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(Literary Masterpieces, Volume 24)
Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard University, has a Web site at www.BowlingAlone.com. It includes a sidebar illustrating trends that trouble him. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, for example, American attendance at club meetings went down by 58 percent. Family dinners declined by 33 percent. Inviting friends to one's home decreased by 45 percent. The sidebar supplements those findings by posting two other claims: A ten-minute commute slashes social capital ("features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit") by 10 percent, but joining a group reduces by half the odds that one will die next year.
Bowling Alone, the best known of Putnam's several books about contemporary democracy, provides a detailed analysis of American inclinations like those on his home page. The book defends the following thesis: In the late 1960's and early 1970's, a crucial tide turned in the United States. For most of the twentieth century, Americans had been increasingly involved in community life, but that trend reversed in disturbing ways. As Americans pulled apart, community vitality weakened. Putnam analyzes the causes and consequences of this sea change and suggests how to correct its treacherous impact.
Putnam's Web site contains a link to some of his articles. The most influential, "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital," appeared in a 1995 issue of the Journal of Democracy. It attracted more popular attention than essays in scholarly journal usually do. The reason was not so much the novelty of Putnam's thesis—the decline of community life in contemporary American culture is scarcely a new theme—but the fascinating way in which Putnam illustrated his claims by turning to the sport of bowling. The article drew its share of criticism too, for brevity suggested a frail database for its claims. Challenged by the article's reception, Putnam turned his essay into a prelude to this lengthy book, which incorporates notes, charts, appendices, opinion polls, and interview statistics brimming with information as the author faithfully follows the journalist's "two source" rule: Report nothing unless the finding is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Why was bowling so indicative? Updating his 1995 perspective, Putnam's book contends, first, that among competitive sports in the United States, bowling is the most popular. Its image may not be the most fashionable, but bowling's solid middle-American character makes its appeal so wide-ranging that more Americans participate in the sport than ever before. This participation, however, contains a striking difference. While the percentage of American bowlers increased by 10 percent between 1980 and 1993, league bowling declined by more than 40 percent. Putnam's projection is that this rate's continuation would make league bowling extinct before the year 2010. Putnam acknowledges that Americans, strictly speaking, are not bowling alone. Informal groups are typical, but, comparatively speaking, Americans are bowling alone because informal groups alone cannot replenish social capital.
Social capital is the governing concept in Bowling Alone, which uses American participation in the sport of bowling as an illustrative metaphor for the critical issues that occupy Putnam's attention. The author differentiates physical, human, and social capital. Physical and human forms of capital, says Putnam, refer to "tools and training," which are key resources that enable individuals to be productive. Social capital refers to connections, networks, and relations among people, especially when those links are enriched by civic virtue and deepened by reciprocal obligation. None of these forms of capital appears out of the blue. Nor can they be taken for granted. It takes attention, effort, and commitment to provide, grow, and enhance them.
A society that expects to thrive can ill afford to be without sound social capital, for that resource fosters what Putnam calls "sturdy norms of reciprocity." At the heart of those norms is a sense of mutual trust. Where such trust is found, people can count on each other for help, support, and commitment that encourage and create shared causes. Quoting baseball's Yogi Berra, Putnam says that the reciprocal features of social capital he has in mind are largely summed up in the adage: "If you don't go to somebody's funeral, they won't come to yours."
Putnam's analysis of social capital highlights three further points. First, social capital is not unequivocally good. Social networks, even reciprocal obligations, can serve causes that are unjust and destructive. Putnam wants to minimize the forms and functions of social capital that promote "sectarianism, ethnocentrism, corruption" and bolster those that encourage "mutual support, cooperation, trust, institutional effectiveness." Unfortunately, such concepts and distinctions do not produce an...
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DENTON, Texas - Middle Tennessee had won eight straight matches over the North Texas volleyball team dating back to 2006, but the Mean Green made sure that streak ended in dominating fashion on Sunday afternoon (25-19, 25-20, 25-18).
North Texas (18-7, 4-2 Sun Belt West) pounded the Blue Raiders, who have advanced to the SBC Tournament finals in each of the last three seasons, with .340 hitting as a team, including a match-high 13 kills from Carnae Dillard. MTSU (5-16, 2-4 SBC East) eliminated the Mean Green from each of the last two SBC tourneys.
Courtney Windham was nearly unstoppable on both ends of the floor. The junior scored 11 kills on 19 swings (.529 hitting) and sent back five blocks - three of the solo variety. In fact, Windham out-blocked the entire MTSU squad, which mustered four blocks on the day.
The NT defense kept the Blue Raiders off balance all afternoon as five Mean Green players posted at least six digs; Shelby Tamura (8), Camille Cherry (7), Addason Lamb (7), Eboni Godfrey (6) and Dillard (6). The efforts helped keep a hot-hitting MTSU squad at .224 hitting.
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Common Questions and Answers about Tramadol and seizures
I keep hearing that if you take to much
you can have
. Can anyone tell me what kind of seizure and can you have a seizure and not know it? Also, I am trying to find a detox center and I keep getting conflicting answers. Can anyone tell me about "Rapid Detox" as compared to regular detox? I have read all about it but I don't know who to believe.
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I am new to this forum but I am trying to quit taking tramadol last week it caused me to have a seizure at work. Needless to say ppl are gossiping
saying I am a drug addict
my family is scared to death. I am currently tapering on my own 8, 7, currently at 6 pills per day. I hope I can do this I am so upset and embarrassed that I let it get this far. I have everything to look forward to I am getting married soon and have a lovely little girl.
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They do indicate that
are a side effect of ultram/
that supposedly you are at a higher risk for seizure if you quit CT. I went from 30-35 50mg tabs a day to CT and prepared to quake in my shoes, but never had a seizure. I asked the doc why this was and there was no valid answer forthcoming. It is a **** shoot as to whether or not you will have seizures, but if you do they say you'll definitely not forget it.
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I wasn't aware at the time about the possibility of
but now when I read about people using a fraction of what I was taking
having seizures it terrifies me. God bless, Graeme.
