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St. Thomas
Wedding Requirements: To get married in the U.S. Virgin Islands, go to visitusvi.com to download an application, which must be filled out (typed) and submitted to the Territorial Court eight days prior to your arrival on St. Thomas. Once on the island, couples must pick up the license (application/license fee is $100) in person at the courthouse (photo ID is required).
Wedding Venues
St. Thomas has a plethora of choices for scenic weddings, including the Villa Botanica, a former sugar plantation where nuptials take place on the stone terrace overlooking St. Thomas harbor or beside a historic sugar mill. Adventurous types can take the Skyride aerial tram up to Paradise Point to swap vows in a hilltop gazebo offering panoramic island views. If you've always had your heart set on a beach wedding, there's crescent-shaped Magen's Bay, one of the world's top strands.
Start bright and early, because there's a lot of ground to cover! Most shops are clustered around Main Street (Dronningen's Gade) and Waterfront Highway, and along the side streets like Palm Passage and Drake's Passage. There's everything from his-and-her watches (Rolex, Tag Heuer), perfume and electronics to fine jewelry with precious stones and crystal from Baccarat and Waterford (and don't worry, all stores ship). If you're more interested in handicrafts, you'll find good deals at the Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative on Tarbor Gade, which sells straw bags and wood carvings from local artisans.
One of Charlotte Amalie's most popular spots -- and a good choice for a post-shopping meal is Cuzzin's; housed in a former 18th-century stable replete with original red brick walls and modern artwork, it serves authentic Caribbean like curried chicken, stewed conch and mauby, a drink made from bark and spices. Just west of the capital in the village of Frenchtown are several fine restaurants including Craig and Sally's, whose daily-changing menu might include baked yellowtail snapper or paprika-dusted duck, and the waterfront Oceana, serving Caribbean lobster and bouillabaisse in a historic home.
Off the Beaten Path: Water Island
Sign up for a biking tour on tiny Water Island (a five-minute ferry ride from St. Thomas) where there are no traffic lights, hotels or even a main town -- residents get around via golf cart. Cycle along tree-lined paths (watch out for iguanas), passing the remains of an old fort and a 17th-century plantation, then finish up at the appropriately named Honeymoon Beach for a refreshing dip.
St. John
Wedding Requirements: To get married in the USVI, go to visitusvi.com to download an application. Fill it out (it must be typed) and submit to the Territorial Court eight days prior to your arrival. Once you land on St. Thomas, arrival point for flights, you must pick up the license (application/license fee is $100) in person at the courthouse (photo ID is required). Many couples opt to go straight to the office from the airport before catching the ferry to St. John.
Quite simply, St. John is a nature-lover's paradise; two-thirds of the island is a national park. Hikers can choose from 22 trails — our pick, Reef Bay Trail, a three-mile downhill trek that passes through lush forests, old Danish plantation ruins and Amerinidan petroglyphs before winding up at Reef Bay, a pretty swimming beach. Birders can watch for parrots, hummingbirds and pelicans along the Francis Bay Trail, and snorkelers can lose themselves ogling the colorful fish, rays and turtles at Cinnamon, Hawksnest or Trunk Bays, (the latter features a 225-yard self-guided, signposted underwater trail). There's also fishing, biking and horseback riding.
Island-hopping through the uninhabited cays, romantic coves and coral atolls of the USVI and neighboring BVI (British Virgin Islands) falls in the not-to-be missed category. Hire a sailboat and the captain will charter a course for just the two of you, or sign up for a catamaran cruise with snorkeling stops and a visit to Jost Van Dyke, a BVI favorite that's home to two legendary sailors' bars — Foxy's on Great Harbor, where Foxy himself croons calypso tunes, and White Bay's Soggy Dollar Bar, birthplace of the painkiller cocktail.
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For such a small isle, St. John has a number of good dining options, all of which are located in the ferry port of Cruz Bay. At Morgan's Mango, enjoy coconut shrimp with a banana dipping sauce and grilled mahi mahi with a Cruzan rum-and-mango sauce along with frozen drinks like margaritas and pina coladas. Long-time favorite Lime Inn, in the center of town, has a surf and turf menu (Caribbean lobster, catch of the day, stuffed filet mignon). Late-night choices are pretty much confined to Woody's, a tiny dive bar with a happy hour that starts at 3 p.m. (hey, it's the Caribbean!) and The Quiet Mon, an "Irish" pub with beer on tap and darts.
