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On that Tuesday morning at 8:46 a.m., the first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower, and at 9:03 a.m., the second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the South Tower. The third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, flew into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
A fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, under the control of hijackers, crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m. after the passengers fought the hijackers. Flight 93's target is believed to have been either the Capitol or the White House.
The World Trade Center's South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. after burning for 56 minutes from a fire caused by the impact of the second plane. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m. after burning for 102 minutes. When the North Tower collapsed, debris fell on the nearby 7 World Trade Center building, damaging it and starting fires. These fires burned for hours, compromising the building's structural integrity, and causing it to collapse at 5:21 p.m.
The attacks resulted in the death of 2,996 people, including the 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims. The victims included 246 on the four planes from which there were no survivors, 2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. Nearly all of the victims were civilians; 55 military personnel were among those killed at the Pentagon.
1,762 New York residents were killed, the most of any state. After New York, the state of New Jersey lost 674 residents.
A total of 414 emergency workers died as they tried to rescue people and fight fires. The New York City Fire Department lost 343 firefighters, a chaplain and 2 paramedics. The New York City Police Department lost 23 officers. The Port Authority Police Department lost 37 officers.
In the North Tower, 1,402 people at or above the point of impact were trapped and died of smoke inhalation, fell or jumped from the tower to escape the smoke and flames, or were killed in the building's collapse. All three staircases in the tower were blocked when the first plane hit, making it impossible for anyone above the impact zone to escape. Another 107 people below impact did not survive.
Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., an investment bank on the 101st–105th floors of the North Tower, lost 658 employees, considerably more than any other employer. Marsh Inc., located immediately below Cantor Fitzgerald on floors 93–100, lost 355 employees, and 175 employees of Aon Corporation were also killed.
In the South Tower, one stairwell was left intact after the second plane hit, allowing 14 people located on the floors of impact and four more from the floors above to escape. 911 operators who received calls from individuals inside the tower were not well informed of the situation as it rapidly unfolded and as a result, told callers not to descend the tower on their own. 614 people died in that tower, fewer than half the number killed in the North Tower. Casualties in the South Tower were significantly reduced by the decision of some occupants to start evacuating when the North Tower was struck.
More than 90% of the workers and visitors who died in the towers had been at or above the points of impact. The vast majority of people below the impact zone safely evacuated the buildings.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology estimated that about 17,400 civilians were in the World Trade Center complex at the time of the attacks though turnstile counts from the Port Authority suggest 14,154 people were typically in the Twin Towers by 8:45 a.m.
At least 200 people fell or jumped to their deaths from the burning towers landing on the streets and rooftops of adjacent buildings hundreds of feet below, one landed on a firefighter killing him.
Some occupants of each tower above impact made their way toward the roof in hope of helicopter rescue, but the roof access doors were locked. No plan existed for helicopter rescues, and the thick smoke and intense heat would have prevented helicopters from approaching.
Along with the 110-floor Twin Towers, numerous other buildings at the World Trade Center site were destroyed or badly damaged, including WTC buildings 3 through 7 and St. Nicolas Greek Orthodox Church. The North Tower, South Tower, the Marriott Hotel and 7 WTC were completely destroyed. The U.S. Customs House, 4 and 5 WTC, and both pedestrian bridges connecting buildings were severely damaged. The two buildings of the World Financial Center also suffered damage.
The Deutsche Bank Building across Liberty Street from the World Trade Center complex was later condemned as uninhabitable because of toxic conditions inside the office tower, and was deconstructed. The Borough of Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall on West Broadway was condemned due to extensive damage in the attacks, and was rebuilt. Other neighboring buildings including 90 West Street and the Verizon Building suffered major damage and was restored. World Financial Center buildings, One Liberty Plaza, the Millenium Hilton, and 90 Church Street had moderate damage and was restored.
On the day of the attacks, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani proclaimed, "We will rebuild. We're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. The skyline will be made whole again."
The Pentagon was severely damaged by the impact of the third plane and ensuing fires, causing one section of the building to collapse. As the plane approached the Pentagon, it's wings knocked over light poles and its right engine smashed into a power generator before crashing into the western side of the building, killing all 53 passengers, 5 hijackers, and 6 crew. The damaged section of the Pentagon was rebuilt and occupied within a year of the attacks.
The temporary World Trade Center PATH station opened in late 2003 and construction of the new 7 World Trade Center was completed in 2006. Work on rebuilding the main World Trade Center site was delayed until late 2006 when leaseholder Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed on financing. One World Trade Center is currently under construction at the site and at 1,776 feet upon completion in 2013, will become the tallest building in North America.
On the World Trade Center site, three more office towers are expected to be built one block east of where the original towers stood. Construction has begun on all three of these towers; they are expected to be completed after One World Trade Center.
In the days immediately following the attacks, many memorials and vigils were held around the world. In addition, people posted photographs of the dead and missing all around Ground Zero.
One of the first memorials was the Tribute in Light, an installation of 88 searchlights at the footprints of the World Trade Center towers.
On September 11, 2011, the long-awaited memorial to the victims was dedicated and, on September 12th, it was opened to the public, officially unveiling the two nearly one-acre-sized footprints set one story deep into the plaza in the exact places where both of the Twin Towers once stood. Four waterfalls spring from each of the two footprints' four sides, creating a serene and reflective sound that counterbalance the noise and bustle of the city around them. Each waterfall is framed with bronze plates with the names of the victims from each tower, organized by category: first responder, worker, and so on.
The museum was scheduled to open to the public today, accessible through a large pavilion of glass and steel with a glass atrium featuring two of original steel tridents from the World Trade Center towers at street level. Mayor Bloomberg announced this morning that construction would continue and is likely to open late 2013 or early 2014.
The Pentagon Memorial was completed and opened to the public on the seventh anniversary of the attacks in 2008. It consists of a landscaped park with 184 benches facing the Pentagon. When the Pentagon was repaired in 2001–2002, a private chapel and indoor memorial were included, located at the spot where Flight 77 crashed.
In Shanksville, a permanent Flight 93 National Memorial is planned to include a sculpted grove of trees forming a circle around the crash site, bisected by the plane's path, while wind chimes will bear the names of the victims. A temporary memorial is located 500 yards from the crash site.
