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They're no Electrelane
who were also all women and therefore totally a fair not-at-all lazy comparison.
this post punk by numbers fancy dress party sound absolutely nothing like the transcendent and joyous Electrelane, you misogynist spunk factory.
Yeah I said they were 'no Electrelane'
Not that they sounded like Electrelane.
I am a spunk factory though, so we all cool, yeah? *fist bump*
Still haven't gotten beyond thinking most of their songs sound like Yeah Yeah Yeahs b-sides.
Confused by the fuss.
they've just had a shit load of money pumped at them mate. you should look in to putting a 10/10 review on this site, might be able to afford a new server or whatever it is.politelydeclined this'd this
They're just really... dull?
There's too little substance to get angry, bro
- domgourlay this'd this
They're nothing 'new', that's true
But damn are they a great live band, especially for such a new act. The first hype band in years that come anywhere near to delivering. Very excited for the album.Anthonyc this'd this
Pretty sure the singer's own label, Pop Noire, funded the album.
Certainly Matador for instance weren't involved until relatively recently. Plus the bulk of early hype came from The Quietus and Stool Pigeon, so I'm not sure who we're implying got PRed here but the Pigeon and tQ aren't exactly notorious for their lack of integrity.
Savages are pretty sound, open-minded people with some kind of desire to broaden young people's frames of cultural reference, and I can't name any other new band I'd rather see on the cover of NME. They're fucking great live and the album's not bad either.jarock87 this'd this
Think they've benefited from changing their PR intermittently, it's a good strategy to get more reach for the same money.
The album could suffer from being over-hyped, but as a unit they play very well, have good songs and stage presence. I think they'd happily take the exposure and change peoples minds from a stage. You'll struggle to avoid them this year, that's for sure.
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Apple servers and enterprise computing are rarely mentioned in the same breath but the fact is, there are some "niche" industries that rely on Mac Pro servers to host their mission-critical applications. Industries that traditionally have used Mac Pro servers for mission-critical applications include publishing, music and movie rendering/animation.
Stories abound of music studios, publishers and video animation studios placing rows of Mac Pro servers in their data centers to achieve the processing power needed to do their daily work. In most cases, they can probably find a PC-server alternative, but they choose not to, because the software and the ergonomics of the Mac in their eyes are unequaled.
For these enterprises and small businesses, Apple's recent announcements in June, which seemed to leave the Mac Pro behind in its product development plans, sounded an alarm. Upgrades were confirmed to replacement of aging CPUs, and seemed to be more in the spirit of just keeping the machine maintained. Even more revealing was Apple's exclusion of the same Thunderbolt data throughput upgrade that was announced for iMacs. MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros, and Mac Minis. Thunderbolt I/O technology matters because it moves data up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0 and 12 times faster than FireWire 800.
"Companies reliant on Mac hardware — especially high-end workstations — need to be thinking about the day that there's no longer a new Mac Pro system to buy," said Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, an Apple industry analyst and blogger. "Unless the iMac hardware is adequate for their needs, they're going to have to go over to Windows. While that's likely to be a PR kick in the teeth for the Cupertino giant, it's going to mean nothing to the company's bottom line. Apple sells some four million Macs a quarter, and only a fraction of them are going to be Mac Pro systems. Apple has demonstrated time and time again that it is moving out of the specialist markets, instead giving preference to mainstream markets."
Unfortunately for enterprises that love Mac Pro and also hear this heralding of Mac Pro's demise, there is not even an opportunity to consider an iMac, since iMac is not designed for the data center. The reason is simple: iMac doesn't have much scalability since its CPU has limited upgrade headroom.
Meanwhile, rumors are circulating that Apple is still planning to invest significantly in the Mac Pro, with upgrades that include solid state drives, native PCIE3 and yes, Thunderbolt. "There are plenty of internal upgrades that need to be made for it to be considered a computer that meets professional standards," said news commentator Alex Heath.
There is also argument that some "external" upgrades can be made, if enterprises are going to stay comfortable with Apple's commitment to Mac Pro. This begins when you walk into an Apple store, and have to strain yourself to find the Mac Pro-tucked unobtrusively against a side wall, while the iMacs, Mac Airs, Mac Books and Mini Macs take up most of the store's real estate. When the sales reps on the business side are asked questions about where Mac Pro is headed, they are unable to answer them.
"Apple operates under a cone of silence," said Kingsley-Hughes. "All we ever truly know about Apple is what the company announces and what appears in the stores. Apple had plenty of time to incorporate Thunderbolt into the Mac Pro —and it didn't. It's more than likely that we'll have to wait at least a year until the next Mac Pro update. If one appears, I would expect it to have Thunderbolt, but my guess is that the absence of it now doesn't bode well for a future update."
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11 adopted kids, lots of pets, two tired parents, organizing it all while cooking green and discussing the Sunday Mass...drop in!!!
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So you would have thought I rode the race...
I have been so tired all week, but Shawn is doing great. He did say on Sunday night that he might never ride a bike again in his entire life, however, he was back in the saddle by Friday...not so bad. I, of course, am still recovering. I don't know how that happens...We were trying to figure out how to find him when we were watching the finish line and I told the kids, look for the guy on his cell phone. Sure enough, Shawn finished the race while participating in a work conference call :o) That's my guy!!
Now as for the blog candy, I am sorry I was so late picking it...I first need to say thanks to everyone who sent a donation. Shawn's team made almost $700 for the multiple sclerosis society. So yeah all of you!!! Shawn would love to send get well cards so if you donated, please send me your snail mail.
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Supreme Court Overrules Fine For Naked Butt On TV; Punts On 1st Amendment Question
from the indecently-speaking dept
Some of the cases involving both fleeting expletives and fleeting nudity got merged into one along the way. The Supreme Court actually already had this case a few years ago and rejected one of the lower court decisions that found the policy "arbitrary and capricious," but failed to rule on whether the fine was legal. The appeals court, on remand, still tossed out the ruling, now saying that if the policy wasn't arbitrary and capricious, it was too vague.
The Supreme Court has now agreed (pdf), and rejected the FCC's fine.
The Commission failed to give Fox or ABC fair notice prior to the broadcasts in question that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity could be found actionably indecent. Therefore, the Commission's standards as applied to these broadcasts were vague, and the Commission's orders must be set aside.That said, the Court (as it has been doing with annoying regularity these days) was very, very careful to try to make the scope of the ruling as narrow as possible. In this case, it specifically refused to rule on the First Amendment question of whether or not the FCC's indecency policy violated the First Amendment. That's too bad. Justice Ginsburg did issue a very, very brief concurrence, in which she suggested that the Court really ought to review its original ruling (FCC v. Pacifica) which established that the FCC could issue fines for indecency on TV. In other words, she seems to think that it's time to review the First Amendment question:
In my view, the Court's decision in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U. S. 726 (1978), was wrong when it issued. Time, technological advances, and the Commission's untenable rulings in the cases now before the Court show why Pacifica bears reconsideration.Furthermore, even in the majority opinion, there are hints of concern about the First Amendment issues raised here:
This would be true with respect to a regulatory change this abrupt onany subject, but it is surely the case when applied to theregulations in question, regulations that touch upon "sensitive areas of basic First Amendment freedoms," Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U. S. 360, 372 (1964); see also Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U. S. 844, 870–871 (1997) ("The vagueness of [a content-based regulation of speech] raises special First Amendment concerns because of its obvious chilling effect").Hopefully, this means that if the First Amendment question does finally come before the court, it's ready to overturn that earlier ruling. Of course, I'm still amazed at how this very same Supreme Court always seems to ignore the "obvious chilling effect" issue when it comes to cases involving copyright law... but that's another story for another post.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's tennis team had a busy weekend, as it hosted Bowdoin College on Saturday and then traveled to Bates College the next day. The Engineers dropped a tough 4-3 match to Bowdoin before falling to Bates, 7-0.
Evan Tindell and Kevin Durand were double-winners for Tech on Saturday. Tindell, paired with Tom Dohlman, posted an 8-2 win in the No. 1 doubles position. Eric Beren and Krishna Pokala fell by the same score in the next spot. Durand and Mark Egan edged out Pat Keneally and Andrew Fried with an 8-6 decision. Tindell carried his winning ways over into singles play by winning 6-3, 6-4, in the top spot. Durand emerged with a thrilling 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) tie-breaker victory in the No. 6 slot.
