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The Lee County Board of Supervisors and the Community Development Foundation announced Tuesday they're seeking a $2.7 million grant to expand the facility.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration gave the two entities permission last week to apply for the money, which they would have to match dollar for dollar.
Awards likely will be announced by the end of September, said David Rumbarger, CDF's president and CEO.
"Our hope is obviously to get the letter that says you have the $2.7 million," Rumbarger told the Daily Journal. "That would be the big news. We're just in the 'hope and dream' phase right now."
EDA has awarded CDF and Lee County several grants in the past, including one for the first phase of the business incubator and those for all three county industrial parks.
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The new building would have three floors and cost an estimated $5.4 million, but it hasn't yet been designed.
CDF Chairman Chris Rogers said the expansion also would allow his organization to offer more services and resources to help new businesses grow.
The current business incubator opened in August 2006 and has helped launch 21 new enterprises and organizations. It also offers on-site business counseling, technical support, marketing assistance and networking, among other services.
Rumbarger said the facility has at times been fully occupied and last year had an average occupancy rate of 86 percent. He said CDF always has intened to expand, and efforts to do so began seriously in February.
Lee County Board of Supervisors President Tommie Lee Ivy praised the proposal but wasn't immediately sure how the county would fund its portion of the matching grant.
"Right now we've got a tight budget and everything," he said. "I don't know where we stand right now. I don't think we have to come up with the money immediately. We're still looking at our next budget."
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Beckham's American adventure ended last December after the Los Angeles Galaxy won the MLS Cup in his final game and, at 37, his personal magnetism outweighs his soccer prowess. He was famously denied a spot on the British Olympic soccer team last summer, but instead was given the role of looking good while bringing the Olympic torch up the Thames on a motorboat that he totally was not driving. Still, he said he wasn't certain this would be his final contract.
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Wisconsin vote tests Tea Party power
August 10, 2011, 5:22 pm
Voters have tilted in favour of Republicans in Wisconsin recall elections that were closely watched for signs of a backlash against Tea Party conservatives in a presidential battleground state.
Republican candidates successfully defended four seats in the Wisconsin state senate in Tuesday's elections, retaining control of the senate and holding Democratic gains to only two seats, results showed on Wednesday.
Democrats had organised the recall vote - aimed at unseating legislators - against six Republican state senators after they sided with the Republican governor on a law that took collective bargaining rights away from state workers.
The elections were closely watched, coming ahead of next year's congressional and presidential elections, and was seen as a test of the power of small-government, anti-tax Republicans who won control of the US House of Representatives last year.
The Democrats were livid that Republican Governor Scott Walker and his party backers adopted legislation earlier this year that strips most public workers of collective bargaining rights.
The legislative fight over his plan attracted national attention - and tens of thousands of protesters to the Wisconsin capital, Madison.
Democrats needed to win at least three of the six seats up for grabs in Tuesday's elections to wrest control of the senate from Republicans.
Even if they were to win a third seat, Democrats would still have to successfully defend two other seats they hold in another recall vote August 16 to secure control of the senate.
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Hopefully the GOP can get at least one Rat held seat next Tuesday.
Payback Time
In his place will now sit one of the absolute worst examples (or best if you're a far far far left lefty) of a dem/lib/prog/pop pig...one "Mrs" j. schilling.
I am ashamed of La Crosse. La Crosse is supposed to be a conservative town. Not any more. It is now branded as just another WI socialist community. The entire area - having thrown out a wonderful senator and hired a pig - makes me sick. I don't know why the vote turned out as it did, but I'll see if I can take a "deep dive" and find out.
Is this a case of "sour grapes"?? You bet your sweet ass, it is.
We must remember the courage and integrity of those two Republican senators who lost not just their seats but probably their political careers because they fought for freedom and justice in Wisconsin. We need more patriots like these heroes to sacrifice to restore freedom and destroy the democrat party. God Bless those brave souls!
I donated to Kapanke knowing that it was an uphill climb for him. What's wrong with these people?
That was one of the most biased articles on the election that I have seen.
Letting this line stand is a journalistic crime:
Republicans nevertheless passed the bill, using a legislative manoeuvre that a judge later ruled was unconstitutional.
They did not state that this judge was overruled by the State Supreme Court.
I hope that the results from Wisconsin are predictive of the 2012 elections, they lost 4 to 2.
I donated to his recall campaign and also voted for him.
As to your second question, I surely don't know. I have a home in La Crosse, had lived there for 6 years. It is supposed to be a "conservative" area....not any more. Not by a long shot.
We'll just take to calling it "Moscow on the Mississippi"
I'm sick of the town (pop. = 51,500), and all the dem/lib/prog/pops in it.
I hope next Tuesday goes well. I was listening to a caller this monring on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" show...he said this is like the Vince Lombardi days and the Green Bay Packers..."We're on the 10 yard line but we've got to get the rest of the way." Good on Wisconsin!!!!!
An honest reporter would cease calling it 'collective bargaining rights'.
I shouldn't come down to semantics. I know how I would vote regarless of how they describe it.
I donated to Dan and ran his donation link on my website. Can someone on the ground tell me if Dan will run again next year?
"Payback Time"
Are there any FReepers in WI with an idea of how next weeks recall election will turn out. Are there any indications that the jackasses are going to lose any Senate seats?
What are the chances of bagging these two rat next week? Are the odds are good?
How I LOATHE them.
Of all the Republican figures we read about here I would say that Scott Walker is at the top of those we can point to as a role mode. What he is doing in WI, cutting spending while cutting taxes (something Republicans wouldn't do at the national level when in power), luring jobs to his state, is providing an example that defies every liberal economic theory/fairy tale about how to recover from a recession. This puts him #1 on liberals bullseyes list.
For months the MSNBC evening shows run by ex-Air America (socialist) hosts have been trying to rally liberal support to make a example of Walker last night, AND FAILED.
My guess. Libs from Minnesota are fleeing to Wisconsin boarder towns. Of course, they bring the same infection that caused them to leave in the first place.
Good guess. On the surface, it would seem to be logical. However, it ain't the case.
The population of La Crosse has been 51,000 +/- 250 since 2001 (10 years). It is the home (or was the home and world HQ) of Trane A/C...that is until Trane was purchased by a multi-national corporation based in Dublin, Ireland (Ingersoll Rand - heavily union - wouldn't buy one of their products with your money)
The employement in the La Crosse area from Trane alone in 2001 was over 5,000. There are now less than 1,100 left. There were 7 buildings in operation in 2001. Now there is one...and it is half empty.