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00 pm I started to feel my heart race, began to feel a bit nauseous and quite anxious. I proceeded to read up on the side effects of
began to feel more
more anxious reading accounts of people who had suffered seizures at higher doses. I went and lay down for an hour and a half or so and then began to feel similar sensations at around 11: 30 pm, I then decided to lie down and try and sleep it off.
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needs to be tapered off of. Look for avisg
read her journals
send her a PM if you need her to do a specific taper plan. Seizures are possible if they quit cold turkey or taper too fast.
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the W/D's for Trams was a millions X worse than Hyrdo or Percs for me...also can lead to
, etc....avoid them if you can
they are HIGHLY addicitve.
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Hi,The physical withdrawals from
can typically last 3 to 7 days.I was taking
for a long time
yes the withdrawals can be bad,but it is very doable with a plan in place and there is plenty of advice that can be offered to ease the detox.Firstly I don't know how long you have been taking it but 6 to 10 a day would need a tapering plan in place to firstly take the risk of seizures to a minimum and to ease the severity of withdrawals.
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Im trying 2 quit
addiction cold turkey. I've had
from taking too much of this medication already
am taking dilantin for that, because i didnt have the guts 2 be honest that it was from the tramadol. I quit taking it for a couple of months before thanks 2 suboxin (however u spell it). Then i relapsed. I've been back on it for about 2 months. I took my last tramadol on Friday, now its Monday. Haven't had 2 bad of w/d symptoms. But I do feel it getting worse.
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, electric-shock-like sensations throughout the body, paresthesias, sweating, palpitations, restless legs syndrome, sneezing, insomnia, vivid dreams or nightmares, micropsia
/or macropsia, tremors,
headache among others. In most cases,
withdrawal will set in 12–20 hours after the last dose, but this can vary.
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You know it is time to stop. That is scary amount to be on
you are risking
at this point. In fact, I also think you went through that before. You NEED to taper. o NOT try this ct. Do you have a doctor that you can come clean with?
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was my DOC also. i took
for several years
lots of it. you maybe over the worst of it. the 'mental' stuff can be ruff. life does get better. hang in there, stay strong.
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As dramatically as u have already dropped down and uhhaven't had any
that's a good sign
honestly in all the research ive done
in my own experience it seems to be more frequently that ppl have seizures with heavy use than they do when tapering or even going CT in some cases BUT everyone is different so I cant say it COULDNT happen but u cut ur risks down dramatically even with ur 2 week taper.
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I was pretty sure she wasn't right
when I tried to tell her that the
looked pretty bad to stop she said it would be so much easier than the oxycontin and percocets. I wasn't buying that from things I have read here. So thank you for clearing that up. I'm not wanting something that has an anti depressant quality and do not want anything that will give me seizures!
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the rest applies to
. You can't stop taking it suddenly
at such high doses, it can cause
. The max dose on those is 400 mg (8 pills per day). You too really need to seek medical attention to help you off this horrible, nasty drug. Withdraws from it are much worse than opiates due to the SSRI (anti-depressant quality) to it.
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Hello and welcome. How much were you taking? Did you do a taper? Going Cold turkey from
can cause
. Stay hydrated,get in some exercise.keep yourself as active as possible. Two weeks is still early in recovery.hard to say some people do better than others .just take it as it comes. One day at a time. Think positive it definitely helps. The anxiety,depression and lack of sleep are all part of the detox.
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You can read many posts about
decide from there. Personally..I will never take this stuff again due to bad withdrawal symptoms. Good luck to you.
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What is
, is it similar to vicodin or percs?? Found it on a friend,
was worried they were in my spot- what is it??
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then like a week later she was taking more
...chewing them up...gross...she told me then flushed them...
then got RLS and had to withdraw all over again...bad idea...
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Well day 2 of no
I feel really bad. Last night was so bad with the sweats that I had to put towels on my pillow and bed. I hope today is better.
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i started taking
about 2 years ago for pain,
now if i run out i get really bad withdrawels, its like having the flu but a hundred times worse, i know i am addicted, i need too know if there would be a rehab for tramadol addiction in uk? im not sure if there will be as its not heroin or any other drug like that, its just a pain killer, if there was a rehab place for it then would i have too stay there for a few days or would they just tell me to cut down slowly?
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Tramadol is somewhat pharmacologically similar to levorphanol (albeit with much lower μ-agonism), Might be best to start a taper first, from what I've read withdrawals from
can cause
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I am only writing because I have read some questions on here about
I just wanted to give you an idea of how bad it can get. I know that plenty of people on this site have already made it clear this is a bad drug, but whats one more testimonial just in case! I used it to get off norco because I stupidly thought I could be the one exception to the rule and finally get better with the help of trams.
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Metabolism of tramadol and M1 is reduced in patients with advanced cirrhosis of the liver resulting in a larger area under the serum-concentration-versus-time to curve tramadol and longer
M1 elimination half-lives (13 hrs. for
19 hrs. for M1). In cirrhotic patients adjustment of the dosing regimen is recommended (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
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What is the most important information I should know about
? Physical Dependence
Abuse ULTRAM may induce psychic
physical dependence of the morphine-type (μ-opioid) (see DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE). ULTRAM should not be used in opioid-dependent patients. ULTRAM has been shown to reinitiate physical dependence in some patients that have been previously dependent on other opioids.
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could any of you tell me how long I should be off of
before j can safely take Zoloft please. I'm a mom of a new baby
want to be safe
not hurt myself or him since I'm nursing.
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hey marilyn, good for you wanting to get off the trams. you can not go cold turkey from
. it is very dangerous
can cause
. please talk to your doctor and get a taper plan. tapering is the only safe way to get off tramadol. tramadol withdrawal has a withdrawal symptom that can cause brain zaps. this can be quite uncomfortable. you can do this with the help of your doctor.