MIT's match against Bates was much closer than the score reveals, as three matches went to tie-breakers. Tindell and Dohlman fell 9-8 (5) at No. 1 doubles. The teams of Beren/Pokala and Egan/Durand were both defeated by a score of 8-3. In singles action, Tindell took the first set, 6-4, before losing the next two, 7-5, 6-1. Beren was defeated in the No. 3 spot, 7-6 (5), 7-5, while Eric Makhni lost, 6-4, 7-6. Durand posted his second dramatic outing of the weekend, needing a tie-breaker and super tie-breaker to decide his match. In the end, he was defeated 7-6 (0), 2-6, 7-6 (10-3).


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Getting baseball back in DC: 'This was a struggle'
1859. 1910. 1924. 1937. 1948. 1961. 1971.
The stroll up the gentle slope to the Home Plate Gate outside
Nationals Park offers a concrete history of baseball in Washington,
D.C., with the landmark years embedded into the sidewalk in huge
red numerals.
After 1971, understandably, there is a gap. It takes a few extra
steps to get to the marker for 2005.
If only those 34 years were that simple to traverse for the
city's long-suffering fans, specifically those who fought, lobbied
and practically begged for the sport to return after the Senators
left for Texas after the '71 season.
At long last, on Wednesday, they will see the payoff. Or, more
precisely, the playoffs.
"At no time – and I want to stress this -was this something
that was preordained to happen," longtime D.C. Councilman Jack
Evans said this week. "This was a struggle. … Baseball just
didn't want to come to D.C."
In retrospect, it only seems fitting and proper that the
national pastime should be showcased in the nation's capital, that
the Washington Nationals should be hosting the St. Louis Cardinals
in Game 3 of the NL division series in a packed ballpark that
offers upper deck views of the Capitol and the Washington
But it's the first playoff game in D.C. since 1933. That's
right: 1933. For much of that wilderness there was no baseball at
all and only quixotic hopes it would return. It took an ideal storm
of circumstances – involving a determined set of sung and unsung
heroes – to get it back, climaxed by a celebratory announcement at
Washington's City Museum on Sept. 29, 2004.
Both before and after that date, the D.C. baseball saga had more
drama than a 12-inning game in October.
"There were times," said Fred Malik, a key figure in the
quest, "we thought we were going to blow it."
How did it happen? The simple answer is that a game of ownership
merry-go-round left the Major League Baseball powers-that-be with
nowhere else to go.
Florida Marlins owner John Henry wanted to buy the Boston Red
Sox, so he sold them to Jeffrey Loria, who had to sell the Montreal
Expos first. That left Montreal without anyone at the top, so the
other 29 major league owners bought the club, putting it in
perpetual limbo with a dwindling fan base and no prospects for a
much-needed new ballpark. There was even thought of eliminating the
team altogether, but the major league players negotiated a
moratorium on contraction in the 2002 collective bargaining
"All of a sudden the Expos are sitting there, just a horrible
franchise with no owner," Evans said. "The issue was, `What do we
do next?"'
Portland, Las Vegas, Norfolk and Charlotte were among possible
destinations, but Washington had something those cities didn't – a
serviceable ballpark that would make do until a new one could be
built. That would be RFK Stadium, the home of the Senators all
those years ago. Though it was woefully outdated, at least it was
still standing.
But baseball was playing hardball. Commissioner Bud Selig had it
clear that the new ballpark would have to be financed 100 percent
up-front by the city. That was a tall order for a municipality that
had been through some tough financial times, and where opponents
argued loudly that money should be funneled instead toward
struggling schools or other needs.
Then-Mayor Anthony Williams huddled with his advisers and put
his political reputation on the line by calling baseball's bluff.
In the spring of 2004, he met with a group of baseball owners and
explained a creative financing plan that met their demands.
"There was one clear thing baseball said to us: `You've got to
build a stadium,"' Evans said. "It wasn't `We'll pay for some of
it; we'll pay for part of it.' It was: `You've got to pay for the
stadium.' That was the way it was, or we're not coming. And I
believe they meant that."
Then came the follow-up questions: Was baseball serious this
time, or was Washington again being used as a pawn to get other
cities to make better offers? And what about Baltimore Orioles
owner Peter Angelos, who claimed that Washington should not have a
team because it was part of his team's market?
And what about the folks across the Potomac River? The Northern
Virginia region, with his wealthy residents fueled by the Internet
boom, made a serious bid bankrolled by former telecommunications
executive Bill Collins.
In fact, it's felt that one of the people most responsible for
baseball in D.C. is then-Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, who balked at
the last minute over a financing plan that would have built a
stadium in Loudoun County – just a little farther away from
"They had us," Evans said. "And had not Gov. Warner at the
time refused to back the bonds with the state's full faith and
credit, they could very well have gotten the franchise."
Eventually, baseball said yes to the Expos' move to Washington.
Then they said no. A few weeks after that festive September 2004
news conference, the city council voted down the financing plan
because it used too much public money.
Major League Baseball responded by shutting down the business
and promotional operations that had been set up in D.C. Mayor
Williams said: "The dream of 33 years is now once again close to
"The most troubling moment in the odyssey was about 1 o'clock
in the morning on that Tuesday in December," said Bill Hall,
chairman of the D.C. government's Sports and Entertainment
Committee, "when the council was unable to pass the baseball
Fast and furious negotiations ensued. A compromise was worked
out, but one that was able to satisfy baseball. Two weeks later,
the council voted 7-6 to approve the new deal, and the move was on
The renamed franchise, the Nationals, debuted at RFK in 2005.
Certainly there have been new challenges since then. The team was
terrible most of the time. Attendance was disappointing, and local
television ratings were abysmal. The council had to go through
another contentious vote to approve a lease agreement for the new
But baseball found an owner for the team, selling it to real
estate developer Ted Lerner. The club moved into Nationals Park in
2008. Fan support has grown, and the team is finally winning.
Most of those responsible for making it happen will be there
Wednesday for the playoff game. Many of them have moved on. Malik
gathered a list of thousands of potential season ticket holders and
hoped to own the team, but baseball passed him over in favor of
Lerner. Evans is one of only two council members who essentially
supported the baseball movement from start to finish who still hold
elective office.
But most everyone agrees: It's all been worth it.
"When I walked out of that stadium after the last (regular
season) game last Wednesday, people were just so happy and thankful
and all of that," Evans said. "I looked around, and the place was
packed. I've been at last games in the past when there's nobody
there. It just was a good feeling that whatever it took to get
there, we did it. And that's what mattered."
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Soriano's playful teasing helps Lopez learn ropes
MESA, Ariz. -- Rafael Lopez knows his days in the Cubs' big league camp are numbered. Alfonso Soriano reminds him almost daily.
It's not that Lopez is vying for Soriano's job in left field. Lopez, 25, has not played above Class A Daytona, and he's a converted catcher. More on that later. Soriano, 37, is entering his 13th season and has played in two World Series.
MESA, Ariz. -- Rafael Lopez knows his days in the Cubs' big league camp are numbered. Alfonso Soriano reminds him almost daily.
It's not that Lopez is vying for Soriano's job in left field. Lopez, 25, has not played above Class A Daytona, and he's a converted catcher. More on that later. Soriano, 37, is entering his 13th season and has played in two World Series.
Lopez, though, was a pretty good bunter for one day and beat Soriano in the first round of the Cubs tournament.
"I told him, 'If you beat me in the bunt tournament, I'll give you a week until I send you down,'" Soriano said. "Now I tell him, 'You have two or three days in the big league show.'"
That was last Friday, and Lopez hasn't gotten a tap on his shoulder yet.
"[Soriano's] been teasing me about it -- it was 'fun love,'" Lopez said. "They've given me a hard time, but all out of love."
Soriano was joking. That's part of the rites of Spring Training.
"Most of the young guys, when they come to the big league camp, they feel a little nervous and a little panic," Soriano said. "I try to give them a little confidence. I'm a veteran, I'm trying to make him feel relaxed. A lot of people feel being in the big league camp is something big and they might be nervous. My job is to try to make everybody comfortable here. That's why I like to joke with everybody who's part of the team and have fun."
Lopez has a lot of things to get adjusted to. The same day he beat Soriano, he caught Kyuji Fujikawa in an intrasquad game. Interpreter Ryo Shinkawa went to the mound to help Lopez, who is from Philadelphia and doesn't speak any Japanese, and Fujikawa go over the signs. The two spent about 10 minutes in the clubhouse after the game so Lopez knew what the pitcher wanted.
Catching is still very new to Lopez. He was an infielder until the middle of his junior year at Florida State.