There is a liberal enclave just north of La Crosse called Onalaska...filled with yuppy dem/lib/prog/pops. La Crosse county (wherein lies Onalaska) went for the pig. Out in Monroe County (mostly rural, small town, farming) went for Senator Kapanke.
Moreover, La Crosse town itself is now filled with lots and lots of state employees....'nuff said on that point.
I truly believe it is time for our great Governor, the Honorable Scott Walker, to begin to layoff state workers. Lots of state workers....to begin with, 10,000 or so. More later.
My guess....republican voters stayed home, and the dem/lib/prog/pops showed up.
The man does have backbone.
He is looking like the anti-Bush: someone who we can point to as an example of the success of the private sector to create private sector jobs jobs without government $$$, with a straight face.
Government needs to be drastically pruned. People who rely on government funding (government employees; academics and "non-profit" employees who depend on government grants; welfare recipients; state contractors and suppliers) tend to vote for more government.
The only solution is a DRASTIC reduction in the size of the public sector, both in terms of public employment and in terms of spending. Make these people have to rely on the private sector for their income.
Safe to say, we should pick up at-least one of those two.
If we can bag both of those rat bastards, the idiots will be back to exactly where they were, minus the 30+ million they wasted on recalls!
Eagles UP!! Lets git er done next Tuesday.
Wow, THAT SUCKS.
It was a nail-biter of a night, but in the end Republicans prevailed in 4 of the races while Democrats won only 2 - despite the boastful predictions from many Democrats in the days before the election that they thought they would sweep and win all 6 elections.
But there is something very important we ALL must be aware of. While reason won last night, we are not totally out of the woods yet.
Media outlets are reporting that 1 Republican State Senator may switch parties or vote against the GOP. That man is Senator Dale Schultz who was the ONLY Republican Senator who did not vote for Governor Scott Walker's Budget Repair bill.
We can't afford to see the Left win by flipping this weak sister in the GOP, thus we are going to go all out to win in the 2 RECALL campaigns against Democrats that take place next Tuesday. In fact, if we prevail in these two races the net gain for Democrats through this entire RECALL process will have been ZERO (0) seats. They will have spent more than $40 MILLION for nothing!
So let's go out and finish the win. Let's see those 2 Democrat Senators who abdicated their job duties and fled to Illinois lose their seats. Let's make the Left eat crow for ever starting these shameful RECALL campaigns to punish Republicans who actually DID do their jobs.
"What are the chances of bagging these two rat next week? Are the odds are good?"
The race up North Dem. Holperin Vs Rep. Simac(Tea Party) odds are real good for a pick off.
The other race - is against a Dem in the Kenosha area - I don't know, but that one is doubtful.
It was disheartening to read the paper this morning with that witch Shilling crowing about her victory. In her countless ads, with a lot of money from Big Union, plastered on tv Shilling never once told the truth: her party almost spent the state into insolvency. But she played on voters emotions. Unfortunately, Kapanke's ads did little to counter the emotion. Shilling is a prime example of a deranged leftist pol who will try her best to spend every last dollar of Wisconsin taxpayers income.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Neither are we experts in radiation poisoning, or in allopathic medicine. However we have an amazing brain that contains a portion of it fully dedicated to logic and common sense. So we will be using this part of our God given abilities to decide whats good and not good for our bodies in this article.
This became more of a concern of ours when years ago there where reports in the news of CAT Scan machines had been mis-calibrated, causing dangerous doses of radiation exposure to trusting patients. In fact some patients had been exposed to 40% more radiation in a single scan than they should have been*. Lawsuits against GE and other manufactures are in process as a result of physical harm from these scans. Hopefully this is not a norm, and a valuable lesson was learned on the proper calibration and maintenance of radiation based medical equipment.
According to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine last year, CT scans alone will cause nearly 30,000 unnecessary cancer cases (about 2 percent of cancer cases), which will lead to about 14,500 deaths.
But wait, there's more bad news.
While 30,000 cancer cases is a large number, a New England Journal of Medicine study from 2007 estimated that overuse of diagnostic CT scans may cause up to 3 million excess cancers over the next 20 to 30 years.
For those slow on math that is 1,000 X more deaths over the next 25 years.
David Brenner of Columbia University, lead author of the study, told USA Today:
"About one-third of all CT scans that are done right now are medically unnecessary … Virtually anyone who presents in the emergency room with pain in the belly or a chronic headache will automatically get a CT scan. Is that justified?
If the logic center of your brain is raising flags right now, it's for good reason. There are other concerns about radiation exposure. Not my goal to create fear here, but to establish reasonable cause to understand why you would want to take some precautions.
The Japanese earthquake of March 11th, 2011 has taught the world that nuclear power plants are vulnerable to natural disasters as well as from years of use that have caused deterioration and weakness. Of the 104 nuclear power plants in the US six are identical to the damaged Fukushima plant. 17 others are very similar and several are close to major earthquake faults. It is possible that the "giant" that has been sleeping since the days of the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.
"By itself, the Japanese tsunami was a horrendous, almost unimaginable event, one that reminds us that even the most highly developed nations can be left all but helpless when the full forces of nature get unleashed. But what happened at Fukushima had a more profound lesson: that technological hubris, self-serving bureaucracy, lack of transparency and a host of other human failings always have the capacity to take a bad situation – and make it worse. Unfortunately, Japan will be reminded of this lesson every day for decades to come.
Now lets consider the information presented at the October 2013 North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) annual meeting.
The Researchers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirmed that the radioactive plume from Fukushima is indeed reaching the shores of Canada and the United States – and was detected at least six months ago – carried both in the ocean surface water and the atmosphere on similar but slightly different courses.
In a presentation titled "Communicating the forecasts, uncertainty and consequences of ecosystem change," (read here: http://www.pices.int) the Canadian researchers gave evidence that the bulk of radioactivity from Fukushima is shifting almost entirely from the western portion of the North Pacific (Japan) to the eastern portion (North America) over the course of the next five years. As of 2012, it had already reached the central region of the Pacific Ocean, and a previously unpublished map shows that, as of 2013, it had reached the shores of Alaska and British Columbia, with the most intense area of the plume yet to arrive.
