which should help convince you that it's worth seeing if you were still on the fence.
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Here we have the first of two films from Britain's Amicus Productions. In the 1970s, these guys were like the kings of horror anthology films, and The House That Dripped Blood was one of their best.
This title's frame story involves an actor mysteriously disappearing from a country house, and when a Scotland Yard detective is sent to investigate, he soon discovers it's not the first strange thing to happen in the home.
Featuring four tales and performances from Hammer Films stalwarts Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt, The House That Dripped Blood is a fine example of Amicus' work in the era. All four of the tales are interesting, but "Waxworks" remains my personal favorite. This one's worth seeing just to catch some of your favorite Hammer stars doing their thing – that it's also good is just a bonus.
Oh, and despite the title, there's no blood in this film let alone a house dripping with it.
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Not to be confused with HBO's long-running anthology series, this Tales from the Crypt is another Amicus production. Like the series, it drew its inspiration from the classic EC horror comics – although a number of the stories here were actually culled from other EC titles aside from Tales.
The frame story features a ghoulish crypt keeper telling five strangers the stories of their demise. These tales form the basis of the film proper.
With a solid cast (including Peter Cushing and Joan Collins), this entry is fairly sedate by today's standards but it's still a lot of fun. Collins headlines "All Through the House", which is a Christmas-themed horror tale that was later remade on the HBO series. "Blind Alleys" and "Wish You Were Here" were also redone on HBO, but they were changed from their original incarnations. It's interesting to compare all the different versions, particularly if you really loved the HBO series.
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat isn't an anthology film in a traditional sense – it owes more to Pulp Fiction with its intersecting narrative design and self-referential nature – but it does tell several different stories in a really unique way and certainly fits in on this list.
This Halloween-themed feature showcases four different tales, each featuring an appearance by Sam, a diminutive creature dressed in orange pajamas and a mask who punishes those who break the traditions of the holiday.
The four stories all play up the Halloween angles (to the point where this has become essential holiday viewing for Halloween fanatics) in interesting ways. I love all four of these stories, but the final one – featuring Sam facing off with a Scrooge-esque Brian Cox – is really great.
We almost didn't get to see Trick 'r Treat – the film languished at Warner Bros. for years before finally getting a release in 2009. The wait was worth it – this is one of the best horror anthology films around.
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Just read the shocking news, I am very shocked. At least 5 dead. 1 shooter killed himself, another trapped on a bridge, one escaped.
Idiots already blaming Trump.
Very appalling, not something we expect in Canada.
Assuming this is not a Sunni killing Shias, is this the start of revenge attacks against Muslims in North America as we see against Christians and other in Arabia and beyond?
Hate laden rhetoric at a high and now pretty mainstream.
RIP to the victims. This could be a long ride, long cycle of violence.

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|2006-11-25, 15:12
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I hope the Yagami reality show will stop soon, otherwise Raito would definetely become crazy, being careful every second around him...
Besides, the animation is just incredible.
|2006-11-25, 19:10
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|2006-11-25, 20:11
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well to keep it simple... for 5 camera.....
one can be in front of light
second can be behind him
third one can be on the left
forth can be on his right
fifth can be on the top.
i just think that 64 cameras is a little too outrageous and not realistic. HAHA
if i was to observe light i can't even see 64 screens at the same time
|2006-11-25, 20:38
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so, you are expecting observing light when he is ONLY sitting next to his desk?
as you can see, the desk isn't in the center of the room, but rather in a corner. let's say you have a camera in each direction, and one above...
how about the 3 others room corners? the blind spot are terrible huge if you are using linaer sight. (if we consider his desk at the bottom left corner, not only the top right corner is whide open, but you also have the center without anything around)
like i tried to show with my drawing, with such evident places (bias or not), you will note that with a plain area, you already have blind spots... so, with a dark, cluttered teenager room, this is pobably not good at all.
re-watch the episode, and pay attention on the camera scene (or else, look at lilith's picture of the camera): you will see their height, but also their sight direction. (you can see that there are 3 height level, also more than 2 camera per side : like 3-4 in the same height, at the same left/right side)
you will understand that light room is pretty long, and is around 3-4 metres tall, while the area is most likely bigger than 15m²
the wall aren't really free either : you see lots of shelf and all. (though it is nice to hide camera in there, it has a reversed edge : it creates more blind spot.)
if you put someone under observation, you would want to have EVERY move, every possibility recorded, EVEN if some area of the room will be most likely not suspicious.
if you leave some blind spot, what would guarantee that light wouldn't profit of this flaw?
in fact, light found the flaw : he used himself as a blindspot, and put the potato chips bag slighti in bias, so no camera would be able to see what it is inside, EXCEPT if a camera was on the desk itself.
i'm aware that "64" seem really an exaggerated number, but in reality, this is not that crazy. (though it's fictional, it is not that hard to believe that miniaturized camera has : horrible resolution, horrible angle sight, and horrible farsight)
if you increase the number of them, you just increase the possibility to find some clues (you don't really need to observe what does light... instead, you can also observe the room, and it surrounding. light was lucky enough to have some death note scrap in emergency, because if he would pick up te death note in his desk, he would be spotted : L would be wondering why Light would place a notebook in such sophisticated trap)
but as some said earlier, the anime fails with L : the camera choice was really dumb, simply moronic.
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|2006-11-25, 22:04
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I don't think 64 cameras is really excessive, only slightly. The room could probably be covered in about 30-40 cameras (I counted 24 in Liliths's screengrab). Since they're supposed to be super small to be well hidden, yeah they probably wouldn't be that good.
Also, there's the possibility a camera could be discovered by accident. A normal person would start searching and maybe find several cameras (maybe a dozen) and think "damn, 12 cameras? That's a lot" or until they felt satisfied and stop right there, leaving still a bunch more. You guys said it yourself, 64 cameras seems excessive. You'd probably stop after just several.
And I have to say, this was the funniest ep in the series so far...not a difficult task
|2006-11-25, 22:53
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Line of Sight
This episode marks another well deserved ten from my ranking.
It's hard to take seriously the dense and foggy tension that both L and the investigation time are putting through when they're snacking on ice-cream scoops, all served courtesy from Watari; if you noted, Chief Yagami was served a bigger serving of ice-cream.
Second. It just amazes how Ryuk's intimidating looks and appearances washes all away when he's trying to play dumb in order to catch on Light's attention span. Not to judge the book by the cover, because I do not even think that Ryuk takes himself quite seriously and neither to literally mean his threats.
Third. The highlight was all the stylized freeze shots and frame cuts focused on Light opening the bag of chips with such a dramatized effects, as to mean the climax has peaked.
Writing names on his left hand, writing equations on his right hand, Ryuk going withdrawal in what would be the most vilest trap ever- putting on seemingly erotic poses.
Light's now metaphorically speaking on a boat crossing through a narrow trench full of tight, jagged turns. If he doesn't veer the boat on right angles, taking into the account both the speed, the overall mass of the boat, and the outlined shapes of each turn, then the boat will be scratched and slashed by the spiky ends once attempts to veer to clear that turn.
Let's not forget that L overanalyzed that the people killed once announced to the media where low-profile criminals, that is people arrested for minor crimes or small offenses.
When L knows better that until now Kira's been targetting the big fishes who had committed capital crimes.
