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GrowlHelperApp Glue - Control GrowlHelperApp app (com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp)
use Mac::Glue;
my $obj = new Mac::Glue 'GrowlHelperApp';
Mac::Glue for complete documentation on base usage and framework.
- $obj->notify(application_name => TEXT, description => TEXT, title => TEXT, with_name => TEXT, [icon_of_application => TEXT, icon_of_file => insl, image => TIFF, image_from_location => insl, pictimage => PICT, priority => long, sticky => bool])
Post a notification to be displayed via Growl (noti/fygr)
direct object (----): application_name (appl): name of the application posting the notification. description (desc): full text of the notification to display title (titl): title of the notification to display with_name (name): name of the notification to display icon_of_application (iapp): Name of the application whose icon should be used for this notification. For example, 'Mail.app'. icon_of_file (ifil): Location of the file whose icon should be used as the image for this notification. Accepts aliases, paths and file:/// URLs. e.g. 'file:///Applications'. image (imag): TIFF Image to be used for the notification. image_from_location (iurl): Location of the image file to use for this notification. Accepts aliases, paths and file:/// URLs. pictimage (pict): PICT Image to be used for the notification. priority (prio): The priority of the notification, from -2 (low) to 0 (normal) to 2 (emergency). sticky (stck): whether or not the notification displayed should time out. Defaults to 'no'.
- $obj->register(all_notifications => TEXT, as_application => TEXT, default_notifications => TEXT, [icon_of_application => TEXT])
Register an application with Growl (regi/ster)
direct object (----): all_notifications (anot): list of all notifications to register. as_application (appl): name of the application as which to register. default_notifications (dnot): list of default notifications to register. icon_of_application (iapp): Name of the application whose icon should be used for this notification. For example, 'Mail.app'.
Glue created by pudge using gluemac by Chris Nandor and the Mac::AETE modules by David C. Schooley.
Copyright (c) 2005. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License, distributed with Perl.
Mac::AppleEvents, Mac::AppleEvents::Simple, macperlcat, Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication, Mac::Glue, Mac::AETE.


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Let's Ban Tackle Football Under Age 18
I love football, but as a neurologist and headache specialist I have seen how football can harm a youngster's brain and life. Many of the millions of young players will live to ripe old ages, and we must protect their only brain.
And one way to do that is to eliminate tackle football before age 18.
Concussions are part of football, with the severity ranging from mild (feeling dazed) to severe (out cold). The brain is somewhat like Jell-O, cushioned by fluid. During medium- or high-impact collisions, when the helmet suddenly stops, the brain keeps going through the fluid, banging into the rigid skull.
A cascade of events ensues. Billions of nerve cells flood the brain with chemicals. Vital blood flow is disrupted. It takes days to months for the brain to go back to normal. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, problems with concentration and memory, depression, and insomnia. Some symptoms may linger for years. Players with multiple concussions have an increased chance of long-term problems that include chronic headache, lower GPAs, memory and emotional difficulties, dementia, and a host of other problems.
Equally disturbing are repeated knocks to the head that do not produce obvious concussion symptoms. A child who plays football from age 7-18 will typically sustain thousands of hits to the head during games and practices over the years. These can add up over time even without obvious symptoms, causing permanent brain injury.
High school players occasionally die from football. This may occur due to "second-impact syndrome," from returning too soon after the first concussion. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) can result from many head impacts, and leads to death among NFL players and boxers. It recently also has been identified in high school- and college-age players.
The health risks are especially acute for the 3.5 million children aged 5 -14 who play football. In the delicate, developing brain, concussions may produce more long-term problems than in an adult. In one study, Virginia Tech researchers wired the helmets of 7- and 8-year-olds for one season. The kids averaged more than 100 significant impacts to the head for the season. Some of the collisions were enormously powerful, as severe as is seen among college players.
Kids' brains are not simply smaller version of adult brains. For one, they do not have the protective covering of the nerve cells that is present by adulthood. Young children are like "bobbleheads," with an oversized head on top of weak neck muscles that don't cushion blows well. The younger kids' brains take the entire shock. These are major head traumas to be absorbed by such immature, developing brains.
High school players have stronger neck and shoulder muscles that can absorb some of the force, but their developing brains remain vulnerable. A Purdue University study, by using advanced brain imaging, demonstrated that the high school players' brains changed significantly for the worse during the season. Certain parts of the brain stopped working in peak form. The number of head hits per athlete, for the season, ranged from 226-1,855. Each practice or game produced an average of 15 knocks to the head.
On memory and thinking tests, players with no concussion symptoms still did poorly. A University of Michigan study discovered that players sustained, on average, 650 head hits per year. Linemen received the most of any position.
Short of banning tackle football, what can we do? Eliminating hitting in practice would help, as the majority of blows occur in practice. John Gagliardi, coach of St. John's University in Minnesota, and the winningest coach in college history, has not allowed tackling in practice since 1956. Certified trainers are important. Improved helmets help a bit, but they are better for preventing fractures than concussions; mouth guards protect the teeth and mouth, but only help slightly with football concussions.
It's crucial to educate coaches, parents, and kids about proper tackling technique, keeping heads up, and reporting concussions. However, young children and adolescents notoriously under-report concussions, so that they can keep playing. A buddy system, in which you are responsible for reporting your teammates' concussion symptoms, is beneficial. "Concussion Rules" listed in current state laws may help a bit, but we don't need a concussion to have serious brain damage.
Most reforms are unlikely to be implemented and enforced, for a variety of reasons. Even if they were, head collisions are part of the fabric of tackle football; kids will still be seriously injured.
My football heroes were Gail Sayers, Dick Butkus, and Walter Payton. I played quarterback and still love watching the game. Football is a beloved part of our culture. Many positives come from the game, for the players, other students, and parents. But we must acknowledge that too many of our young athletes will suffer a lifelong penalty that prevents them from using their minds to the fullest. Common sense tells us that thousands of head collisions to a young brain ought to be prevented.
Let's begin to talk about curtailing tackle football, at least until the kids are 18.

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In time for the back to school!
Pack a lunch for your child (or yourself) in a stylish handmade lunch bag! I designed these bags originally to accommodate a Japanese bento style lunch box and a bottle of water or juice for my son. The bag folds up small enough to be tucked in a purse or pocket for storage.
Also great for :
• for American style lunches
• as a small project bag
• a small tote
• a gift bag
• a small shopping bag
• a purse
• Trick or Treat bag for Halloween
• and oodles of other uses!
Also available now, elastic bands to hold your bento boxes closed! Not all bento boxes come with a band and sometimes bands get lost. Here's the solution!
Find your bento lunch bags and bands at ojami.etsy.com
Blog and Shop: http://ojami.etsy.com and http://ojamiya.com
I now can offer bento boxes with my handmade lunch bags at My Etsy Shop. (I kept getting questions on where to find the boxes and am so excited to be able to offer them now!)
I also have the boxes available for sale individually at my own hosted shop Ojamiya.
I'm starting a new blog series called "Step Away from the PBJ" on my shop site: http://ojamiya.com/blog/ I'm focusing on simple steps to better lunches (and will be introducing the idea of bentos to my readers). Let me know what you think!
We have a new style of bento bag in our Etsy Shop. Look ma' no handles!
These are a super replacement for the paper lunch bag and reduce the waste of a daily paper bag!
Sashiko embroidery is quickly becoming an obsession for me. I'm doing Sashiko on bento bags, making patterns, stocking supplies in my shop, and hopefully (cross your fingers for me) teaching this fall! (Click on the images below for more information. Or check out my latest blog post.)
I was very privileged to be able to attend a wonderful lecture last year by Michele Walker on the subject of sashiko.
If you haven't seen them already there are a couple of excellent documents here:
Best of luck! It really is a fascinating subject.
Ooh - thanks SOOO much Loretta for the fabulous resource! She shows so many types of garments - not just the coats (which are always lovely - but I like to see the variety). You're a dear!
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2014: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … (Outdoor): competed in the pole vault … finished 12th at the Sean Collier Invitational (4/19) and eighth at Bates (4/12) by clearing 8-06.25 … (Indoor): consistently cleared a season best 9-00.25 at four contests … finished 15th at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/8) … claimed 13th at the Tufts Stampede Invite (2/1) … placed 7th at the Art Farnham Invitational (1/25) … and took eighth at Bates (1/11).
2013: Did not compete as a freshman.
Off the Track: Majoring in chemical-biological engineering … conducted a UROP at the Hamel Lab studying novel bioreactors … was a student helper at the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics … AAUW Wisconsin local scholarship … Secular Society of MIT.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Robert M. La Follette High School … Madison city champion in 2012 … was also part of the swimming, cross country and dance teams … National Honor Society … third place in the state TrigStar competition.


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After six years on the job City Manager Ken Strobel resigned. The Dodge City Commission immediately hired Assistant City Manager Cherise Tieben to take his place.