New York City firefighters donated a cross made of steel from the World Trade Center and mounted on top of a platform shaped like the Pentagon. It was installed outside the firehouse on August 25, 2008. Many other permanent memorials are elsewhere. Scholarships and charities have been established by the victims' families, and by many other organizations and private figures.
This year, as in other years, a memorial will be held in New York City. The observance will be broken by six moments of silence, marking the moments in which each World Trade Center tower was hit and fell, and the times of the attacks on the Pentagon and on United Airlines Flight 93.
Until now, Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki, the mayor of New York City and Governor of New York at the time of the attacks, have always been called upon to speak at the ceremony, along with Bloomberg and the current Governors of New York and New Jersey. President Barack Obama read a psalm at last year's 10th anniversary ceremony, and other past speakers have included then President George W. Bush, several U.S. Senators and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Bloomberg has said he wants this year's observance to keep the site out of the political process, while Cuomo's office has said the museum shouldn't be politicized, and a Christie spokesman has said no one wants to politicize the site.
So today, on this day that we Americans will never forget, take moment to remember the fallen and to give thanks to those who are still fighting for our freedom.


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Justin Martyr
Our father among the saints Justin Martyr, also Justin the Martyr, was one of the earliest apologists for the Christian faith. A convert to Christianity, he produced a number of works during the middle of the second century, amongst them two Apologies addressed to the Roman emperors, defending and explaining Christianity that he believed was the true philosophy. The power of his arguments was to earn him his martyrdom.
The dates of Justin Martyr's birth and death are not known. He is believed to have been born between 100 and 114, just as the first century ends. His death is believed to be between 162 and 168. Most of what is known of his life comes from his writings. He was born in Palestine in Flavia Neapolis, known in Old Testament times as Shechem, but now as Nablus. He called himself a Samaritan, although his father, Priscos, and grandfather, Baccheios, may have been Greek or Roman. As a child he was raised a pagan in a family of means and studied philosophy at various schools including those in Alexandria and Ephesus. He appears to have traveled extensively and eventually settled in Rome.
In his studies he initially leaned toward Stoicism, then toward Pythagoreanism followed by Platoism before becoming interested in Christianity while in Ephesus. There he was impressed by an elderly Christian who explained that Jesus was the fulfillment of the promises made through the Jewish prophets. He was also impressed by the steadfastness of the Christian martyrs. His soul inflamed with a love of the prophets and those who were friends of Christ, Justin became a Christian about 130. As a philosophy student his approach to Christianity was that it brought completeness to the pagan philosophies.
Justin's martyrdom appears to be the result of his bettering the Cynic philosopher Crescens in debates in Rome. Around 165, on charges, possibly by Crescens, of following an illegal religion the prefect, Rustcus, condemned Justin to death by beheading with six of his companions: Chariton, Charito, Evelpostos, Paeon, Hierax, and Liberianos. The Acts of Justin the Martyr is believed to be a record of this trial.
Justin was a prolific writer. Many of his writings now are known only through excerpts and quotation by other authors of antiquity. Only three of Justin's works are extant of which their authenticity is certain: two versions of his ''Apology'' and one of ''Diologue'' His ''Dialogue with Trypho'' purports to record conversations that Justin had with a Jewish rabbi named Tryphon, who may have been the rabbi Tarphon mentioned often in the Talmud, in verbal attempts to reconcile Christian and Jewish positions, in the second century. Among other works attributed to him are:
- On the Resurrection
- A Discourse to the Greeks
- Exhortation to the Greeks
- On Monarchy
- Exposition of the Faith
- Letter to Zenas and Serenus
- Answers to the Orthodox
- The Greek's Questions to the Christians
- Refutation of Certain Aristotelean Theses
- The Psalmist
- On the Soul
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Versatile Durbin a key to Phils' early success.
Durbin's long and winding road to Philadelphia began in Spring Valley, Ill., where he grew up. A gifted athlete, he claims that no one person pushed him into the game of baseball. His parents, Deb and Joe Pearson, were both very athletic and excelled in other sports in their youth, just not baseball. So what got Durbin into America's pastime?
"Cubs baseball on WGN," recalled Durbin. "I loved watching Ryne Sandberg play. I learned a lot of baseball by watching the Cubs play and I was a fan until I started to play pro ball."
When his family moved down south to Baton Rouge, La., a then 12-year-old Durbin maintained his allegiance to the Cubs. Since the southern climate allowed baseball to be played year-round, Durbin began to pitch in addition to playing shortstop. He starred in baseball and basketball at Woodlawn High School and was named the Louisiana Class 4-A High School Most Valuable Player as a shortstop his senior year.
Despite receiving a few offers to play basketball at local colleges (he was an excellent ball handler) and signing a letter of intent to play baseball at Louisiana State University, Durbin ended his tenure as a Cubs fan when the Kansas City Royals selected him in the third round of the 1996 First-Year Player Draft right out of high school.
After spending three years in the Royals' farm system between stops in Michigan, Delaware, Kansas and Nebraska, Durbin finally got his first taste of the Majors when he made his debut in relief for Kansas City in 1999 at the age of 21.
"I made my debut in old Tiger Stadium in the last series ever there. That was pretty cool and something I'll never forget."
After stints with KC, Cleveland and Arizona and a year in the Nationals organization, Durbin found himself back in Detroit, this time pitching for the team he debuted against. Although he only appeared in three games for the 2006 American League champion Tigers, Durbin played a large role in the team's Triple-A championship that year as the Toledo Mud Hens won the International League crown. In that season, Durbin pitched as a starter and led the league in strikeouts, while ranking fifth in ERA and tied for fifth in wins.
Durbin began the 2007 season in Detroit's starting rotation before being moved to the bullpen in June. Overall, he made 47 starts in 67 total appearances during his two years in the Tigers' organization. When he became available in the free-agent market, he caught the eye of several teams, but the Phillies, who needed pitching depth, were especially interested because of Durbin's versatility.
Heading into this season, Gillick was asked about Durbin's role. "Chad is going to fit in real well with our club. He gives Charlie [Manuel] and [pitching coach Rich] Dubee the option of starting or middle relief, and he's a competitor."
Durbin, who has taken a blue-collar approach to his role with the club, finds his situation with the Phillies similar to his time with Detroit.
"I feel like I can help wherever," Durbin said. "If it's starting, if it's middle relief, if it's the seventh inning or if it's long relief, I don't care. I want to help this team win. I'll go out there and do what they tell me to do. If everybody is healthy and pitching well, then we're in pretty good shape. That's better for the team."