All models point to increased radiation from here on out. Just how bad it will get remains to be seen, but red flags were raised last week when health officials dismissed concerns about readings taken in San Francisco and posted on the Internet that showed levels as high as 150 counts-per-minute – about five times higher than normal background radiation levels.*"
Most people we talk with, want options to help protect themselves from any kind of exposure outside of the norm. Not the new norm, but the old norm, before when radiation exposure was solely from our environment naturally occurring.
So what do we do? Here are some steps we take to combat some of the negative effects of our environment:
- Unless it's an emergency, XRAY's, CAT Scan's, MRI's and they like are a last resort. We do not believe in routine, automatic or frequent exposure, no matter how small the amount. We are already exposed to radiation from other sources and not willing to add to it the effects.
- We combat negative affects of our environment and exposure to toxins/radiation by removing sources of toxins/radiation from our bodies. No chemical cleaners in the homes (our bodies are already working hard enough don't need to combat chemicals too), using our cell phone's away from our bodies not holding it against our head when possible. We actually do not prefer to fly, we prefer to drive, but exposure to radiation is higher when flying, etc..
- Support our bodies healing abilities by considering what we put in, on and around our bodies. Aiming to consume 50-75% raw vegetables and fruit. Is the food, personal care product, or item as close to the source as possible the way it was designed? For example, would it be better to juice real juice at home or buy a "fruit juice" that has been mass-produced with added ingredients? The fish, meat or seaweed I buy, is it from Japanese coast? The fish supplements we take, where is the fish sourced from? (Not the Pacific coast)
- Exercise, research is showing that just 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day (defined as brisk walking) can actually decrease your risk of cancer and other diseases by a significant amount?
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Coils Of Entropy
February 2012
Released: 2012, Indie Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP In 2011 the Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences (CARAS) made an announcement of interest to the Canadian Metal community. Namely they announced that after a 17-year hiatus, Canada's national music recognition program (aka the Juno Awards) would be rejoining the rest of the civilized world and re-establishing the Metal Category for the 2011. By the time this review goes to publication, it is possible they will have announced the final nominees for the category, with the winner to be presented the award at the end of April, 2012. In the spirit of supporting underground Canadian Metal I've decided to do a spotlight on some Canadian acts. I feel these are some excellent Metal records from across Canada. The other artists in this spotlight are Anonymus, Demisery, Final Darkness, Gales Of Avalon, Magnetic, Morningless and Villianizer. Feel free to read the reviews of these albums. Nephelium are another ambitious entry in the crowded and competitive field of Death Metal. This quartet is not brand new however they have been around for a decade issuing a demo and an EP. The band was formed in the city of Dubai, and settled in Toronto Canada, and have released their debut album in early 2012. It is a good-looking CD, nice cover art, lyrics with a good layout and design. First impressions still count for something, ya can't go wrong with a spiky metal logo/font! COILS OF ENTROPY like most quality Death Metal is a short, seven track, 45 minute blast to the head. The band is not afraid to stretch out with their compositions and arrangements as a couple of tunes are close to the 10-minute mark. There are do many shades of grey when it comes to accurately describing Death Metal in it's many permutations. Is it 'technical'? Is it 'brutal' ? Is it 'progressive'? Nephelium have found a pretty sweet spot kinda combining a number of the aforementioned shades of grey into a fairly raging monster. Therein lies the potential problem. Is it brutal enough for the gore hounds? Maybe not. Is it technical enough for the musicians? Perhaps. Is it captivating enough to want to listen to again and again? Most certainly. The vocals are deep and gruff, in the classic style, the guitars are drenched in blood and heavy as hell and the guys are tight, executing many interesting tempo changes and variations without losing sight of the song. It's quite diverse but retains that classic 90's Death Metal sound, I'd suggest they have a bit more of a North American sound than a European sound. Relentless, pounding, challenging and still listenable COILS OF ENTROPY manages to walk a razors edge of a myriad of Death Metal styles and still pull it off. Nephelium are a welcome addition to the Canadian scene.
Track Listing
1. Burial Ground
Devlin Anderson Vocals
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In early 2011, Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend had a drug conspiracy conviction in connection with her death dismissed. However, a California appellate court on Thursday ruled that the convictions of Howard K. Stern and psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich were wrongly tossed.
A Los Angeles judge determined last year that Stern never had an intent to defraud when he obtained prescriptions for Smith using his name as well as the names of others for privacy reasons.
RELATED: Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter, Dannielynn, Asks Dad Larry Birkhead 'Why Did Mommy Die?'
Thursday, the appellate court ruled that the charges for both defendants should be reinstated.
It remains to be seen what will happen next with Stern. The trial judge has multiple options to consider, such as imposing a prison sentence or dismissing the case. Stern cannot be retried due to double jeopardy.
Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in Florida in February of 2007.


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General Certificate of Secondary Education
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The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is a set of exams taken in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and other British territories. They are usually taken by students aged 15–16, after two years of study. Some pupils can take their exams early if their teachers think them able. Most students taking their GCSEs study between 5 and 12 subjects.
All pupils have to study English, mathematics and science until they are 15-16. They do not have to take the GCSE exams, but the large majority do so. In Wales, students must also study Welsh until they are 14.
Most schools require that a pupil passes 5 or more GCSE exams at grades C or above before they can move on to study A-levels. some schools you have to take I.T and R.E.
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Ai-Kon 2016 Cosplay Contest
The Cosplay Contest is the main event where you, or your group, gets time on stage to exhibit your costumes in front of a panel of judges and a cheering crowd. Add a little bit of flair to your stage time to make yourself memorable; you never know, doing a skit with a little song and dance might give you just the edge you need to come out on top!
Video of the Cosplay Contest is available here!
Fashion Show
If you're not much for acting, we still have an event for you to get your image across to the rest of the convention attendees. The Cosplay Fashion Show is just that, a show that allows you to get your costume out in the spotlight in front of a large audience. You'll be brought on stage with a short introduction of who you are, your character, and what you're from. Strut on stage and do a pose for the judges and photographers. Music will be supplied for you that we can play that to help with the image you're trying to get across.
A convention?! What better a time to show off that fancy costume of your favorite character you've worked so hard on? Nothing starts a conversation in quite the same way as a well made costume, and there's plenty of ways for you to show off. There's also a few rules for prospective cosplayers that we'd like you to follow to make the convention safe and enjoyable for everyone.
Looking for the "Escape Winter Cosplay Contest"? Follow this link!