In 2010, as he was headed back to his apartment after a biology class, he got a call from the baseball coach. They wanted him to catch, and they wanted him to test it out right now. He was wearing khaki shorts and a polo shirt, a little dazed when they first suggested he convert from the infield.
"I laughed at them," Lopez said. "Then they took me into the batting cage in street clothes. I was between classes and they gave me a mask and put me behind the plate. They put the [pitching] machine on, ran me through a couple drills. They took my infielder's glove and threw it in the trash and said, 'This is how you're going to make your money.'"
Apparently, that's how the Giants' Buster Posey also converted to catching. Lopez and Posey's brother were teammates.
Lopez didn't get a say. This was an ultimatum.
"It was pretty much either don't play or play," he said. "They said if you can transition and you're any good at it, you'll play. If not, you're not going to be our starting second baseman. I was like, 'All right, I'll give it a try.'"
He then went through a crash course in catching. Lopez is a good student. The Cubs selected him in the 16th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, and he has compiled a .297 average in two Minor League seasons. If he weren't a catcher, would he be in a big league Spring Training clubhouse now?
"No, not one chance," he said. "I was a decent infielder but I wasn't that good. I wasn't fast enough. For a catcher, I'm fast, for an infielder, I'm slow."
So, while Soriano keeps teasing Lopez about how many days until his demotion -- Cubs manager Dale Sveum expects the first cuts to be March 10 -- he keeps working with the catchers. Lopez did find a new infielder's glove.
"There were times in college when an infielder got hurt and they put me at third base," he said. "In college, they haven't hesitated to throw me back into the infield. I still take grounders for fun."
The Cubs have had catchers convert to pitchers -- Carlos Marmol and Randy Wells are examples -- and both Welington Castillo and Steve Clevenger were former infielders switched to catchers. Still, it's pretty crazy to go from a lecture on biology to putting on a catcher's mask for the first time and now being in Spring Training.
"I didn't really fight it," Lopez said about catching. "I didn't really have a choice. It was either do it, or don't play."
When Soriano first joined the Yankees in 1999, players like Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Mariano Rivera played the same pranks on him.
"I used to be young, and my dream was to go to the big leagues," Soriano said. "When I got close, I was next to those guys who I never thought I'd play with, guys like Mariano and Jeter. As soon as those guys talked to me and gave me confidence, I said to myself, 'Those guys are normal people.' When I saw them before, they were like heroes, super guys. When they talked to me and gave me confidence, I felt like I was in the same group."
Right now, Lopez is one of the guys.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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Jessica Shea Choksey: A rising tide of public concern over green house gas emissions and global warming, as well as a desire to reduce oil imports, is pushing automakers to provide consumers with ever greener vehicle choices.
Fueling the issue and marking its tenth year, is the release of the 2007 list of Top Twelve Greenest and Meanest Vehicles as designated by the American council for an energy efficient economy.
This widely publicized guide urges buyers to compare vehicles on the basis of a green score – a measure that considers the impact of overall emissions and fuel efficiency as related to driver safety and the environment.
The higher the green score the more environmentally friendly the vehicle, based on the organization's evaluation.
Taking top honors for this year's greenest vehicles is Honda's natural gas powered 2007 Honda Civic GX, followed by spots two and three, Toyota's Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid.
Other hybrids making the grade include the Nissan Altima Hybrid in fourth place, and the Toyota Camry hybrid in seventh position. The rest of the spots were filled by conventionally powered subcompact and compact cars.
It is important to note that the greenest vehicles on the list also have some of the best government fuel economy ratings as well as impressive energy impact scores for their petroleum reduction performance.
The lack of domestic brand vehicles on the list doesn't mean Detroit isn't trying. But rather that Asian imports still have a big edge in being more efficient and eco-friendly.
At the other end, a look at the top meanest vehicles on the environment is dominated by European entries. The Volkswagen Touareg TDI SUV took a dubious first place, followed by Mercedes' GL320 CDI diesel utility, and the Supercar Lamborghini Murcielago. Full size trucks and SUVs from Ford, Dodge and Lincoln also made the list.
The arrival of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, and the big fuel economy gains provided by diesel engines, have yet to make an impression on the environmentalist, with five oil burners still appearing on the meanest list. We expect this to change as advanced diesel models become more common.
The organization hopes these lists will prompt consumers to consider how their next new car purchase might impact the environment. And that's it for this week's MotorNews.


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We need your help! Or rather the stranded animals of Japan need your help!
Desperate Paws of Orange County is sending a shipment of supplies and food to the World Vets Headquarters in North Dakota. World Vets is a great organization providing services to pets all around the world. They have 2 volunteers on the ground in Japan right now accessing the situation while those back home are collecting supplies to be shipped over. Founders is doing its part by acting as a collection center for food and supplies. World Vets is in desperate need of food, collars and leashes, and blankets or towels. It is short notice, but we want to collect as much as possible by 10:30am Saturday 3/19. Please pass the word around and visit Founders with your donation. If you would like to simply make a monetary donation you can visit this Chipin website for directions. More details are available on World Vets website and the DPOC website. Feel free to call our clinic for more info as well!


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You now have a choice of backing fabric on my loveys! This lovey shown is with the minky cuddle luxe backing.
Please choose either the Classic Minky Line that I have used for years, the Minky Cuddle Luxe, the Organic Michael Miller Sherpa Fleece (super soft but the thickest of the three choices), or the Organic Fleece ( it looks just like the Organic Sherpa but is much thinner and a little silkier).
I love babies! I created this lovey for little hands to snuggle and cuddle, and to bring comfort when needed. With gorgeous patchwork in beautiful designer fabrics, custom hand embroidered name or Initial, and satin and grosgrain circle knotties that babies love to finger and caress... the backing is a sumptuous white on white thick striped minky fabric (not the generic one!).
This is exceptionally soft and comforting, and every baby that has received one becomes attached immediately....Just take a look at the Feedback comments!
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* 12" by 12" size is perfect for little hands to clutch and carry everywhere.
* Each lovey is unique due to hand crafting and fabric variations.
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The Voice coach Blake Shelton, as well as advisor Sheryl Crow, are set to perform on the hit NBC musical competition series next week.
Shelton will perform "Boys 'Round Here" on the May 27 edition of the show, while Crow will sing "Easy" on May 28.
"Boys 'Round Here" is the second single released off Blake's new album, "Based on a True Story …," which was released earlier this year and features the Pistol Annies.
Shelton is CMA Awards' reigning Entertainer of the Year and three-peat Male Vocalist of the Year. With eight consecutive No. 1 singles (13 overall), Shelton is one of the "most versatile of contemporary country singers" (The New York Times). His infectious multi-week No.1 hit "Honey Bee" still holds the record for the fastest-selling digital platinum single for a male country solo artist and his current smash hit, "Boys 'Round Here," is his fastest rising single to date.
"To a purist, Mr. Shelton is a savvy student of tradition. To a would-be outlaw, he's forever adding a wink. He's a star who is only as explicit as you want him to be," said Jon Caramanica, The New York Times. Shelton's passion for country music and his commitment to mentoring his teammates from "The Voice" make him an incredible ambassador for country music. Shelton kicks off his "Ten Times Crazier Tour" July 19 in Virginia Beach, Va. For additional dates, visit: www.BlakeShelton.com
"Easy," which was released digitally on iTunes in March, combines both rock and country. The song is part of her upcoming eighth studio album, due out in September.
Since the release of her 1993 seven-time Platinum and Grammy Award-winning debut album "Tuesday Night Music Club," Crow has performed duets with musical luminaries such as Sting and Mick Jagger, released seven studio albums (each charting Top 10, four of them platinum-plus), a quadruple-platinum greatest hits collection and a Christmas album. She has also been nominated for an additional 27 Grammys, her most recent for 2008's critically acclaimed "Detours."
Crow launched her very own clothing line, Bootheel Trading Co., is a cancer survivor, has performed for President Obama and is a passionate supporter of a variety of environmental and health-related charities, including the NRDC, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the World Food Program. Crow has sold more than 35 million records worldwide.
"The Voice" is a presentation of Mark Burnett's One Three Inc., Talpa Media USA Inc. and Warner Horizon Television. The series was created by John de Mol, who executive-produces along with Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers and Lee Metzger.


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The USA Pro Challenge is one of the last stops on the calendar for the 2012 road season with the towering mountains of Colorado putting many of the riders higher above sea level than they've ever been outside of an airplane. Here's a look at what some of the riders are using as they make their way to the state capitol of Denver.