So far this season, Durbin has proven to be a valuable offseason acquisition. Entering Thursday, he had allowed seven earned runs in 41 2/3 innings pitched to post a 1.51 ERA over 28 appearances.
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In addition to playing his part on the diamond, Durbin has taken on some new roles off the field.
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A pitcher, father and an entrepreneur, Durbin plans to showcase his versatility to Phillies fans all season long. (H/T Phillies.com)
Looks like Gillick hit the bulleyes when he went to get Durbin during the past off-season, along with Brad 'Auto-Save' Lidge. Hopefully he'll be able to continue what he is presently doing for the club as middle relief. Might be a good move on Charlie Manuel's part if he allows Durbin to start a game or two so that Brett Myers will be allowed to get his act together.


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a public text box is a basic information sharing utility for a shared space. in this case, it's a twitter account associated with a specific machine in a shared space rather than a person(who could be anywhere).
we tried this on macosx and linux. windows not tested but should work fine afaik.
1) download software and libraries
Processing: http://processing.org, Control P5 Library: http://www.sojamo.de/libraries/controlP5, Fullscreen library: http://www.superduper.org/processing/fullscreen_api/, Twitter Java library, twitter4j-core-v#.jar, http://twitter4j.org
2) the code https://gist.github.com/1267563
3) where to put things, this will vary slightly with your OS, but should look about the same. if you open processing and save the same sketch and then search for that it will probably be something like /Documents/Processing/sketch_023d
So you want to create a folder processing/publictextbox and publictextbox.pde will go in there. Then create /processing/publictextbox/code and controlP5.jar, fullscreen.jar, and twitter4j-core-version#.jar files will go in there.
4) register and get twitter keys, put keys into .pde code
5) test it out yo! do yer best debugginn.
6) make some keyboard modifications. maybe if you're going to put this in a public place you should make a keyboard that has no ESC or CTL key so people can't get out of the app once it's running?
7) build a box. make it look nice. think ATM, public telephone, arcade game. get crafty and creative. i believe in you!
8) maybe you will have an auto shutdown and restart that will allow the installation to run long term without crashing as much?? see video for mac version of this. on linux it will be crontab. on windows the answer is ??
subscribe to the feed and watch the strange messages role in….
could you make the same for something like a reddit/facebook/?? account?
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – State health officials say five more people died last week from flu-related illnesses in North Carolina, bringing the total this season to 33 statewide.
The statewide figure runs through Jan. 18 and includes one previously unreported death from an earlier week. It also includes the death of one child, but not that of an Alamance County child whose death was reported Wednesday.
Fifteen people ages 25 to 49 have died of the flu in North Carolina, along with nine between ages 50 and 64. Eight people age 65 or older also have died.
The state began counting flu deaths in October. The flu season typically peaks in January and February.
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Attendees at the BICSI Winter Conference, held January 17-21 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Conference Center in Orlando, Fla., recognized that IT budgets may be stagnant, but the recession hasn't slowed the growth of data center storage facilities. Fueled by applications such as Internet protocol (IP) TV, audio file-sharing, Internet gaming, and mobile broadband, the storage capacity of many data centers is rapidly reaching saturation. In fact, San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco predicts the volume of IP traffic will quintuple between 2008 and 2013. Faced with this challenge, data center managers are planning solutions that include more bandwidth, more servers, and more storage — all at faster speeds.
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Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Metformin/Glimepiride Combination Versus Each Compound Alone in New Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients (RECOMMEND)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01459809
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 26, 2011
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|First Posted Date ICMJE
|October 26, 2011
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|January 21, 2015
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|Actual Primary Completion Date
|January 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Change in HbA1c [ Time Frame: from baseline to week 24 ]
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|Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Metformin/Glimepiride Combination Versus Each Compound Alone in New Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients
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|A Multinational, Open Label, Randomized, Active-controlled, 3-arm Parallel Group, 24-week Study Comparing the Combination of Glimepiride and Metformin Versus Glimepiride and Metformin Alone in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
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Primary Objective:
- To demonstrate the superiority of glimepiride and metformin free combination in comparison to glimepiride or metformin alone in terms of Hb1Ac reduction during a 24-week treatment period in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- To assess the effects of the free combination of glimepiride and metformin in comparison to glimepiride or metformin alone on:
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I have no expert advice but would like you to know I went through a similar thing a couple weeks ago. My pumping output was totally normal one week and my baby seemed satisfied over the weekend, but when I returned to work on a Monday I was pumping about half of what I normally could pump. My DS was a little over 8 months at the time. I attribute my sudden drop to a couple things: 1. I had a HORRIBLE head cold including an ear infection, 2. due to this I had ZERO appetite and was eating quite a bit less than normal. Also, maybe I just randomly had a slump in supply, I'm not sure.
Slowly it is coming back, and even about 3 weeks later I am not back to my "normal" production. This is what I did: 1. let baby nurse as much as possible. I could tell my supply really was down and it was not just the pump because DS was nursing constantly and a lot overnight too. 2. I went to my local hospital and rented a hospital grade pump. I was also using the Ameda PY pump and I HATED it. Like Mommal says above I also felt it was underpowered, but since my output was always more than baby drank I figured why spend the money for something else. I am still renting the pump from the hospital and will continue to do so until DS is at least a year (only 3 more months).
Keep nursing and pumping (when away from LO) as much as you can. I would def. add in a 3rd session at work. Trust me, I know how inconvenient pumping is at work. I pump three times during an 8 hour shift. I hope some of that helped.


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Spanish Department Hosts Film Festival this Fall
July 17, 2013
July 17, 2013
- Donald Tetto
Southwestern is hosting a film festival this fall that will feature five films from Spain and the Americas.
The films will be shown in Olin 105 from 7-10 p.m. on Thursday nights beginning Sept. 5. The films and the dates on which they will be shown are as follows:
Sept. 5: "Wilaya" (2012, Spain)
"Wilaya" is the story of a girl named Fatimetu who is born to a Sahrawi family in a Saharan refugee camp in Algeria and later sent to live with foster parents in Spain. After the death of her mother she returns to the camp. After having been absent for 16 years, Fatimetu is torn between life in the desert and her memories of her family and friends in Spain. Nadhira Mohamed's performance as Fatimetu landed her the Best Actress award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Sept. 12: "La Demora/The Delay" (2012, Uruguay, Mexico, France)
Selected as Uruguay's entry for the 2013 Academy Awards, "La Demora" is the story of a woman named Maria who lives with her three school-age children and 80-year-old father, Agustin. It's clearly a struggle for her to make ends meet and to juggle all of her commitments. Agustin has periods of lucidity, but his mental deterioration is such that Maria explores the possibility of his either living with another relative or moving into some kind of care facility. When both of these options are found wanting − on the same day − Maria makes a drastic decision.