Off the Beaten Path: Coral Bay
The little-visited eastern portion of the island is worth a drive for the spectacular scenery and its edge-of-nowhere quality. High in the hills is funky little Coral Bay, with its old Moravian church, a few grocery stores, and a handful of cafés and craft shops selling handmade jewelry, silkscreened fabrics and watercolors from local artists. Further on is Hurricane Hole, a breathtaking protected bay.
St. Croix
Sister islands St. Thomas and St. John may be more well known, which is part of the charm of this former Danish colony.
Wedding Requirements: To get married in the USVI, go to visitusvi.com to download an application, which must be filled out (typed) and submitted to the Territorial Court eight days prior to your arrival on St. Thomas. Once on the island, couples must pick up the license (application/license fee is $100) in person at the courthouse (photo ID is required).
St. Croix's capital is dominated by the mustard-yellow Christiansted Fort, built by Danish sugar plantation owners in 1774. Tour the Old Scale House, where goods were weighed, and the Danish West India Company warehouse, where molasses and rum were stored. (Even today, cannons line the ramparts.) The city is also the heart of the island's growing arts scene. Dozens of artists live here, working in mediums ranging from woodcarving to watercolors, sculpture to photography. A few notable galleries include Danica Art Gallery, Mitchell Larsen Studio and D&D Studio. Pick up one of the signature Crucian "hook" bracelets, and wear the hook facing in to show you're taken.
Museums and Tours
Get a sense of what life was like during the 18th century with a visit to the Whim Plantation Museum, an 11-acre former sugar plantation. Tour the restored Great House with antique furniture and china on display and explore the old stone factory ruins housing sugar-making tools. Periodically, candlelight concerts are held on the grounds. Afterward, it's time for a little rum tasting at the Cruzan Rum Distillery where you can see first-hand how the island's most popular spirit is made. You'll want to get a few bottles to go; we recommend the orange and coconut flavors.
Kayaking, Biking and Golfing
There are plenty of activities to keep even the most adventurous busy. Take an ecological kayak in Salt River Bay National Historical Park; Christopher Columbus sailed into this bay in 1493. Rent a bike for a tour around Frederiksted, a sleepy town on the west coast full of historic buildings and churches and dominated by a large fort. Golf-lovers will want to play a round on the Robert Trent Jones-designed Carambola course.
Off the Beaten Path: Snorkeling
Take a snorkeling cruise to uninhabited 880-acre Buck Island, designated an underwater national monument due the three-mile long coral reef off its eastern edge. Follow the 200-yard underwater snorkeling trail where signs indicate the various fish (parrotfish, angelfish) and coral (brain, fan) you're likely to spot along the way. Other nautical critters to look out for include multi-colored sponges, blue-streaked rainbow runners, triangular-shaped trunkfish, baby squid -- even the occasional sea turtle and moray eel.
More on the USVI:
Ultimate U.S. Virgin Islands Brides looking for a beach wedding flock to the USVI, and it's no wonder why. Three sun-soaked isles provide endless possibilities for wedding-day bliss.
10 Caribbean Islands Perfect for Weddings: USVI The USVI is a triple threat: three isles, three styles, all accessible without cracking open your passport.
The Ultimate Beach Wedding Guide Planning a beach wedding? We found ideal beach destinations, perfect for exchanging vows, plus expert advice from wedding planners to make sure you enjoy your day in the sun.
Best of the USVI One of the best places to have a beach wedding in America is on one of the three sun-drenched islands that make up the USVI — St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix. We've found some of the best wedding locales, restaurants and resorts on each island.
Guide to the U.S. Virgin Islands St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John are sister islands, but each has its own special character.


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Happening, The (US - DVD R1)
Gabe is almost at a loss for words. Almost, he has a few four letterers...