Costume Policy
With the wide variety of characters and styles seen in Japanese media comes many options available to our cosplayers for outfits to wear to the convention. However, due to Ai-Kon being an all-ages event, we ask that you stress discretion in the costume you choose, how it is constructed, and how you act in it.
While there are no definitive criteria for what will be deemed inappropriate, common sense guidelines will be used in our decisions. Please try to avoid overtly suggestive dress; if possible, modify outfits that may not meet our criteria in a way that will create less issue (ex. shorts instead of a speedo). We also ask that you conduct yourself appropriately in public and not in a manner that may be considered lewd, suggestive, or will otherwise make people uncomfortable.
In the end, what will and will not be considered acceptable at Ai-Kon is up to the discretion of the cosplay committee. If your costume or conduct falls under what we consider to be inappropriate, we will ask you to adjust your outfit and/or behavior accordingly, otherwise you will have to change.
Weapons Policy
For the safety of all convention attendees, please ensure you have read and understood the prop policies of Ai-Kon if you plan on cosplaying.
Failure to comply with the rules may result in your expulsion, without refund, from Ai-Kon.
Misuse of a prop, weapon or any other item even if it falls within Ai-Kon rules may also result in the prop being either taken away from you, or you being asked to leave the convention for misconduct.
- Ai-Kon attendees may not carry or possess any working weapon at any time during the convention.
- The definition of "working weapon" includes, but is not limited to: firearms and ammunition of any and all sorts (BB guns, pellet guns, cap guns, air-soft weapons, paintball guns), tasers, explosives, knives, swords (including katanas, bokken and other martial arts style swords), daggers, sword canes, switchblades, fireworks or fire-crackers, axes, hatchets, clubs, silly string, martial arts weapons, brass knuckles, chains, pepper spray, mace and any other projectile item, toy or real.
- Firearms that have the firing pin removed or barrel filled to make them unusable are still considered "real weapons" and are not permitted.
- Airsoft weapons that have been gutted and remain with an orange tip are permitted, but will be policed to ensure they have indeed been rendered non-firing
- Bows are allowed only if they are rendered incapable of firing a projectile. Arrows must have blunt tips.
- Props under 50 inches long or wide, and less then 2 inches in thickness may be made out of carved wood materials, of any kind, wooden dowel's are also acceptable as cores in foam oversize weapons or staffs.
- Cardboard, foam, balsa or other light, craft-type wood, light and/or plastic or materials similar in nature to those items are acceptable.
- Realistic replica firearms are allowed only if such weapon cannot be mistaken for a real weapon, IE: they have an orange tip.
- Any realistic replica guns not meeting this criteria will not be allowed and must be returned to a hotel room, car, or convention center security booth.
- Any weapon, prop or other items which do not meet the aforementioned criteria must be immediately returned to a hotel room or vehicle for the duration of the convention, or held by Winnipeg Convention Security and returned at the end of the convention.
- If the weapon, prop or item is needed for the cosplay competition, arrangements can be made for it to be delivered to the backstage area for the competition, immediately after which the item must be returned to security or removed from the convention.
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- All items purchased in the dealers room are considered merchandise until they are removed from their packaging, at which time they fall under Ai-Kon's weapons policy.
- These items include, but are not limited to, replica knives, daggers, ninja weapons (metal or hard plastic kunai knives, shuriken, etc.), and combative clothing (such as metal/hard spikes)
- Any such item purchased at the dealer's room must be wrapped before leaving the vendor's table and taken, unopened, to a room or car.
Neither Ai-Kon Inc. nor any of its affiliates will not be held responsible for any loss, damage, theft or injury. Attendees are responsible for their individual actions and any repercussions that may result.
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Summer Intensive Introductory level -- too soon/too much?
Posted 15 July 2012 - 06:55 AM
I recently signed her up for a SI Introductory level for 7-9 year olds that is in a city in another state where we will be visiting a relative, thinking that this SI would help her to retain the skills that she learned this past year. I figured that it could also be a good introduction to the increased class time that she may have in the fall. The SI introductory class is twice a week, three hours each day, and her fall class would be either 2 or 3 times a week, 1.5 hours each class.
Because her ballet school had a long break, I signed her up for a once a week summer session with a completely different school that she attended the past 3 weeks. I mention this because the instructor at this school tsk-tsk'ed the idea of my daughter bouncing around to so many different places. He felt that she should have more basics down first before branching out, and now I'm second guessing the idea of her attending the SI next week. My husband feels we should proceed as usual and let our daughter attend the SI, assessing how it goes on the first day. Neither of us have dance backgrounds, though, so I don't know how educated our decision really is.
Thoughts? Am I overthinking something that should just be a fun summer activity?
Thanks in advance.
Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:02 AM
Victoria Leigh
...IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN! [Unknown]
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 09:55 AM
At my DD preprofessional ballet school no one is to go to a SI before the age of 12, and only then with premission.
And, the parents go along with this? I find the notion that a (presumably) for-profit entity that I am paying to educate my child in ballet, can dictate to me where I can take my child to be educated in ballet to be silly. Parents can and should do what's best for their own child, which may not be the same as what's best for someone else's child. Of COURSE, we should listen to recommendations from our child's teacher(s), but bottom line is that I just can't see myself allowing someone else to dictate what I do for my child. The schedule you describe does not sound overly "intense" and 9 year olds all over country have much more rigorous schedules with no harm done, and like Ms Leigh said, it sounds like it could be fun.
Posted 17 July 2012 - 10:24 AM
I think that as long has you have looked into the school and know that it has reputable teaching and experienced professionals in charge, there is never a down side to variety.
I think sometimes a new teacher can say something in a new way, and make the dancer hear the correction in a new way that makes a whole lot of new sense to them. And then after that the corrections their old teachers were making all along will actually make more sense.
Personal story: My older DD when she was 10 was on pointe already and kept bending her knees a bit on pointe. All year her teacher would say "straighten your knees" but going to another school's SI, a teacher suggested that her pointe shoes had too long a vamp, which didn't allow her to push over onto the box; and that because of some gymnastics training she had done when she was little, her placement was pulling her back as well. The teacher took her to the barre and helped her to straighted her spine, compress her rib cage, and correctly hold her pelvis, and she found it much easier to straighten her knees.
So let your daughter have fun, and as long as she loves to dance allow her to seek out as many new dance experiences as she can!