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This is a project a buddy and I did in Afghanistan. So we could fly the American flag on our fob which there wasn't one and send them home to those we felt like thanking for there support while we were deployed. He did all the cutting(left side) and I did the designs and construction. I don't have any pictures of the welds or anything. In the future I'll make sure to.
side note : The guy taking the picture took it crooked, It's not the project..hahaha.


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2006 Ford Explorer Review - First DrivePosted in Project Vehicles on December 1, 2005
Since its introduction in 1990, the Ford Explorer has been one of the most ubiquitous 4x4s in America. According to Ford, more than 511/42 million Explorers have been sold to date, and given its combination of utility and road manners at a competitive price,it's no surprise it's been the best-selling vehicle in its class for 15 years running. But given the quantum leaps in power, suspension tech, and traction control made in recent years by the competition-including the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Lexus GX 470, and Land Rover LR3-it was probably time for a refreshening of Ford's flagship sport-ute, which last saw a major redesign in 2002. But Ford decided to go one better for the 2006 model year, reengineering the Explorer from the frame up, and the new-for-'06 Explorer boasts an all-new chassis, suspension, transmission, interior trim, and exterior sheetmetal.
Powering the new Explorer is a retuned version of the optional 4.6L/281ci V-8, which now uses the same variable cam timing and three-valve cylinder head configuration found in the F-150 pickup and Mustang GT. With the reengineered valvetrain, the new engine now generates 292 peak hp at 5,750 rpm, an increase of 53 hp over the previous version of the 4.6. A 210hp 4.0L V-6 is still the standard powerplant.
Backing the 4.6 is an all-new 6R six-speed automatic transmission (the standard 4.0L gets a five-speed auto) and Borg-Warner 44-16 "Control Trac" transfer case with 2.48:1 low-range. Suspension remains independent at both ends: a short/long-arm setup in front, and a new, stronger leading/trailing arm arrangement in the rear to handle increased payload and tow ratings. Monotube shocks replace the old twin-tubes to better work with the Explorer's all-new (and substantially stiffer) frame. Axle gearing is 3.55:1, and as with the previous Explorer (alas), there are no locker or limited-slip diff options available.
The Explorer's interior has been completely reworked. While Ford officials swear there is no sharing of components between the SUV and the F-150, if you've spent any time in the pickup truck lately, you'll recognize the ergonomic and styling cues immediately, from the shifter to the gauges, to the front-seat armrests to the textured dash panels. The new Explorer is likewise a cushier-and quieter-ride than ever as a result.
We had the chance recently to spend a day behind the wheel of the new Explorer, decked out in top-line Eddie Bauer trim, carving twisty two-lanes and wheeling rutted forest roads in the New York Adirondacks. Without question, the new Ford is noticeably quieter, accelerates more briskly, and takes corners with greater acuity than the previous incarnation. The six-speed is virtually transparent in normal operation, though we noted considerable converter clutch lock-up lag when attempting to downshift or upshift at higher engine rpm. Steering feel has been improved by variable-ratio rack-and-pinion, though we still thought it a tad sluggish at slower road speeds. Off-highway, we didn't put the Explorer through any severe-duty wheeling, but it seemed perfectly at home on loose dirt roads; the new rigid chassis and stiffer suspension seemed to be much happier taking rockier trails at slower speeds, though.
Well, dirt forest roads are one thing, but how well can you wheel the new Explorer over really tough terrain? We'll answer that question when we subject one to our weeklong off-road torture test in our 2006 4x4 of the Year competition, coming in the Feb. '06 issue.
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You can broadcast your Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation over the Internet to a remote audience. While you present the slide show inside PowerPoint, your audience follows along in their browser.
In this article
Note: You'll need a hosted broadcast service provided by your organization to broadcast your PowerPoint presentation to a remote audience. A Windows Live ID can be used with the Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast service in PowerPoint 2013 and later.
Overview of broadcasting a presentation
The Broadcast Slide Show feature in PowerPoint 2010 enables presenters to share a slide show with anyone, anywhere, over the Web. You send a link (URL) to your audience, and then everyone you invited watches a synchronized view of your slide show in their browser.
You can send the URL for your slide show to attendees by e-mail. During the broadcast, you can pause the slide show at any time, re-send the URL to attendees, or switch to another application without interrupting the broadcast or displaying your desktop to attendees.
Choosing a broadcast service The Broadcast Slide Show feature requires a network service to host the slide show. To use this service, a broadcast site must be set up by the site administrator and audience members must have access to the site. A PowerPoint Broadcast Service is available in PowerPoint 2013 and later who has a Microsoft account (formerly known as Windows Live ID).
Prepare your presentation for broadcast
Here are some things to consider before you broadcast your presentation:
Important: Anyone with the link to your slide show can view it! If an invited audience member forwards the link to someone else, that other person can view your slide show as well, provided that they have access to the service.
Internet connection You need to be connected to the Internet or have access to a broadcast site on a server with the Office Web Apps installed in order to use this feature.
Supported browsers The broadcast slide show feature can be viewed in the Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari for Mac browsers.
File size limits The service you use might impose a limit on the file size for broadcasted slide shows.
Supported PowerPoint features Some PowerPoint features are changed when the slide show is broadcasted online:
Any transitions in your presentation are shown as Fade transitions in the browser.
Screensavers and email pop-ups can disrupt the audience's view of the slide show.
Audio (sounds, narration) is not transmitted to the audience through the browser.
You cannot add ink annotations or markup drawn onto the slide show during the presentation.
If you follow a hyperlink in your presentation to a Web site, the attendees only see the last slide you showed in the original presentation.
If you play a video in your presentation, the browser does not show it to the audience.
Broadcast your presentation
To broadcast your presentation, do the following:
On the Slide Show tab, in the Start Slide Show group, click Broadcast Slide Show.
The Broadcast Slide Show dialog box opens.
Do one of the following:
If you want to host your slide show on the service listed under Broadcast Service, skip to the next step.
If you want to use some other service to host your slide show, click Change Broadcast Service. Under Choose a broadcast service, select the service that you want to use. For more information about broadcast services, see Choosing a broadcast service.
Note: If you do not see the service that you want to use, select Add a new service, and then in the Add Broadcast Service dialog box, enter the network address of the service you want to use and then click Add.
After you select your broadcast service, click Start Broadcast. PowerPoint then creates a URL for your presentation.
Figure 1: PowerPoint creates a unique URL for your slide show
To send the URL for your presentation to your audience, do one of the following:
To send the URL for your presentation by email, click Send in Email.
To copy the link, click Copy Link.
When your audience receives the URL for the slide show, click Start Slide Show to begin your broadcast.
Figure 2: The audience follows your slide show in their browser while you present within PowerPoint 2010
After you finish presenting and are ready to end the broadcast, press ESC to exit Slide Show view and then click End Broadcast.
Figure 3: After you begin broadcasting a slide show, the Broadcast tab appears in the PowerPoint 2010 ribbon


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 13, 2011) - After a week off from competition, ETSU Track & Field competes for the A-Sun Outdoor Championships this weekend in Jacksonville, Fla., where the warm weather looks to foster red-hot finishes.
Originally scheduled to run the Sea Ray Relays last weekend in Knoxville, the team instead used the week and weekend to prepare for an early conference meet. Assistant Coach Eli Sunquist said he thinks the strategy will pay off.
"Things have been looking good over the past few weeks," said Sunquist. "We were able to really fine-tune a lot of the athletes in the technical events, and things are looking really good heading into conference."
On top of the extra time to prepare, another major factor is the weather, as athletes migrate from meets in Appalachia and the Piedmont to sea level and the sun.
According to Sunquist, ETSU has only had one good-weather meet all season. "When we roll into Jacksonville this weekend," he added, "the added adrenaline due to a sunny day will be a great advantage to us." Sunquist also remembered an anecdote from his collegiate days at Charlotte. "Rhode Island was in our conference," he said. "They had to deal with some horrible conditions all season long, but when they came down to Charlotte for the conference meet, they just put on a show and [the weather] was a huge advantage to them."
On the men's side of the overall standings, ETSU ranks second in conference, 41 points behind Kennesaw State. Jacksonville looks for a redux of their recent indoor title here, leading the women's complement by 25.5 over Kennesaw State, with North Florida and ETSU behind. Individually, four ETSU athletes stand atop the conference heap in their respective events - one in distance, one in field and two in sprints.