Secondly, how can Light be so sure that nobody at the recycle center won't notice the crashed parts of the portable TV sticking out from the potato-chips bag?
|2006-11-25, 23:21
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I''ve been biding my time patiently while watching this series...I finally caught up with everyone else so I can now post in this forum without the prospect of being spoiled...Like many I thought last episode was intelectually shattering, but I found this ep to also be quite remarkable in a different way...While Light is little too arrogant for his own good his deductions are quite nice at times...Him noticing that someone would go to the lengths of re-positioning his paper-trap exactly as it was before being the harbinger that he was under seige was well concieved...
As for L's constant countering to what he was seeing from Light I take that with a grain of salt...Obviously to the audience it seems as if Light is losing in some respects despite his seemingly perfect adaptations, but I see that as L's extreme...L personifies overkill in-terms of analysis and him being overly-speculative of Light's movments is more telling of L's obsessive inquisitive nature rather than Light's mishaps...While Light may be acting suspiciously "normal" I take it L would would equally bothered if he wasn't acting as "perfect"...To be sure it helps having an invisible reaper to aid you if you're Light which L could never comprehend or equate in his observations (The intel on the cameras from Ryruk is invaluable)...So basically I'd say Light is still ahead despite people thinking L is closer that he really is...Arrogant snot doesn't equal main-suspect...
As for the rest of this episode Ryruk's drug-addicted withdrawl from apples was too funny...I could see that even being a bargaining chip with Light at some point^^....Also L slurping ice-cream as he psyco-babbles Light's actions was, well, weird...Light has some house-cleaning to do but he's far from being a main suspect IMO...Anyways can't wait for the next episode of this great series...
|2006-11-26, 06:29
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And no one's explained how Light could hear the TV and the cameras in front of his desk didn't.
If one were to shout plot-hole (or really annoyingly convenient circumstance), I'd go with my first comment.
That said, props to Ryuk!
|2006-11-26, 07:06
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I do not have knowledge of kanji or writing it, however, I can assume that it's a possible task if the name is on TV and all you have to do is copy it, is it not?
He can see the TV from the opening of the bag, I don't find it strange at all (just praise his really good eye sight, hehe). It didn't mention him listening to the TV, just watching it. So, the mics can't catch anything. And what Klashikari said!
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|2006-11-26, 15:44
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Loved the episode. The things Light prepared are nasty ;D although I think he exaggerated a bit with those comments in the living room and with killing "small" crooks... One would think that he should know already about that L will notice it and... yeah... catch up
Last but not least... Ryuk can dance ;D
|2006-11-26, 18:03
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I hope everyone had a good thanksgiving unless your a criminal and Light probaly didnt allow you to make it that far. It amazed me how smart and how far ahead light thinks about things. I mean the things he does to see if someone has gone in his room and the writing of criminals names in the deathnote just encase something happens to him is stunning. But L is also amazing not leaving one clue unturned the sheer amount of cameras he placed around the house was insaine and whats more insaine is that Light not only discovered them but manipluated Ryuk into finding the locations of all of them on top of that he realised that the tv broadcast was just a trick to test Kiras reaction to the announcment of 1500 agents coming to japan. However when L learns that Penbars finace killed her self and the fact that one of the agents working on the kira case saw her things will get intresting indeed. Light is such a dick i would tell him to go to hell but im affraid he might outwit satan and take over
|2006-11-27, 07:36
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 34
Good episode. I'm actually surprised L managed to narrow the group of possibles down as quickly as he did. Obviously the game between L and Light still has a long way to go, but it seems they're about to have a number of head-on battles very soon. But it looks like Light isn't quite as many steps ahead as he was just a few episodes ago. What really impressed me in this ep was that neither party made a stupid move.... on this occassion it was purely a case of Light outwitting L (or Detective Yagami at least), although the war is far from won. Light in particular has had a rush of blood on a few occassions (ep 2 when he killed the fake L) or a few times where he hasn't been in complete control (last ep when he was trying to get Naomi's name), but he seemed a lot more aware and in control in this ep.
|2006-11-27, 14:01
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Location: Shibuya Psychic Research
Nice epi, I only wish the animators hadnt used footage from epi 1, I was like disappointed when I saw that. But Light opening the bag in dramatic fashion was funny. Ryuk is definitely more funny in this epi, I loved when he was trying to get Light's attention.
|2006-11-27, 14:24
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Not sure why everyone thinks so deep into the potato-bag sealing issue and doubts on the feasibility of getting one sealed without a production line. I once had a sealer myself, and it is nothing magical or of high technology. They were everywhere and I could simply pick one in the supermarkets and grocery stores with a cost of like US$2. It looks just like a stapler with heating conductors. To seal a potato-bag/plastic-bag, All you need to do is to press the sealer along the opening of the bag. The heat from the conductors will melt the edges and get it sealed.
Sorry but seems like this is off-topic :P
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Suppositio.us is still pretty bed-bound depressed. It's a mood thing. But this needs to be done. Suppositio.us is predicting expecting that the most entertaining of the presidential/vice-presidential candidates will win. And to understand exactly what that means look here: Saturday Night Live – Palin / Hillary Open – Video – NBC.com, Saturday Night Live – Couric / Palin Open – Video – NBC.com, and VP Debate Open: Palin/Biden. The only unknown is whether the current election process will let us elect Palin directly.
I'm not talking about Steve Jobs, yet. But what would you do if you knew, somewhere around July 26th, 2008 – your company was fully valued in a fully valued market. Keep it simple. Ask that question. Then go back to "Apple's Culture of Secrecy". So what do you suppose?
Now, Suppositio.us is used to flying off the handle, but how can Forbes have *two* richest men in America? My money's on Warren Buffet, but didn't I read somewhere that Bill Gates might still be? The latest news stories all say WB wins. But here's the story: Who convinced BG not to work so hard? Who *gave* money to BG to spend, so that he'd be distracted? So what does this say about WB? New book: Snowball.
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To many people, HighPoint is a familiar name, appearing as the ATA controller on host adapters and also integrated into motherboard designs during the 1990s. HighPoint was the first to bring PATA RAID and SATA RAID to workstations and entry-level servers, bringing high performance storage solutions to end users and small-to-medium businesses at an aggrressively competitive price point. HighPoint maintains this ethos today, offering a wide range of RAID controllers in PCI, PCI-X, and PCI-E forms to cater for all applications of high capacity storage.
In this review, I will be taking a look at the RocketRAID 1740 (PCI) and RocketRAID 2300 (PCI-E) RAID controllers. The 1740 is at the top end of HighPoint's PCI series, and the 2300 is its entry-level PCI-E card.
Closer Look:
Both RAID controller cards come in a retail box with a clear picture of the card itself and a breakdown of the features and specs.
Firstly, here is what the RocketRAID 1740 packaging looks like.
And here is the packaging of the RocketRAID 2300.
Laying the cards side by side, you can see that the 2300 (left) is a fair bit shorter than the 1740 (right).


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Quack Professor Releases Dumbest Violent Video Game Theory Ever
from the yeah,-it's-really-that-bad dept
But if you thought that was as bad as the theories get, on how violent games are harmful, oh boy were you wrong. See, a South Korean professor now believes that violent games are a plague on all of us...because they make our video cards run hotter and the resulting radio waves are harmful.