Posted 17 July 2012 - 11:15 AM
balletsky -- our studio has the same policy; but I know a lot of parents who feel similarly to cakers in managing their own child's dance. In our case, we took DS to a different studio last summer because he wasn't allowed to be in the workshop at our home studio yet. He just wanted to dance all summer so I wasn't going to tell him he had to sit home or take just one class each week. We compromised by putting him in a boys program down in Houston for a week, which he enjoyed and caused him no great harm. If we had listened to the guidance of our studio, he would have missed a fun chance to dance with a room full of other boys for a week. I think it was worth it.
Posted 17 July 2012 - 12:21 PM
At my DD preprofessional ballet school no one is to go to a SI before the age of 12, and only then with premission. They tell us that there is no rush, they do not want the students burnt out. They also want the children to have a strong foundation before they start to travel to outside SI. So at the age of 8 or 9 this would not even be an option for sure where my DD is at.
Thank you for your response.
As far as I know, there is no such rule at my daughter's school, and frankly, I didn't really think I'd need to ask permission for her to take a class elsewhere. I stand corrected if that's what the school's policy is -- but truth be told, I wouldn't be too happy about it. What I mentioned in my original post is that I am sending my DD to an Introductory SI with age ranges between 7-9, so my daughter isn't breaking any rules by admitting a younger student. It's at a reputable school that is mentioned with some frequency on this forum, also. (I use this board/forum for A LOT of ballet research, as I'm totally green to the ballet world, or dancing at all, really.)
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WASHINGTON – Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein is calling for a "total review of all intelligence programs" after allegations that the National Security Agency eavesdropped on the German chancellor — activity the California Democrat says she wasn't told about.
Feinstein said Monday that while her committee was informed of the NSA's collection of phone records under a secret court order, her committee, quote, "was not satisfactorily informed" that "certain surveillance activities have been in effect for more than a decade."
She said President Barack Obama was not informed either that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) communications were being collected since 2002.
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Drawn to Life: Al Hirschfeld and the Theater of Tennessee Williams
In commemoration of the centennial of Tennessee Williams's birth, The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Al Hirschfeld Foundation collaborated to present Drawn to Life: Al Hirschfeld and the Theater of Tennessee Williams.
The exhibition and companion publication brought together highlights from The Collection's permanent holdings and dozens of drawings by the legendary artist.
Hirschfeld, a self-described "characterist," was the foremost chronicler of Williams's productions on and off Broadway for six decades. With his signature linear calligraphic style, Hirschfeld's drawings compose a fascinating archive of the playwright's career while capturing the personalities of the actors who portrayed his characters on stage and screen. The exhibition also included correspondence, programs, and family photographs documenting Williams's talent for drawing from his life to create some of the most compelling characters in American theater history.
The exhibition marked the first time Hirschfeld's drawings have been pulled from collections around the country to give an account of the work of Tennessee Williams. The companion catalogue includes a foreword by film critic Rex Reed and essays by co-curators Mark Cave of The Collection and David Leopold of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation.
Drawn to Life: Al Hirschfeld and the Theater of Tennessee Williams was on view in the Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street, January 11–April 3, 2011.
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Tustin can't be stopped in Empire League
CYPRESS — It has been nearly two full years since Tustin lost an Empire League game. The dominance is surely not lost on Tillers coach Ringo Bossenmeyer, whose team finished in fifth place when it first came over from the Century League in 2009.
If that feels like a long time ago, Bossenmeyer readily ignored it following Tustin's 55-40 defeat of Cypress on Wednesday at Cypress High, giving the Tillers their 16th league victory in a row.
"All I'm counting is the four this year," Bossenmeyer said. "Like the old coach's cliché goes, you just try to get better every day."
No. 5 Tustin (17-2, 4-0) did that against Cypress, especially in the final three quarters while allowing just 26 points.
"They're very good defensively," Cypress coach Jeff Russell said. "They're in the right spot every time. They pressure the ball really well, make it tough for you to run your stuff. And they're physical."
Cypress (13-5, 2-1) had its chances going into the fourth quarter, trailing by just six after falling behind by double digits in the third quarter.
"I thought defensively we played well," Russell said "When you hold that team to the 40s, you give yourself an opportunity to be in the ball game. We did a lot of things really well."
But so did Tustin swingman Nick Hornsby and his defensive crew. The senior scored a layup on the Tillers' first possession of the fourth. A moment later, he stood on the baseline during a timeout before slyly bouncing the inbounds pass off a Cypress defender and grabbing the carom for an easy layup.
Cypress cut the deficit to single digits a final time, only to see Hornsby, with a defender draped on him, step back and drain a 3-pointer to give the Tillers team a commanding 47-36 lead. He finished with 25 points, nearly accounting for half his team's final total.
"It's not an easy job to stop one of the best players in the county," Russell said. "He can handle the ball, shoot from the perimeter, he's got good size so you can post him up. He's unique in that way, especially in high school, to be able to do all those things for the size of a post guy."
Tustin's other post player, forward/center Deondre Bryant, had 14 points. Behind Bryant and Hornsby, both about 6-6, Tustin dominated the boards and pestered Cypress guard Jalen Hall in the lane.
Hall had 11 points, his last two field goals coming late in the fourth with the game out of reach. They were also the only Cypress field goals of the quarter.
"You're just trying to keep him under control," Bossenmeyer said. "He not only can score for himself but he creates so much for other people. Our goal is we're not giving you any easy looks on the offensive end."
It was one of many goals Tustin accomplished Wednesday.


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Looking for opinions on how to deal with dumping excess heat on "no/low load" days. I was curious if it makes sense to install radiant under-floor heat and use that as the dump zone.
I hope that is not the temps set on a triple aquastat High and Low, they should be 20 degrees apart.johnniecuse wrote:AquaStat is set at 165-170 right now. I suppose I could try that, but The boiler pushes 250 when idle on warm days. Idle feed is at minimum 2 minutes on / 9 minutes off.
johnniecuse wrote:FireMan -
No the high limit is set somewhere between 165 & 170.
johnniecuse wrote:I could probably back down the timer cycles but, given my lack of experience with coal, I'm not sure how long I can go before the fire goes out.
bobcat10_4 wrote:That will depend on your dump temp; Radiant tubing generally does not like water hotter than 160 degrees. For those low load days, though, you could do that if you turn down the control temp for the dump zone (just remember to turn it back up when it gets colder). Other than that you could dump into multiple zones ( if you have them).