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Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Mark A. Fulks, Assistant Attorney General; Lawrence Ray Whitley, District Attorney General; Dee David Gay, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee
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The Petitioner, James Mario Starnes, entered an open guilty plea in the Bedford County Circuit Court to attempted second degree murder and especially aggravated robbery. He received an effective sentence of twenty-five years. He subsequently petitioned for post-conviction relief. In this appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief, the Petitioner argues (1) that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel, (2) that he entered an involuntary guilty plea, and (3) that an insufficient factual basis exists for his plea. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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Judge orders return of Maddox money, accountability for CEO
Saying he was "extremely troubled" by the move of $34 million out of Nashville last fall, Davidson County Circuit Judge Randy Kennedy ordered the Mississippi-based Maddox Foundation to immediately transfer the money to a financial institution that, at a minimum, has branches in Tennessee. The judge also ordered the foundation's chief executive to obtain prior approval for certain expenditures, make all financial records available to a trust firm and appear in court on possible contempt charges, reports the Commercial Appeal.
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Gonzales admits firings were mishandled
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales today acknowledged that mistakes were made and accepted responsibility for the way eight federal prosecutors were fired, but said he would not resign despite calls for his dismissal from top congressional Democrats. His comments came in the wake of new evidence that White House officials had considered such firings for some time. Justice Department officials previously maintained that the decision to fire the prosecutors was made by the department alone for performance, not political reasons.
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Before the recent Junior Olympics national track and field competition in Baltimore, Nicholas Gurule had never boarded an airplane.
By the time he returned to the Meadow City from the big meet, Gurule was flying high in more ways than one.
The 14-year-old West Las Vegas student earned a national runner-up finish in the javelin, youth division (13-14), defeating 45 other throwers and securing All-American honors.
Oh, and he also got to ride in a plane for the first time.
Tuesday's city league championship game came down to the final at-bats for the Vida Encantada Cougars, who had to claw and scratch back from a rare deficit against a battle-hardened Budweiser-Dick's-Night Owl club for a 9-8 win.
With young Jacklyn Alarcon pitching some of her best softball of the summer, the Bud team held their offense-minded counterparts well below their previous tournament average of 22.5.
Area runners can look forward to another opportunity to test themselves this coming weekend — and it's all for a good cause.
A 5-kilometer Fun Run benefitting the New Mexico Youth Foundation and Alliance is scheduled for 7 a.m. Saturday at the Gene Torres Golf Course.
Runners ages 5 to 70-plus are welcome to take part. Those 12 and younger are free, while those older than 12 are asked to make a $25 donation that constitutes the race fee.
Las Vegas' Young American Football League will hold a coaches' meeting for all new and returning YAFL coaches at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Abe Montoya Recreation Center.
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In Wednesday night's series opener, the Las Vegas 51s did all their damage over two innings, and the Albuquerque Isotopes' late-game rally fell just short in a 7-6 defeat.
Albuquerque (64-48 as of Wednesday night) held on to its narrow lead in the Pacific Coast League American Southern Division. Oklahoma City (62-48) was just a game back, with New Orleans (61-51) and Round Rock (50-62) trailing.
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kind of arc lamp used as a studio light, 1921, from Bavarian-born U.S. engineers brothers Anton and John Kliegl, who invented it.
So the klieg lights shifted to the glorious and not-so-distant past.
The West can keep attention focused on the Russian anti-gay crackdown, even after the Olympic klieg lights dim.
The night he spoke in Charlotte, he took with him into the klieg lights a 69 percent approval—his highest rating ever.
Until he un-retires again because of boredom and missing the klieg lights and having a car trunk still stuffed with incense.
After that, the campaign proved itself plenty worthy of the klieg lights.
No, it was a beard that bespoke a long and very public humiliation, and, then, a withdrawal from the klieg lights.
He approached the set on which two cameras stood trained at close range, with klieg lights focussed.
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grixit wrote:logomania?
Legomania. The new lego Batman movie looks hilarious.
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JamesVincent wrote:I remember there being a disorder associated with writing 5k words when 10 would do but I can't remember what it was, besides politicianitis.
Worse still, over the past 8 years, Paul Mitchell has defied the rules of gravity
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Bones wrote:Lizzy is still bat shit crazy
NYGman wrote:Bones wrote:Lizzy is still bat shit crazy
But as pointed out, being BSC has allowed her to remain in here home far longer than she should have remained, and I am guessing she isn't paying any rent, or mortgage, that is amazing. 15 years is a lot of saved money, assuming she put her payments away. Perhaps enough to recoup the money she lost in the Ponzi scheme.
Bones wrote:True but I am confident that her time will come (in my best doctor evil laughter)
littleFred wrote:Oh, no, hang on, what really happened was there was a life-threatening gas leak which made her bill higher than it should have been and they didn't fix it, so she didn't pay and they got a warrant to fix her leak but there was no leak so the warrant was fake and forgery and terrorism.
hucknallred wrote:littleFred wrote:Oh, no, hang on, what really happened was there was a life-threatening gas leak which made her bill higher than it should have been and they didn't fix it, so she didn't pay and they got a warrant to fix her leak but there was no leak so the warrant was fake and forgery and terrorism.
Of course any gas leak that is after the meter is not the responsibility of the supplier. If she did call them out because of a leak a National Grid engineer would be there within an hour. If it is determined the leak was in the customer side pipework they would make it safe by shutting off the supply & putting a big notice on the meter & then telling them to get someone to fix it at their expense.
If the leak was before the meter - obviously it wouldn't clock up any charges - they will do everything possible to make it safe & get it repaired ASAP at no charge to the householder.
Seems she wants to have her gas & burn it (I'll get my coat).
notorial dissent wrote:She's nuts.
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Major League Soccer is once again betting on David Beckham to spread the world's most popular sport in the U.S.
The former MLS star is set to announce this week that he is exercising his option to buy a team and will establish the franchise in Miami. Beckham has scheduled a VIP reception tonight to garner support in south Florida as well as a news conference tomorrow alongside MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez.
Beckham has apparently been considering owning a team for years. In 2007, when MLS brought him over from Real Madrid to headline the Los Angeles Galaxy, his contract included a clause that gave him the right to purchase a team for just $25 million. The deal is contingent upon the acquisition or construction of a privately funded stadium, which is still up in the air for Beckham's ownership group. In November, however, the London Mirror reported that Beckham planned to develop a 75,000-seat arena in South Florida that would not be completed until at least 2016.