Korean site Inven (via tipster Sang) reports that the professor's study apparently revealed that a game's graphics card temperature was 36°C when idling. Now, that sounds about right. The card's temperature apparently increased to 45°C during a racing game. But then, Professor Cho's study stated that when a "violent game" was played, the temperature supposedly shot up to 57°C. In turn, the game emitted more radio waves.For those of you who aren't suffering face-palm-induced concussion syndrome, you're probably already thinking about all the other everyday things that can cause your GPU to run hotter, such as graphic design work or, you know, watching HD movies. In fact, those activities can push the temperatures even higher. Or maybe you're thinking about how correlating how much work a GPU does to how violent a game is just might be the kind of thing that can cause a brain to commit suicide. Or maybe you're wondering if having your notebook computer on your lap every time you've played Doom has put your testicles at risk of mutation, turning them into monstrous, sentient testicilians, a race of self-reproductive hell-nuts bent on destroying the world.
Well, whatever you're thinking, calm the hell down and put your pants back on. This guy is as crackers as crackers gets.
Previously, Professor Cho has apparently published research on how drinking for three days straight will cause liver damage, how watching porn will cause unmarried men liver damage, and how smartphones cause people to have irregular voices. He sounds like a very serious researcher!Were any of that actually true, I can assure you I'd be speaking in falsetto about my double-liver-damage instead of remarking on how crazy Professor Cho is.


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[1]Today, the United States will contribute an additional $30 million to help the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) provide food and nutrition assistance to 3.7 million food-insecure Afghans.
The contribution by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is part of an ongoing international effort to improve food security and nutrition for Afghans, particularly natural-disaster victims, the internally displaced and those living in chronic poverty.
Malnourished children, school children and pregnant women also receive assistance under the WFP program, whose work focuses on Afghanistan's 184 most food-insecure districts.
Since 2010, USAID has provided more than 270,722 metric tons of mixed commodities valued at some $365.5 million to WFP's operations in Afghanistan.
To address the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition, USAID also funds health, agriculture, and economic growth programs designed to strengthen the Afghan government's capacity to improve people's access to health services, increase farmers' productivity and market access, and create sustainable job opportunities.
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There are 187 comments on the Des Moines Register story from Jun 16, 2009, titled Your 2 Cents' Worth Submit brief anonymous comments at DesMoines.... In it, Des Moines Register reports that:
To Deafened: The bikes are loud so four-wheelers don't hit us. - Story City 50248 Building wind tower farms to harness the power for electricity sounds like a great idea for saving us heating and cooling costs here in central Iowa since many of the farms are nearby.
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#1 Jul 1, 2009
Loretta J. Buckley has USED Hope J. Buckley to DESTROY my marriage to Kevin Bonham. He is NOT HOPES DADDY. I have the DNA test to PROVE it!!
#2 Jul 11, 2009
The reason Sarah Palin acts embarrassingly dizzy is because she talks in circles.
#3 Jul 21, 2009
I need to find a new barber! One that doesn't have smokers breath.
#4 Aug 22, 2009
Now rthat the Lutheran Church (ELCA) has sanctioned gay minister activities, I support no such activity. Communism has reached another goal.
Its an abomination and you won't print the truth
#5 Aug 22, 2009
you're an idiot!!!! Why are you so blind to follow
a Marxist president any way?
#6 Sep 8, 2009
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#7 Dec 24, 2009
It's pretty ironic that the guy who owns baker electric (the biggest union electric company in Iowa) has non-union workers building his house. Way to show union support scum bag!!!!!!!
#8 Jan 29, 2010
To the "Union Worker" that is complaining about the Owner of Baker Electric not using union labor to build his new home...... First, you commented that Baker Electric is the largest Union electric company in Iowa, Hey idiot who do you think signs the payroll checks for those union electricians that Baker employees.?... Secondly, You evidently have not been around new construction very long, New residential homes are built by non-union labor, the only exception would be when a union electrician, brick layer, carpenter,plumber or other trades is not able to find commercial union employment they may take work with a non union contractor. Who is really the "Scum Bag" the employer or the union employee?? You should be ashamed to condemn any company owner that is providing jobs in this economy, especially the states largest union electrical shop.
#9 Jan 31, 2010
mabey a racist NAZI should learn not to question authority and vote bush/cheney next election!
#10 Feb 4, 2010
What's up with the lawsuit filed by former board secretary at PCM school district. Hello fired for cause!
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#11 Feb 4, 2010
Gov Culver stated that "Commom" people now could run for office. What is a common person and what clasification does our Gov have. Must be far above COMMON !!!!!
#12 Feb 5, 2010
When, oh when will America realize that the federal government has long since stopped caring what the average American wants?? I wish they'd figure out that they do *not* know best and we're sick of it.
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#13 Feb 5, 2010
Are we in a dictatorship gov. It is time for the eleacted officials to read the constitution. Auto bail out, bank bailout is not included. Guess the current. Defense of our country is down the tube. The Mexican bordor is OPEN. Been there and seen it. Alos seen illigials first in line at emergency clinics. Ahead of AMERICANS that have to pay for their medical care. The Fed's need to keep their noses our of our business and do what we pay them to do. Send all the illigals back.....and we wouldn't have any health care prblem..........
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#14 Feb 5, 2010
Tourism is down in Iowa. I have sent the Bureau of Tourism detailed, in effect projects that other states have been using for years. My only response was: " your input is welcome ". When something works, we should consider it. Not reject inputs from individuals. I am not a lawyer or on a special instrest org, so my input is filed in File 13.
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#15 Feb 5, 2010
Taxes: Some states have NO income tax, just a sales tax of approx 9+%, Property tax for seniors is not incrased over the age of 65. I currently pay 26%, my property tax has increased over 150% in two years, and I am almost 80 years old. I know the gov doesn't care about individuals or they would consider my detailed proposals on this subject. I only have an IQ of 163, so my opinion and documentation doesn' mean anything to the Lawyers in office.
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#16 Feb 6, 2010
my oplnion our problem is failed lawyers holding public office they continue to think in their twisted cut me in reasoning. Just a thought!
#17 Feb 6, 2010
failed or not wen one looks at the smoking ban and the exception of casino's. there's a guide line that all laws must be fair and just.equal to all parties. i dont see the high court taking any action. some term limits would be a start. their all to sold out to quit!
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#18 Feb 6, 2010
The answer to these political problems is simple... Limit the politicians to ONE CONSECUTIVE TERM IN OFFICE.
If they are a Representative or Senator, it makes no difference... ONE TERM, then you're back to making a living with the same people that you made laws for.
MAYBE that would bring back some "common sense" to Capitol Hill.
#19 Feb 8, 2010
And the great one you call president doesn't ...oh that's right he can't speek without a teleprompter. She has more respect with the world than our bowing pres could ever hope to have. He has only changed one thing in this country and that is that the rest of the world thinks the USA is weak and can be rolled over now.
#20 Feb 9, 2010
Spoken like a true Palin fan. Pure ignorance and petty dishonesty. Truely is a case of the blind leading the blind.
Obama totally has to use a teleprompter...except for all those campaign rallies, the presidential debates, press conferences, interviews, town hall meetings and when he made the House GOP look like the petty little children they are at their retreat last week. Yep. Can't speak without a teleprompter.
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Whether you've negotiated a well-deserved raise or received that long-sought-after promotion, congratulations! A raise is a nice boost to your bank account and it can be a definite financial game changer if you manage it wisely. Here are five smart money moves to consider making with your new raise.