Assistant City Manager Cherise Tieben was selected by the Dodge City Commission to lead the government's administration moments after it accepted City Manager Ken Strobel's resignation in a surprise addition to the agenda at the regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 6.
"Although my enthusiasm, dedication and commitment to the future of Dodge City has not waned over the past 6 years, as I approach age 75, I recognize that the endless meetings and other commitments requires of the City Manager position have expanded to a point which challenges my stamina and durability," Strobel wrote in a letter of resignation.
Strobel will become the city's in-house legal counsel. Prior to accepting the city manager position, Strobel had been the city's attorney for more than 16 years.
At the start of the meeting, Mayor Kent Smoll added "staff changes" to the agenda. However, a closed-door executive session, where Tieben's contract was later negotiated, had been listed on the agenda prior to the meeting.
"This has not been something that just popped up. It was part of this plan," Smoll said.
The plan, as referred to in Strobel's resignation letter, was a series of "strategic planning meetings regarding the future organizational structure of Dodge City" that occurred when Strobel took the job. As a result, the position of assistant city manager was added to the administrative hierarchy and Tieben, formerly the director of human resources, was hired by Strobel to fill the new role.
While the abruptness of the handover may be surprising, the result is not.
Evidence suggests that Tieben had been taking an increasingly central role in the administration of the city government. During recent months, Tieben has been credited with authoring the majority of the documents prepared by the city manager's office and voted on by the Commission.
And when elements of a conflict between the city and Ford County governments regarding the management of "Why Not Dodge?" funds were made public in a recent newspaper article, it was Tieben who crossed the county's threshold at 100 Gunsmoke Street for a one-on-one meeting with Ford County Administrator Ed Elam.
Elected and unelected officials in other government organizations, businesses and non-profits have consistently described Strobel and Tieben as a "good cop, bad cop" duo, with Tieben aggressively pursuing the city's interests privately while Strobel maintains a genial public face.
"I think our effort over the last six years has been a team effort, and will continue to be a team effort," Strobel said after the announcement.
"I will have to admit, not only is this a planned transfer of authority, a passing of a torch, I feel like I'm the third man in a four-man relay team."
"We knew this would happen someday, Mr. Strobel," Commissioner Rick Sowers said. "We're very fortunate to have someone like Cherise to fill in and not have to go through a selection process."
Sowers said he prefers developing leadership from inside the city staff.
"Giving people a chance to excel in a position is, in my mind, a better idea than bringing someone in from outside," he said, adding that it is similar to the process currently underway at the police department, in which recently-appointed Deputy Police Chief Lt. Drew Francis will presumably be hired as the police chief when Craig Mellecker retires.
Earlier in the meeting, the Commission congratulated Francis for completing the Kansas Certified Public Management program, a nationally-accredited municipal and non-profit leadership course.
Smoll said the commissioners were polled about the leadership change individually prior to the meeting. Tieben "got the full support of this Commission. We're excited you stepped up," he said to her.
"We're really in a great position to go forward. I want to thank you, Ken, for your service as city manager. When you came in we had a lot of issues, and when you go out we have a lot of issues, but different ones," Smoll joked.
Strobel said when he was originally called to Smoll's office six years ago, he assumed he was going to be offered the position of chief legal counsel.
"I said, 'You've got to be out of your mind, I don't know anything about running a city,'" Strobel recollected.
As a condition for taking the job, Strobel said he wanted someone with municipal management experience backing him. After working with Tieben on several issues, he said "it didn't take me long to realize" her skills.
After adjourning for a brief privileged meeting, the Commission re-convened and unanimously approved a contract with Tieben, assuming certain changes to the document's language.
More details will be added as they become available.


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Interesting post at sforce
Benji at SalesForce.com had an interesting post today on the sforce blog. Here's the juicy part:
How do the clients, which all use web services to authenticate (using login and password today calling our login call), know where to get the SAML token from, in a standard way? There is no standard way to do this today, and even standards like WS-Trust don't seem to solve this problem. For example, you build a client using our web services apis. You deploy to all our customers. Customer A has one SAML provider. Customer B has another SAML provider. How does your code know where to go to get the token when deployed at customer A and at customer B, without configuring all of the clients with the location of the SAML provider?
Benji raises some excellent points here...he's effectively pointing out the issue of discovering a security token service. What makes this complicated is the security token service in many of Sxip's customers is on a private network, and customers don't wish to expose the url to the general public. An anonymous discovery service either can't personalize the response to either customer a or b, or you end up exposing sts endpoint locations inside customer a or b.
Anyone have any ideas on this tricky problem?


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I was reading the local paper and came across a picture of the cleanest garage I ever saw. In addition to a picture of the garage there was a picture of a gentlemen, in his late 60's cleaning the cobwebs with an extension pole. I thought to myself I have never seen a garage so clean in my life. The accompanying article was discussing how this individual and another had painted and put cabinets in their garages, and how you could eat off this garage floor. Now we have all seen those storage cabinets for garages, but how many of us ever get them and if we do, don't we fill them up and then the garage goes back to looking like it did before we got them. Imagine if someone would come to your home, condo or townhouse and clean out, paint and organize that garage for you; and you would tell them how you want it done. I am not talking about those expensive ads we've all seen where they can come in and re-do your garage. Not many of us have thousands of dollars to spend on our garages. It got me to thinking that this could be the perfect business for someone who loves to clean and organize. You could network with one of the local home depot places to provide you cabinets, or you could take your re-sale number and purchase them directly from the manufacturer, rather than dealing with a local company. The only negative sometimes with dealing directly with the manufacturer, you might have to purchase larger quantities or they might have minimum order requirements. You could run small classified ads in your local paper, in specialty papers in your area or make up flyers with a before and after picture of what you could do with someone's garage. You'd meet with the homeowner and discuss where certain items would be placed, inform them of your services: painting and providing cabinets and then re-organizing the garage for them. If it were me I would certainly get half of my fee up front (which would also include the cost of the cabinets). Like the article I read, get your local paper to feature your business. Show them a before and after picture. It would certainly be a great way to get you more business. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words. What should you charge. I really don't know. However, if I were thinking about starting this business I'd call homeowners and ask them what they would pay. Tell homeowners you are doing a survey and just want to know if they would be interested if someone would paint, and re-organize their garage, and if so, what would it be worth to them. You would also have to find out the cost of the cabinets beforehand so that you could factor this into your cost; in addition to how much paint you would need for the average garage. You would obviously want a paint that is easy to clean. The biggest thing is to decide how much time it would take and what you want to make per hour. If it were me, I would do it on a sliding scale. By this, I mean it would depend on how much work the garage needed. You could also do quarterly, or semi-annual follow-up for webs and washing of the walls and floors and do any re-organizing. I might be way out of line, maybe somebody is already doing it. Again, I don't mean the redesigning and remodeling companies we've all seen, I mean a small or homebased business owner. Anyway, it was just a thought! It gives those of you that think there is no type of business you can run an idea of how some business ideas come about. Think about what you like to do, what your passionate about, and see if you can develop a business around your interests.
Increase Your Income through International Trade
If you operate a small business, you may feel that your income potential is quite limited. However, you can increase and diversify your income through international trade.
1. Importing
Retail store owners can find additional products to sell from foreign manufacturers, distributors, and other suppliers.
Advantages of importing include increased product selection, lower costs, and increased income.
You may even decide to go exclusively into the import business and become a wholesale distributor.
2. Exporting
Manufacturers can find new customers for their products in foreign countries.
Perhaps consumers in your country have lost interest in your product. It may have become obsolete because of technological advances. A foreign market, however, may be desirous of that very product.
Maybe there is an economic slump in your country. Another country may be experiencing a boom. Sales from customers in that country may help stabilize your income.
Exporting can also help smooth the peaks and valleys of your income. For instance, if you sold winter sporting goods, you could sell to both northern and southern hemispheres to help offset the seasonal nature of your business.
Of course, you might also consider selling sporting goods for all the seasons and still export to other countries to increase and diversify your income.
You could also become an Export Management Agent. Arrange for other domestic companies to sell their products to foreign corporations and earn a ten percent commission.
You would think that selling to foreign customers would be quite risky. However, use of letters of credit can protect all parties. An Export Management Agent might actually arrange for ninety percent of the sale to be paid directly to the domestic supplier and ten percent to be paid directly to himself.
3. Licensing
Consider becoming a licensing agent. Earn royalties by arranging for foreign corporations to manufacture and sell the products of domestic companies.
4. Finder`s Fees
Imagine the possibilities for earning finder`s fees in
international trade!
You can earn fees from domestic companies for finding
foreign buyers (or for finding suitable imports from
foreign suppliers). You can also earn fees from
foreign companies for finding domestic corporations
that will buy their products (or for finding suitable
suppliers and products from domestic corporations).
5. Drop Shipping
Visualize receiving an order from a customer based in a foreign country and not having to be bothered with shipping and handling the product. No customs declarations or brokers are required by you. This is because your drop ship supplier is handling those details.