As his country leads the world in the event, Ben Ronoh (Sotik, Kenya) fittingly holds the top conference mark in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, running 9:24.54 at the Charlotte 49er Classic in mid-March. Matt Baum's (Middletown, Md.) lifetime-best 188-11 (57.58m) heave in the javelin, also set in Charlotte, is still a full seven feet, one inch past the nearest competitor. In sprints, both Ifrish Alberg (Paramaribo, Suriname) and Emani Harrison (Columbia, S.C.) pace the conference in the men's and women's 100-meter dash. Alberg's 10.42 mark at the 49er still stands, while Harrison's 11.98 run happened in her hometown at the South Carolina Weems Baskin Relays.
Several more Bucs find themselves in the top-five mix on the brink of the championship weekend, from sprints to multiple events.
Starting in sprints, Tim O'Dell (Palm Coast, Fla.) enjoys the second-best conference mark in the 400-meter dash, while Jasmine Ingram (Frederick, Md.) sits in fourth on the women's side, along with a sixth in the 200-meter.
Both Robert Purcell (Raeford, N.C.) and Mike James (Palm Bay, Fla.) own top-three marks in the hurdles, Purcell second in the 400-meter, James third in the 110-meter. Both athletes had their marks improved by conference rival Kennesaw State, as Purcell set the bar for one day before Josh James posted a 53.22 at the Georgia Intercollegiate, and James went from second to third in conference when Kendall Parks ran a blistering 14.10 at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invite last week.
ETSU sprinters have also combined to go top-three in both the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays, with the women sitting in second for both events, the men in third for both events. Yet again, the men see Kennesaw State ahead of the pack, while the women chase Jacksonville.
Until Campbell's Diego Lawrence, the reigning indoor overall MVP, set a new conference best at the Liberty Invitational April 2, ETSU's Ryan Beaver (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Jason Johnson (Springfield, Pa.) were first and second in the triple jump with their marks from the 49er. On the women's side, Lexie Burley (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Bethany Lender (Altoona, Pa.) sit four-five on the conference list with their jumps in Charlotte.
Representing the field events, Cornell Sneed (Miami, Fla.) and Jasmine Foster (Johnson City, Tenn.) hold ETSU's best marks this season and conference second-bests, as Sneed hurled the discus a herculean 149-08 (45.62m) at the Weems Baskin, and Foster comes off her best shot put of the year at Liberty, 42-11.50 (13.09m).
On the women's side of the multiple events, Leah Oakhill's (Brisbane, Australia) third-place finish in the heptathlon at the 49er, totaling 4,102 points, was the A-Sun best until Kennesaw State's Naomi Mack passed it by 356 last week at the Alabama Relays.
Overall, ETSU holds 49 individual top-ten A-Sun marks, achieving 28 of those (57 percent) at the 49er Classic. Sunquist said the men's team has a good chance to add an outdoor title to their Feb. 19 indoor championship, which would be the second time in three years to win both. "Our men are looking to win, and it will be a very close battle with Kennesaw State," he said. "Right now it could go either way, and our guys know it, and they are ready for the fight."
In addition to taking conference gold, Sunquist said another important aspect of the next several weeks is qualifying athletes for the NCAA Regional, May 27 in Bloomington, Ill.
According to Sunquist, the conference meet has less bearing on qualifiers than their performance throughout the region by the end of the season, May 16, when the top 48 athletes in each event go to Illinois. Sunquist said he hopes to qualify 11 athletes including Ingram, James, Beaver and Baum. To do that, all roads do not necessarily lead to Jacksonville. Rather, the River City is a weigh station on the road to Bloomington.
"After our conference meet we will continue to compete," said Sunquist, "trying to qualify as many athletes as we can to the [regional] meet." Once the Bucs wrap up A-Sun action, they'll have three more chances: the April 23 Charlotte Invite, the April 28 Liberty Twilight and the Orange and Purple Classic, May 6 and 7 in Clemson, S.C.
For more on the A-Sun Championships, check out atlanticsun.org. For more on ETSU Track & Field, visit ETSUBucs.com.


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About Faraway Farm
New York State, only one hour from Manhattan,
we welcome visitors by appointment.
Years ago, when we met our first alpacas we were totally smitten. These lovely, exotic creatures enchanted us and there was no turning back! They are sensitive, intuitive, and oh-so-beautiful. We attended conferences, seminars and alpaca shows. We visited countless farms around the Northeast, and finally, after months of careful consideration, picked out our foundation herd.
Visit Faraway Farm
We enjoy welcoming visitors at our beautiful hilltop farm. Call or email us to schedule your visit to meet the alpacas and our extremely personable Icelandic Horses. Learn about the animals, their care, natural history and fleece use. Our heated farm store features an extensive selection of alpaca garments, yarn and toys, as well as hand-crafted items by local artisans. Preview Faraway Farm in our picture gallery.
Please note farm tours are by appointment only.
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Zalie Waldhorn
Born: June 27, 1927
Paris, France
Zalie was the second of three children born to immigrant Jewish parents. Her Polish-born father was a former officer in the Austro-Hungarian army who had met and married her Hungarian-born mother during World War I. Shortly before Zalie was born, her parents settled in Paris. There, Zalie and her brother and sister grew up in a religious household.
1933-39: Mother said it was better in Paris than in the poor village in which she grew up. My mother spoke broken French, but I grew up speaking French fluently. At elementary school we learned all about French history. I wasn't afraid of Hitler. Father said that the terrible things happening to Jews in Germany wouldn't happen to us in France.
1940-44: I was almost 13 when the Germans occupied Paris in 1940. In 1942 my father was deported with other Polish-born Jews. Then my mother was deported. After that, I left Paris with false papers that hid my Jewish identity. I became 16-year-old Zalie Guerin. With my light hair, blue eyes and fluent French, I passed as a non-Jewish French citizen. In the town of Alencon I worked as a secretary, but after a year, I was discovered to be a Jew and arrested. The Germans beat me up; they seemed ashamed I'd fooled them for so long.
Zalie, 17, was deported to Auschwitz in a children's convoy on July 31, 1944. She survived the concentration camps, and returned to live in Paris after the war.


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Outdoor Dining: A Pink and Yellow Birthday Party
Our My Great Outdoors event may have ended at the close of June, but outdoor entertaining is still in full swing. Last weekend I used our little back deck to its fullest and threw an outdoor fête for my sister. We had a perfect summer evening for it; I really couldn't have asked for more beautiful weather! Here's a peek at the pink and yellow party, with a few ideas for drinks and food for your own outdoor summer parties.
Here's a peek at this party, which happened to include some guests who were semi-vegetarian, lactose-intolerant, gluten-free, and allergic to chicken and dairy!
• 1 It seems to me that a really elegant, delicious party is a gift that we should all give and receive. I wanted to make this beautiful and special — a really special birthday!
• 2 The peony invites, from a pattern by e.m. papers.
• 3 Arranging flowers. Whole Foods had a great deal on late-season peonies. (Tip: Always negotiate flower prices, even at chain stores like WF. If the flowers are looking close to finishing, the florist may give you a generous deal, as she did for me.)
• 4 Flowers all lined up in Mason jars from my basement.
• 5 The famous (infamous, by now?) Martha Stewart tissue pom-poms. I used a kit, but now that I've made them once I'll do them from scratch in the future. They are so easy.
• 6 Birthday cake! I used the Ina Garten lemon cake recipe yet again, and attempted the Martha Stewart ruffle cake look.
• 7 Raspberry meringues and lemon bars. (From Mom's kitchen! Thanks Mom!)
• 8 Placecards. I wanted the placecards to stay lemon juice-free, so I used toothpicks to hold them in the lemons.
• 9 The table, with poms overhead.
• 10 Pink and yellow!
• 11 The drinks included a quick mix of Prosecco and peach juice with mint (thanks Trader Joe's!) and TJ's strawberry lemonade with fizzy water, plus bottles of cold water.
• 12 I also added a few melon slices to the Prosecco cooler.
• 13 The menu: Zucchini and squash fritters (with GF tapioca flour), baby roast potatoes with oregano and lemon, smashed chickpea salad with artichokes and tomatoes, dill chicken salad in phyllo cups, and a mix of melon.
• 14 I also made small ramekins of smoked salmon blended with dill and Tofutti to serve to my chicken-free, lactose-free guests.
• 15 Wine glasses for fizzy drinks; Duralex tumblers for water.
• 16 I put these really tall 14″ candle tapers on the cake. Dramatic!
• 17 Red jam in between the layers.
• 18 Lemon verbena tisane to close the meal.