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It's Father's Day, a day to celebrate baby-daddies everywhere. Personally, I'm not sure why they get an entire day dedicated to them. If you ask me, their father's day already happened the night they got their groove on in the back of a Prius.
Either way, the day is here and dads everywhere are spending their day grilling for their families and downing a beer or two. Although some dads may not be the greatest role models <cough….Kayne West>, many dads are great influences on their kids and deserve this special day and the new tie they don't want.
However, there are some great dads who don't get the recognition they deserve. Some of them go unappreciated and without accolades. That changes today. Help me raise a beer to these deserving dads!
Here are a few of the dads I think deserve a shout out along with the reasons why.
Walter White
Because no one looks better in a hat than he does.
Anthony Weiner
He's so proud to be a dad he texts pictures of his baby-maker to unsuspecting women.
George Washington
He's the father of our entire fricking nation…and he had to wear a powdered wig to make it happen.
Al Bundy
Because works so hard to provide for the family he hates.
Troy from "Out of this World"
Even though he couldn't be with Evie in person, he was a great long distance dad, despite the hefty phone charges.
Puff Daddy
Because his name actually has daddy in it.
Ryan Gosling
He may not be a dad yet, but he's the future father of our love children (as soon as that restraining order is lifted).


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April 20, 2011
Can The International Health Regulations Apply To Antimicrobial Resistance?
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Stephan Harbarth from the University of Geneva, Switzerland and colleagues argue that the International Health Regulations (IHR) should be applied to the global health threat of antimicrobial resistance. They say that certain events marking the emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, especially those involving new pan-resistant strains for which there are no suitable treatments, may constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and are notifiable to WHO under the IHR notification requirement.
In an accompanying Perspective article, Adam Kamradt-Scott from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (uninvolved in the work) disagrees with the Harbarth proposal and argues that the IHR were never intended to tackle all disease threats and that applying it to antimicrobial resistance would be impossible to implement.
The International Health Regulations (IHR) is a legally binding agreement between 194 States Parties, whose aim is to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease. These global rules are intended to enhance national, regional and global public health security.---
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This report describes the typical weather at the Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles, California, United States) weather station over the course of an average February 18. It is based on the historical records from 1974 to 2012. Earlier records are either unavailable or unreliable.
Los Angeles, California has a mediterranean climate with dry warm summers and mild winters. The area within 25 mi of this station is covered by oceans and seas (43%), built-up areas (40%), shrublands (11%), and forests (5%).
The temperature typically varies from 52°F to 63°F and is rarely below 46°F or above 72°F.
The coolest hours of the day are from 2am to 8am with the coldest at 6am, at which time the temperature is below 55°F three days out of four.
The warmest hours of the day are from 10am to 4pm with the hottest at noon, at which time the temperature is above 59°F three days out of four.
The day has gained half its heat by 10am and lost it again by 8pm.
On February 18 the Sun rises at 6:35am and sets at 5:40pm.
Solar noon is at 12:07pm.
For reference, on the longest day of the year the Sun rises at 5:42am and sets at 8:07pm, while on the shortest day of the year it rises at 6:55am and sets at 4:48pm.
Astronomical twilight begins and ends 83 minutes before sunrise and after sunset at 5:12am and 7:03pm, respectively.
Nautical twilight begins and ends 54 minutes before sunrise and after sunset at 5:40am and 6:34pm, respectively.
Civil twilight begins and ends 25 minutes before sunrise and after sunset at 6:10am and 6:05pm, respectively.
Solar twilight begins and ends 34 minutes after sunrise and before sunset at 7:09am and 5:05pm, respectively.
The median cloud cover ranges from 47% (partly cloudy) to 66% (partly cloudy).
At midnight, the clearest time of the day, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 62% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 38% of the time.
At 9am, the cloudiest time of the day, the sky is overcast, mostly cloudy, or partly cloudy 63% of the time, and clear or mostly clear 37% of the time.
The sky is typically clearing in earnest by 6pm.
The clouds have typically started forming in earnest by 5am.
There is a 28% chance that precipitation will be observed at some point during the day.
The average measured liquid-equivalent quantity of precipitation is 0.113". Among only those days for which there is at least some measured precipitation, the average is 0.478" and the total rarely exceeds 1.114".
When precipitation does occur it is most often in the form of moderate rain (45% of days with precipitation have at worst moderate rain), slight rain (32%), heavy rain (11%), and thunderstorms (8%).
Precipitation is most likely around 6am and least likely around 4pm.
Either snow is exceptionally unlikely to fall at this location on February 18 or this station does not reliably report precipitation types.
The relative humidity typically ranges from 58% (mildly humid) to 76% (humid), rarely dropping below 28% (dry), or exceeding 96% (very humid).
The air is driest at noon, at which time the relative humidity is less than 74% (humid) three days out of four; it is most humid at 4am, exceeding 66% (mildly humid) three days out of four.
The dew point ranges from 43°F to 48°F with an average of 46°F.
For reference, comfortable indoor conditions should have a relative humidity between 30% and 50% with a dew point of less than 65°F.
Sustained wind speeds typically vary from 5 mph to 12 mph (light breeze to moderate breeze) over the course of the day.
The peak sustained wind speed typically occurs around 3pm and is rarely outside the range 8 mph to 17 mph (gentle breeze to moderate breeze).
The wind is most calm around 5am, rarely exceeding 10 mph (gentle breeze).
The wind is most often out of the west (28% of the time), east (20% of the time), and south west (12% of the time). The wind is least often out of the south (4% of the time) and north west (4% of the time).


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5 Best Selling Single Serve Coffee Brewers Under $150
We're back with 5 more Single Serve Coffee Brewers! If you haven't noticed we think the single serve idea is wonderful. No big waste of beans, money and time to set yourself up with a whole pot of joe that you'll never finish anyway. Just pop in a pod, capsule or drop in a few ounces of ground coffee and you're good to go in record time (usually 1.5-2.5 minutes depending on the machine)! Single Serve Coffee Brewers are the hottest thing out in the coffee world today. They offer the best combination of time, flavor variety and cup size all in one convenient package. And for under $150 you too can find out what everyone is raving about!
Even though there are many single serve brewing systems on the market with multiple brands vying for the top spot, they all are after one thing – how to get the best flavored and most satisfying cup of coffee in a short period of time with little to no clean up. By far the best way to let each member of the family have the flexibility of making any flavor they wish, any time of the day, without wasting precious beans or water (or time) and small enough to sit atop the kitchen or office counter. Check out these 5 best selling single serve coffee brewers and see what $150 can do for you!