You might collect $100.00 plus shipping of $15.00 from your foreign customer. You then simply send your customer`s order to your drop ship supplier with your payment of $65.00 (consisting of $50.00 wholesale cost plus $15.00 shipping). Your drop shipper will now fulfill the order. Congratulations! You just made fifty dollars.
6. Mail Order
Add a mail order service to your existing business operation. Manufacturers, retail stores, and other businesses can increase their sales by using this additional method of selling that is very conducive
to international trade.
7. Internet Marketing
You can also extend your reach to worldwide customers by means of the Internet. Methods of obtaining foreign business include affiliate marketing, online auctions, online stores, and websites.


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Baidu Wallet: Mobile Payment Essential For O2O, Says JP Morgan
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Baidu (BIDU) launched its own mobile payment solution Baidu Wallet recently, following Tencent's (0700.HK) launch of WeChat Payment seven months ago. Now, the Big Three, Baidu, Alibaba Group and Tencent - or the BAT as Chinese call them - all have their own mobile payment apps.
Baidu says its Baidu Wallet is free of charge on PCs and offers 12% discount to the lowest fee in the industry on mobile. Weixin Payment currently charges a 0.6% transaction fee.
An in-house mobile payment app is essential for success in mobile e-commerce, and particularly online-to-offline services, says J.P. Morgan. Baidu is keen in its transition from PC to mobile, paying millions to mobile carriers and OEMs to pre-install its mobile apps on new phones.
Here are analysts Alex Yao and Yong Wang on how Baidu Wallet fits into Baidu's mobile ecosystem:
We believe mobile payment enables Baidu to expand its scope from a pure traffic generator on mobile Internet into the facilitation of actual transactions, potentially through two approaches: (1) closed-loop transactions enabled by mobile search, light apps and payment solutions, e.g., users could search for train tickets on Baidu mobile, select/purchase tickets within light apps and make payment via Baidu Wallet; (2) LBS (location-based) transactions from Baidu's O2O (online to-offline) initiatives, e.g., points of interest from map search and group buy (Nuomi).
Baidu bought group buy site Nuomi from Renren (RENN) in January.
Shares of Baidu closed at $157.68 yesterday. JP Morgan has a $210 price target.


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The articles on the Bibliography are a good study source for the any physician sitting for the examination administered by the ABFPRS. Click on Bibliography to view or download a PDF file of each section of the updated Bibliography that is divided into Basic and Advanced with a list of references for each portion. You can also click on Residency Video List for a list of the updated videos which is also known as the Recommended Additional Resources List to the Curriculum Bibliography.
The Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship program provides postgraduate training in facial plastic surgery. The objectives of the fellowship program are to:
- provide an outstanding academic opportunity for the acquisition of specialized knowledge and skills in facial plastic surgery;
- develop trained specialists who will contribute to the ongoing development of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery;
- foster development of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery educators, especially in residency programs; and
- encourage the development of new skills and knowledge in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery through basic research and clinical trials.
The AAFPRS fellowship program is widely respected by the medical community and represents the finest postgraduate program in the world for the training of facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Eligible physicians may apply for the more than 40 positions available each year. Since its beginning in 1969, the program has prepared more than 900 highly specialized experts to be educators and leaders in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. These individuals and their directors have performed a tremendous service to the AAFPRS Foundation and the specialty through the development and dissemination of new procedures, improvement of patient care, refinement of surgical techniques, and the promotion of confidence and respect in the specialty.
Applicants to the Fellowship Program must be physicians who are in or have completed an otolaryngology or plastic surgery residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) or board-certified in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery or plastic surgery. Applicants must be members of the AAFPRS before submitting a fellowship application.
Applicants should not be full-time faculty members holding the rank of assistant professor or higher at the institution where the fellowship will take place.
Applicants with DO degrees may be considered only if they are in an ACGME-accredited residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery or plastic surgery. Applicants with DO degrees that have been accepted into the fellowship program as a fellow will take the final examination administered by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) in order to be eligible to receive a fellowship certificate only. Passing the examination will not of itself meet eligibility requirements for certification in the future by the ABFPRS.
Canadian Applicants
Canadian applicants interested in pursuing a U.S. fellowship should check with the directors whose programs interest them to be certain that the fellowship carries a university appointment with it. In order to get a J-1 or a TN professional visa, an ACGME-accredited University residency program must complete required paperwork -form IAP- for visa officials. The proper paperwork should be completed and a Visa must be obtained before the start date of the fellowship!
Canadian applicants must also meet all other requirements for applying to the fellowship program, including membership of the AAFPRS. It is imperative that these steps are followed as you complete your application and schedule interviews with U.S. fellowship directors.
International Medical Graduates
International Medical Graduates (IMGs) who are eligible to pursue an AAFPRS Foundation fellowship must contact individual fellowship directors for specific information on applying to their fellowship. Although IMG applicants will not complete a fellowship application for the interview process, they will be required to submit all other information as outlined under application process.
If a fellowship director decides to accept an IMG, the fellowship director must inform the Fellowship Committee of their decision to withdraw from the match that year, as soon as possible, but no later than the Spring Meeting each year. IMG applicants should review the statement at the end of each Fellowship Description to determine which programs accept IMGs for training.
Fellowship Directors are permitted to accept IMGs into their program for any fellowship year, however, an IMG cannot participate in the match process unless they meet the prerequisites as outlined above under "PREREQUISITES".
At the completion of the training, IMGs will be awarded an "International Training Certificate".
Fellowship Applicants
Application Process
Download Application: Fellowship Application **
E-mail Completed Application to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Curriculum Vitae (CV); Operative Experience Report (included with application); Future Plan Statement which should include your future goals, intentions, and why have chosen facial plastic surgery; official Medical School Transcript; 3 letters of reference (1 must be from the Department Chair); and non-refundable fee must be submitted by February 1st.
Applicants are requested to keep copies of all application information for their records.
Applicants are required to submit all application information electronically. ALL information must be submitted electronically including medical school transcript and letters of reference. Medical School Transcript is official with the Registrar's signature. Application fees are non-refundable. A $215 application fee includes $50 for match registration which is automatically done through the AAFPRS Foundation. The fee also includes application to 10 programs. All programs listed over 10 require an additional $15 over-limit-fee (per program). Payment should be made to AAFPRS Foundation by check, money order or credit card (all U.S. funds).
Applicants should complete their applications with the Foundation office no later than February 1st. A $125 late fee will be accessed for any application received after February 1st. The late deadline for applications received after February 1st is March 1st. No applications will be processed after February 1st without the late fee. No application will be accepted after March 1st.
All interviews should be completed by May 31st of the application year preceding the fellowship start date. Applicants are enouraged to interview with Directors whose practice and teaching best supplement their residency training and future practice plans and/or teaching interests. It is the responsibility of applicants to follow up directly with the fellowship director(s) they have selected for an interview.
Candidates are placed each year in June by a match process. A director who selects an IMG for the position offered in a given fellowship year must withdraw from the match and notify the Fellowship Committee by the Spring Meeting.
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Location: Esslingen, Germany
Time of Year: Fall/Winter semester (Sept. - Feb.), Spring/Summer semester (Mar. - Aug.)
Academic Year: Junior or Senior standing
Application Method: Submit Application online, print it out and get it signed by Study Abroad Office to be submitted to Esslingen with additional requirements.
Application Deadline: Fall/Winter - May 30, Spring/Summer - Nov. 30
Areas of Study: Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, General & JR/SR Elective, Management & Information Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics (Robotic) Engineering
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Accommodations: Residence Halls (recommended) or Private Housing (expensive, unfurnished, high demand)
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Many field trips are organized to different companies in the area. To get to know Germany and the German culture the International Office also organizes trips to other cities in Germany.
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In This Issue
- Reducing the Risk of Fixed-Price Projects
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Reducing the Risk of Fixed-Price Projects
In Is Fixed-Price Software Development Unethical? I questioned the ethics of fixed-price IT projects. When I use the term "fixed-price project" what I really mean is something closer to "fixed iron triangle project" where the price, schedule, and scope are all defined up front which is what "fixed price projects" invariably devolve into. The column summarized the reasons why people choose to work this way and the deleterious implications of doing so. This newsletter expands on my column, providing advice for what to do when your stakeholders still insist on having a "precise estimate" at the beginning of the project.
The first strategy is to recognize that you need to give a ranged estimate, not a precise one. As Walker Royce likes to say, you're trying to do 5 nines decision making with only one nine of information -- the implication is that your estimates must reflect the actual quality of the information that you have at hand, including the "shifting nature" of the data going into your estimates. It's reasonable at the beginning of a project to indicate that you believe the price will be between $800,000 and $1,300,000 but it would be inadvisable to say that the price will be exactly $975,000 because of the uncertainty of the requirements at that point. As John von Neumann said "There is no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you are talking about."
Second, recognize that you'll need to do a little bit of up-front agile modeling to obtain sufficient information to give a reasonable guess. That reasonable guess is best developed by people with experience building something similar in the past, ideally by the people who are committed to doing the actual work (thereby increasing their motivation to get the estimate right). The required information can be generated as the result of some initial requirements and architecture envisioning, you don't need to take on the risk of created detailed specifications early in the project.