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A raise can be the perfect opportunity to start tackling any debt. When you pay down debt, you'll save more in the long run by spending less on interest. You might also find that your credit score improves when you pay off debt. Credit cards have notoriously high interest rates so consider paying off any high interest rate or making larger payments to pay off that debt sooner. Use this calculator to determine how quickly you can pay off your debt if you increase your payments. While paying down debt may not be as exciting as a shopping spree, it can help reduce your money-based stress.
3. Retool Your Budget
When your income increases, you need to take a look at your budget again. But, before you allocate that money from your well-deserved raise, wait a few weeks. You'll want to look at your paychecks to see how much of that raise you're really getting. You may be surprised to see that you're not getting as much as you initially thought because of taxes and other deductions. When you retool your budget, allocate a portion of your raise for savings and consider paying more on any debt. If you don't update your budget to reflect your increased income, you might be more likely to spend that money on things that you don't really need.
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Falcon Comeback Falls Short as Lakers Win 8-4
JAY–Tired legs.That is what one member of the North Country boys hockey team's coaching staff said in between the first and the second period; tired legs.And who could blame him. Having played in Barre on Wednesday night against Spaulding in a game that started at 8:00, and getting home well past midnight, you can understand how the Falcons might not be as rested as they would have liked to have been when they fell to Colchester 8-4 in the second game of the double-header on Friday.For some strange, and I am sure Ice Haus schedule based reason, instead of Wednesday-Saturday games, the boys played a Wednesday-Friday schedule last week, and will have to do it again this week, but at least they do not have to go on the road on Wednesday.Call it however you will, North Country got down 3-0 in the first period, and was never fully able to recuperate against the Lakers.They opened the game with an excellent shift by Nate Stewart, Ross DeLaBruere, and Ryan Paul. The trio got the puck in deep, got a couple of shots, kept their shift short, and got off the ice, hoping to motivate the next line to keep up the pace.No dice.Logan Fournier took a penalty and that call completely changed the tone of the contest.It was as if Colchester was given a do-over start to the game. Although they did not score on this power-play, they would score soon after on another one as Matt Porter walked out from behind the net and beat Chris Bronson 4:06 into the first period to get the scoring started.Twenty-three seconds later Nick Kranz was left wide open in front of Bronson and he had no trouble making it 2-0.Nate Frieberg got his first of two on a breakaway with 8:03 left in the first and as the buzzer sounded it was 3-0 Lakers after one.The next goal, I thought, would be a huge one, and for a time it was.The Stewart line again had a strong start and almost scored, but Paul was unable to convert a point blank chance.While Ryan did not score, Adam Viens would on the next shift, tipping a bouncing puck past Josh Place, giving some life to the fans in attendance.It would be Viens again scoring for North Country, this time going down on one knee to bury a Logan Fortier rebound to bring the Lakers' lead down to one.Colchester restored the two goal advantage on a beautiful one-timer by Porter, as he took Frieberg's feed and slapped an ice level shot past Bronson.But the ever resilient Falcons took advantage of a man advantage when Stewart tipped home a Paul shot to make it 4-3 after two.Dylan Columbia tied the game 2:27 seconds into the third on another nice tip play as he redirected Ebin Fournier's shot past Place. Josh Bernier also picked up an assist on the goal.All right, 4-4, new game, fresh start and... Colchester scores twenty-eight seconds later to wipe the smiles off of the Falcons faces.They would add three more goals, chase Bronson from the nets and some fans from the building, winning the high scoring affair by four goals.Place stopped 24 shots for the Lakers and Bronson and Chase LaCourse teamed up for 31 for NCU.The loss ends the 5-9 Falcons win streak at three, but they will get a chance to get back on the horse at home on Wednesday when they host Middlebury at 6:00 in Jay.


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UW-Oshkosh threw down the gauntlet, and UW-Whitewater answered. UW-W, ranked number one in Division-III football, extended its collegiate football leading win streak to 37 games with a 20-17 victory at J.J. Keller Field in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Saturday. Whitewater, 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, won for the ninth consecutive time against the twentieth ranked Titans, now 5-2 and 3-1.
Oshkosh scored first on a 29-yard field goal by Nate Becker with 9:01 in the first quarter. A 53-yard pass from Nate Wara to Cole Myhra set up the field goal. The 7-0 score did not change the rest of the period. Whitewater did not put any points on the board in the first quarter, marking the first time since October 9, 2010 against UW-Stout in Whitewater, a span of 16 games.
In the second quarter Whitewater senior quarterback Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) tied the game with 23-yard run at 14:52 to put Whitewater up 7-3.
Oshkosh took the lead on a Charlie Weissman 1-yard run with 12:11 left in the half. The Titan drive was aided by pass interference and personal foul penalties on the Warhawks. Whitewater's Eric Kindler (Germantown/Germantown) knotted the score at 10-10 with a 47-yard field goal at 4:49.
Oshkosh regained the lead on a Jeremy Roach 14-yard touchdown run with just 1:18 left in the half, ending a drive that started on the Titans own 20. The last time the Warhawks went into halftime behind in the score, was the 2008 Stagg Bowl, where the Warhawks trailed Mount Union 24-10.
Oshkosh averaged 7.9 yards per rush and was 3-3 in the red zone in the first half. Whitewater was penalized 3 times for 35 yards, Oshkosh once for 5 yards.
In the third quarter, with Whitewater facing 1-10 at the Oshkosh 20, Blanchard's pass was picked off in the endzone by Charlie Stueck, who returned it to the 12.
Not dissuaded, Whitewater came back to tie the game with a Blanchard to Jason Ford (Palatine, IL/Fremd) 8-yard scoring pass with 1:13 left in the third. The scoring play was set up by a Blanchard to Tyler Huber (Mukwonago/North Prairie) pass that covered 62-yards, taking the ball inside the 10.
In the fourth quarter, Oshkosh faced a third and one at the Whitewater 41 and the Warhawk defense held. The results were the same on UW-O's fourth down attempt.
Whitewater's Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park), the focus of the Titan defense, was held under 100 yards---until he broke a 47 yard run to the 3 yard line. Kindler followed with the game-winning 17-yard field goal at 1:18.
With little time remaining, Oshkosh took over on their 20. Advancing to the UW-W 40 on a third and thirteen play, Wara threw into the endzone, where he was intercepted by Ryan Wenkman (Wisconsin Dells/Wisconsin Dells) to keep Whitewater's streak alive.
Oshkosh lead Whitewater in first downs 22-20, but the Warhawks held the edge in total offense, 429-362. Blanchard went 17-25 for 209 yards with Huber catching 7 of those balls for 127 yards. Wara was 17-33 for 148 yards. Both quarterbacks contributed to their team's yardage on the ground. Blanchard rushed 14 times for a career high 91 yards and Wara had 14 carries for 54 yards. Coppage lead both teams with 131 yards on 28 carries, moving him within 54 of breaking Justin Beaver's UW-Whitewater and WIAC career record. Garrie Fox lead the Titans with 7 receptions for 50 yards. The defensive leaders were UW-W sophomore linebacker Kyle Wismer (Spring Grove, IL/Richmond-Burton), with 10 tackles and UW-O junior defensive back Austin Blashka, also with 10 tackles.