Sept. 19: "El Regreso/The Return" (2012, Costa Rica)
After living 10 years in New York, 30-year-old Antonio returns to San José, Costa Rica, where he is forced to deal with the realities he ran away from. He is welcomed by his intense sister, Amanda, whose husband recently abandoned her, and their young son, Inti, who is apprehensive about Antonio's presence. When things take an unexpected turn, Antonio is forced to remain home far longer than he had anticipated. "The Return" is the highest grossing Costa Rican film ever and the first to earn international recognition.
Sept. 26: "Father's Chair" (2013, Brazil)
Theo is a successful doctor in the wealthy suburbs of São Paolo. Having always placed his job before his family, he is a failure as both a father and husband. But when his 15-year-old son disappears, having sold all of his belongings and left town on a newly acquired black stallion, Theo goes to great lengths not only to find his son, but to rediscover himself.
Oct. 3: "Despues De Lucia/After Lucia" (2012, Mexico)
Six months after the death of his wife in a car accident, Roberto and his teenage daughter Alejandra set off from Puerto Vallarta for a fresh start in Mexico City. Alejandra finds her feet more easily than Roberto but she soon becomes the victim of escalating bullying at school. Ashamed and unable to tell her father, Alejandra's silence ultimately takes a dreadful toll. "After Lucía" earned the prestigious Un Certain Regard prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and was the Mexican submission for the 2013 Best Foreign-Language Academy Award.
The film series is sponsored by the Spanish Department at Southwestern, along with the student groups Sigma Delta Pi (the Spanish honor society) and Latinos Unidos. It is being made possible with the support of Pragda, the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain, and its Program for Cultural Cooperation with United States Universities, as well as many departments and programs across the university.
Question-and-answer sessions via Skype with three of the film directors will follow the movies on Sept. 5, Sept. 19 and Oct. 3.
All the films are free and open to the public.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 8, 2010) - After its brief two match homestand this past weekend the No. 59 ETSU men's tennis team returns to road for a 9 a.m. contest Tuesday morning against No. 48 UNC Wilmington in Daytona Beach, Fla.
ETSU (4-5, 2-0 A-Sun) cruised to in its league openers Friday and Saturday as the Bucs dropped both Kennesaw State and Mercer, 7-0.
Overall, ETSU - who extended its 36-match A-Sun and 47-match Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center winning streaks over the weekend - has played better lately after facing a ruthless non-conference schedule that featured seven ITA nationally ranked programs.
Individually, a number of Bucs look to carry on their winning ways. Junior Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia), who is ranked No. 85 in the latest ITA singles rankings, has won six out of his last eight contests, while teammate Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) continues to anchor the back end of the lineup at No. 5 with three straight victories.
UNCW (7-3, 1-0 CAA) enters the week after falling to No. 29 Georgia Tech, Sunday. In fact the Seahawks have loss back-to-back matches for the first time this season, after winning their previous six contests.
Individually, Kosta Blank leads Wilmington with an 8-2 dual match record. The Seahawk freshman has won his last six individual competitions, all at No. 5.
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Teacher Rebellion: Refusal to Administer Standardized Testing Sprea...
In Seattle, a boycott against the national Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) tests is spreading across high schools.
At Garfield High School, where the boycott began, 19 teachers called a press conference to announce that they would refuse to give the tests because they are a waste of time and resources for the students.
The test scores do not affect the students' grades or ability to graduate, and the test's material itself has nothing to do with the students' classes or curriculum—meaning that students rarely take the tests seriously.
Despite this irrelevance, however, teachers in the Seattle school district learned that this year, the MAP test scores would be used to measure their teacher evaluations—spurring frustration and anger.
"To use this (MAP) as a tool to evaluate our teaching ... "They're setting us up for failure."
The boycott quickly spread to a second Seattle public school,...
Meanwhile, teachers and parents across the country are taking note of the Seattle boycott. A petition supporting the teachers has collected more than 3,000 signatures in less than a week, and a Facebook page boasts hundreds of supportive comments.
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I remember enjoying standardized testing when I was a student. I'd always finish early and have time to read a book. It really seems like it has completely spiraled out of control since then. I know I'm preaching to the choir here (and I have a fever, so I may or may not make sense), but basing teacher evaluations on standardized testing just means more teachers will be teaching to the test rather than teaching what students really need to know and will use in life.
Even at the college level, taking the PRAXIS II, which is supposed to be specialized, I was tested on things outside my field. They were things I couldn't possibly know, because instead of testing for instrumental, general, and choral music separately, there is one test on all three areas. Granted, there is a large amount of crossover with questions that are music based, but there was no reason for me to know the names of big name choral organizations, much less their histories.
I shouldn't even go into tests being graded by the lowest bidder.
Good point on test being graded by lowest bidder, never thought of that. Here is the stumbling block for secularist like ourselves. Education is constantly designed for and by nonsecularist who totally shape the social and scientific areas differently and prejudicely than a secularist would. So, it does not matter if you are a teacher or a student, your conscience will be battered with information that you will agree with or disagree with. If you are a minority secularist you will be socially deminished and so you try harder to accomplish high marks with science to show your worth. Once your scientific achievements have been met, society who is majority nonsecular, takes full advantage of your work and gives the thanks to god. The separation of church and state is so diminished that the village has made government a second thought when it comes to getting what they want.
One aspect of the problem is that designing, giving, and grading standardized tests is a huge money making endeavor. Politicians are all for it despite evidence that they are not an accurate way to determine what students are learning. Such testing does not take into consideration ESL students, students with learning disabilities, etc.