As of now, the favored site to house the stadium is PortMiami, a major seaport bustling with cargo and passenger ships that was the world's busiest cruise port in 2013. According to the New York Times, the plot is owned by the county and had been marked for commercial development, meaning Beckham's group might have to fork over market-rate payments to compensate for the loss of public revenue. Miami is experiencing a real-estate boom that has sent land prices skyrocketing, which is sure to present an obstacle for a privately financed stadium. "We are not asking the city or taxpayers for public funds," Jeff Raymond, vice president of Rogers & Cowan, which represents Beckham, wrote in an e-mail. Financial considerations aside, it's a smart move politically, given the lack of support for subsidizing sports franchises after the debacle with the Miami Marlins' $639 million, taxpayer-funded stadium. (Gimenez himself was extremely vocal in his opposition to the Marlins deal.)
If you're looking to expand soccer's reach, you couldn't find a better spokesman than Beckham, whose international brand is enough to ensure buzz and interest in the team in its initial phases. The league is hoping he can follow in the footsteps of Magic Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Mario Lemieux, former athletes who now own professional teams in the sports or cities that made them famous and have managed to parlay their star power and savvy personnel decisions into bottom-line and playoff success.
Even with Beckham's name recognition, however, soccer could face an uphill battle in Miami. The Miami Fusion, the last MLS club in south Florida, was disbanded in 2002 after losing $250 million in its first five years. At the time, Fusion owner Ken Horowitz described the challenges his team faced in building loyalty: "The fan base is very diverse down here, and many people simply don't have local ties to the area and have trouble identifying with the local sports teams," he said. "They typically identify more with the teams from states or countries they might have come from."
One would think that Miami-Dade County, which boasts a 64.3 percent Hispanic population, would be an ideal breeding ground for soccer, a sport that enjoys worldwide success and is especially popular in Latin America. The Fusion's flop, coupled with the monumental disaster that is the Marlins (another team whose sport is wildly popular in the home countries of the city's ethnic population), doesn't bode well for Beckham. But it's not 2002, and Beckham isn't Jeffrey Loria, the Marlins owner who has never been shy about scorning taxpayers and fans in the name of shameless profit. MLS clearly believes in the reach of Beckham's brand, which at the very least can attract Miami's international glitterati and turn a south Florida soccer game into a place to see and be seen. And as the fan base of the flighty but currently emboldened Miami Heat demonstrates, local success is as much about spectacle as it is about winning.
It's a gamble worth taking, on both a sports star and a city well known for their sex appeal.
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The former Mavericks shooter — the 2009 NBA Sixth Man of the Year — reportedly is open to signing for the full mid-level exception, or approximately $5 million in the first year. The Celtics, who expect to be over the salary cap, which will be set at about $56 million, would qualify.
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February 17, 2012
By: Judith Lohman, Assistant Director
This report describes state operating grants for five public school choice programs: (1) interdistrict magnet schools, (2) charter schools, (3) regional agricultural science and technology centers, (4) the Connecticut Technical High School System, and (5) the Open Choice Program.
Current state appropriations for each grant were provided by the Office of Fiscal Analysis.
The goal of the interdistrict magnet school program is to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation by attracting students from a number of towns to a school with a specialized theme. Connecticut's interdistrict magnet schools operate according to two basic models: "host" magnets, which are operated by the school districts where they are located, and "RESC" magnets, which are operated by regional education service centers (RESCs) or other nonprofit entities, such as colleges and universities, approved by the education commissioner.
Host and RESC magnets are divided into two subcategories: Sheff and non-Sheff (named after the landmark desegregation court case, Sheff v. O'Neill). Sheff magnets are interdistrict magnet schools in the Hartford region that help the state meet the requirements it and the Sheff plaintiffs agreed to in 2008 and incorporated into a stipulated court order in the case. Interdistrict magnet schools located outside the Sheff region such as those in New London, New Haven, and Bridgeport, are called non-Sheff magnets because they are not part of the settlement.
State Operating Grants
● Host Magnets Generally: $3,000 for each student from the host town and $6,730 for each student from other towns.
● Hartford Host Magnets: $13,054 for each student from outside of Hartford.
● Non-Sheff RESC Magnets:
○ RESC magnets enrolling less than 55% of their students from a single town receive $7,620 annually for each student.
○ RESC magnets enrolling 55% or more of their students from one town (the dominant town) are treated the same as host magnets and receive $3,000 for each student from the dominant town and $6,730 for each student from the other towns.
○ Edison Magnet School in Meriden, which enrolls more than 55% of its students from Meriden, receives $3,833 for each Meriden student.
● RESC-Operated Sheff Magnets: A RESC-operated Sheff magnet that enrolls less than 60% of its students from Hartford receives $10,443 for each student.
● Part-Time Programs: An interdistrict magnet program that operates less than full-time, but at least half time, receives 65% of the above amounts.
Current Appropriation
● FY 12: $215.9 million
● FY 13: $235.4 million
ECS Grants
Each sending town, including a host town, receives an ECS grant for any of their students enrolled in the magnet school.
Tuition from Sending Districts
● Many magnet schools receive per-student tuition from sending districts. Amounts vary based on the state grants the schools receive. Tuition cannot exceed the difference between the magnet school's per-pupil operating cost in the previous year and its state operating grant.
● Hartford host magnets are barred through FY 13 from charging tuition.
A charter school is a nonsectarian public school organized as a nonprofit corporation and operated independently of a local or regional board of education. The State Board of Education (SBE) grants and renews the charters, usually for five years and, as part of the charter, may waive certain statutory requirements applicable to other public schools.
Connecticut law allows both state and local charter schools, but currently all Connecticut charter schools are state charter schools. Thus, only the funding for state charter schools is described in this report.
State Operating Grants
● State Charter Schools receive an annual state operating grant of $9,400 for each student enrolled in the school.
Current Appropriation
● FY 12: $57.1 million
● FY 13: $59.8 million
ECS Grants
● State charter school students are not counted for purposes of ECS grants.
● Local districts receive no ECS funding for students attending state charter schools.
Tuition from Sending Districts
● State charter schools are not allowed to charge tuition.
The law allows local school boards to make agreements to establish regional agricultural science and technology centers, formerly known as vocational agriculture ("vo ag") centers, for their students in conjunction with their regular public school systems. Local school boards that do not offer agricultural science and technology training must designate a school that their students interested in such training may attend. The agriculture centers serve secondary school students in grades nine to 12.