UW-Whitewater will host its annual Homecoming celebration and Hall of Fame game next Saturday, October 29. Kickoff at Perkins Stadium is 1:00. Tickets for home games can be purchased at the University Center ticket office Monday-Friday during normal business hours. Tickets will also be available at Perkins Stadium on game day.
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Photos: Shopping in Falmouth
Photos: Shopping in Falmouth
Attractive storefronts, benches, and free parking make downtown Falmouth a popular shopping destination.
Holiday shoppers in front of the Quarterdeck Restaurant during last year's Holidays by the Sea festivities in downtown Falmouth.
Downtown Falmouth always dresses up for Christmas.
The "Alphabet Throne" sculpture in front of Eight Cousins bookstore in downtown Falmouth.
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SJSD ... Latest Results Seem Positive!
So I made another attempt at San Joaquin Sourdough and it seems that I'm making progress.
Made half a batch (enough for 1 batard)
Switched to Gold Medal unbleached AP flour (from store brand AP).
I chose to mix the dough and water and let autolyse overnight as the levain rose as well.
Instead of stretch-and-fold I thought it might be interesting to try the "Jason's Ciabatta mix-the-hell-out-of-the-dough" approach. So when the levain was ready I mixed it, the autolysed flour/water, and salt using the dough hook and Kitchen Aid at speed 8. After the dough lifted from the bottom of the mixing bowl I let it continue mixing for another 60 seconds. Then I let the dough rest for 30 minutes. Then I ran the KA at 8 for another 60 seconds, then rest for 30 minutes, then 60 more seconds of KA at 8.
I put the dough in the fridge overnight.
Yesterday evening at 9PM I took the dough out of the fridge and formed it into a ball.
I let the dough rest overnight in a floured bowl (really a deep glass baking dish with a lid) ... this was placed in the coldest room of my house (about 60F).
This morning at 5:30 AM I shaped the dough into a batard, placed in a DIY "couche" (kitchen towels rolled up and floured), and put the shlamozzle into the utility closet (80F) where it rose for 3 hours until 8:30AM. The loaf sat on baking parchment. I did not flip it over prior to loading in the oven.
I scored the top with a double edge razor.
I put a metal baking pan in the bottom of the oven, and when I loaded the loaf I also put water in the pan.
Baked at 510F for about 12 minutes, then 475F for about 15 minutes. Oven spring looks pretty good (for me, anyways). The cut did expand but no "ear." Some nice little blisters on the crust.
In the crumb pic you might be able to see a tear on the lower left part of the crust. There is a little "ear" there ... I only noticed it after I cut the loaf and inspected it. I guess I need to flip the loaf next time??
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Jennifer Aniston's gym hair
Jen's hair is perfect on her way IN to the gym. What's it like after she's done?
Probably perfect?
How do they do that?
These photos were taken today in Hollywood. There have been several tabloid reports lately suggesting she's pregnant. Don't think she's pregnant. She does however still use a Blackberry. A hold out! Like me! It's getting harder and harder and harder.


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I'm glad the Texans drafted DeAndre Hopkins. I think Johnson and Hopkins going up against Sherman and Browner and the rest of the LOB is going to be an EXCELLENT battle between some very talented and very competitive players. I can't wait for that one.
Which matchups have you wishing it was football season already? Luck vs. Wilson? Sherman vs. White Part Dos? There's some excellent ones on the schedule, which are you looking forward to most?


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October 19, 2014
I met Mr Lansky many times I brought about 10 of his clothing line. He was always a person that you could talk with. He will truly be miss. I have a poster sign by him hanging in my house
thomas scopac
November 16, 2013 | Henderson, NV
I talked to Mr. Lansky on numerous trips to Memphis, when we stayed at the Peabody. He was the best salesman I ever met. He never mentioned Elvis in all the years I knew him. I finally saw an article on T.V. that interviewed him. I will miss our talks.
Rich Holliday
April 11, 2013 | Lenexa, KS
thank you for sharing all your elvis's stories.you will be greatly missed. RIP -JERRY BISHOP AND FAMILY (BETHEL HEIGHTS, AR.)
February 17, 2013 | BETHEL HEIGHTS, AR
Eight years ago when I was 17, I walked into his store and was pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Lansky behind the counter. I asked him about Elvis and he was so willing to talk with me and tell me what Elvis was like. I'll never forget it
Ashley Butler
January 09, 2013 | Antioch, CA
So sorry, loved your store, you were so nice to us when we visited, loved your Elvis stories
A Fan
November 27, 2012 | Atlanta, GA
Our family was so sorry to hear about Mr. Lansky's death, He was a Gentleman, with great charisma, and salesmanship next to none. A generation that will never be again. A man who made life so much more pleasant for everyone. You will miss him, I know, Our deepest sympathy, fran, and family Lemont,Illinois
Fran Klappa-Cales
November 26, 2012 | Lemont, IL
Hello Family and friends, I'm so sorry to hear about your untimely loss. May the God of all comfort give you the strength to endure during this difficult time. Psalms 46.1
L Johnson
November 25, 2012 | NJ


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Editor's note: This is the second in a three-day series examining Clostridium difficile, a potentially lethal infection gaining a foothold in San Joaquin County and across the country.
Editor's note: This is the second in a three-day series examining Clostridium difficile, a potentially lethal infection gaining a foothold in San Joaquin County and across the country.
A surge of local residents suffering severe diarrhea and abdominal pain began arriving last October at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, puzzling the emergency room staff that examined them.
Tests revealed that they were afflicted with Clostridium difficile, a serious infection spread by tiny spores in health care settings that is best known for sickening the elderly.
Yet this outbreak didn't fit the mold.
"There were young men and women. There were some children. I'd never seen anything like it," said registered nurse Susan Mitchell, infection control coordinator at the 196-bed county-run hospital that serves many of San Joaquin County's poor and uninsured.
Stranger still, most of them were infected with C. difficile in the community, not in a hospital or nursing home, she said. "That surprised us. We hadn't seen that before."
In all, the hospital reported 27 C. difficile cases in the last three months of 2011, with all but one of them contracted outside the facility. That compares with the 21 cases the hospital reported in the 12 months ending March in 2011, say hospital officials, who refer to the fall 2011 phenomenon as an outbreak.
What happened at San Joaquin General reveals a gaping hole in how the public health care system tracks a gastrointestinal ailment that has quickly grown to become one of the most deadly types of infections in the United States. It now kills 14,000 to 30,000 people nationally, according to federal estimates.
Yet in California and in most other states, it is not a publicly reportable disease. Although doctors are mandated to notify local health departments about 84 other illnesses - rabies, pertussis and cholera among them - they do not have to report C. difficile, even at a time when a virulent new strain is spreading.
The state requires that only hospitals -not nursing homes, surgical centers or doctors' offices - report cases of the infection. Those reports go to the state Department of Public Health, which, since 2010, has issued public reports annually about infections that sicken people during hospitalization.
The problem is, only one-quarter of C. difficile's victims nationwide initially show symptoms as hospital patients. The other 75 percent of cases surface among people in other settings, such as nursing home residents and those recently treated in doctors' offices, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In fact, experts are growing alarmed at new evidence of community cases - people who are infected outside of hospitals or nursing homes.
Not only is C. difficile spreading outside of health care centers, but those cases may never be accounted for in the current reporting system.
Catching the Stockton area outbreak of autumn 2011 was an anomaly, in part because many of the sickened residents lacked health insurance and turned to a public hospital where infection experts spread the word.