• 19 Enjoying the outdoors, late in the party.
• 20 Bug bite salve from KIOSK. A very important element if you want to have an outside party at night!
Related: One Weekend, Two Dinner Parties
(Images: Faith Durand)


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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state lawmakers are returning today to the Capitol for a sixth-straight day as the Republican majority seeks to wrap up an on-time state budget and secure victories for Gov. Tom Corbett's legislative agenda.
But time is running short.
The new fiscal year begins Monday, and House and Senate leaders have yet to strike agreements on major legislation to allow the private sale of wine and liquor and generate billions of dollars for roads, bridges and mass transit agencies primarily by increasing motor fuel taxes.
The House and Senate were each scheduled to resume voting sessions at 1 p.m.
In the House, a vote was possible on transportation legislation, but the chamber's Republican leaders on Friday were still trying to cobble together at least half of the caucus to join Democrats in supporting a bill.
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans were poised to advance a $28.3 billion budget bill after going into the early morning hours of Saturday to secure a key vote on a bill to privatize wine and liquor sales over the objections of Democrats. The bill still needs full House and Senate approval to reach Corbett's desk.
The two issues are indirectly linked: Senate Republicans have made a transportation bill a top priority while House GOP leaders helped lead efforts to privatize the state-controlled liquor and wine system.


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By QUINN CUMMINGS
I don't know how most people spend their second morning home schooling. I spent mine hyperventilating into a paper bag. After less than 24 hours of educating my child at home, I was struck by the realization that I wasn't up to the task and should move immediately to Plan B. Except I didn't have a Plan B.
For two years leading up to this I had watched my daughter convince experienced, well-meaning teachers that she was incapable of mastering long division when, in fact, she simply didn't like long division. Alice's ploy raised a larger concern: At age 9, she appeared to be cruising along in school without actually doing any work. To my sorrow, it appeared I had given birth to myself, another pleasant slacker fated to a lifetime of successfully studying for midterms between classes until barely paying attention stopped working. Alice wasn't learning how to learn, she was learning how to coast. Maybe I could wait and see if she came to learning on her own. Or maybe she needed a different kind of education.
Her father and I checked out a few middle-school programs known for their rigor. Each promised to challenge Alice academically but also promised hours of homework every night. I'm greedy. I want my child challenged, but I don't want her staying up until 2 a.m. every night translating "The Aeneid." I knew we had a small window of opportunity to teach Alice to love learning, but I also knew there was an equally small window for her to be a child. Her academic options seemed to lie on either side of a wide chasm: a fluffy pillow on one side, a jackhammer on the other. I tried home schooling because I couldn't find a better alternative.
It turns out I'm not alone. Today in the U.S., some two million children are home schooled, growing at an annual rate of 7% to 15% for over a decade, according to the president of the National Home Education Research Institute. The term "home schooler" once implied "isolationist religious zealot" or "off-the-grid anarchist who makes her own yogurt." Today, it also means military parents who hate to see their kids keep changing schools; or the family with a future Olympian who ice skates five hours a day; or your cousin whose daughter is gifted but has a learning disability. The average home schooler is no longer a sideshow oddity.
"I could never ever teach math," more than a few parents told me in horror at the very idea of home schooling. Or science. Or a foreign language. But mostly, it was math. Here's my secret: I can't teach math either. Once they start calling them integers instead of numbers, I recoil as from a fat, angry snake, which is why Alice takes an online math class, with great lashings of help from her father.
But the biggest thing people want to talk about is socialization. Everyone is worried that I keep my child in a crate with three air holes punched in it and won't let her have friends until she gets her AARP card. There's a long answer, of course, but I'll sum it up this way: Homo sapiens have walked the Earth for at least 130,000 years and, in this time, they learned to be human from their elders, not from their peers. Mandatory education in the U.S. is less than 150 years old. Learning to be a productive adult human by spending a third of every day with other kids might be a good idea, but it's too soon to tell. I'm still unsure that the people best equipped to teach a 14-year-old boy how to be a man are other 14-year-old boys.
In fact, home-schooled kids are just as socialized as other children. They certainly seem to grow up to be, and feel, fully engaged. One study, by a Canadian home-schooling group, found that 67% of formerly home-schooled adult respondents said they are "very happy," as opposed to the general population's 43%. Another study, published in the Journal of College Admission, found that home-schooled students perform better on their ACTs, have higher college GPAs and are more likely to graduate in four years.
I shared many of the negative preconceptions before we began home schooling, but I can see now that my kid is as socially well adjusted as the dozens of other kids she hangs out with. (Her mother still needs work.)
As we approached the end of our first year home schooling, we asked ourselves whether Alice should continue the experiment or return to what many of our friends still call "real school." At this point it no longer seemed to us like a binary decision. It was less a matter of either/or than of how-much-of-each.
I suspect that many Americans will reach the same conclusion as they adapt to new social and economic realities. Online classes have already become part of an extended curriculum for many students. In the iTunes version of public education, relevant learning experiences will originate from the large redbrick building down the street, from a recreation center downtown, from a music studio in Seattle or a lecture hall in London. As our habits evolve, it won't be home schooling as we've known it, but it won't be brick-and-mortar schooling, either. I call it "roam schooling."
Imagine that your high-school junior spends half of every day at the brick-and-mortar school up the street. Two afternoons a week, he logs into an art-history seminar being taught by a grad student in Paris. He takes computer animation classes at the local college, sings in the church choir and dives at the community pool. He studies Web design on YouTube. He and three classmates see a tutor at the public library who preps them for AP Chemistry. He practices Spanish on Skype and takes cooking lessons at a nearby restaurant every Saturday morning.
Is this home schooling or regular school? Who cares? He's learning. More important, his curriculum hits the basics but also works for him. Nobody expects all young people to download the same 20 or 30 songs on iTunes. Why should they be limited to the same dozen or so classes for school? And if you think that public education will never change because it's too big, I'd point out that the music business looked like an invincible Goliath before digital technology raised its slingshot.
Some lessons are best learned at a kitchen table, others in a lecture hall, a chemistry lab or a gym. It would be nice if students everywhere had access to every option, and more of them will, I expect, over the next decade. With each passing year, the division between home schooling and institutional schooling will continue to dissolve. We will go to the education, and the education will come to us. The bad news is that it doesn't work that way yet. The good news is that we get to build it.
—Adapted from Ms. Cummings's "The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling," which will be published on Aug. 7. Follow her on Twitter: @quinncy.
A version of this article appeared July 28, 2012, on page C2 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: My Education inHome Schooling.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Three Trustees Abused Bartenders, Federal Agency Charged
EAST ST. LOUIS , Ill. – Elks Lodge No. 954 in Jerseyville, Ill., will pay $107,500 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the lodge violated federal law by sexually harassing three female bartenders and then taking reprisals against them when they complained.
In its lawsuit (Case No. 3:09-cv-00200), filed in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, the EEOC claims that Vicki Vickers, Elizabeth Stemm, and Jackie Davidson (formerly Jackie Atteberry at the time of her employment) were subjected to unlawful sexual harassment while working at Elks Lodge No. 954 by three members of the Elks' board of trustees on numerous occasions in 2005 and 2006. The abuse included repeated unwelcome sexual advances and touching, and sexually explicit comments. The suit alleged that after victims complained about the conduct, their work hours were cut, they were assigned the least desirable shifts, and they were subjected to threats and other abusive verbal comments. Davidson was terminated, the EEOC said, and the environment became so hostile that Vickers was compelled to resign.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or national origin, and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.
As part of the settlement, the Elks Lodge agreed to pay $107,500 to the former bartenders, to conduct sexual harassment training for Elks managers and employees and to report complaints of sex harassment made by Elks employees to the EEOC regional attorney for a period of three years.
"While the Elks do not admit to any wrongdoing, this settlement signals a willingness to move forward in a manner designed to prevent future sexual harassment from occurring and, if it does happen, prepare its managers to take decisive and immediate action to stop it," said EEOC attorney Melvin Kennedy.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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2006-08-24 / Schools/Sports
Fowl Ball!
Ducks prepare to welcome three millionth fan; playoff tickets are selling fast
They may be struggling on the field, but the Long Island Ducks are flying at the box office. The team's recent poor play has had absolutely no effect on ticket sales as local fans continue to flock to Citibank Park to show their support. As usual, the Ducks lead the Atlantic League in attendance, bu
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The bad news is that this price relief comes at the expense of U.S. farmers who are reporting less than 50 bushels per acre of corn on ground that usually yields from 100 to 150 bushels higher. Heavy rains at harvest time are cutting significantly into spring wheat harvest projections, and early maturing beans with less than optimum fill are tempering the projected production for that crop. Add to that drought in Australia, floods in parts of the European Union and a smaller Canadian crop and it is clear why the numbers have moved up from last year's dismal prices.