Third, if your customer isn't willing to accept a ranged estimate from you then you still need to calculate the range and then give a "precise" estimate as far up in that range that you believe the customer will accept. In other words "pad" your estimate as much as possible to counteract the risks that your stakeholders are trying to put on you. This strategy offers the potential for higher margins if you're able to work efficiently.
Fourth, take a "reasonably agile" approach to change management where the price remains fixed but the scope varies. With this approach requirements are treated like a prioritized stack and you work down that stack in priority order. If stakeholders want to change a requirement, or add a new one, without changing the price that they will pay then they need to drop a requirement of equal or greater value from the scope of the project. By being flexible with the requirements this strategy reduces the problem of your team implementing functionality that your stakeholders don't want. Furthermore you increase the ROI of the project by working in priority order.
Fifth, adopt a stage-gate approach to funding where the project is funded a phase or period at a time. This doesn't imply that you need to take a waterfall approach to development, for example Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Open Unified Process (OpenUP) both have a risk-driven lifecycle where in each phase you address a specific category at risk, and then at the end of that phase you decide whether it makes sense to continue with the project and to what extent. Staged-gate funding is often used in combination with variable scope approaches.
As IT professionals we need to start pushing back when the business asks us to do fixed-price development. The ethical approach is to educate them in the options they have available to them, to the trade-offs involved, then give them a choice. Regardless of the choice as professionals we need to respect the decisions of our stakeholders even if they still choose to go with fixed-price. However, my experience is that when stakeholders understand that they have choices, and the implications of those choices, then they often choose to abandon fixed-price approaches. Many people claim that it isn't possible for their organizations to work this way, but I've been successful in turning business people away from fixed price even when I was told it couldn't be done. This is a battle worth fighting.
Hot Links
My August 2008 Dr. Dobb's Journal column is Is Fixed-Price Software Development Unethical? questioned the ethics of fixed-price IT projects.
My September 2007 Dr. Dobb's Journalcolumn Agile on a Fixed Budget describes strategies for running agile projects for all combinations of fixing, or not fixing, the schedule, scope, and budget.
My March 2007 Dr. Dobb's Agile Newsletter Counteracting the False Arguments for Big Modeling Up Front (BMUF) describes the risks associated with detailed modeling early in a software development project.
Architecture Envisioning: An Agile Best Practice describes how to go about initial architecture modeling on an agile project in a streamlined manner.
An Agile Best Practice describes how to go about initial requirements modeling on an agile project in a streamlined manner.
I've summarized a collection of Agile project planning tips here.
Stop by my [email protected] blog.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Drawing test thread Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Drawing test thread" FallDamagememberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 2003Posts: 474Location: Canada Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:22 am I'm changing the focus of this thread to encompass all my traditional efforts, so I don't end up sprawling all over the board. If you have any helpful comments or crits about any of the images you find here, please don't hesitate Done as per instructions for a section of the Sheridan drawing reqs. I'm following them as a way to test myself. I'd ask that you forgive my miserable scanner, some of the finer lines have been lost. I was wondering if I could get some rendering advice. The drawing is fairly clean right now, and I don't want to muck it up. Should I go for minimalist crosshatching, or a more full on rendering (ie http://www.goodbrush.com/cpg146/albums/drawings/wetstreet.jpg) The problem is, I don't even know what a decently rendered pencil building sketch looks like. Anyone have any thoughts? I think I'd almost be more comfortable light boxing and water coloring than taking a pencil to this thing, but then there's the thought of pulling a full paint set out in the middle of a public place and going at it... I'm not that brave yet. also, when they say to "do a sketch of a historic building freehand", does freehand imply no ruler, cause I obviously used a ruler here... If I do lightbox and re-render, do you think that construction lines should be brought through to the final full strength, partially de-emphasized, or omitted completely?Last edited by FallDamage on Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:52 am; edited 3 times in total Back to top joemomemberMember #Joined: 29 Sep 2007Posts: 80 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:15 pm Just pulled out the pencils myself so was glad to see your drawing. :) I take "freehand" to mean pencil and paper only (no ruler). Re a "decently rendered pencil sketch", searching "perspective drawing" in Google Images turns up about 300,000 images (in a huge variety of styles). If there's uncertainty in your freehand lines (I realize they're just placeholders) developing an eye for precision and tighter (or looser) pencil control might be a good idea... Back to top FallDamagememberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 2003Posts: 474Location: Canada Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:00 pm Heh, yea, I clued into freehand a little too late. I loosely interpreted that as meaning like, no 3d overlays or projection stuff, as in, blatent cheatery. Looks like I'll have to do something else, which is kind of a pain in the but. I hear what your saying about tighter control, but that's got to be a matter of training and focus, I'm afraid. I'm having the same problem with my cross hatching on pen and marker sketches. Back to top FallDamagememberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 2003Posts: 474Location: Canada Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:40 am Interior test. I'll do a final that includes a person sitting in the chair, I just wanted to work out the the image before I ask someone to sit in the chair under proper conditions for me. I've never worked in pen before, so I'll probably be redoing it a few times to figure out the crosshatching. Back to top FallDamagememberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 2003Posts: 474Location: Canada Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:43 am Man... where's my ctrl- z... How many of you use a light box for traditional work to cut down on re-rendering and such. Anyone recommend a work flow with them, or is it pretty self explanatory, I'm definitely gonna pick one up. Back to top joemomemberMember #Joined: 29 Sep 2007Posts: 80 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:45 am Nice sense of light in the pen piece. Looks kinda Jean Giraud. :) Edit: strike this text <delete>, I think it's OTT. Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:34 am In the first one, why is the top vanishing point to the right? It seems a bit unconventional, since your primary VP is on the left, and that's where the eye seems to be being lead anyway. For tips on traditional rendering techniques, I'd recommend a book by Sid Delmar Leach: "Techniques Of Interior Design Rendering And Presentation". I chanced upon it at my school's library, it seems to be a well-rounded introduction to architectural/structural sketching, and has a lot of info on tools to use, hatching and wash techniques etc. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Family Releases Information About Murdered Grandparents, Suspect
On Wednesday afternoon, the King County Sheriff's Office released the following statement from the family of Bob and Norma Taylor – the couple that was murdered in Renton last weekend (read our previous coverage here), revealing more details about both the victims and the suspect:
On Wednesday afternoon I sat down and talked with Melanie Taylor, the daughter of murder victims Bob and Norma Taylor, and the mother of suspect Chadd Boysen.
The family has asked the media and public to respect their privacy during this difficult time but said there were some things she wanted to say about her son, her parents and the detectives involved in the investigation.
First, we talked about Chadd. She and her former husband adopted Chadd when he was a baby. Melanie said she "loved him from the minute he was put in my arm." Chadd was a very loving boy that did not mind showing her affection when she dropped him at school. Because adoptions were "closed" at the time she never had any medical history of his birth parents. Regardless of what that may have been she still would have loved him.
Chadd and his grandparents had a very special close bond. They were like "2nd parents" to Chadd. When he was little his grandparents would pick him up from daycare and he would spend the afternoon with them until Melanie got off work. Bob and Norma loved Chadd "more than life."
She said Chadd was a good student. He attended high school and did the "Running Start Program" at a local college.
Melanie said as Chadd grew up his addictive behavior came out. Everything he would do, would be to the extreme. She said Chadd started hanging out with "the wrong people" and "lied to her like addicts do, but he never threatened the family and the family never felt threatened by him."
Melanie said she was the one that turned him in for a series of robberies after she found prescription bottles in her house that did not come from the pharmacy the family used. She said she "loved him, but he needed to obey the law." Chad was convicted of multiple robberies at 18-19 years of age and spent 5 years in prison.
During Chadd's 5 years in prison she and her parents visited him every other week. She said they also sent him letters of support and care packages. She said it was during these visit in prison that she could tell he was changing. He became more "rough" which she felt he needed to do to survive in prison.
Towards the end of his 5 year prison sentence she told him that he needed to "make changes and make wise choices when he was released." She also told him she would not visit him if he was imprisoned again.
Sometime after Chadd was released from prison he severely injured his back playing soccer. He had surgery to repair the back and had to have a 2nd surgery when the first one didn't take. Chadd ended up with a serious infection which required more hospitalization, another surgery which of course meant drugs. Soon his drug problems and the lying started again.
Chadd eventually had more run-ins with the police and eventually was arrested and imprisoned for burglarizing a home. He spent 9 months in the Monroe prison before being released on Friday, March 8th.
Melanie said it was very painful to have "tough love" and not visit Chadd in prison as she had earlier warned him. She said she wrote him and sent him care packages wanting " him to know she still loved him but did not agree with his choices."
As the time drew closer for Chadd to get out of prison an aunt made arrangements for him to go into a 6 month treatment program through the Salvation Army. His grandparents said he was excited to get out and start the program.