One incredibly boring day in Central Park hundreds of people find themselves unable to speak or walk correctly, and are soon finding creative ways to kill themselves. Similar 'happenings' begin to occur elsewhere on the East coast, mostly in areas with large populations and trees. In reaction to all the scariness a group of boring people take to the countryside looking for answers.
I really, really, reallyreallyreally wanted to be the guy that liked The Happening. I've at least been entertained by every M. Night Shyamalan film since The Sixth Sense, even Lady in the Water (good performances), but Goddamn if his latest isn't one of the most boldly awful major studio films I've seen in a long while.
Everything you've heard about The Happening is true. All the 'cool' stuff in the film isn't only given away in the red band trailer, it's almost entirely delegated to the front quarter of the film. The performances are almost unfathomably and uniformly terrible. The tone teeters into the hilarious when unintended. The plot is based around an idea that could barely sustain a twenty-two minute episode of The Twilight Zone, and the filler is taken mostly from Spielberg's War of the Worlds remake, every George Romero zombie movie, and Shyamalan's own Signs. The twist puts the film on the level of other lumpish and misguided 'environmental thrillers' like The Day After Tomorrow, and the scientific explanations make the scientists of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers sound downright reputable. The biggest crime of them all is the film's pedestrian look, which falls somewhere between made for TV drama and Shyamalan impersonating himself.
Shyamalan, who pulled recent career bests out of Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson, lets his actors flounder in his painfully stilted dialogue. I will continue to defend many of the more wooden performances in the Star Wars prequels as forgivable cases of style over substance, but The Happening's perfectly capable actors look atrocious the whole way through for seemingly no good reason (we'll argue George Lucas' 'good reasons' some other time). Mark Wahlberg, who I now know is capable of stealing a Martin Scorsese movie from Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio, performs like a beauty queen contestant asked to list the first forty-seven numbers of pi. If I wasn't made to believe otherwise by the behind the scenes material, I'd swear that Wahlberg thought he was acting in a spoof. His confused, googly eyes are just too freaking funny for words. The rest of the cast doesn't do much better, and the Tarantino by way of eleventh grade creative writing dialogue doesn't help. Shyamalan also consistently breaks the first rule of screenwriting—show, don't tell—by making his characters gracelessly explain the plot over and over again.
The basic premise of people mysteriously losing control of their bodies and minds and killing themselves is terrifying, and I'd like to think that pre-head-up-his-ass Shyamalan could've squeezed some real atmosphere out of the situation, but everything that's meant to be frightening is almost ingeniously hilarious. If Shyamalan could've come out after the film's bad reception and claimed it was a comedy I would've believed him 100%, because there is nothing shocking about the telegraphed sequences of people doing themselves in in a particularly Monty Python-esque manner. Sadly, the silliness still isn't enough to recommend the film.
I keep forgetting that Fox is cheap and fears bootlegging more than nuclear war. My screener is a single layered burned disc, and it shows it at every turn. The camera moves slowly, cue streams, the camera moves faster, cue pixel attack. Tak Fujimoto is a fine addition to the film's mediocre approach, he doesn't create anything super memorable, nor does he drop the ball and create anything murky. All in all I find it nearly impossible to effectively review the intricacies of this transfer because of the artefacts and compression noise, so we'll just leave it at colourful.
Single layer protection doesn't hurt the Dolby Digital 5.1 track too much, though general volume levels are a bit low. Shyamalan is well known for his love of super subtle sound design that hides in the corners waiting to leap out at us when something scary happens, but this time he may've pushed it a little too far. Sometimes I noticed positively zero sound, and I don't assume it was on purpose. Once again it's James Newton Howard that pulls his director out of the bottom pit of total shitsville. The Happening's music is filled with quotes to other work, mostly those of Hitchcockian Bernard Herrman scores, but it sounds great, and classes up a few scenes here and there.
Our extra slices of Shyamalanian silliness begin with four deleted/extended scenes. The first scene is an alternate opening that over explains the marital problems the Zooey Deschanel and Mark Wahlberg characters are having. The scene gives the final scenes an even more clichéd motivation than what's presented in the final cut. The other four scenes feature additional violence not seen in the original cut. They mostly succeed in making the film even funnier. Each scene is optionally preceded by a Shyamalan intro, where he excitedly (desperately?) tells us how awesome the digital gore effects are. They really aren't. The scenes run about sixteen minutes, and feature extremely low volume stereo sound.