If those residents were insured, they might have sought care from private doctors, who are not mandated to report individual cases.
No one ordered San Joaquin General to report its C. difficile cases to Dr. Karen Furst, San Joaquin County's public health officer.
But Furst got a call anyway, from Mitchell at San Joaquin General, describing the large number of infected patients arriving for emergency treatment.
"I was glad she called us," Furst said. "Otherwise, it's not a condition that we monitor for, or that skilled nursing facilities would necessarily think of calling us about."
Many of those diagnosed at San Joaquin General had delayed care so long that they became seriously ill, officials there said.
"People were thinking, 'It's just abdominal pain.' They weren't really quick to come in. By the time they did, it was a very advanced disease," said Carla Bomben, the hospital's deputy director for standards and compliance. All 26 people who showed up infected were hospitalized, but none died.
Just how they were sickened may never be known. Furst said that C. difficile remains an infection most associated with health care and close contact with an infected person.
"People are not going to get it from going to the grocery store, or going to the gym and working out," she said.
Mitchell also contacted Jon Rosenberg, who heads the program on healthcare-associated infections at the state Department of Public Health. Rosenberg told her that the secret is early identification.
So the hospital worked in tandem with other area hospitals and nursing homes to identify patients at risk and test them promptly.
"We made a decision that we were going to put this thing down," Mitchell said.
Soon, state officials are expected to release their 2011 annual report on C. difficile cases at all general acute care hospitals in the state. That report will provide a sharper picture of the impact of last autumn's outbreak in the Stockton area.
But it will not solve the riddle of why that outbreak occurred or how many people became ill.
That gap in information is why some patient advocates believe that C. difficile should be publicly reportable in California, and why a law requiring the reporting of some cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA, another virulent health-care acquired infection, should be strengthened.
The agency that has "the power to make it reportable is the Department of Public Health," said Carole Moss of Gavilan Hills in Riverside County, who helped spearhead the state's 2008 hospital reporting law after her 15-year-old son died of MRSA.
State law currently says that health providers should report "outbreaks of any disease" to local health officers, but critics say the language is too vague to have clout.
The state Department of Public Health is responsible for reportable diseases, as well as infectious diseases and health care quality issues.
Department staff responded to The Record's questions for this series with emails.
Anita Gore, deputy director for the department's Office of Public Affairs, declined a request last month for direct interviews with health department officials, including infectious diseases chief Dr. Gilberto Chavez and director Ron Chapman.
Asked if the department might make C. difficile reportable, a spokesman, wrote in an email that the public health department "consults with the California Conference of Local Health Officers on a regular basis to add diseases of public health significance to the reportable list. When a decision is made to add a disease to the list, an announcement is made to healthcare providers."
The president of the California Conference is Dr. Wilma Wooten, health officer for San Diego County. She said that although the panel advises the state, its committee on reportable diseases is chaired by a state health department representative. She does not recall the panel discussing making C. difficile reportable.
Diseases are reportable "because of the burden that they cause to the health care system," Wooten said. "If there are adverse complications or death, we want to know about it."
To consider adding C. difficile, health officials would have to consider trends and its public impact, she said, adding, "Anyone can bring an issue to our attention."
Several infection control experts said they are not convinced that it's time to list C. difficile, but that it might be worth a review.
"Discussing it would be great. Hammering out the details would be extensive," said Paula Newman, infection control nurse at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton and president of the regional chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
The outbreak tapered off in January at San Joaquin General. Today, the hospital is treating significantly fewer people for C. difficile, and they are not as sickly when they arrive. Bomben credits the teamwork among hospitals and nursing homes.
"It was remarkable, in a good way," she said.
The CHCF Center for Health Reporting (www.centerforhealthreporting.org) is an independent news organization. It is based at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and funded by the nonprofit California HealthCare Foundation.
Contact reporter Joe Goldeen at (209) 546-8278 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/goldeenblog.


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In preparing for this week's End of Grade tests, the fifth-grader in our house took sample exams that called on him not only to grasp early algebra and geometry, but to show comfort with comparing and contrasting data and identifying complex numerical patterns.
In reading, he needed to demonstrate the ability to identify fictional plots and themes, to understand and explore words through the author's perspective and intent, and to use deduction to sift meaning from non-fiction material.
So why is it again we don't want teachers teaching to these tests?
This is the week to officially hate our North Carolina EOGs. Go ahead. They're too high-stakes. They don't measure different kinds of learning. They're stressful for students and teachers and parents.
At our house, for our student, the tests will be a factor in classroom placement for middle school next year. That means his parents have attempted the delicate balance of noting the importance of EOG focus and care – without freaking our 10-year-old out. Youth sports parents might recognize this strategy – the "have fun out there, but it's more fun if you do these 11 things correctly" approach. Not exactly Dad of the Year stuff.
And that, anti-test folks say, is part of the danger of high-stakes testing – that it steals the joy from learning and teaching. It's a message that's finding real traction. A national resolution condemning high-stakes testing is circulating the country, with hundreds of school boards approving. In Charlotte, advocacy group Mecklenburg ACTS has asked the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board to give the resolution a nod. The group's thoughtful co-chairs, Pamela Grundy and Carol Sawyer, wrote an op-ed for the Observer this week echoing the resolution and calling for testing to be only "a periodic sampling of schools and subjects."
Doing so, advocates say, would allow us to return to classrooms in which teachers were free to lead engaged students through diverse curricula filled with deep thinking and innovation. (Translation: Not teaching to the test.)
But in that idyllic world, too many teachers weren't doing those wonderful things, and too many students weren't learning what they needed to know. No Child Left Behind, flawed as it is, introduced testing that shone a light on struggling schools and forced change by providing something measurable to improve.
Deemphasizing those tests does a disservice to parents who otherwise don't know their children are falling behind compared with other classrooms and other schools. It's a disservice to teachers whose classes are slowed with students improperly promoted through subjective evaluation. It's a disservice, most of all, to the students – whether they're the ones who see a teacher's attention directed elsewhere, or the ones unprepared for all the next steps they take, including college.
Yes, CMS sometimes splashes around too much in the test data pool, including last year's 50-plus "field tests" the district quickly abandoned. But our classrooms still have plenty of time for other learning. My sons' excellent teachers have launched their students on projects about the environment and history, on book discussions that promote real depth of thinking. Great educators across Charlotte have told me about similarly engaging projects. The best of them understand the need for a classroom blend of basics and breadth.
For many of those teachers, the issue with tests isn't how you measure learning, but how to measure teaching. They worry that high-stakes tests don't calculate the intangibles they provide, or the challenges students bring from home environments. They worry, too, that tests don't measure all the things and ways students learn.
That's true, but it's an argument for better tests, not few tests. Because unless CMS chops its classes in half, standardized testing is the best way to measure broadly how students are learning. The alternative is knowing less about what our children know. It's trusting that all of our teachers and principals are as good as we hope, or that they'll tell us if they're not.
Our schools have already taken that test, and we know the result.


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A BlankTV Feature Presentation:
It's Casual - "The Redline"
It's Casual Redlines with Los Angeles Rage!
Like most Angelenos, Eddie Solis is pissed about the traffic on the 101. Unlike most Angelenos, Eddie Solis writes songs about being pissed about the traffic on the 101.