The day he was released Bob and Norma picked him up and spent about 6 hours of the day running errands with him to get him things he needed to start the rehab program.
Melanie said that same evening they had a dinner at her parent's house to celebrate his release. "Chadd was upbeat and talked about the wonderful day he had with his grandparents." He never showed any signs of aggression that night.
Bob and Norma
Melanie's parents Robert (Bob) and Norma celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on March 5th. Her father wanted to dress in a suit and take Norma to his favorite restaurant, Red Lobster. However, Norma did not want to dress up so they decided to take-out KFC and celebrate at home with their dog "Princess."
Bob and Norma always opened their house up to friends and family. Melanie said when she was a kid they would invite friends over and decorate the house for Halloween. Her parents were always loving and giving.
Norma worked at a bank for 25 years and Bob was the co-owner of a cabinet business. She said her dad had a woodshop behind the house and every Christmas they would do a craft project for friends and family. Last year her parents made wood cut-out, snowmen. Family and friends each got one unfinished and would paint their own. This year Bob and Norma had been working on cut-out reindeers.
Norma lost her hearing about 30 years ago. Even though she couldn't hear she would attend the grandchildren's school program. It was something she really enjoyed.
Melanie said of her parents, "when it came to Chadd, they saw the good in him and were forgiving of his choices."
Melanie said they were like "soldiers and gave their lives for him. If they were given a choice to die and save others they would." She said her parents "valued Chadd" and she believe other lives were saved because of her parents deaths.
Melanie finished by saying it is "hard to lose them both," but she is "glad they are together." She said regardless of what "switched" in Chadd, "they still love him and I do too." "They were warrior spirits fighting for a cause and that cause was Chadd."
Melanie closed by talking about the investigation. She said "as stressed out as I am I have grand support from the police. The investigation has been orchestrated and played out as best as possible and done with professionalism and compassion."
"Our family would like to express our humble gratitude for the outpouring of love, support AND prayers both locally AND nationally.
Our parents requested in lieu of a service or flowers that donations be made to hearing impaired/deaf research or LDS (Mormon) missionary fund."
The family also wanted to remind people that the effects of drugs AND alcohol doesn't only hurt the person taking the drugs but others that surround them.


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I wrote this post on August 29, 2006
So, last year, on August 28 – it was a Sunday evening I believe – I was watching the news and heard about this storm that was supposed to hit the Gulf Coast on the 29th. Katrina.
Well, I didn't pay much attention until the newscaster said that perhaps we in the Jackson metro area would lose power for a couple of hours (we're about 3.5 hours north of the coast). I'd just put Lovegirl in the bed and I decided to run to the store (W_l*Mart) to get Lovegirl some formula. She was 11 months old and I'd just weaned her and was new to keeping the right amount of formula in the house. Anyhoo, all we had was the liquid stuff (has to be refrigerated) and I decided I'd get some powder so that if the power went out my child would have something to drink.
So I went downstairs and mentioned to Smoochy that I was going to run to the store – did he need anything? He didn't, so off I went. Well, to my surprise, there was no freaking formula on the shelves. I (stupidly) thought it was just because it was a weekend night and the stockers hadn't re-stocked the shelves. So I bought a few more bottles of the liquid stuff, figuring at least she'd have something for the few hours we might be powerless. I also decided to pick up some more water, a few snacks and a couple of flashlights. I noticed – but somehow still kind of ignored – that there were a lot of folks in the store picking up the same type items.
I finally got checked out and decided to buy gas – I was on a 1/2 tank, and I generally fill up when I get to that point. Gas station #1 – no gas. Gas station #2 – no gas. Gas station #3 – we have a winner. I filled up and headed home. I had no idea what we were in for – as a family, as a state, as a nation.
Monday morning, I got up and went to work. Of course, no one was working. Everyone had a television or radio on and was monitoring the storm. I called my Mom in California and my brother in Houston and told them some kind of big storm was coming, and that I would be in touch. That I'd decided to go home at 11:30 regardless of whether or not we were "officially" released from work. At around 11:15, they told us all to go home and to check the internet in the morning to determine whether or not we needed to report to work. School was canceled Sunday night, so Smoochy and Lovegirl were already home chilling. I stopped by a restaurant and picked up something to eat because I'd finally (kind of) figured out that something was going on and it might be our last hot meal for a while. As soon as I got home, the skies opened up.
It rained. And rained. And rained. And the wind blew. And the tree limbs swayed. And I, who grew up in California and have always been fascinated by storms, stayed up very late watching the amazing storm that Katrina was. It was hypnotically beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen that much water come out of the sky in such a period of time. I prayed that the trees would stand the storm and that we wouldn't end up with a hole in our roof. I think the lights had gone out at around 5 that evening. We decided to camp downstairs. It was August in Mississippi after all, and we had no power – no air.
When we got up on Tuesday morning, we surveyed the damage and were happy to discover that we really didn't have any. There were a few trees down in the neighborhood, but on our little circle, everyone had fared relatively well. We could hear the chainsaws and smell the gasoline but that was it. Smoochy remarked that he was surprised that we still didn't have any power.
Around noon I finally decided to sit in the car and listen to the radio. Most stations were off the air, but our NPR affiliate somehow had power and was broadcasting. We wouldn't have power for days. Emergency workers were tapped. The storm had been devastating on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans. People were being urged to take care of their neighbors, to pool resources. Keep in mind, we had no power. While the rest of the country was watching the devastation occurring in New Orleans, we just knew that we were without electricity. We had no idea the scope of things.
I'd been trying to call my family in California and Texas all day, but no phone lines were working, and I couldn't get a line out. I finally got through late that night using Smoochy's phone and my Mom's voice was cracking and she said she was just glad to hear from me. I told her that we were fine. She said she thought she'd call some family friends in Lake Village, AR to see if we could stay with them if we needed to. I was like, whatever, we'll be fine. Smoochy decided later on that evening that Lovegirl and I would indeed drive to AR and stay there in comfort until the power came back on. He didn't want us there. Among rumors of looting, lawlessness, and extended power outages.
We left our home – very much against my will – on Wednesday morning and got to Lake Village 3 hours later. When I turned on the television, I was sick.
Mothers, babies, grown men. Begging, crying, pleading. Bodies floating. I really couldn't watch it. I just held Lovegirl and cried. Cried to God, thanking him that it wasn't us. That we'd just been a little inconvenienced. Cried to God for those who it was. I could not imagine being stranded – in a house, on a rooftop, on a freeway overpass – with my child, my baby. I thought my heart would break in two. After the first few hours in AR, I didn't turn the TV on again until Saturday when Smoochy called and told us we could come back home – we had electricity again.
We were – and are – blessed. All we lost were a few days together. A couple hundred dollars worth of groceries. A few hours out of our lives because of the gasoline shortage.
As the day of Katrina's anniversary neared and every news program began to air their specials, I started thinking about Katrina's profound effect on people's lives. I cried again. It still hurts. And we didn't lose anything really. Some people's lives will never resemble what they were 366 days ago. Never. And in a country this wealth, this resourceful, this great – politics aside – that is a damn shame.
I remember. I remember the panic I felt when I couldn't get a phone line out to talk to my loved ones. I remember Lovegirl's innocence and the innocence so many children lost that day. I remember worshiping in the "white" church around the corner for the first time (and being nervous about it) because I was scared to drive across town to the church I usually attend because I didn't know when we'd have gasoline again. I remember this metro area coming together to help people who had nothing. I remember kindness. I remember smiles. I remember thinking that God is always, always in control, no matter how bad things are. I remember an evacuee in church in clothes that clearly were not his own smiling and being thankful that he had his life and his family had theirs. I remember GB telling Brownie that he was doing a great job. I remember the joy I felt when a former coworker finally responded to my email and let me know that she and her husband and two babies were okay – they'd just relocated to NO.
So today, if only for a moment or two, remember the devastation that occurred. The people's whose lives were changed forever. The people who lost their lives. Take a look around you. Be thankful for what you have. For who you love. Remember and help take care of those who cannot, for whatever reason, take care of themselves.


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As I have read the numerous letters from Jeffrey T. Clay about facilities issues faced by the Newmarket School District, I have wondered why he is so concerned about a school system 35 miles and two counties away from where he lives in Alton. I couldn't imagine why he should be so interested in what happens in Newmarket.
After all, since I live and pay taxes in Durham, I have considered the problem faced by Newmarket Junior/Senior High School to be none of my business. However, since some of Mr. Clay's recent commentary has thrown the Oyster River Cooperative School District into the public discussion, the situation is now the business of Oyster River taxpayers, of which I am one. Additionally, Mr. Clay has chosen to comment on the affairs of the Rochester and Barrington School Districts — two more districts in which he neither resides nor votes.