Then, too, there is the push to use standardized testing scores to determine teacher success. Preaching to the choir some more, but along with the aforementioned issues, the tests don't reflect anything shown in phy ed, art, music, and many other classes, or the fact that not all groups of students are going to learn in the same way or at the same rate. *sigh*
So what are we testing really anyway? It seems so abstract and unfair. Is it a conspiracy of those who do not have the best interest of the students and teacher in mind or something legitimate? How do you make a study of all of the variables to make a fair assessment of testing? It hurts my brain to think of the challenge of finding the right balance of cultural dynamics to academic success for a just system of education. I keep thinking I want to be part of an all secular education system just to feel good about the fact religioun won't be a factor. I know in reality though prejudices come in all forms and are not just a theist occurance. Are parents helpless in finding an education that is fair, efficient and unbiased for their children? The more we try to look for a solution the more hurdles we have to deal with.
Ideally, standardized testing would show what areas a school is doing well in and what they should improve. Has standardized testing every really done this? It's been NCLB since I graduated. The part that horrifies me the most is that schools with low scores get less funding. Somehow, they are supposed to teach more with less, without taking any variables of situation into consideration.
I do wonder, since there are states where evolution is pushed aside in favor of creationism, do they take the same standardized tests? Do testing companies modify them? That would defeat the declared purpose of standardized testing in the first place. Do they just get really low science scores and get their funding cut?
Even schools which are secular will contain teachers who are religious. I used to fill in a lot for a teacher who had prayers taped on her desk. I don't think it ever made it into her teaching, but they were there as a mute reminder of her beliefs. They were of the "give me strength" variety, which I assume was helpful on those hectic days around the full moon or holidays.
Then, too, you're right. Religion is not a prerequisite for prejudice. Giving up would not serve the students, though. We must keep striving to improve our own classrooms and school systems.
I wonder if the young atheist teachers who take our place will be able to keep up the will power to fight against religion?
That depends on if we find jobs. :/
I worked with a devout colleague who intentionally never got around to teaching evolution. The thing was, overall she was admirably competent, bright, and an overall good role model. Her only real professional flaw was her religious convictions.
Should schooling be segregated when we see such conscience objection from all sides?
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Tricky Senate special election looms
There's something special about this Special Election.
Four candidates are competing for the job of State Senator, District 1, including one Democrat and three Republicans.
Old rules still govern this Special Consolidated Primary Election to fill the seat of the deceased Senator Dave Cox.
Voters will close an era of partisan history when they mark their ballots during the November election.
In June voters agreed to change those rules by approving Prop 14 which calls for open primaries to begin January 1. Meanwhile, the old-fashioned rules make for some interesting political speculation.
Even though this Senate election is a primary election, all candidates will be listed on every ballot. Each voter will select only one of the four. Any candidate who wins half-the-votes-plus-one becomes Senator. Endgame.
Things get tricky if no one wins a majority. Let's say one candidate gets 49 percent of the vote and the others split the difference. By the old playbook, the winning Democrat would run against the winning Republican in January.
Even if one Republicans gets 49 percent of the vote, another gets 48 percent, and the Democrat gets only 1 percent, the Democrat would be listed on the ballot with only the top vote-getting Republican.
Under the new-fashioned rules starting in 2011, the top two vote-getters would do the running-off.
Applying the new rules to the example above, the 49 percent Republican would challenge the 48 percent Republican.
But that's next year.


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This might be a long entry- be warned...
Chris Ryniak was in town from Ohio to take part in a show at Scion Art Space called Life Size. Thought itd be fun to get out of the studio for a day and be his tour guide. Our goal was to see as much as we could in the way of galleries in Los Angeles so my pal Jon and I headed out from Riverside. We picked up Chris and Dave Chung (AKA The Chung!!) in Culver City and headed out for adventure.
First stop was Gary Basemans house where he was working to put the final touches on his show that goes up next week. Opens July 14th at Billy Shire Fine Arts. He had this amazing wall of drawings on tracing paper. Pretty interesting to see how he works. Crazy seeing his awards just chillin on his hearth.
Next we came by Gallery 1988 where theres a group show called Packed and Loaded. Really nice seeing this stuff in person, especially the painterly brush strokes of Brandt Peters. Jensen tried to take us out for gellato but the flavor chemist had his shop closed much to his dismay.
On a side note, there are some awesome trannies in L.A. Wow.... okay back to the story...
Next we went to check out La Luz de Jesus and peeked in on the Daniel Peacock show, unfortunately we couldnt make it to the opening that night. Looked good from what I could see. I bought all too many art books. La Luz is awesome for books but hard on the wallet.
We headed to Thinkspace next where they have the ArtDorks exhibit going on. Chris and Dave are part of the Artdorks collective, it was nice to see their work in the show. The show was really good overall, once again, nice to see work in person that Ive only seen online. I really liked the Robert Hardgrave stuff, Brendan Danielsson (killer bush), Heiko Muller, and Gregory Jacobsen.
Who are these guys? Artdorks, that's who!
Backtracked over to Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Awesome 10th anniversary show. This place never disappoints. Shepard Fairey, Junko Mizuno, Eric White, Kent Williams, wow what a show! Heres some stand outs for me:
Camille Rose Garcia
Rich Colman No L.A. gallery trip is complete without swinging by the infamous New Image Art. Marsea Goldberg has been doing her thing and has consistently shown artists that are doing big things (Barry McGee, Faile, Swoon, Ed Templeton, the list goes on...) Theres always a special place in my heart for New Image Art- Marsea was one of the first to show my work and give me support. I forgot my camera but I pulled some of my favorite work off their site. There was a great Eric White piece but I cant find an image of it.
David Ellis
Date Farmers
Kelsey Brooks Next we headed west to eat at Giant Robot's restaurant GR/eats..... but they were closed (they shut down for a couple hours between lunch and dinner). Always next time...
At the GR store I bought too many books again and Chris, Dave and I drew with crayons in their guestbook. At GR2 they had a pretty good comics art show. And I bought more artbooks there too. Damn.
Please do not steal the drawing!
Into the early evening L.A. traffic and back to Culver City to catch the last 10 minutes of Tim Biskups show at Billy Shire Fine Art. We barely made it, the door was actually locked but the nice lady let us in luckily. This was my favorite show of the day (Date Farmers being a close second). It really felt like Biskups work has matured at this point, it was less humorous, more raw, more emotional and more beautiful than previous work Ive seen. The work has a lot of feeling. I was impressed. And the giant sized realization of his painting was spectacular.