Solis' band, an impossibly loud punk/hardcore duo called It's Casual, addresses transit issues with an urgency hitherto unmatched in the realm of urban planning. Imagine Henry Rollins at a City Council Transportation Committee meeting, all neck veins and municipal outrage, and you get the picture.
Onstage, Solis' eyes bulge amid a shock of curly hair, his throat emitting the collective war cry of a million frustrated commuters: "Los Angeles! There's too many people! I want them to go away"!
His isn't the Los Angeles of Priuses, Pilates and brunch, but the L.A. of undocumented immigrants, hardcore music and bus-stop delays.
"We've been working at it and believing in this kind of music - which I call L.A. hardcore or L.A. skate rock - every day," says Solis. His gaze is unflinching, and his voice is smog-raspened. He calls It's Casual "L.A.'s only two-piece hardcore band" and is serious about his art. "I don't take it lightly. It all comes from deep within".
It's Casual formed in 2001, the name inspired by a line in Cameron Crowe's obscure follow-up to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, called The Wild Life. In it, a character played by the late Christopher Penn replies with "It's casual" every time he is asked a question.
The band's sonic boom is amazing, considering there are only two of them. The secret to their sound is a unique pedal and mic'ing system. Solis' guitar is actually wired to two amps for added punch. The results are so thunderous that fellow musicians have been known to come early to shows to watch him set up. ("There is a special formula with different pedals," he explains of his sound. He's trying to register it as intellectual property.)
Video directed by Rick Kosick (Jackass/Big Brother)
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Free tax preparation is coming to Hollywood Saturday, courtesy of the eBus -- Fifth Third Bank's Financial Empowerment Mobile.
The bank has teamed up with Hispanic Unity to offer free tax filing on the bus Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5811 Johnson St. There will also be credit counseling, money management and homeownership advice.
Hispanic Unity has partnered with the federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program that offers free tax preparation to households with annual income of $51,000 or less.
Call Josie Bacallao with Hispanic Unity of Florida at 954-683-2028 for more information.
If you can't make it to the Hollywood event, you can call the help line 211, either in Broward or Palm Beach County, to find another location where there is free tax service.
dgehrke@tribune or Twitter @donnagehrke


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Eclipse DemoCamps 2008 - Ganymede Edition/Budapest
Ginger Girl's Pub - 1034 Budapest, (Óbuda) Bokor street 9-11. map
There will be complimentary homemade beer and palinka, as well as a variety of non-alcoholic drinks and some small sandwiches. If you have to ask, yes, there will be a television if you need your Euro 2008 semifinal fix after the presentations.
- If you are outside of Budapest and need suggestions for accommodation or transport, please contact Orsolya Bali (Hungarian / English) or Brandon Ulrich (English / German).
Date and Time
26 June 2008 at 19:00.
Brandon Ulrich, B2 International (B2i)
If you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to limit the number of presenters and time of each demo. Feel free to present in either English or Hungarian. Last time we ran out of space, so register early ;)
Update: If we don't have any additional presenters, we will open the floor to questions. There will be Eclipse experts on hand to answer questions related to plug-in/RCP development, EMF/GMF/GEF, OHF, various EMFT technologies, oAW, etc.
- Szabolcs Bardy, Application model visualization using Eclipse GEF (en)
- Gergely Nagy, Introduction to data binding with Eclipse (en)
- Gabor Szentivanyi, Advances in TEAM (en)
- Istvan Rath, The SENSORIA Development Environment: A High-level Tool Integration Framework (en)
- Ivan Szantó, Introduction to JBoss Tools (en)
Who Is Attending
If you plan on attending please add your name to the list below. We'd like to see as many people show up as possible.
- Brandon Ulrich, B2i
- Richárd Legéndi ELTE IKKK, AITIA International
- Ferenc Boldog, Ustream.TV
- Balazs Banfai, B2i
- Zsolt Torok, B2i
- Istvan Benedek, B2i
- Bence Olah, B2i
- Srdan Bejakovic, B2i
- Zoli Verebes, B2i
- Leo Devai, B2i
- Orsolya Bali, B2i
- Gergely Nagy, B2i
- Viktor Kelemen, ZuiPrezi LTD, Kitchen Budapest
- Szabolcs Bardy, B2i
- Gabor Szentivanyi, Linux Industrial Association
- Balint Bakos, Econet
- Iván Szántó, Linux Industrial Association
- Recep Meriç Değirmenci Aktiv Rekord
- Laszlo Hornyak
- Béla Ézsiás ELTE eScience RET
- Viktor Nagy
- Andras Varga, OMNeT++
- Rudolf Hornig, OMNeT++
- Kárándi Tamás
- Schmidt János
- Ildikó Tóth
- István Ráth BME
- Dániel Varró BME
- István Ketler Lufthansa Systems Hungaria


text: I have a subdomain set up as a site (because I like that better than using the subdomain feature): subdomain.domain.com I have an alias for this subdomain: www.aliasdomain.com I've used open SSL to create a CSR, sent it to the CA and received the Server Cert, Intermediate Cert and Root Cert back from them. I've uploaded my private key, and all certs to /var/www/clients/clientX/webX/ssl (this is the client & web for subdomain.domain.com). In ISPConfig 3, I've pasted the Server Cert into the SSL Certificate field, the Intermediate Cert followed by the Root Cert into the SSL Bundle field, and then selected Save certificate from the drop down and clicked Save. When I check my domain under https it says "Wrong Site" and "Unknown Identity", and then even further, in Chrome it even shows me in the browser what I have in /var/www/html instead of whats in /var/www/clients/clientX/webX/ssl... which I just don't get, but I'm sure it has something to do with the SSL cert not being properly installed. Can someone PLEASE help? What am I doing wrong to get this cert to work for an ISPConfig 3 alias?


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To add or change your team name, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call the KCBS office at 1-800-963-5227.
KCBS Team Bios
BOURBON COWBOY COOKERSYear Started: 2006
Who are we?
We are group of people primarily from the Houston area that participate in charity events around the State of Texas.
The group is a mixture of people who work as professionals in various businesses in the area.
Bourbon Cowboy Cookers is a 501(c)(3) charity
Hometown: Huffman
State: TX
Country: US
Most wins in a year: 4
Biggest Wins: Grand Champ and Reserve Grand Champ, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th overall, 1st and two- 2nd in brisket and 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in ribs 2nd, 3rd and 5th in chicken.
We have also won 5 first place, 1 second place and 1 third place showmanship trophies
Sponsors: Pits by JJ, Aramark, Channelview Coca Cola Enterprises, Faust Distributing (Lone Star Beer, Coors, Miller), Rebecca Creek Distillery, Chachi's Mexican Restaurant, Aggreko, National Terrazzo Tile & Marble, Proceanic, Ltd., ServiceMaster Restoration & Cleaning, Citizens Bank, Texas State Representative Dan Huberty, Waste Management, Dave & Lisa Larsen, Mark & Margaret Mysinger, John & Chris Buerkett, Gross Chiropratic, Joseph Chris Partners, Mike & Rose Sladek, Alfredo Perez, Mr & Mrs Ray Landry, Dr. Dave Beeler, Jeff & Patti Swink, Kings Crossing Car Care
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|2012-04-15, 07:33
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Taliban attacks in Kabul
|2012-04-15, 08:10
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AS Oji-kun
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Kim Jong-un Gives His First Major Speech
In honor of this event, and the general festivities in the DPRK, I'm rewatching episode one of The Legend of Koizumi.
|2012-04-15, 09:09
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Already something positive comes out of Myanmar since Aung San Suu Kyi's release and election to Parliament.