Mr. Clay's frequent letters and (lately) community commentaries have attacked Newmarket school officials and other public figures with a vicious maze of charges, backed up by a baffling flood of information comprised of few facts, but a boatload of fiction. He is depending on the likelihood that readers will not have the time to track down the accuracy of his charges. He is probably correct to assume that most readers will have neither the time nor the energy to fact-check his numbers and dates and blustering conspiracy theories. So for me, the issue comes down to one crucial fact. The New Hampshire State Fire Marshall's Office has set a deadline for the Newmarket School District: the existing Newmarket Junior/Senior High School will not be allowed to open for the 2015 school year without substantial (and costly) renovation. That means that if Newmarket school officials put students in that building — as is — in September of 2015, they will be in violation of state law. The decision about whether to renovate, build a new school, or send students to another town's school is a decision for Newmarket voters to make. It is not up to Mr. Clay.
So why, as a resident of Alton, does he care?
As it turns out, Mr. Clay is a former Newmarket teacher, and he has an ax to grind. A simple Google search will turn up the public record regarding Mr. Clay's departure from Newmarket, along with his subsequent attempts to be reinstated. According to these public records, Mr. Clay was dismissed from his teaching position for multiple reasons.
You can find online: 1) several newspaper articles regarding his situation; 2) rulings by the NH Public Employee Labor Relations Board upholding the dismissal and then confirming the PELRB's own decision, followed by; 3) the NH Supreme Court's upholding of the PELRB ruling.
Mr. Clay has had his fifteen minutes of fame. Readers of his letters would do well to filter his invective — his wild, inaccurate charges and flat-out fantasies — through the lens of his grudge against the Newmarket School District, which, as affirmed by the PELRB and the NH Supreme Court, acted well within its rights to terminate Mr. Clay's employment.
And, in the interest of disclosure, I was myself a teacher for 31 years, most of that time at the Oyster River Middle School, so I am familiar with the job requirements of teachers, teacher contracts, teachers' unions, and the responsibilities of school administrators.
John Parsons
Editor's note: John Parsons has provided several web links to document what he has written. Due to the number and length of those links, they appear online with his commentary at www.fosters.com/opinion.
Here are the PELRB links, three of which document the PELRB process and rulings, the fourth of which is a copy of the NHSC ruling affirming the PELRB decisions:
http://www.nh.gov/pelrb/decisions/board/documents/2010-027.pdf (PELRB pre-hearing memorandum 2/10/2010)
http://www.nh.gov/pelrb/decisions/board/documents/2010-150.pdf (PELRB dismissal of motion for re-hearing; 8/25/2010)
http://www.nh.gov/pelrb/decisions/court/documents/2010-130.pdf ( PELRB finding of facts/ruling; issued 7/26/2010)
http://www.nh.gov/pelrb/decisions/court/documents/2010-0599.pdf (NH Supreme Court's affirmation of PELRB ruling; 11/18/2010)
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5 minute Banana Chocolate Chip Quinoa Flake Bake
The perfect 5 minute breakfast that's high in protein, fiber… and chocolate.
3 Ready-in-a-Jiffy Warm Weather Snack Recipes
Here are three quick and easy healthy snack recipes to whip up on those warm spring and summer days. Featuring: Berry parfaits with banana soft serve, Raspberry Chocolate smoothies, and Mango Banana Coconut Popsicles.
Almost Raw Maple Walnut Cups
These cups are rich and creamy and oh-so Canadian! A maple walnut base with a cashew maple filling, topped with strawberries and walnut pieces. Best enjoyed right out of the fridge!
Almond Pillow Pancakes with Peaches & Blackberries
The best pancakes I've ever made! Light, fluffy, thick and beautifully satisfying! None of the others compare!
Almond Milk Smoothie: For Smoother Skin (Green Smoothie/Green Thickie)
Almonds make smoothies taste like marzipan on birthday cakes. Now you can have the taste without the guilt as this almond milk smoothie is so good for you.
Almond Maca Cacao Coconut Milkshake
A creamy dreamy thick luscious milkshake style smoothie...breakfast, lunch or any time in between, a luxurious indulgent satisfying tipple!
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Your Reviews For PV's Free Louis Vuitton Speedy Bag The Verdict? Fantastic!Categories:Louis Vuitton
Remember when I told you guys about the monthly giveaways at Club Couture? Well it seems that their Speedy 30 made a big impression in December! I received a ton of letters about these designer replica handbags, and the verdict was overwhelmingly positive! I've picked out a few letters to share with you
The first one is from M.L. and it's impressively thorough.
"Hi Eva
Here is my review of my purchases from PV.
Shipping and Packaging: I received my package much faster than I expected. I placed my order on the 20th and it arrived on the 28th. Everything was packaged neatly in a dust bag (speedy) and dust bag and box (Sarah wallet . There was no chemical smell, but my sense of smell is dead from changing diapers anyway.
Dimensions: From the LV website the dimensions of the authentic Sarah wallet are 7.48 x 3.94 and for the PV wallet, the dimensions are roughly 7.49 x 4. For the speedy the dimensions of the authentic are 11.8 x 8.3 x 6.7 and the PV speedy dimensions are roughly 11.7 x 8.5 x 6.5.
Likes: The speedy is a great replica. The canvas is so thick and the stitching is great. I am very impressed. The monogram on the Sarah wallet is vibrant.
Dislikes: The handles for the speedy replica are a little longer than the authentic, maybe a little over an inch longer. But it is easy to overlook that detail since the replica is so good. The alignment of the Sarah wallet is a little off. In the picture with the pink measuring tape, you can see the flap is a little slanted. I keep pinching the top to try and align it properly. The gold clasp in the middle of the wallet than says LV also seems to be too far right. It is not properly centered. Other than these two details, the wallet looks great.
Here are my pics!"
Lindsay, who also treated herself to a replica LV Trivoli, had this to say:
"Hi Eva!
Here is my second review of my Louis Vuitton Tivoli GM and my free 30 Speedy!
My first purchase from PV was my Tivoli GM. I have been wanting this bag for as long as it has been out. I have seriously thought about saving up for this bag, but can never bring myself to actually spend that much on a Louis. I googled good replica sites and came across your blog. I have never been so excited about buying a replica.
I took the leap of faith and bought the bag. The customer support was beyond amazing and they always had an answer for all of my questions. So for those of you wondering if you should take the leap and buy the replica, I encourage you to do so!
Thanks for everything Eva!
Last but not least, Jenn wrote me about the Speedy and some lovely jewelry she found tucked away inside.
"Hey Eva,
My free speedy from PV came today! It came pretty fast. I was tracking it online, I ordered it last Monday, they sent it out right away but it spend the majority of the time in New York city in customs!!! I was scared the package looked pretty beat up, the corner was ripped open. As i was opening it all I saw was the free LV Speedy, and not the BVLGARI ring and 2 Tiffany necklaces, and one bracelet. PV is smarter than that, they put the jewelry inside the purse!!! So attached are pictures of the Speedy, it smells strong! But I'd say the quality is great! I had a replica I had bought about 8 years ago in Chinatown nyc, PLASTIC! And this is much better can't wait for the leather to patina. My only concern is the handles supposed to cover the LV's? I thought they were pretty particular on how they placed the LVs on the real deal?
The BVLGARI ring is phenomenal! Bought that for my husband!
The necklaces are great! Everything looks like genuine sterling silver and is stamped.
The Tiffany bracelet I'm a little disappointed with. The stamping on the toggle is a bit light and the silver isn't as thick as the real deal (I have the real Tiffany toggle bracelet with the heart) I really don't think anyone will notice and the price was good. Thought I'd send you my review, I can't believe I got a free speedy, woooo!!! I'll definitely shop there again!
Happy Holidays!
It was so great to hear from you guys! I hope you keep writing me about your designer replica handbags, jewelry and shoes!
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Louis Vuitton 2013 early autumn series of advertising filmsCategories:Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton 2013 early autumn series of advertising films
Big luxury Louis Vuitton recently released 2013 early autumn series of advertising films. Famous supermodel Dree Hemingway starring deductive early fall Louis Vuitton, photographer Koto Bolofo Zhang Jing. Blockbusters Dree Hemingway in various scenes of early autumn ladies wearing Louis Vuitton deduce different image of women. Or the gentle melancholy, or cheerful optimism, or quiet Zhiyuan ...... plus LV bag strong sense of luxury and sense of presence, this early autumn series is really impressive.
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Classic Louis Vuitton handbags AlmaCategories:Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Epi leather series was given a color magic, burst out of the new style. Vivid and vibrant colors make it more vivid unique leather texture make this become a modern symbol of classic moments.
Louis Vuitton Alma handbag series Xintian dozen colors options, ranging from deep purple to bold fluorescent figs, rich warm lemon yellow to orange, sky blue to striking the delicate cocoa brown, fresh mint green to cool rock gray, black and plum red in addition to outside the optic series, has added a new electro-optical green glowing gorgeous sheen. Each color all the time expressing themselves distinctive style and fashion attitude. Yesterday, I was indigo. Today, I was Carmine. Ming, who knows! ?