Next we went to a 3 person show at The Lab 101 featuring Andy Jenkins, Andrew Pommier, and Andy Mueller. Three Andys. Damn, left my camera in the car. It was nice talking to owner and artist Freddi C, shes really cool and we go pretty far back (she curated me in a show up in SF in 2002). I was really excited to see Andy Jenkins work. I remember it vividly from when I was 10 and reading Freestylin magazine. I think he wrote and did artwork for the mag. Hes still got a nice style, a lot of movement in his strokes. Good stuff.
We missed Sixspace, Corey Helford, and a bunch of others. Never made it to Bergamot Station either. But you can only see so much in a day. L.A. is huge and galleries are open 1-6pm (lame).
Our last stop was Scions art space in Culver City to get a behind the scenes look at Life Size a group show curated by Francesco LoCastro. Chris had been setting up with the other artists the day before and was finishing up. Looks to be a killer show from what was already on the walls. Opening is Saturday July 7th, 7-10pm. I cant make it because we have a wedding to go to (Go Lisa and Rick!), but if youre in the area swing by and say hi to Chris Ryniak.
When we were there Esao Andrews was working on his wall, nice talking to him. I was reminded that Tomer Hanuka, Mu Pan, and Regino Gonzales were all classmates of his at SVA in NYC. Crazy.
Ronald Kurniawan has work in the show but wasnt around. We have a similar aesthetic- probably why I like his work so much. Never met him, but would like to.
Jen Stark (I just realized the only woman in the show), has some interesting work consisting of layered colored paper. They were really amazing actually, she is young, should be interesting to see where she takes it.
Seeing her setup her wall with all the other guys got me thinking about how much a boys club this art scene is. Im not trying to single out the Scion show, in fact all the galleries we checked out had more men showing their work (except Gallery 1988, and Merry Karnowsky was also pretty even). Why is that? Are there more men artists out there? I know when I curated a show 5 years ago, I knew many more male artists than female that fit into the shows theme. Is this genre of art more male oriented? Is it sexism? I dont know and dont have the answers. I know the Guerilla Girls have been addressing this for decades.
Sorry for the little side-rant. So Jon and I dropped off Chris and Dave and left Los Angeles, our heads whirling with imagery, tired, worn out, feeling like we packed two days into one. Chris and Dave will have their report up too.. check their blogs at: Eat the Future The Chung Fortune Cookie
A quick note- there is a gallery called LowBrow Fine Art that is having a "show" of my prints next week with an "opening" and everything. I don't know anything about this gallery, they never told me about it and I won't be there. Sorry if there's any confusion. This sort of thing chaps my hide, and I sent them an email asking what they're trying to do. Anyways just wanted to let people know I have nothing to do with that gallery.
Finally- I'll be taking a break from blogging for a while. Probably after September I'll drop another long entry but for now it's time to close up shop and finish all the artwork for my next show. Good thing I have a helper...
Jeff signing off till September!!!
for more on Jeff, check his site: jeffsoto.com
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We know that lots and lots of wingnuts were absolutely sure that Romney was going to win the election and ended up with egg on their faces, but this pre-election rant by Kevin DuJan, a "Christian gay man" and an "Out and Proud Conservative Republican," may cause an overdose of schadenfreude. He's telling his readers in advance to recognize the inevitable panic and fearmongering from liberals as they realize Romney is going to win:
Please take some time today to mentally prepare yourself for the psychological warfare and emotional terrorism that you'll be inundated with on Tuesday, from the crack of dawn until the election is finally called for Mitt Romney (at about 9pm EST/8pm CST or so). The Ministry of Truth that is the national media is going to run psy-ops for Barack Obama all day, attempting to freak out conservatives in the last chance they have to keep people from heading to the polls and voting Obama out of office. Meanwhile, some conservative pundits and websites will be screaming "SHARK!" and also attempting to freak out Republicans…because the fear porn they push drives up web traffic and panicked people keep checking back with the site all day to see if it's safe to go into the water again. Telling you there's a great white in your bathtub has been a favorite trick of people like Ace at Ace of Spades, Allahpundit at HotAir, and Ben Shapiro at Breitbart because this sort of emotional terrorism gets people to tweet, email, Facebook post, and otherwise spread their articles far and wide…which drives up hits to their respective sites…and that in turn translates into more ad dollars coming in on Election Day…
You must understand that Minitru is going to keep claiming that "excitement is with Obama today!" or that "Democrats are coming out in droves to defeat Romney!". They will show creatively edited video that makes it seem like Obama has large throngs of supporters headed inside to vote for him. But if you look closely, you'll see it's like North Korean propaganda where they show the same two dozen or so actors going inside…and then running out the back door and racing around the side of the building to join the line again at the back. They will do this all day.There will be false exit polling coming in…with talking heads making up lies all day…and the whole point of all of it is just to freak you out. Freak you out and make you so crippling with frost-fingered fear that you can't function on Tuesday and won't be able to go out and vote or help other Romney voters vote. That is the point of all this propaganda.
You are too smart to fall for any of it…
I'm actually going to be watching MSNBC all day on Tuesday, from about 10am CST until the results are called later in the night. I'm going to treat it like the live stream transcripts I did of the presidential debates and will keep track of all the propaganda and lies that MSNBC tells people. This is the only time in my life that I will ever encourage people to watch MSNBC, but I am doing this because I want to see the meltdown that happens over there. I have been waiting for this for FOUR YEARS now. I expect it to look something like this when everyone in MSNBC studios realizes that Barack Obama is going to lose and the entire Regime of the Left is collapsing…
Tomorrow I am going to get the biggest honey-baked ham they have at the store. And I am going to eat delicious honey-baked ham all day on Tuesday. My friend Cecile in Michigan sent me two cases of Vernors and I'll be drinking that as I watch MSNBC implode and panic. Justin's going to be be out poll-watching with some other friends of ours, but I will be here manning the live stream coverage and making sure that it's documented for history just how badly the Ministry of Truth behaved on Election Day…and how they melted into puddles of pure FREAK OUT when the state results rolled in.
I'll also be watching several lefties on Facebook to monitor what the average Obama cultist is thinking as we get closer to Mitt Romney becoming out 45th president. It's going to be marvelous seeing them all realize Nate Silver was lying to them and that there is in actuality a 0% of Obama being reelected. And there always has been, ever since Obamacare passed the House on March 21st, 2010.
Oh, such anticipated joy! Such bold prophecies of seeing his enemies slain before him! So what was his reaction after the election? God Has a Plan.
The Left was much stronger than we thought.