State Operating Grants
● Annual grant of $1,355 for each student enrolled in the center as of October 1 of the preceding year.
● For centers with more than 150 out-of-district students, an additional $500 per student.
● A center that no longer qualifies for the $500 supplemental grant receives a gradually decreasing phase-out grant for four successive years after it ceases to qualify.
● For a center that is not eligible for either a full $500-per-student supplemental grant or a phase-out grant, a supplemental grant of $60 per enrolled student.
● If any funds remain after the above distributions, all centers receive an additional $100 per enrolled student.
● Any remaining funds are distributed to districts operating centers with more than 150 out-of-district students. Allocations are based on the ratio of the number of out-of district students over 150 in each center to the total number of out-of-district students over 150 in all centers in the state.
Current Appropriation
● FY 12: $5.1 million
● FY 13: $5.1 million
ECS Grants
Towns receive a regular ECS grant for students attending agricultural centers in their own or another district.
Tuition from Sending Districts
● Up to a maximum tuition of 82.5% of the ECS foundation amount, or $7,992 per student per year.
● Tuition for students enrolled in shared-time programs is prorated. (In a shared-time program, students take regular high school academic courses at their home high school and agriculture training at the agricultural center.)
The Connecticut Technical High School System (CTHSS) is a state-run system that provides academic and trade technology instruction. Secondary students receive a comprehensive high school education in conjunction with training in 38 trades. Post-secondary students have access to full-time or part-time apprenticeship instruction or training in aviation maintenance or medical and dental occupational areas.
State Funding
● CTHSS school operations are funded by the state through the regular state budget process.
● Preparatory and supplemental programs, including apprenticeship programs, are funded from the nonlapsing Vocational Education Extension Fund, which includes all proceeds from operating the programs plus rental fees for CTHSS facilities.
Current Appropriation
● FY 12: $149.6 million
● FY 13: $143.7 million
ECS Grants
● CTHSS students are not counted for purposes of ECS grants.
● Local districts receive no ECS funding for students attending CTHSS schools.
Tuition from Sending Towns
● Sending towns pay no tuition to the CHTSS system when their students enroll in CTHSS schools.
● Certain post-secondary programs, such as the LPN program, charge students tuition.
The Open Choice Program is a voluntary interdistrict attendance program that allows students from large urban districts to attend suburban schools and vice versa, on a space-available basis. Its purpose is to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation; improve academic achievement; and provide public school choice.
State Funding
The state pays a school district that accepts students ("receiving district") the following grants:
● $3,000 per student to districts where Open Choice students are less than 2% of the district's total student population,
● $4,000 per student for districts with 2% to 3% Open Choice enrollment, or
● $6,000 per student for districts with Open Choice enrollment of at least 3% of total enrollment.
If actual enrollment in the program is lower than the number of students for which funds were appropriated, the first $500,000 of the excess funds is used for supplemental grants of up to $1,000 per student. These supplemental grants are distributed pro rata to receiving districts for any students who attend a school that enrolls at least 10 Open Choice students. Excess funds over $500,000 and up to $1 million are distributed pro rata to districts that increased their numbers of out-of-district students enrolled compared to the prior year.
Current Appropriation
● FY 12: $19.8 million
● FY 13: $20.1 million
ECS Grants
For each Open Choice participant, the sending district receives 50% of its regular per-student ECS grant, while the receiving district receives 50% of its regular per-student ECS grant.
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Posted on 05/26/2010 12:45:44 PM PDT by C19fan
Tony Blair is set to earn millions of pounds advising an American businessman on how to make money from tackling climate change.
The former prime minister will be paid at least £700,000 a year to act as a strategic adviser to Khosla Ventures, a venture capitalist firm founded by Indian billionaire Vinod Khosla.
The Californian company bankrolls businesses hoping to profit from technology that helps reduce global warming and carbon emissions.
Mr Blair secured the job thanks to his influence and high level international contacts, whom he will be expected to lean on to open doors.
He has told friends he needs £5 million a year to fund his lifestyle.
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No wonder these crooks want this scam to pass.
Yeah, I'm sure Blair is a real expert on climate change.
Probably as much as an expert as are the "experts".....heh!
Good Luck with getting anything directly from my stash.
What's so very different from Blair using his influence with world leaders as a former Prime Minister to have them see his view (or his bought and paid for view) on climate change and Sarah Ferguson getting paid to introduce business clients with an agenda to Prince Andrew?
Wanna advise on climate change? First job: tell us how to plug a 1-foot hole in the Gulf.
Can't plug a measly hole that will affect life on earth? Go away.
So he's going to be a weathergirl?
There are trillions to be made.
If you need $10 million a year to live on, this is the industry for you. All you have to do is get the carbon credit law passed and its easy street.
Al Gore needs a front man to take all his flak.
Is the money for advice or access?
This is simply not the job for you or for me unless you have political connections. I do not have any.
What a pile of crap!
The global warming hysteria is worth TRILLIONS of dollars.
Those who are pushing this fraud should be facing life in prison for their scamming the public coffers and defrauding investors.
Check the air pressure in your tires.
And now you know why politicians will never give up on the global warming garbage: it's all about the phoney baloney high-paying jobs it provides them when their day is done.
I am starting to realize how much human activity revolves around creating, addressing or stopping stupidity.
Truth requires little, and benefits few.
Stupidity justifies enormous effort and profit for many.
Hence we get so much of the latter, and find it so hard to find the former.
Oh my, thats Tony, cant even find his willie and Khosla Ventures wants to pay him 700K in Pounds Sterling as a strategic adviser .Vinod, Vinod, Vinod.
Now heres my curiosity, is Blair going to help the company steer around these wouldnt even make a decent street reflector green organizations morphing into businesses with a drip hooked up to the arteries of every producing US citizen or is Blair showing Khosla how to hook up another drip line, other than its reach around for some of our premium ore?
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Pesto Pasta
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Tips and tricks for healthier cooking in the new year.
From the kitchen of Diane Henderiks
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Cooking Directions
Combine basil, parsley, garlic, and pine nuts in a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. Add the oil and process until smooth adding broth by teaspoons to reach desired consistency. Transfer to bowl and stir in the cheese. Toss with pasta. Enjoy!