More designs will soon join magic feast of color, three-color mosaic of limited design, burst infinite vitality of life - the first is a shoulder bag: casual, relaxed, hands; followed by one of the Petit Noé classic handbag , the prototype for the creation in 1932 of Noé, to accommodate five bottles of champagne. Furthermore, in order to add mix of fun, colorful small leather goods are also essential: the classic Zippy zipper wallet, Sarah wallet and card sets ......
Fun-filled life, full of emotions, varied styles - colors that magic. The new Magic Epi series debut.
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Louis Vuitton 2013 spring and summer series of handbagsCategories:Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton launched the checkered trend can be described as a time without the limelight. Seeing similar checkered dress is not everywhere, more or less with LV shadow, make this classic pattern again won the public eye, become the focus. We are familiar with the Louis Vuitton checkered pen strokes under God, even the accessories also have irresistible charm! 2013 spring and summer series of handbags put on eye-catching colors, retro design also has novel design, it seems like a feast to the eye in a wonderful!
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LV Noé BB bagCategories:Louis Vuitton
As early as 1932, champagne producers claim Gaston Louis Vuitton design a bag can carry five bottles of champagne. His answer was Noé: timeless simplicity, pleated shape, soft and spacious, with a distinctive leather drawstring closure. In the intervening decades, Noé has conducted countless treasures, in addition to champagne. Sun Li to a LV 2013 spring and summer skirt dress appeared LV Beijing store opening, also backs up this Noé BB bag.
Noé is Louis Vuitton (Louis Vuitton) second oldest iconic everyday bag series, their date of birth in 1932. After 10 years, we have seen the creation of Speed, Alma and Keepall series bags. This one Noé BB Collection, Take surrounded by familiar bucket bag body contour, outside wrapped in purple and yellow, respectively, and brand classic checkerboard checkered with logo printing, compact and stylish.
This Noé BB model provides a long strap, the bag is comfortable to wear through the shoulder. Noé BB is available in many colors, from the classic "checkered Damier canvas and leather finishes to bright epitaxy. Bucket bag design is not only large capacity, and the color style, so that women love.
Ultimately, is the classic style of LV LOGO pattern.
Noé is Louis Vuitton second oldest iconic everyday bags, their date of birth in 1932, after 10 years, we have seen the creation of Speed, Alma and Keepall series bags.
Sun Li the same paragraph Louis Vuitton Noé BB Collection, eager to spring a beautiful and romantic thrown sideways.
Light LV classic pattern Louis Vuitton Noé BB Collection, Spring is definitely the wild style.


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After last week's dreary weekend, we are all looking forward to the nicer weather this coming Saturday and Sunday. Avoid the crowds at the shore and instead opt to attend one of the following family-friendly activities in the North Jersey area. Most of the events are free or inexpensive—ideal for those trying to save money after a jam-packed summer.
Canal Day Musical and Craft Festival
Celebrate the Morris Canal with a day of fun and music. On August 19 from 10 am to 5 pm, the festival will take over Hugh Force Canal Park in Wharton. The event features two musical stages as well as classic festival activities such as pony rides and face painting. Don't miss out on the blacksmith demonstrations or the free narrated boat rides.
The New Jersey Botanical Garden in Ringwood is offering a free guided hiking experience on Sunday at 1 pm. The hike is easy and appropriate for all ages. Tour guides will discuss the magnificent plant and animal life found on the grounds. The event is free with guests meeting at the garden's Carriage House Visitor Center.
The 10th Annual Rotary Fair is coming back to Hillsborough this weekend. On Friday and Saturday, the fair will operate between the hours of 6 pm to 10 pm and from 2 pm to 7 pm on Sunday. Fireworks are scheduled to go off at dusk on Friday. Saturday will be a wristband night where you pay one low price and go on unlimited rides. Skip dinner since you'll want to save your appetite for all the delicious food and treats available at the carnival.
Edison's Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring their annual food truck festival this Saturday from 12 pm to 7 pm at Papaianni Park. Entrance fee is only $5 with children under 10 free of charge. Besides a large number of food vendors such as the Empanada Guy and Cypress Brewery, there will be craft vendors, games and children's activities. A DJ will be spinning records as you eat your fill and sip your craft beer.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, July 16, 2010
Salt Chlorine Generators - Peak Performance
Salt water Chlorine Generators are gaining popularity in many parts of the country. According to Service Industry News, it is the fastet-growing sanitizer system in the pool business. Over the past 4 years, Service Industry News (SIN) has asked their readers how many of their customers use a Salt Generator to create their own chlorine. Nationally, the average of Salt Water Chlorine Generators in use is just under 17%.
Certain regions have had a more rapid adoption of the relatively new technology. The Southeast peaks at 22.4%, with Florida and So. Calif. topping 20%. Lowest reported usage is in the Midwest, with only 4.6% of pools being equipped with a Chlorine Generator.
Saltwater Chlorine Generator Care & Repair
One of the best things about a Chlorine Generator is that you don't have to think about it. Hook up the device, which usually involves mounting the control board and plugging it in, and plumbing in the salt cell manifold (shown above). But you do have to maintain a few things to keep your saltwater generator operating at peak efficiency.
- Maintain your salt level between 2800 and 3400 ppm. Your system will tell you when your system needs more salt, and it would be wise to double check it with salt test strips to make sure they agree. Usually, salt needs to be replenished every 3-6 months, replacing splash out, drag off and backwash water.
- Maintain a Cyanuric Acid level of 40-80ppm. This will reduce the demand on your salt cell, extending it's life. Cyanuric acid, like salt, does not evaporate, so it only needs checking and replenishing every 3-6 months, replacing what's lost due to splash out, drag off and backwash water
- Maintain your water balance in the pool. Your pH and Alkalnity help control scaling and corrosion on your expensive to replace salt cell. If your water hardness gets too high, scaling can more easily occur on your salt cell or deposit itself on other pool surfaces. Check and balance your water every week at least.
- Inspect your salt cell every 3 months. If deposits are visible, use a high ressure hose to flush scale off. If ineffective, use an acid like Acid Magic or pH Decreaser. Don't scrape off the scale, you could damage the cell, and using stronger acids may pit or corrode the cell.
- During installation, be sure to plumb in at least 1 foot of straight pipe in and out of the cell manifold. This prevents turbulence which can cause vortexes and air induction which can reduce the life of your salt cell.
- High levels of Phosphates in the pool water can make a salt generator very ineffective, to the point where it cannot produce enough Free Chlorine to keep up with demand, according to Terry Arko, from Sea-Klear. Levels of 500 ppb or more of phosphates in the pool can cause real problems. Use of a phosphate remover will keep your water primed for sanitation.
- Use a Sacrificial ZInc Anode to prevent corrosion to chrome light rings and ladder rails, pool cleaner and in floor cleaner parts. Clamp it on to a ladder or hand rail, and it Sacrifices itself to protect your other metals in the pool, even your kid's braces!
For more information on Salt Chlorine Generators and how they work, visit our previous blog post on SaltWater Chlorine Generators.


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Wednesday, November 9
Good morning, TexMessagers. How do you take your morning Internet? Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison likes it plain and unregulated.
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is speaking out against White House threats to veto a resolution she sponsored to overturn "net neutrality" rules adopted last year by the Federal Communications Commission.
Net neutrality is the idea that service providers and governments shouldn't be able to restrict consumers from Internet content by slowing or blocking Web services.
The Obama administration and other critics say overturning the rules, which would go into effect Nov. 20, would threaten the freedom and openness of the Internet. Supporters of Hutchison's measure say the FCC may have not had the jurisdiction to make the rules.
Hutchison has said the Obama-led commission is trying to over-regulate the Internet.
"The Internet and technology have produced more jobs in this country than just about any other sector. It has been the cradle of innovation, it does not have a problem, and it does not need fixing," Hutchison said. "More regulation of the Internet is going to stop the investments, it's going to stop the creativity — and put our businesses and our providers at a competitive disadvantage with Europeans and others that have kept their Internet free of over-regulation."
The White House statement said "an important element of this leadership is that the open Internet enables entrepreneurs to create new services without fear of undue discrimination by network providers."
The Senate is expected to act on Hutchison's resolution, which has 42 co-sponsors, on Thursday.
Watch the video of Hutchison's statement below:
Perry Watch
Every morning, we share the latest headlines from Hearst Newspapers' Perry Presidential website.
★Kay Bailey Hutchison says Cain "should not be our nominee" if he has sexually harassed any women
★Cain accuser who reportedly got $45,000 payout identified
★If Cain fails, who will the tea partiers favor next?
Rick Perry tells Bill O'Reilly it's Herman Cain's "turn in the barrel," but governor finishes far behind Cain in O'Reilly's straw poll
★Bialek rebuts Cain in morning show appearances
★How bad are things for Rick Perry in Iowa? He's only ahead of Jon Huntsman, who's not competing there
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Tweets of the Day
Our popular "Tweets of the Day" feature has moved. You will now be able to read "Tweets of the Day" as a stand-alone feature every afternoon on Texas on the Potomac. Check out yesterday's "Tweets of the Day" here.