'The Hard Cut' features a less giddy and more expectedly pretentious Shyamalan talking about the 'genius' of the film's violence and message. Apparently the R rating was the Fox brass' idea, not the writer/director's, which partially explains the awkward nature of the violence. The problem is that they keep referring to the film as a 'hard' R, which it really is not, much to my chagrin. The featurette runs nine minutes, takes place on the set of the farmhouse shooting scene, and features interviews with the cast and crew. In M. Night's defense, he appears to be a friendly guy when on-set, his bloated ego is apparently delegated to his interviews.
'I Hear You Whispering' is a four minute look at the film's last act, which features the productions only good performance (Betty Buckly), but is ultimately twenty minutes that have no place in the film. The Mrs. Jones sequence is basically a visual call back to several of Signs' best moments, and a narrative call back to the Tim Robbins scenes from War of the Worlds.
'The Happening— Visions of The Happening: A Making of'(yes, that's the real title) is twelve minutes all about the making of the 'Best B-Movie Ever', which apparently became something deeper. Seriously, there's no intended humour in this film according to everyone involved behind the scenes, except maybe the scene were Wahlberg speaks to a plant. Shyamalan talks about his cast, who were evidently hired for their buoyancy, the cast talk about their characters as if they were real people, the producer talks about Shyamalan as a visionary, and everyone complains about all the scary grasshoppers on set. Riveting.
'A Day for Night' (very clever pun guys, works on two levels, huh?) is six and a half minutes more behind the scenes footage from the farm house set (apparently that's the only day they had a documentary crew). This section is just raw footage set to sections of the film's score, so we're saved the pain of turgid interviews.
'Elements of a Scene' is a ten minute exploration of one of the film's only scenes that exhibits Shyamalan's once sure handed control of film direction—the Jeep vs. tree scene. The featurette covers the scene from digital pre-viz and preparation, through the filming process, stunts, acting, but not digital effects enhancement. Clerks fans can catch a better glimpse of Brian O'Halloran in this section.
The whole mess ends with a gag reel and trailers for Street Kings and Mirrors. They could've at least included The Happening's red band trailer. That's actually the ideal way to watch the film.
Ok, I'm giving up on Mr. M Night just like the rest of you, and I'll continue hoping against hope that this whole Avatar the Last Airbender project will fall apart before he has a chance to mess it up. The Happening is basically a total wash. It flounders as a thriller or horror movie because of unintentional humour, it flops as a drama because of uninteresting characters and almost unimaginally bad acting, and all the unintentional comedy isn't quite belly jiggling enough to recommend a so bad it's good viewing. I give Shayamalan credit for two sequences—the genuinely disturbing sequence of construction workers plummeting to their deaths, and a well directed mini-movie about the life of a gun. These two scenes plus Newton Howard's score bring me to my final score.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 7th October 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
Extras: Deleted Scenes, The Hard Cut, I Hear You Whispering, Making-of, A Day For Night, Elements of a Scene, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 90 minutes
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Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said.
The violence occurred as embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad made his second public appearance in a week in the capital, Damascus. Also, Israeli officials confirmed that the country's air force carried out an airstrike against Syria, saying it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, an ally of the Assad regime.
It was the second Israeli strike this year against Syria and the latest salvo in its long-running effort to disrupt Hezbollah's quest to build an arsenal capable of defending against Israel's air force and spreading destruction inside the Jewish state.
The violence in the coastal region of Syria underscored the sectarian nature of the two-year conflict that has killed tens of thousands and sent more than 1 million Syrians refugees to neighboring countries.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said around 4,000 people were fleeing from the predominantly Sunni southern parts of the Mediterranean city of Banias amid fears that pro-government gunmen "might commit a massacre."
There were conflicting reports of the death toll in Banias on Friday. The Observatory said at least 62 people, including 14 children, were killed in Ras al-Nabeh, a neighborhood in Banias, but that the number could rise as many people are still missing. The Local Coordination Committees, another activist group, said 102 people were killed.