This recipe was styled by chef Karen Pickus for Good Morning America.
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Main Ingredients: basil, parsley, garlic cloves, pine nuts, olive oil, whole grain pasta
Course: Pasta
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Officers Surprise Families With Act Of KindnessA lot of children will be waking up Christmas morning to toys purchased at the Toys-R-Us near the Beaver Valley Mall.
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WALTHAM, Mass. – Even as he found words and reasons to smile, Zack Magliaro couldn't fully explain his grief. Why is he alive and Royston English isn't?
They were both diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 2009. "What are the odds of that?" Magliaro said softly. "Two teammates, both coming to Maine the same year. How can you figure that?"
The passing of English last week from lung cancer took many outside the immediate University of Maine football family by surprise. He was the indomitable running back and spirited teammate from a 2001 team that may have been one of Maine's best. He didn't smoke.
That Magliaro has battled his lymphoma will also come as a surprise. He was senior co-captain and 300-pound offensive tackle on that 2001 team, Atlantic-10 co-champions. His job was to push aside defenders enough to give the powerful English room to run.
"If you didn't make your block quick enough and get out of his way, you could feel his head right in your back. That wasn't fun."
It was the rare linebacker who could bring the 5-foot-9, 220-pound English down on his own. Many times English was buried by several defenders. "You could hear that laugh of his from the bottom of the pile. I'll never forget that. He was so strong, I was sure he was going to beat this."
They were friends, but not best friends. They were best teammates.
Magliaro grew up in Beverly, Mass., and went to St. John's Prep in nearby Danvers. English, born in Jamaica before his parents came to America, lived and played in Waltham, on the other side of Boston. Because English did a postgrad year at a prep school and a semester at Middlesex Community College, He was two years older than his captain.
"I didn't know him," said Magliaro. "I knew of him." Everybody in eastern Massachusetts who followed high school football seemed to know English and his older brother, Rupert, who played linebacker at Boston College.
Some 20 months ago, Magliaro was on Facebook. He was dealing with his diagnosis. "I don't know how you could not be scared."
Maybe he was thinking of ways to tell friends of the sudden turn his life had taken. Maybe he simply wanted to be in touch. He went on English's page. Royston had just posted news of his fundraiser. He was a personal trainer, an independent contractor to health clubs and his health coverage was limited.
Magliaro was stunned. "I couldn't believe it. How was this possible? I sent him a message letting him know about my cancer. He called me the next day."
Now they were teammates and cancer patients, sharing good days and bad. They were in their own treatment at the same time but in different hospitals. They talked of their side effects, their concern for each other.
"When you begin this, you can't see the finish line. You don't know where it is. The discipline I have from playing football helped me."
Magliaro received his last radiation treatment in January of last year. Two months later doctors couldn't find the cancer. "I've been in remission one year and one day," said Magliaro on Friday. He had taken the day off from his job at Bank of America working with commercial clients on their credit needs. He wanted the time to gather his feelings.
Magliaro arrived at the memorial chapel more than an hour after the first mourner paused before the open casket. The line snaked through three rooms and two hallways for much of the four hours. The outpouring of sorrow and respect was one of the largest seen by this memorial chapel, I was told. The English family were givers and now their community was giving back.
Faces of all colors took their place at the end of the line. Magliaro walked in with teammate and linemate Chris McLaughlin of Gardiner. Bob Kierstad, the linebacker from South Portland, was there. Todd Jagoutz, the kicker and Jarrod Gomes, a defensive back. Jeff Commissiong, a former assistant coach, now on the staff at Boston College. The English family had asked Coach Jack Cosgrove to speak at Saturday's funeral service and he was there. He embraced Rupert English Sr. for long moments, father to father.
Defensive linemen Dennis Dottin-Carter, now an assistant on Cosgrove's staff and Antoine B. Smith, heading for a new assistant's post at Holy Cross. Lofa Tatupu, now a linebacker with the Seattle Seahawks and his wife, Rachael, sent a large spray of flowers. Tatupu posted a tribute to English on the Brasco & Sons Memorial Chapels website, acknowledging that he only played at Maine for his freshman season before transferring to the University of Southern California.
"Royston was one of those rare people that can leave a lasting impression in a matter of minutes. No matter how bad your day was going, you could count on going to practice and him making you laugh by either joking around, flashing that unforgettable smile or bellowing out that signature laugh of his."
Six months ago, English prepared his friends and family for the end. An experimental treatment was not working.
Magliaro said his goodbye at his friend's bedside about five months later. Difficult? You bet, even for a gentle big man who could spot the sunshine on a cloudy day.
"I'll always remember one play. We were down near the end zone and I was on the ground. Royston was on top of me. His facemask and my facemark were touching and he says, 'Touchdown, Zack! Touchdown!'
"And then he laughed."
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It's not your fault he cheated. (Guys, same goes for you. It's not your fault she cheated.) Cheating is not the fault of the cheatee. Are we all clear on that? You didn't cause it. There was nothing you could have done to prevent it. Yes, it was probably a symptom of a problem in the relationship, but cheating is not the appropriate way to handle such problems. People who cheat are selfish cowards.
I say this as a person who cheated once. I'm not proud of it. It happened when I was much younger, when I was too scared to talk about the doubts I was having about the relationship. It wasn't my boyfriend's fault. He did nothing wrong. I was the asshole with the bad coping skills. I've grown up since then. I've learned how to talk about my feelings. I would never cheat on anyone again because I understand why it's not the right thing to do. It doesn't solve any problems, it only creates more. I don't consider myself a dishonest person for having cheated, but I do think I was a misguided person at the time.
I'm making this confession, not for sympathy, but in response to this article I came across called "10 Ways To Keep Him From Cheating." Making it even more offensive is the fact that this piece was written by a licensed relationship counselor. She says:
"Most men do not cheat because they don't love you anymore. Men cheat because they want more variety in their sex lives. Some complain of being bored. They want to feel adored by their partners; they want to assert their freedom; they are tired of disappointing you; they want a partner who places them at the center of their life, and they no longer feel like the priority in yours."