Reader Comment of the Day
In response to our story about Attorney General Eric Holder denying he was inaccurate about when he heard of Fast and Furious, reader jackalope said:
The issue is not when Holder found out, it's why the government was selling weapons to the cartels in the first place. We now know that American citizens have been killed with those weapons and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Mexican citizens as well. THAT should be enough to send Holder to prison.
Texas Watch
TxPotomac lets you know what stories to look out for later this week.
On Deck: Today
★ Republican presidential candidates, including Rick Perry and Ron Paul, participate in the CNBC and Michigan Republican Party's economic presidential debate, starting at 8 p.m.
On Deck: This Week and Beyond
★ Saturday, Nov. 12: Another GOP presidential debate, this time in Spartanburg, S.C. It's the first and only debate of the fall debate season dedicated to foreign policy topics.
★ Thursday, Nov. 17: Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee will be at Intercontinental Airport to celebrate Continental Airlines' inaugural flight from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria. As Houstonians know well, Nigeria is among the world's major oil producers.
Today in Texas History
On this date in 1891, Santos Benavides, the highest ranking Mexican American to serve in the Confederacy, died at his home in Laredo. More>>>


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Samantha Johnson leads American Heritage past Dillard in girls' basketball
Samantha Johnson, Plantation American Heritage's big-name transfer, inserted herself into the Heritage-Dillard girls basketball rivalry with a game-high 18 points, punctuated by the game-winning layup as the visiting Patriots upset the four-time defending Class 5A state champion Panthers 48-47 on Tuesday.
After Dillard guard Tierra Wilks missed her second consecutive free throw with 11.5 seconds left, Krystal Moncrief grabbed the rebound, passed the ball to Taylor Smith, who found Johnson cutting to the basket for the game-winner with three seconds left.
As the buzzer sounded the Patriots' bench stormed onto the floor to celebrate.
"I knew we still had a chance to score after the missed free throws," Johnson said. "Taylor went downcourt and I just followed her and hoped I would make it. The game swayed a little bit in the fourth quarter, but we had our heart in the game. It is a big win for us, but we still have a long season to go."
Johnson's transfer from Pine Crest, where she was a two-time All-Broward First-Team selection, gives the Patriots (6-1) a dynamic lead guard who showed tremendous poise against a Dillard press notorious for rattling opponents. Johnson finished with four assists and paced the Patriots with 10 first-half points.
Behind Johnson and Skyla Osceola (nine points) Heritage had its fast break clicking early and built a 26-17 lead with 5:42 left in the second quarter. But Dillard forward Ragene Grier led a 11-0 run, capped by a putback off a missed three-point attempt to give the Panthers a 28-26 halftime lead.
Briana Green had 13 points, six steals and six assists, and Jamesha Paul added seven points and a game-high 16 rebounds for the Panthers (9-1).
Heritage 6-3 center Hayley Durden started the frenetic finish with a 15-foot shot on the left baseline to put the Patriots ahead 46-43 with 3:19 left. Green answered with an offensive putback to pull Dillard within 46-45 before Tierra Wilkes converted a layup off a steal to put Dillard up 47-46 with 42 seconds left.
But Wilkes left the door open for Johnson's heroics by missing both free throws.
• American Heritage 48, Dillard 47: AH (6-1): Johnson 18, Moncrief 5, Osceola 9, T. Smith 2, Duren 7, V. Bradley 5, Marshall 2. Dill (9-1): Paul 7, Tierra Wilks 11, Tyler Wilkes 5, Green 13, Wyatt 2,Grier 9. Half: Dill 28-26. Three-pointers: Osceola 3, Johnson 2, V. Bradley 1, Paul 2, Tierra Wilks 3, Tyler Wilks. Rebounds: Paul 16, Moncrief 7. Steals: Green 6, Moncrief 3. Assists: Green 6, Johnson 4.
•Sagemont 58, Doctors Charter 2: SAG (6-2):
Provenzano 5, Black 8, Rucker 6, Smith 10, Marshall 10, Jackson 13, Correa 6.DC (4-4):
Gutierrez 2. Rebounds: Provenzano 9, Smith 6, Rucker 6. Steals: Rucker 5, Black 3, Provenzano 3, Smith 2, Correa 2. Assists: Rucker 7, Correa 4.
•Calvary Christian 63, Pine Crest 20: CC (5-1):
Gray 20, Spring 25, Nevils 6, Pitts 2, Nazario 2, Sieradzan 4. PC (1-5): Anderson 4, Malone 4, Shey 2, Cox 2, Landers 2, Engler 3, Silitsky 1, Taylor 2. Rebounds: Sieradzen 5. Assists: Spring 5. Steals: Gray 4. Three-pointers: Gray 3, Spring 2, Engler 1.
• Deerfield Beach 74, Pine Crest 34: DB: Jean-Pierre 11-1-24, Carpenter 5-1-11, Grant 3-0-8, Houston 3-0-7, Harvey 2-0-4, Johnson 3-0-6, Wilburn 1-0-2, Kelly 1-2-4, Robinson 4-0-8. TAR: Tigner 3-2-10, Simeon 3-0-6, Francious 2-1-3, Groll 2-0-6, Bush 2-0-4, Edwards 1-3-5. Three-pointers: Jean-Pierre 1, Grant 2, Houston 1, T - Francious 1, Tigner 2, Groll 2. Rebounds: Robinson 10. Assists: Carpenter 7. Blocks: Robinson 3.
•Late Monday - Blanche Ely 83, Pembroke Pines Charter 66: BE:
Gosier 10, Tejada II 23, Labadi 2, Goodrum 14, Devers 5, Heastie 17, Floyd 12. Rebounds: Gosier 11. Blocks: Gosier 10. Assists: Gosier 5.
Isabel Turner and Jordyn Elliott scored three goals apiece as Pine Crest cruised past Calvary Christian 8-1.
Allie Gershman scored a goal and dished out a team-high four assists for the Panthers (11-3-2), and Katherine Gulley added a goal.
• Pine Crest 8, Calvary Christian 1: Isabel Turner 3 goals. Jordyn Elliott 3 goals. Allie Gershman goal, 4 assists. Katherine Gulley goal. PC 11-3-2.
•St. Thomas Aquinas 3, Nova 0: STA:
Dallas Dorosy 2 goals. Bella Dorosy goal. Abby Pangallo and Brittany Macaluso combined shutout. STA 9-0-2.
• Pine Crest 3, Benjamin School 1: Matt Wagner 2 goals. Yani Fabre assist. Jack Marchetto goal.
•University School 6, Pompano Beach 1: US:
J. Miot goal. CJ Ardavin goal. D. Ben Reuven goal. J. Heller 2 goals. C. Roberts goal. US 5-1-2.
Cardinal Gibbons vs. Pine Crest (Home), 7:30
North Miami Beach vs. Northeast (Home), 7
Hialeah Educational Academy vs. Westminster Academy (Home), 7
Coral Springs vs. Cardinal Gibbons (Home), 5
Plantation vs. Cooper City (Home), 7
Coral Glades vs. Monarch (Monarch), 6
Deerfield Beach vs. Douglas (Home), 7
Boyd Anderson vs. Coconut Creek (Coconut Creek), 5
Western vs. Cypress Bay (Home), 5
North Miami Beach vs. Northeast (Northeast), 5
American Heritage vs. Lourdes (Kendall Soccer Complex), 7
Cardinal Gibbons vs. Taravella (Taravella), 7
Coral Springs vs. Cardinal Gibbons (Cardinal Gibbons), 5
Plantation vs. Cooper City (Cooper City), 5
West Boca Raton vs. Coral Glades (Coral Glades), 4
Coral Springs vs. Cardinal Gibbons (Cardinal Gibbons), 5
Deerfield Beach vs. Douglas (Douglas), 5
Everglades vs. Krop (Krop), 5
West Broward vs. Flanagan (Flanagan), 5
Hallandale vs. Boynton Beach (Boynton Beach), 5
Pine Crest vs. American (Ame), 5
Stranahan vs. Archbishop McCarthy (McCarthy), 4
South Plantation vs. Western (Western), 5
Taravella vs. Douglas (Home), 7:30
St. Thomas Aquinas vs. South Plantation (South Plantation), 7:30
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Excerpts from Laura Ingraham's The Obama Diaries
Obama on Sarah Palin:
"Hell, doesn't Palin have anything better to do than criticize me? Shouldn't she be back home shooting some endangered wolf species from a helicopter?" (April 9, 2010)
Michelle on being First Lady:
"I'll be damned if all this fabulosity is going to go to waste reading Dr. Seuss to snot-nosed kids all day." (January 23, 2009)
Vice President Joe Biden on Michelle Obama:
"She's kind of like a black Hillary Clinton. I mean that in a good way." (May 5, 2009)
Obama on his visit to the Vatican:
"If I can ingratiate myself with a few more of these red-hats, the pope thing might not be a bad follow-up to the presidency." (July 10, 2009)