But, of course, this is not the makings of a so-often-promised "prosperous new era." The prospect of five-year-record-high prices is due to yield-reducing draws in the weather game-of-chance, not changes in the fundamentals. With the exception of corn non-feed domestic demand, which likely will continue to benefit from expanding ethanol production, this bounce in crop prices is not occurring because of surging new demand for grains in Asia, Africa or Antarctica arising from growing incomes or appetites for U.S. grain. Nor are prices higher because our competitors have reduced harvested acreage and meekly turned their export markets over to us in response to the reduced prices of recent years. Actually, total acreage of major crops has increased among our major export competitors during those dismal price years. The increases in crop prices, for the most part, are NOT due to continuing, long-term, permanent changes in demand or supply.
What about next year? Well, prices could remain at higher levels next crop year if the weather wheel-of-fortune again settles on just the right combination of negative weather events. To benefit, an individual farmer must also win the side bet that his farm escapes the severe weather that plagues agriculture in general. Of course, trend-level or higher yields in the U.S. and major crop producing countries would again start our trek to the prices of yesteryear. No, "the Force" will not be with us to protect us from the days of low prices and high government payments. But it is nice to know that another price world does exist out there and that crop markets do still respond to reduced output, assuming you are one of the lucky ones with something to sell.
Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the Director of the UT's Agricultural Policy Analysis Center. (865) 974-7407; Fax: (865) 974-7298; firstname.lastname@example.com; http://www.agpolicy.org.


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A Trial of Standard Chemotherapy With Metformin (vs Placebo) in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01310231
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 8, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 6, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Metastatic Breast Cancer
|Drug: Metformin Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|40 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Phase II, Double Blind Trial of Standard Chemotherapy With Metformin (vs Placebo) in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer Receiving First, Second, Third or Fourth Line Chemotherapy With Anthracycline, Taxane, Platinum, Capecitabine or Vinorelbine Based Regimens
|Actual Study Start Date :
|August 22, 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 14, 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 26, 2018
Active Comparator: Metformin
Metformin plus standard chemotherapy (containing anthracyclines, platinum, taxanes or capecitabine; first or second line).
Drug: Metformin
metformin 850 mg bid in addition to standard chemotherapy (containing anthracyclines, platinum, taxanes or capecitabine; first or second line).
Number of cycles: Until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo and standard chemotherapy (containing anthracyclines, platinum, taxanes or capecitabine; first or second line).
Drug: Placebo
Placebo bid in addition to standard chemotherapy (containing anthracyclines, platinum, taxanes or capecitabine; first or second line).
Number of cycles: until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
- Progression free survival. [ Time Frame: From date of randomization to first documented progression or death, which ever occurs first, assessed up to 3 years. ]Scans will be repeated every 9 weeks. Local follow up for survival will continue until all patients have died or for a maximum total follow up of 3 years, which ever occurs first. The two study arms will be compared in an intent to treat fashion using Cox proportional hazard analysis, with the stratification variables included in the model. Treatment discontinuation for toxicity or other reasons will be considered an event.
- Overall response rate [ Time Frame: From baseline until time of best response, assessed up to 3 years ]Overall response rate in patients with measureable disease based upon RECIST Version 1.1. Patients will have scans repeated every 9 weeks and overall review of response across the study will be done every 6 months. The overall response rate is defined as number of patients with a best overall response of CR or PR, as a proportion of all patient with measurable disease at baseline. The response rate between arms will be compared using logistic regression with treatment as factor, adjusted for strata.
- To examine the effect of the addition of metformin to standard chemotherapy (containing anthracyclines, platinum, taxanes or capecitabine) on change in frequency and severity of adverse events. [ Time Frame: up to 3 years ]Adverse events will be graded using CTCAE Version 4.0. Frequency tables will be produced per arm of the treatment emergent adverse event rates.The treatment emergent adverse event rates will be further summarized by maximum toxicity grade per patient during treatment.
- Quality of life and treatment related symptoms [ Time Frame: up to 3 years ]The symptom checklist and the symptom related EORTC measures will be compared between arms using frequency tables.
- Physiological parameters fasting insulin, glucose and HOMA change, and to explore the association of these changes with progression free survival (in all subjects) and tumor response (in subjects with measurable disease). [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Physiologic parameters (fasting insulin, glucose, HOMA) will be transformed to normality prior to analyses. The parameters will be modeled over time using graphical methods to find an appropriate functional form. Parameters will be compared between arms over time using a linear mixed-effect model with terms for arm, time and a group-by-time interaction and treating patients as random effects.
- Immunohistochemical predictors of metformin benefit and to explore changes in these variables in women who undergo serial biopsies of their metastases. [ Time Frame: Baseline and 3 weeks. ]Immunohistochemical analysis of different markers (IR, LKB1, phosphorylated AKT, S6K, ribosomal protein S6, 4E-BP1, and stathmin) pre and post first cycle of chemotherapy with metformin as well as in the original tumour tissue. Change in the phospho-markers of PI3K/mTOR will be summarized before and after the first cycle of chemotherapy with a focus on detection between the study arms.
- Gene expression predictors of potential metformin benefit including exploration of changes in these variables in women who undergo serial biopsies of their metastases [ Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks ]Gene expression profiles in the baseline (original tumour) and, when available, pre and post cycle 1 chemotherapy will be established and change in gene signature pre and post chemotherapy will be explored.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically proven invasive breast cancer with metastatic spread outside of breast, ipsilateral axillary and supraclavicular nodal areas (Histological confirmation of metastases is not required) OR, Locally advanced breast cancer that is refractory to initial anticancer treatment.
- A decision has been made to administer single or multiple agent first or second line chemotherapy that includes one of the following agents: anthracycline, taxane, platinum, capecitabine.
- Age: 18 to 75 years at the time of registration
- Invasive breast cancer, any ER or PgR status
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Life expectancy of at least 6 months
- Adequate hepatic and renal function (SGOT and ALT < 1.8 X upper limit of normal for the institution, alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2X upper limit of normal for the institution, bilirubin within normal limits for the institution (expect in patients with Gilbert's syndrome who will be eligible regardless of bilirubin) and creatinine ≤ 130 umol/L)
- Blood counts: Neutrophils must be at least 1,000/mm3 and Platelets ≥ 75,000/mm3.
- Ability to understand and to provide written informed consent for the study
- Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological, or other patient related factors that might preclude compliance with the study protocol
- Measurable or non measurable (but evaluable) tumour must be present - radiologic or clinical evaluation must have been performed within 4 weeks prior to registration.
Exclusion Criteria:
- More than one previous line(s) of chemotherapy for metastatic disease - if prior chemotherapy has been administered, the last date of treatment must have been given at least 3 weeks prior to registration [any adjuvant systemic treatment is acceptable]
- If prior hormone therapy (as adjuvant or metastatic therapy) has been administered, it must have been stopped at least 3 weeks prior to registration
- Radiotherapy to a target or non target lesion within 4 weeks of registration
- Known CNS metastases
- History of cardiac failure
- Known hypersensitivity or allergy to metformin
- History of or known diabetes or baseline fasting glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L
- History of lactic or other metabolic acidosis
- Use of metformin within 3 months of registration
- Current or planned pregnancy or lactation in women of child-bearing potential. Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test.
- Fertile patients must agree to use an effective method of contraception while on study treatment; which could include IUD, condoms or other barrier methods of birth control
- Habitual alcohol intake of more than three drinks daily
- Concurrent use of any biguanide medication (other than metformin as a study medication)
- Patients with ≥ grade 2 diarrhea at baseline, malabsorption syndrome or unable to swallow oral medication
- Previous or concurrent malignancies, except non-melanoma skin cancers, unless curatively treated and with no evidence of recurrence for ≥ 5 years.