Tonight was a crushing blow.
America is not the place we thought it was.
Delicious. Absolutely delicious. And again, not because Obama is wonderful but just because it's so much fun watching these people who were so incredibly sure of themselves, even in the face of all the evidence that they filtered out, crash and burn.


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COLUMBUS, Ga. – After losses on the road and at home, the Georgia Southwestern men's soccer team hoped a neutral site game would change things. The Hurricanes avoided their fourth consecutive loss by earning a 1-1 draw against Lincoln Memorial (2-2-2) on Thursday night on the campus of Columbus State University.
The Blue & Gold first conceded a goal when a misplayed ball by the backline was taken by LMU's Leonardo Germniani for a one on one with GSW keeper Garrett Blamire. Germiani played the ball to the left of a sliding Blamire and past a sliding Hurricane defender for the goal in the 17th minute.
However, for the first time this season, the Hurricanes were able to answer with a goal of their own after going down in a match. The equalizer would come just 13 minutes after LMU's goal. Junior midfielder KleesBatner Loembet-Makaya crossed the ball into the box from the left side where freshman Hunter Sams volleyed the ball in with his right foot for his first collegiate goal in the 30th minute.
With just minutes left in regulation, a Georgia Southwestern attack gave junior Ross Sellers a quality shot on goal that forced a big save from LMU goalkeeper Michael Watkins. The two teams would play through both overtime periods without scoring a goal to earn the draw.
Freshman goalkeeper, Garrett Blamire, made four saves over the course of the 110 minutes to earn the draw in his first career start. GSW was credited with 13 shots on the night with Loembet-Makaya and sophomore forward Ryan Wakenigg each firing three shots.
Ties may seem like an unusual occurrence to fans of the Blue & Gold and that's because they are. The last time GSW had ended a match in a draw was nearly six years ago. The Hurricanes played Reinhardt University to a draw on September 24th, 2005. Thursday's tie with Lincoln Memorial was just the third ever in program history. It was also the first for GSW as a Division II member and the first under Coach Warren Russ.
The draw moved Georgia Southwestern's record to 2-3-1 on the season. They will be back on the pitch on Sunday against Florida Memorial University at 1:00 pm at Hurricane Field. Sunday's match will be the 'Canes last home non-conference match.


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Get Into the Gruit
The newest thing in beer is an ancient style that casts aside bitter hops in favor of an intriguing palette of herbs, spices and plants you've likely never heard of
CROWDED INTO A refrigerated shed in rural Sonoma County on a recent afternoon were dozens of beer kegs, a few cases of bottles, boxes of hops just delivered from Washington state and two brewers, one wearing industry-standard rubber boots, the other barefoot. That was my first sign that shoeless Brian Hunt and his brewery, Moonlight, were, in fact, far from industry standard. My second was a plastic bag of long, dark green leaves. "Those don't look like hops," I said. Mr. Hunt poured me a drink. "They're not."
Those particular leaves were Labrador tea. Nearby were sacks of mugwort, yarrow and bee balm, all of which Mr. Hunt uses to make a little-known style of beer called gruit, brewed in a centuries-old tradition, without hops. Today's craft brewers are hops-mad. Most use the plant with expressionistic abandon in ever-bitterer brews: dry-hopped, fresh-hopped and continuously hopped double, triple and imperial IPAs. Eschewing hops is rebellious (in fact, technically illegal—by government definition, a "malt beverage" must include some hops, so even Mr. Hunt uses a little). But in beer's seven-millennia history, it's nothing new.
Brewers only began using hops regularly 700 or so years ago, when they discovered that the thumb-size cones of resinous leaves would help keep beer fresher longer. Before that, beers were flavored with dozens of different herbs and spices—medicinal, symbolic or just plain potent. In 1699, diarist John Evelyn wrote that a dose of borage would "cheer the hard student." Henbane, once a popular addition, is hallucinogenic, and in some doses, lethal. Hops, a sedative related to cannabis, would have seemed tame by comparison—one reason, some argue, that promoting temperance through hopped beer was a Protestant cause; Martin Luther drank it at Worms.
"Is this reactionary?" Mr. Hunt asked. "Yes. All the beers in this country use just one species of plant: hops. What if there were a hundred species? Where could this go?" Working in the gruit style, brewers like Mr. Hunt can blend flavors untasted for centuries and also tell stories untold until now. MateVeza's Morpho uses floral hibiscus and minty bay leaf to transport drinkers to the South American jungle; Cambridge Brewing Company's Weekapaug Gruit, made with locally plucked bog myrtle, says there is more to Massachusetts swamps than cranberries. While other beers use hops trucked in from time zones away, Moonlight's Working for Tips thinks local: Its redwood twigs come from a tree in the brewery's front yard.
These beers take some explaining—one reason they can be hard to find. "It's easier to do in a brewpub, when you can interact with people about it," said Dave McLean, owner of San Francisco's Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery. Take a beer like his sweet gale–, yarrow– and wild rosemary–flavored Weekapaug Gruit (like the brewer at Cambridge, Mr. McLean is a fan of the band Phish, and the song Weekapaug Groove): It's unique, but not aggressively so. When introducing unfamiliar flavors, a delicate touch is best. Revolution needn't shout. Mr. Hunt jokes about "roasted-chicken gruits," too heavy on the rosemary. "My intention is to make a delicious beverage. I don't want a beer to taste like a Christmas tree," he said—even if, one day, he might brew a gruit made with one.
Brewed Alchemy
Some of these craft brews from around the country contain ingredients not found in a beer mug since the Middle Ages; others are entirely newfangled. All are prime examples of the heady gruit style.
Moonlight Working for Tips, 5.5% ABV
Made with redwood twigs plucked from the Santa Rosa, Calif., brewery's front-yard tree, this taste of NorCal combines warm notes of roasted hazelnuts with a bright, tingly bitterness from the twigs' freshest green shoots.
MateVeza Morpho, 6.0% ABV
Flavored with hibiscus, bay and the South American herbal tea yerba mate, and named after a brilliant blue butterfly attracted to fermenting fruit juice, Morpho tastes like a sweetly tropical cocktail of lemon, papaya and mint.
Magnolia Weekapaug Gruit, 6.0% ABV
Darker than the others, its slightly smoky grains give a sturdy base to tinny sweet gale, yarrow and wild rosemary. A chord of rich, loamy lows and zesty menthol highs: a campfire in a foggy pine forest.