As a military aviation history buff, this bit of news brings a tear of happiness to my eye. Being in crates and packed for storage for an extended period, these planes should be in near-perfect condition. While I doubt Mr. Cundall's dream of transforming these into a flying squadron (It's a very nice dream though) will be fully realized, as these classic machines are very expensive to maintain and fly just one of them, it would certainly be nice to see them fully assembled and displayed.
EDIT: However, they are in a jungle environment, underground. Hopefully they aren't crushed, or worse.
Endless "Nostalgic" Soul
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Kim Il-Sung's 100th birthday celebrated in North Korea (1:26)
1. Why are they wearing western suits when they despise the "Western Imperialists" so much.
2. Why are they playing Western instruments in their military bands.
3. North Korea doesn't look that bad with .jsf format websites and widescreens, as well as English-speaking female chicks in their university. Or is it?
It would be interesting to see the NKSOF in action. The only way to defeat them would be a Spectre....heck we might even need a Thor to take down a squad of them.
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|2012-04-15, 12:47
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Endless "Hipocrisy" Soul
|2012-04-15, 12:49
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Of course, you don't piss off a tsundere until you call her pettanko......if I am not wrong a Spitfire can carry more ammuntion than a normal Bf109.
Of course the NKSOF is a real issue for the South Koreans, they have been doing alot to keep the UNSC at the 38th Parallel. The SKSOC has been hit by a serious manpower issue; I have heard tales of my local SWAT (called STAR) and NDU/CDO regulars quoting about how the 707th can mano-a-mano the ang mohs (SEALs and Royal Marines) and fight to a stalemate in hand-to-hand. And they are more thorough in urban assault courses while taking almost the same amount of time as the SEALs - these people practically trained to their deaths.
If the NKSOF had the same mental toughness and outnumber them 10:1, it would be a pretty ugly sight should Kim Jong Un unleash them in a bid to stop the rest of the world from laughing at their "backward" army.
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Sure there was all that plus other things such as the change in bombing tactics by the Luftwaffe, fighters not being allowed to frie jagd etc.
However, the Spitfire, with its elliptical wings, and smooth, graceful lines, makes it quite easy to caress its shape with your eyes, stirring your soul, and lighting the fire within your heart. One can't help but regard this fine aircraft as one of the most sexy creations of man ever devised.
Erm...I think I got carried away and said too much.
Endless "Spitfire love" Soul
|2012-04-15, 15:14
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Sensei, aishite imasu
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|2012-04-15, 15:36
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How the Tech Parade Passed Sony By
Nice overview of the myriad of problems facing Sony. One of the more interesting aspects of the story is the continuing reliance on large corporations to power the Japanese economy. Unfortunately, according to the Times's reporter, Sony and many other large Japanese companies are simply short on new ideas, while beset on one side by lower-cost manufacturers like Samsung and on the other by innovators like Apple.
Update: More bad news for Japanese manufacturers
"The demise of Panel Bay [formerly the center of flat-panel manufacturing] is the latest sign of what many Japanese fear is the hollowing out of their heavily industrialized economy, which has been in a gradual but relentless decline since the bursting of its twin real estate and stock bubbles in the early 1990s. The decline is largely a result of growing competition from Asian rivals, an aging work force and merciless gains by the yen. But many officials and business leaders now fear that this trend has accelerated since last year's nuclear accident in Fukushima, which has raised the prospect of higher energy prices and even power failures."
Why has the Japanese central bank not intervened more directly to weaken the yen? At current exchange rates I can't see how Japan's exporters can hope to compete. Japanese autos are now substantially overpriced here in the US when compared to domestic products and Korean marques like Hyundai. In the past people were willing to pay a premium for the supposed quality advantage Japanese vehicles had versus their competitors, but that advantage has shrunk radically over the past decade. These days I'm much more likely to consider a Ford or a Hyundai than a Toyota or Honda.
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China stocks czar faces battle to win back investor trust
DuPont's armored car kit a hit in Brazil
|2012-04-16, 03:55
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This whole thing looks totally like something out of a Hong Kong drama......or what the Chinese would call "the dark side eating the dark side" (黑吃黑).
Exclusive: Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife: sources
|2012-04-16, 05:24
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|2012-04-16, 06:46
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Smirking Norway killer Breivik refuses to recognize court
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I guess I could see these events leading to a greater exposure of corruption in the top echelons of the Party, but don't most informed Chinese citizens know that such corruption exists already? It might also highlight the growing economic divide between rich and poor and urban and rural Chinese, but, again, those trends should be fairly obvious as well. I'm obviously not talking about the vast bulk of Chinese living in rural areas whose lives have hardly changed in the past few decades. But the disparities between wealth and poverty in the cities is not something that's easy to conceal.
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Bo had revealed, over the past few years in Chongqing, that there is a very clear faction of reactionary communists opposed to the more consensual, reformist faction headed by the likes of Wen. Will Bo's fall from grace mean a setback to the more hawkish elements in the Politburo? Is this an opportunity for more reform-minded individuals to rise to the top echelon? What is the potential impact on foreign policy, particularly with regard to military strategy? All these things are currently in flux.
The conceit is that as long as the Party makes sure that men of relatively strong integrity form the core, then the people can accept the lack of transparency over succession planning. If that myth is broken, will the people still remain compliant? If handled badly — and plenty of Chinese in Chongqing, fiercely loyal to Bo, are already plenty angry — the survival of the Party could be threatened.
The bright side? At least things are being handled with a modicum of civility today. In the past, Bo would have either been made to "disappear" or be thrown into a gulag for reeducation through hard labour.
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I got the impression that Bo was a poster child for the Chinese Communist equivalent of "corporatist robber barons" .... to borrow some phrasing from the new ruling members in the novel Animal Farm: "Four legs good, two legs better!"
Striking him down by whatever means necessary (lucky tragedy there) .... the consensus people recover their edge.
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I don't know if anyone had published a timeline of events. If not, this might be useful:
I had the opportunity to attend a short session with Mike Chinoy, former CNN senior Asia correspondent, a couple of weeks ago. Being an ex-journalist, he doesn't know any more about the scandal than the public does. But he did make an interesting observation: even those in US diplomatic circles who ought to know more aren't talking. Normally, he said, there would be some tidbit or two leaked to the press. In this case, you had a close ally of Mr Bo hiding in the US consulate, and not a peep emerged from the staff about what Mr Wang revealed. Nothing, zero, nada, zilch.
That, to Chinoy, seemed highly unusual. Read into that what you will.
(By the way, Chinoy was one of the few American broadcast journalists who was present in Tiananmen on June 4, 1989. He had some terrific insights to share, one of which surprised me tremendously, because it spoke volumes about the long-lasting harm of sloppy reporting. But that's another story for another time.)
Chinoy's observation dovetails nicely with mine:
That is, for several weeks now, US news has been "nice to know", not "need to know", from our Asian perspective. This is just Singapore. Hong Kong has been distracted by its scandals of late, along with its electoral debacle, while Taiwan had just recently concluded its parliamentary polls. But I would bet that they've been closely following the scandal's development as well.
Again, read into that what you will.
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