- Use of any investigational agent within 28 days prior to registration.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01310231
|Canada, Ontario
|London Regional Cancer Program
|London, Ontario, Canada
|St. Michael's Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1N9
|Mount Sinai Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5
|Princess Margaret Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9
|Windsor Regional Cancer Centre
|Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N8W 2X3
|Principal Investigator:
|Pamela J Goodwin, MD
|Responsible Party:
|Ozmosis Research Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01310231 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|March 8, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 6, 2018
|Last Verified:
|May 2017
Keywords provided by Ozmosis Research Inc.:
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents


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Atheist Media Events: Kentucky Ourtrage in ARCW
C-SPAN to Air Segments of American Atheists National Convention Saturday July 14
Portions of the 33rd annual National Convention of American Atheists held earlier this year in Seattle, Washington will be aired on the C-SPAN network program "American Perspectives" at 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, July 14.
You can watch via television or the Internet.
AACON XXXIII featured a blockbuster line-up of speakers including Julia Sweeney, Robert Price, Edwin Kagin, Frank Zindler, Dave Fitzgerald and many more.
WHAT: Portions of the 33rd National Convention of American Atheists on C-SPAN
WHEN: Tonight (Wednesday, July 11, 2007) and Saturday (July 14, 2007) at 8:00 PM ET. Check your local listings
WHERE: C-SPAN network or internet feed at c-span.org.
Edwin Kagin Live on GAYBC Radio, Internet Thursday July 12, 2007 ~ 3:15 PT
Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director for American Atheists, will be the guest Thursday, July 12, 2007 on the GAYBC Radio Network out of Los Angeles.
Mr. Kagin, co-founder of Camp Quest will be interviewed on the John McMullen Show. Edwin will be talking about Atheism, separation of church and state in an era of rampant religious fundamentalism, the recent RALLY FOR REASON at the Creation Museum, and more. You can call in to the program via 818-746-3985, or instant message during the program through AOL via GAYBCstudio.
The John McMullen program is broadcast globally daily from 3-6 PM (PACIFIC), 6-9 PM (EASTERN), so check your time zone. Mr. Kagin's interview segment will begin at 3:15 PM Pacific Time You can live stream the program by clicking on the appropriate icon at www.gaybc.com.
WHO & WHAT: Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director for American Atheists on the John McMullen Show
WHEN: Thursday, July 12, 2007, 3:15 Pacific (6:15 Eastern)
WHERE: Internet stream at www.gaybc.com
The Kentucky Post
Bonds OK'd for church project
For the first time ever, Boone Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to give an industrial revenue bond tax break to a local church.
The court voted unanimously to issue up to $2.8 million in bonds on behalf of the Vineyard Christian Church in Burlington in a transaction that renewed debate over the separation of church and state.
The bonds don't obligate the county financially in any way - they merely allow the church to get a better interest rate on its financing from Fifth Third Bank. Because the county issues the bonds, the bank doesn't have to report the interest on them as income to the IRS.
The church plans to use the bulk of the money to build a 5,000-square-foot addition for Sunday school classrooms, as well as for the use of community groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. The rest of the bond issue will pay for preparing the church property for further expansions and for creating more parking spaces.
The congregation has already received $1.2 million in pledges for the project and hopes to pay off the bonds in three years, said Executive Pastor Cliff Wick.
The bond issue will help Vineyard accommodate its steadily expanding congregation. The church has averaged growth of 12 percent over the past seven years and now draws a total of about 1,200 worshippers for its four weekend services.
Attorney Ian Koffler, who represented the church for the bond issue, said it was only the second one his firm had done for a congregation. The other was for a church in Lexington.
County Judge-Executive Gary Moore told the audience for Tuesday's meeting that he was happy the county could help out the church, and congratulated the congregation on its growth.
But he advised Koffler that some residents had asked him how the county could do it without violating the constitutional separation of church and state.
Koffler told Moore that federal courts have ruled that if governments offers such a service to other nonprofits, they must also offer it to churches.
A Kentucky attorney general's opinion from 1993 also said bond issues like the Boone County one don't violate constitutional principles, he said.
Roger Peterman, a specialist in bonds and financing, and a former director of the Kentucky Development Finance Authority, said the courts have recently broadened their view of the church/state issue.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati "had a decision about a year ago that if the government is providing a service that it would provide to a non-religious institution, it can provide the same service to a religious organization," he said.
That decision came in a case involving a bond issue for a religiously affiliated university in Nashville, said Phillip Sparkes, who teaches state and local government at Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
The court ruled that a bond issue is a benefit much like fire protection, he said, and no one would object to the county sending fire trucks to extinguish a fire at a church.
Although it may be a first for a church in Northern Kentucky, counties routinely issue such kinds of bonds, Sparkes said.
"This kind of financing has been around for 50 years or more," he said. "A variety of projects get funded this way."
The courts have also ruled that the government could bus children to a church-run school, for example, but not to religious services.
"The Kentucky statutes allow bonds for educational purposes. This is an educational wing of the facility," Peterman said of the Vineyard project.
But Union attorney Edwin Kagin, national legal director for American Atheists, said that the Kentucky Constitution forbids the government from supporting religion - and that's what the Boone County bond issue will do.
"If Camp Quest would apply for such a bond issue, do you suppose they would issue bonds for that?" he asked.
Camp Quest is a residential summer camp for the children of atheists. Kagin and his wife, Helen, have served as camp directors for 10 years.
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Managing Attorney
Helena S. Mock
Adjunct Professor of Law & Managing Attorney William & Mary's Elder & Disability Law Clinic
Degrees: J.D., William & Mary; M.A., Old Dominion University; B.A., University of Maryland
Email: [[hsmock,Helena Mock]]
Helena Mock began her career as a legal clerk with the United States Army. In 2000, she graduated from the College of William and Mary School of Law and began her practice with the law firm of Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C. in Newport News, Virginia. In 2004, Helena became a full partner. She later served as Chairman of the Estate Planning and Taxation Practice Group of the firm, supervising a team of attorneys, paralegals and other staff while attending to the needs of her many and varied estate planning and administration clients. In May of 2010, Helena formed a law practice devoted to providing Virginia Peninsula clients with the best in estate and trust planning and administration: The Peninsula Center for Estate Planning and Elder Law.
Helena has extensive experience in advising clients on all facets of estate, tax, and long-term care planning to include establishing revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, limited liability companies and family limited partnerships, as well as drafting buy-sell agreements, shareholder agreements, marital agreements, wills, powers of attorney, medical directives, living wills and other estate planning documents necessary to protect clients both during lifetime and at death. She assists clients and their families with planning for future long-term care needs in evaluating ways to protect and preserve assets. She advises clients on methods available for protecting assets from income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes and helps clients in preserving wealth for future generations. In addition, Helena helps clients deal with issues such as incapacity and death of a loved one and guides clients through the process of administering trusts and estates. She regularly practices before the local courts in instituting guardianships and conservatorships, reforming trusts and wills, and handling a variety of other matters involving trusts and estates. Helena also often serves in the capacity of executor or trustee and has frequently been appointed by local courts to serve as a fiduciary.
Her expertise in estate planning has earned her recognition by her peers as Legal Elite by Virginia Business for six years and by SuperLawyers as a Rising Star in 2007 and 2008. Additionally, she has been awarded the top "10" rating with AVVO.com, a respected legal website and resource. Helena has also been accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist U.S. military veterans in planning and applying for benefits with the VA.


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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) abuttare, from abuter ("to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach"),[1][2] from but ("end, aim, purpose"); akin to Old Norse butr ("piece of wood")[1]. Equivalent to a- ("to") + butt ("boundary mark").[3]
abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)
- (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to)to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
- His land abuts on the road.
- (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to[First attested in the mid 19th century.][3]
Usage notes[edit]
Followed by any of the following words: upon, on or (obsolete) to.[1][3]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English abutten,[4] from Old French aboter ("to touch at one end, border on"),[1] abouter ("to join end to end"), abuter ("to buttress, to put an end to"), from a- ("towards") + bout ("end"), boter, bouter ("to strike"),[5] buter ("to strike, finish").[4] Equivalent to a- ("towards, change to") + butt ("push")[3]
abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)
- (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. [First attested in the late 16th century.][3]
Usage notes[edit]
Followed by any of the following words: upon, on, or against.[1][3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
- ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 11
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "abut" in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], OCLC 299754516, page 6.
- ^ "abut" in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, →ISBN, page 5.
abút (frequentative abút-abút)
- arrive at a place
ábut (frequentative abút-ábut)
From Proto-North Sarawak *rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rabut.
- to pluck
Limos Kalinga[edit]
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English words prefixed with a-
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon verbs
- Kiput terms derived from Proto-North Sarawak
- Kiput terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Kiput lemmas
- Kiput verbs
- Limos Kalinga lemmas
- Limos Kalinga nouns
- Yola lemmas
- Yola prepositions