Cambridge Weekapaug Gruit, 5.5% ABV
Rosemary's telltale zest is here, but the super-creative Massachusetts brewpub keeps it pleasantly light—an herb garden at dusk, pine and minty bog myrtle on the breeze—and unfurls the spices into a round, full, tannic finish.
Professor Fritz Briem 13th Century Grut Bier, 4.6% ABV
The roots and spices here include caraway, anise and gentian, but bay leaf dominates—at least at first, before the beer takes a curiously Southeast Asian turn with notes of ginger, lemongrass and a twangy, lime-like sourness.


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Style # 208437
With shimmering allover sequin embellishments, low round neckline and flirty ruffled hemline, this bebe cocktail dress is sure to light up the night. Try it with a pair of metallic heels and a festive clutch for a party pop.
- 95% nylon, 5% spandex
- Center back to hem: 19" (48 cm)
- Jersey lining
- Invisible zipper
- Hand wash
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
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Date published: 2013-03-12
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"The X Factor" has been off to a rocky start this season.
The fledgling competition has yet to deliver on the hype creator Simon Cowell lobbed upon the media before the show premiered in 2011.
Unlike "American Idol," Cowell's first stateside swing at picking music talent, "X Factor" hasn't proved beneficial to its winners. Season 1 champ Melanie Amaro has issued only a handful of coolly received singles, and last year's winner, Tate Stevens, "parted ways" with his label after his debut didn't make much of a splash.
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And despite its third incarnation of judges/mentors (Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio replaced Britney Spears and LA Reid), ratings have been at an all-time low.
But can a new twist change that and excite viewers?
The series has been teasing a switch to the format that will jolt the competition dubbed the Four Seat Challenge, which debuts on Wednesday.
A pressure cooker of sorts, the round has the judges whittling down the top 40 contestants to 16.
After an act sings, the mentor in charge -- Cowell with groups, Demi Lovato with the girls, Rowland with the Over 25s and Rubio with the boys— decides on the spot whether they take one of the four chairs or are sent home.
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Say all four chairs are filled and another contestant earns a spot? Someone loses their chair. Think musical chairs, but more sadistic, and a lot more fun for those of us watching it unfold.
To dial up the tension, the whole thing plays out in front of an audience that makes their support, and disapproval, of the decisions heard very loudly.
Does it work? So far, so good. Fox sent out a preview of the challenge to press and it has the potential to be an addicting, twisted watch.
It's the sort of high-stakes drama that reinvigorates the competition and treats viewers to something more exhilarating than another round of sing and deliberate. The contestants sweat. The judges have to act fast. Families are in the crowd praying. Contestants are in hysterics. It's an intense, suspenseful format switch that puts the show back into the game currently being won by "The Voice."
Without offering up any spoilers, a highlight was one of Rubio's decisions leading to the Latin superstar getting booed by the entire audience and leaving Cowell in complete disbelief -- a rarity for the brash reality magnate.
"I don't care about what they are saying here in the venue, I care about what I feel," she said of the controversial. "I need to be true to myself."
The good thing is no contestant is safe and judges can always change their minds.
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A hefty tax burden, relatively high housing prices and long, brutal winters: Welcome to Minneapolis, the best city for seniors?
It's a head-scratcher, but a new study seems to suggest older Americans are looking for more than tax breaks and beaches as they decide where to hunker down for the golden years.
Access to health care facilities, cultural amenities and outdoor activities pushed Minneapolis to the top of a review of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas by Sperling's Best Places. Commissioned by Bankers Life and Casualty Co.'s Center for a Secure Retirement, the Best U.S. Cities for Seniors 2011 ranked the metro areas based on weighted criteria that researchers deemed important to seniors, in this order: Health care, economy, health and longevity, social life, environment, spiritual life, housing, transportation and crime.
The rest of the top five were Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Denver.
Lured by downtown revitalization and proximity to their volunteer work, retirees Anne and Peter Heegaard left their suburban Minneapolis-area home a decade ago and bought a downtown town house.
A former investment firm executive, Peter now runs Urban Adventure (urbanadventuretwincities.org), a program he founded that draws groups of young business leaders together to work on urban problems.
The work — and the couple's three children and eight grandchildren — keep them rooted, though Peter, 75, admits the cold is a problem, particularly for seniors.
"We have a cabin up on Lake Superior, and I remember one particularly bad ice storm when I had to crawl to the garage to avoid a fall," he said. "The ice scares the hell out of people."
Realizing the list wasn't going to convince sun lovers to move north, Bankers Life officials say the survey was more about getting seniors to think about the important amenities for them.
Here are some examples of how winning cities execute some of the most important senior services, according to Sperling:
Health care: Indianapolis drew top marks here, including the number of physicians in specialties such as orthopedics and cardiology, strong patient reviews and abundant nursing homes.
If Indy's not your style, at least check out how your own local health providers (or the ones in a city you're eyeing for retirement) handle Medicare patients, suggests Jan Cullinane, co-author of "The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life." Cullinane said many seniors have recently discovered their physicians no longer accept new Medicare patients.
Transportation: San Francisco, with its extensive network of cable cars, subway and light rail, won this category. If your city isn't big enough for mass transit, check out local senior ride programs. Often, these are subsidized and can be cheaper than having a car.
Environment: Researchers said a city's number of sunny days, access to bodies of water and parks make a big impact on seniors' emotional and physical well being. San Francisco won here, too, but it's a highly personal category depending on your interests. If your city is a negative for you in this category, run the numbers on what it will cost over time to escape to better locales for vacations. This may be less important as old age approaches, but the study ranked it higher in importance than housing, transportation and crime.
Finally, Cullinane said, don't forget the intangibles. Cullinane, co-author Cathy Fitzgerald and another friend all moved, with their husbands, to a master planned community in Palm Coast, Fla., from Cincinnati.
"This community encourages walking and social activities, so we picked up our support group and brought it with us," she said.
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The top 10
The top 10 cities in the Best U.S. Cities for Seniors 2011, with percentage of residents 65 and over:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, 10.6%
Boston, 12.8%
Pittsburgh, 17.7%
Cleveland, 15.1%
Denver, 10.3%
Milwaukee, 12.8%
San Francisco, 14.7%
Portland, Ore., 11.6%
Kansas City, Mo., 11.9%
Newark, N.J., 12.7%
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