Here are the 5 Best Selling Single Serve Coffee Brewers Under $150:
- Keurig B40 Elite Brewing System
- Keurig K-Cup Home Brewer
- Keurig B145 OfficePRO Brewing System with Bonus K-Cup Portion Trial Pack
- Cuisinart SS-300 Single Serve Brewing System, Silver
- Nescafe Dolce Gusto Melody II Single Serve Coffee Machine, Black
Once again Keurig's innovative single cup brewing systems rank high on everybody's lists. Introduced in 1998, it's as simple as it gets, letting people brew the perfect cup of gourmet coffee without grinding beans, measuring coffee, handling filters or cleaning up. Always placing numerous brewers on any best seller list Keurig has three coffee makers on this one: the B40 Elite Brewing System, the K-Cup Home Brewer, and the B145 OfficePRO (which comes with a free trial pack of flavors!). Each of these fine brewers has its own set of individual features to suit your specific needs and all Keurig coffee makers incorporate the ever popular K-Cup Coffee Pods for the ultimate in flavor variety and ease of use!
The Cuisinart SS-300 Single Serve Coffee Brewer is powered by Keurig Brewed technology so you know you're getting quality internals matched with the beauty and durability of the Cuisinart brand. This machine comes in two colors (Silver or Black), has a removable drip tray to accommodate travel mugs and brews a single cup in under 2 minutes. The SS-300 uses K-Cup packs to help keep cleanup to a minimum or the included My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter can be filled with gourmet ground coffee to suit personal tastes and conveniently stored right in the unit!
The Nescafe Dolce Gusto Melody II utilizes a professional-level 15 bar pressure system (similar to coffee houses) which ensures every cup is perfect, with a foamy froth, rich cream and luxurious flavor. A patented custom control lever, combined with airtight capsules, optimizes the extraction pressure, delivering the best quality, texture and customized strength with every cup. You can brew a fresh cup of coffee, cappuccino, latte or espresso in less than a minute using this beautiful single cup coffee system and Nescafe Dolce Gusto Capsule technology.
So there you have it…another short recap of the Best Selling Single Serve Coffee Brewers on the market. Keurig technology seems to dominate in this group but all three companies have many great choices sitting on Amazon's best seller list for single serve coffee brewers so whichever brand you choose you're know you'll get a good one!
This time we hit the 5 best coffee makers under $150 but if you need something in a different price range be sure to check out our other lists of Single Serve Coffee Brewers here:
5 Best Selling Single Serve Coffee Brewers Under $50
6 Best Selling Single Serve Coffee Brewers Under $100


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Chickpea Curry with Caribbean Spices
Prep time
1 hour
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
1 hour 30 mins
Chickpea Curry with Caribbean Spices
Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes
Recipe type:
1 cup dried chickpeas, soaked for 8 hours and then cooked until tender
1 onion, finely chopped
2 jalapeno chili peppers, finely minced
1 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil
4-5 garlic cloves, minced
2 medium-sized potatoes, diced into ½-inch cubes
2 tsp dried thyme
¼ cup chopped coriander or cilantro leaves
For the masala or spice powder:
Roast until just a couple of shades darker and then powder in a blender or spice-grinder:
2 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tsp black peppercorns
5 cloves
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp fennel seeds
2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
In a saucepan, heat the oil
Add the onion and fry until it starts to brown.
Add the jalapeno chilies, garlic, the thyme, and the powdered spices, and stir-fry for a minute.
Add the chickpeas and the potatoes along with about 2 cups of water (use up any water left over from cooking the chickpeas),
Add salt. Bring the curry to a boil, then turn the heat to low, cover the saucepan, and cook for about 15-20 minutes.
Garnish with coriander and, if desired, some freshly diced onions and tomatoes.
Serve hot.
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Ending sea turtle farming
The Cayman Turtle Farm is the last sea turtle farm on earth that breeds sea turtles for human consumption. But there is no humane way to farm sea turtles.
The problem
Sea turtles are solitary, migratory creatures, born to swim long distances in clear waters. They are wild animals. So imagine the cruelty of trapping one in a small filthy tank. Now imagine hundreds, thousands. Packed together, the 9,500 turtles at the Cayman Turtle Farm spend their whole lives fighting for space in cramped tanks. They get sick and stressed. They turn on each other – biting and maiming one another.
Tourists visiting the farm are encouraged to handle the turtles, not realizing that this causes the turtles mental torment. Tourists are targeted again when these same turtles are slaughtered and served as steaks and burgers in local restaurants.
These amazing and endangered creatures deserve a better, more natural life.
The solution
Our solution is for the farm to be turned into a sea turtle rehabilitation and education facility like the Kélonia Observatory for Marine Turtles on the island of Réunion which mirrors the conditions of a turtle's natural habitat.
Kélonia has become a world-respected research sea turtle conservation and education facility, and a popular eco-tourist destination. Its success shows that it is possible for the Cayman Turtle Farm to shift away from turtle farming and towards a more humane, sustainable and profitable alternative.
The transformation from turtle farm to rehabilitation and release center has happened before. It can happen again. Help move the Cayman government, the legal owner of the farm, to improve the conditions at the farm and create positive change for sea turtles.
- Download our report: A continued case for change
- Read our academic research: The Cayman Turtle Farm: Why we can't have our green turtle and eat it too
- Read our academic research: Welfare and Environmental Implications of Farmed Sea Turtle
- Read our academic research: Health Implications associated with exposure to farmed and wild sea turtles
- Download the Freedom of Information Responses
- Share our infographic: Why sea turtle farming must end
- Share our infographic: The solution sea turtles need
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Monday, October 7, 2013
SELAH – Playing its third road game in as many weeks, the Grandview Greyhound football team found it tough sledding at Selah last Friday in a 20-7 CWAC loss.
After a scoreless first quarter, the host Vikings got all the points they would need with two touchdowns in the second quarter to go up 13-0 at the half.
Grandview was partly undone in the second stanza by giving up good field position to Selah, including one drive the Vikings started in the Greyhound red zone on a muffed Grandview punt attempt.
Selah's first touchdown, though, came on a bomb, a 40-yard passing play. "We had a defensive breakdown, a mismatch in the corner of the end zone," Grandview Coach Rick Ramos said.