The article goes on to tell women about all the things they can do to keep their man faithful — including "initiating sex," not being "too controlling" and "learning his love language."
Can I scream now? Can I throw something? How, in this day and age, is this shlock getting written? How can someone who calls herself a professional say these kinds of things when you can hear this garbage for free from your mean aunt (or whoever says dumb relationship stuff to you during family get-togethers). This is exactly the kind of hair-brained, relationship gobbledygook that gets me all whipped up.
First of all, it perpetuates the myth that men are cheaters and women are faithful. Obviously, we know that this isn't true. Toward the end of the article, almost as an afterthought, she says: "If you have read this article and wonder, what about him? What does he need to do? I wanted to write an article for women. I encounter more women in pain over their mate's infidelity than I do men. This is for you." Oh, the cheater needs to do something? Ya think? What a pathetic disclaimer.
I hate the thought of a cheated-on person reading this and thinking, Oh my God, I wasn't entertaining enough. I didn't tap dance enough for him. There's must be something wrong with me. There's nothing wrong with you! And excuse me, but a relationship is NOT about entertaining your partner, staving off his boredom and slathering on the adoration so thick that he doesn't get tempted by someone else. You're not a fucking circus pony, you're a person with your own needs. You should always take responsibility for your actions, for the role you play in the relationship, but you should never ever take the blame for being cheated on. Taking responsibility and taking blame are two different things. The difference is subtle, but insidious. Responsibility makes you feel empowered, blame makes you feel disempowered.
I've chosen to tear this particular article a new butthole because it was in the wrong place at the wrong time (on my computer screen while I was writing "Dating Don'ts"), but it's hardly the only one of its kind. This blamey/shamey relationship "advice" is rampant on the internet and in the self-help section of Amazon. I know relationship advice-givers are always looking for new "spins" on a topic that's been around since the cave man days. Trust me, I get it. I do that, too. But finding new ways to have conversations about relationships should not involve making anyone feel disempowered.
In my opinion, advice is not advice if it's not helpful, uplifting, or if it's detrimental to your self-esteem in any way. And shamey/blamey advice is based on fear — tapping into your fear of being alone, which is a small part of a larger existential fear that even if you're not alone, you are still alone, but we won't go there today.
I'll tell you this with certainty: if you're not empowered in your love life for whatever reason, if you're doubting yourself, blaming yourself, if your self-esteem is in the shitter because you got cheated on, if you're trying to tap dance your way to love, you're going to have one hell of a hard time. The only way to be out there in the dating world is to feel good enough exactly how you are. So, I'll say it again: You are not to blame for being cheated on. Hopefully, you will hear my voice in your head louder than any blamey/shamey idiot who says otherwise.
This post originally appeared on The Frisky. Republished with permission.


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Fun for all the family in this BBC Radio 2 pantomime starring Arthur Askey, Anita Harris, Kenneth Connor and Alfred Marks.
When young Tom falls in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, he dreams of winning her heart. But Tom is poverty-stricken, and his lady love is Princess Rose Petal. Then a magic sunbeam transforms his cat into clever, cunning Puss in Boots... Can Puss help Tom defeat Baron Skinflint and his greedy ogre and win the princess' heart?
Starring Arthur Askey, Anita Harris, Kenneth Connor and Alfred Marks, this classic panto was recorded in front of a live audience and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Christmas Day 1979.
Everyone loves a traditional Christmas pantomime - and with this classic BBC Radio production, you can enjoy the festive fun whenever you wish. Featuring rousing songs, jolly japes and corny jokes, it's perfect seasonal entertainment for all the family. Oh, yes it is!
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Upsizing improves slew times, reducing dynamic current. Downsizing reduces leakage current. To be effective, sizing operations must include accurate switching information.
In design with low-power intent, synthesis tools automatically perform a variety of power optimization techniques, including logic resizing.
By removing a buffer to reduce gate counts, logic resizing reduces dynamic power. In the figure, there are also fewer stages; both gate count and stage reduction can reduce power and also, usually, area.
On a sample of designs, logic resizing reduced dynamic power by less than 5% but could also reduce area by up to 10%. It had no significant impact on any other aspects of the design flow.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) -- Police have arrested two people in Jonesborough on drug charges after a postmaster became suspicious of packages being delivered to them.
A drug dog sniffed out a parcel in Knoxville and a postal inspector made the delivery in Jonesborough.
When Dennis Coffie signed for it yesterday, Washington County deputies arrested him and Karen Bennett, who lives in the same house. Police found another pound of marijuana in the house along with the six pounds just delivered.
Coffie and Bennett are both charged with possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to do it. Authorities say the package was the third sent to the same address, each from bogus addresses in Texas.
Information from: Johnson City Press, http://www.johnsoncitypress.com
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More math, science may be in store for high schoolers
Published 7:00 pm, Monday, November 14, 2005
LANSING (AP) Michigans K-12 schools chief on Tuesday will recommend that high school students be required to take more math and science classes before graduating.
The proposals from Michigan Department of Education leader Mike Flanagan have been in the works for months. Gov. Jennifer Granholm and business leaders have been pushing for the stricter standards to better prepare the states high school graduates for college and careers.
The states only current requirement for high school graduates is a civics class. All other requirements are left to local school boards to decide.
That could change if Flanagans recommendations are adopted. The State Board of Education will receive the proposal Tuesday, and any mandatory changes in requirements must be approved by the state Legislature.
Details of Flanagans proposal still were being completed Monday. But among the items under consideration are requiring students to take four math credits, including algebra, to receive a degree.
Requiring three science credits, along with four English or language arts credits, also is under consideration. A total of 16 credits could be recommended, which still would allow the typical high school student plenty of room for elective or non-mandated classes, including career and technical education programs.
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Lakers junior high/high school Principal Lisa DiCamillo talked about these changes at the board of education meeting Monday. She said school administrators will be working very hard on revamping the high school schedule to meet these requirements.
"This is a big change," she said. "Education will be delivered differently." Caseville Public School Superintendent Dr. Dan Tighe said if schools are to be the "dream makers" for students, it may require that districts strengthen their offerings.