The Vikes tacked on an insurance score in the third quarter, again gaining possession deep in Grandview territory, to go up 20-0 heading into the final 12 minutes.
Grandview finally cracked the scoreboard with five minutes to play in the game on a 7-yard touchdown strike from Anthony Mendoza to Lorenzo Sanchez.
Despite the loss, Grandview did put up a balanced attack. The Greyhounds had 87 yards rushing on the night, sparked by Alex Torres, who toted the pigskin for 48 yards.
Mendoza threw for 70 yards Friday. Sanchez was the primary target with 37 yards receiving. Sanchez, a running back, was converted to slot receiver due to injury in the Grandview receiving corps.
Grandview (0-4, 1-4) finally returns to the home comforts of Rich Leenhouts Stadium this coming Friday. The Greyhounds will face CWAC foe Toppenish to cap Grandview High School's homecoming week.
Ramos says through the first half of the season he's been platooning running backs in and out of the line-up, but notes Grandview will make some changes for the home stretch of the 2013 season. He said the Greyhounds will likely ride the legs of Torres on the ground game and, instead, have more of a rotation at quarterback between Mendoza and Jorge Oros.


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UPDATE 2-Ally of South Africa's ANC objects to finance minister's planned sacking
* ANC Youth League urge Zuma to change cabinet (Adds rand, Zuma, opposition)
* "Lagarde list" includes shippers, architects, housewives
* Trial of arrested editor adjourned to Thursday
* Greek official says list for judicial investigators to probe
* European security organisation expresses concern
By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou
ATHENS, Oct 29 A prominent Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts appeared in court on Monday to stand trial for violating data privacy laws in a case which aroused international concern.
Costas Vaxevanis, editor of the "Hot Doc" weekly magazine, was arrested at the weekend for publishing the "Lagarde List" which French authorities gave to Athens in 2010 so that the account holders could be investigated for possible tax evasion.
The list - and the accompanying saga of how it was passed from one senior official to the next and misplaced at one point without anyone apparently taking action - has riveted Greeks who are angry with a political class which many believe is unwilling to crack down on the wealthy elite.
Vaxevanis's trial was adjourned soon after starting until Thursday. He could face up to two years in prison if convicted.
"I was doing my job in the name of the public interest," Vaxevanis told a crowd of supporters outside court. "Journalism is revealing the truth when everyone else is trying to hide it."
The Vienna-based Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed concern about the case, including Vaxevanis's brief arrest on Sunday.
"I am relieved that Vaxevanis was released from custody after a brief detention, and trust that he will now be tried in a transparent manner considering the acute public interest in the case," OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatovic said.
"It is the responsibility of media as the watchdog of democracy to disclose information in the public interest even if it is considered sensitive by some," he added in a statement.
The list of 2,059 Greek account holders at HSBC in Switzerland features dozens of prominent business figures including a handful of shipping tycoons, companies and two politicians. It also includes a painter, an actress and many listed as architects, doctors, lawyers, and housewives.
The centre-left Ta Nea newspaper reprinted the list on Monday, devoting 10 pages to the accounts which were said to hold about 2 billion euros until 2007. However, the daily said it was not leaping to any conclusions about the list's "content nor the connotations it evokes in a large part of the public".
It stressed there was no evidence linking anyone on the list to tax evasion. Vaxevanis has criticised Greek media - which apart from Ta Nea have avoided any mention of those on the list - for failing to cover his magazine's revelations extensively.
The list has been named after Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund who was the French finance minister when it was handed over. Greek officials have said the list originates from data a former HSBC employee, Herve Falciani, passed on to French authorities.
The details stolen by Falciani found their way into the hands of tax authorities around Europe which, in apparent contrast to their Greek counterparts, have used the data to turn the heat up on their citizens suspected on tax evasion.
Hot Doc says it received the list from an anonymous sender and authorities have not confirmed its authenticity.
More than a dozen of the more prominent figures who appear on the list declined or were unavailable to comment when contacted by Reuters.
A few, however, have come forward to clear their names.
A well-known journalist, Yiorgos Trangas, said he ended up with a Swiss account inadvertently because he had an account with the Midland Bank in Athens that was later bought by HSBC. He said he severed ties with the bank 12 years ago.
"I wonder: how many people on this 'List' are former clients like myself? How many names have been stitched together in order to serve various motives?" Trangas wrote on his Facebook page.
"Since I've read the list and saw my name on number nine hundred and fifty something, I have come to conclusion that it is...a product, names strung together, and possibly extensively plagiarised. Most importantly, it is unreliable."
In a separate case, Greek state television suspended two well-known presenters on Monday after they made comments suggesting the public order minister should resign, which the channel said were made without giving him the chance to respond.
The list controversy has highlighted divisions in a near-bankrupt country now in its fifth year of recession, where austerity measures have taken a heavy toll on poorer sections of society. Greece's international lenders - with whom Athens hopes to strike a deal on an austerity package in a few days - have long demanded the country do more to fight evasion.
Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras and at least one lawmaker in the Greek coalition has called for charges against Vaxevanis to be dropped and ridiculed prosecutors for going after the journalist rather than those on the list.
"It is unacceptable that in Greece, which has been on its knees in recent years, tax evaders are left undisturbed and those who conceal possible evasion are not prosecuted but those who make revelations are," Tsipras said.
Greek authorities say there is no evidence that those included in the list have broken the law, but former ministers have been criticised for failing to make any checks on them.
In testimony before a parliamentary committee last week, George Papaconstantinou, who was finance minister when the list was first handed to Athens, said he gave about 20 names from the list to the financial crimes squad for checks.
He also said he gave a CD containing the list to one of his aides when he stepped down from the post, but that it then appeared to have been misplaced.
"I gave the original file with the letter accompanying it to my office to keep it. Unfortunately I don't know where it is," Papaconstantinou told lawmakers, drawing howls of indignation.
Evangelos Venizelos, leader of the PASOK Socialists and also a former finance minister, said the financial crime squad chief gave him a USB flash drive containing a list a year ago, but he was not sure if this was the original.
Earlier this month, Venizelos said he had handed the drive to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras when he realised no other copy of it existed.
The Samaras government has not commented publicly on the list. A government official said that looking into the list was the job of the justice system since the flash drive had been turned over to investigators.
"This is for the Greek justice system to investigate and we must have answers," the official said. "The Greek government does not interfere with the justice system."