"It's unfair for a school district to do it alone," Tighe said. "This has to take a whole community effort if we're going to raise the standards…school is not a nine to five job."
Tighe said parents will need to make sure students continue their learning at home so they can be successful in their classes.
Tighe said strengthening the high school standards for graduation will mean districts will need to make sure their elementary and junior high curricula properly prepare students for the increased high school requirements.
"If you want a successful varsity team, you need to look at your junior varsity team," Tighe said. "It takes practice if we want a winning team in education." He said the Caseville board of education has already been working on increasing graduation requirements.
"For us, this is not any kind of radical change," Tighe said.
For most Upper Thumb districts, three to four credits of English, two to three credits of math, three to four credits of social studies, and two to three credits of science are required for graduation, among other subject requirements.
Business leaders are anxious for the tougher standards.
Michigan businesses are insisting their future employees have the type of education they will need for jobs of the future, said Jim Sandy, executive director of the Michigan Business Leaders for Education Excellence, a group with ties to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. We know they need to have more math and science.
The Michigan Department of Education sent out surveys to public schools earlier this year to determine current graduation requirement trends.
The state sent information to 647 possible respondents. Of those, about 45 percent 293 high schools answered.
The survey showed that about one-third of responding high schools specifically require algebra, which Granholm called an unacceptably low percentage.
The survey indicated a pattern of graduation requirements including four years of English, three years of math, three years of social studies and two years of science. But requirements varied widely by district.
Local control of schools will be an issue state lawmakers will consider when they come up with a curriculum plan.
The Michigan Association of School Boards supports guidelines for high school graduation but would oppose mandates, executive director Justin King said. As this plays itself out, we want to have flexibility at the local level, he said.


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Manga Review: Naruto Volume Four by Masashi Kishimoto
Published 2:52 pm, Thursday, February 28, 2013
Naruto Volume Four is a manga by Masashi Kishimoto, and it was released in North America by Viz Media's Shonen Jump imprint in 2004. The series is rated "T" for teens; from what I've read in the manga and from what I've seen in the anime series, I would agree with this rating.
Naruto Uzumaki, the title character of the series, is an orphan who has decided that one day he will become the Hokage (the leader) of his village. Unfortunately, Naruto isn't the best of students at the ninja academy, is ostracized by many people in the village, and constantly pulls pranks in order to force people to pay attention to him.
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Unknown to Naruto, the Fourth Hokage sealed a fox demon that was attacking the village inside of Naruto when he was a baby. The Hokage died shortly after, and he hoped the villagers would see Naruto as a hero; instead, the adults of the village shunned him. The Third Hokage returned to the position of leader of the village, and he decreed that the disclosure of Naruto's secret is strictly forbidden under severe penalty. Naruto's peers don't know his secret, but many of them picked up their parents' animosity toward Naruto and perpetuate it.
In the first three volumes of the series, Naruto is tricked by one of the academy instructors into stealing a sacred scroll. He learns a cloning technique from the scroll, and it becomes Naruto's signature jutsu in the series. When the traitorous instructor tries to take the scroll from Naruto, he is saved by his teacher, Iruka Umino.
Naruto manages to graduate from the academy, and is placed in Squad 7; in his squad is Sakura Haruno (a girl he has a crush on) and Sasuke Uchiha (a boy Naruto strongly dislikes, and Sakura has an obvious crush on him). They are assigned to a new teacher named Kakashi Hatake, and they begin doing missions together.
During Volume Two, Squad 7 is on a mission to serve as bodyguards to a bridge builder named Tazuna. However, they quickly learn that the bridge builder omitted some very important details about his situation, and that the mission is really a higher ranked mission than the Hokage had realized. The members of Squad 7 find themselves face to face with some of the most lethal Mist Ninjas.
At the beginning of Volume Four, Squad 7 is in the middle of a battle with Haku and Zabuza on a bridge. The first six chapters of this volume focus on this battle, as well as the aftermath of the battle. I know this portion of the story from seeing the anime series, but I really appreciate how much quicker this battle resolves in the manga than it does in the anime.
Unfortunately, the anime really stretched out the battle on the bridge, sometimes accomplishing the stretching by spending almost half an episode showing what had happened in the battle in the previous episode.
Nonethless, by being able to read the manga telling of this story, I've come to gain a better appreciation for The Land of Waves story arc.
The final three chapters of Volume Four begin the Chunin Exam arc of the story. The Chunin Exam is a test and competition of the junior ninja from Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village (where Naruto lives), the Hidden Sand Village, as well as the other minor lands. Those ninja who are deemed worthy enough at the end are promoted from the Genin rank the Chunin rank.
During the final three chapters, several new characters are introduced. These characters include three siblings from the Hidden Sand Village (Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari) and three Genin level ninja from Konoha (Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, and Tenten).
From this section, it was interesting to note how the tone of the confrontation between Squad 7 and the Sand Siblings is a bit different than in the anime. In some respects, I have to say Kankuro comes off a bit "meaner" in the manga telling of the confrontation than he does in the anime telling. In some respects, I think I tend to prefer the anime's version of this scene over the manga portrayal.
As I read Naruto, I'm impressed by Kishimoto's ability to convey his characters' feelings through their facial expressions. In some respects, the character designs can feel a little "rough" at times, but I think this is probably due to the fact that I have more familiarity with the character designs from the Naruto anime series.
I personally enjoy the Naruto manga series, but it can be a little slow to get going. However, by the time you reach Volume Four, the story has gotten going, and the reader starts getting to know some of the main characters. Since I'm much further along in the anime series, I'm willing to say, without giving away any spoilers, is that if you keep reading through the manga, you will be rewarded with a series that goes much deeper.
These early volumes are only "scratching the surface" and are working at building up the world and characters of the Naruto series.


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GET THE LOOK MAKEUP: "Eyebrows were brushed upwards with wax worked through them, and then filled in," explains Pica. "Then we've curled the lashed and used brown mascara, and then applied a touch of Vaseline on the eyelids and lips. On the cheeks, Pica used Mac's Mineralize Skinfinish powder in Medium Dark was brush lightly all over the face, with Dusky Coral and Neo-Orange Mac Pigment mixed and applied to bridge of the nose and on the cheeks.
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