The Observatory said security forces were checking people's identity cards and asking them to return to Banias so that the situation could appear normal. It said those fleeing were mostly heading to the city of Tartus to the south and the town of Jableh just north of Banias.
Banias residents told The Associated Press by telephone that the central market was mostly closed Saturday amid fears of more violence. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of government reprisals.
The reported exodus from Banias came after activists said Friday that regime troops and gunmen from nearby Alawite areas beat, stabbed and shot at least 50 people in the Sunni Muslim village of Bayda, near Banias.
The killings in Bayda brought wide condemnation as footage of dead children were widely circulated on TV stations and social media sites.
"We strongly condemn atrocities against the civilian population and reinforce our solidarity with the Syrian people," said U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
"Those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of human rights law must be held accountable," Psaki said.
Syria's crisis, that began in March 2011 with pro-democracy protests and later turned into a civil war that has killed an estimated 70,000 people, has largely broken along sectarian lines.
The Sunni majority forms the backbone of the rebellion, while Assad's minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, anchors the regime's security services and the military's officer corps. Other minorities, such as Christians, largely support Assad or stand on the sidelines, worried that the regime's fall would bring about a more Islamist rule.
Syria's mountainous coastal region is the Alawite heartland, although it is also dotted with Sunni villages
An amateur video released by the Observatory Saturday showed a man and at least three children dead inside a room. A baby had burned legs and a body stained with blood. Next to him was a young girl whose face had been deformed after apparently being hit with a sharp object.
The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting on the events depicted.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Observatory, identified the man killed as Haitham Sahyouni. He said Sahyouni was found dead along with his three children, his brother Hamid and mother Watfa. He said it was not clear if Sahyouni was an opposition supporter.
Elsewhere in Syria, activists and state media said troops have captured most of the villages and towns around the town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon.
The Observatory said five rebels, including a local commander, were killed in Qusair. It added that members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group are taking part in the battles against the rebels.
Hezbollah had acknowledged that it is aiding Lebanese villagers who live on the Syrian side of the border after they cane under rebel attacks.
State TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that troops put under control al-Abadi and Tel Ghraifi areas near Damascus. He said "tens" of rebels were killed or wounded in the fighting.
Also Saturday, Syrian state TV said Assad, who rarely appears in public, visited a Damascus campus and was walking in the middle of hundreds of people. The report said Assad inaugurated a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's uprising and civil war.
A photograph posted on Assad's Facebook page showed him surrounded by bodyguards as young men, who appeared to be students, waved at him. On Wednesday, Assad visited a Damascus power station to mark May Day, according to the media.


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September 7, 2011—WASHINGTON—Earth Lab: Degrees of Change, a new exhibit at the Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, opens Thursday, Sept. 15. The exhibit's visualizations allow visitors to explore the impacts of climate change and take on the role of decision makers who identify priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and decide how to respond to climate change.
"Climate change affects more things in our lives than many of us realize," said Richard Alley, Ph.D., Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at the Pennsylvania State University and chair of the committee that developed the exhibit. "The Earth Lab presents a visual journey through the best science on climate change. The exhibit opens your mind to the impacts, possibilities, and decisions related to climate. We want people to engage with the best science on the issue and think it through. Then, it's up to you to decide what to do about it."
A centerpiece of the exhibit is a simulation game where visitors employ strategies to lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to a level that will significantly reduce the impact of climate change. Participants decide which actions align with priorities they value and compare their plans with those of other players as they work. By assessing the tradeoffs associated with various climate mitigation strategies, visitors see how their choices may impact climate change and CO2 emissions.
"This game sparks discussion among players," said Alley, who is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. "People discover that there are many beneficial ways to solve this complex problem."
Members of the media are invited to preview Earth Lab on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. Dr. Alley and other experts involved with the exhibit will be available for one-on-one interviews at the Koshland Science Museum, 525 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Advance registration is requested. Interviews can also be arranged by telephone or Skype. To register, contact the Koshland Science Museum or National Academy of Sciences' Office of News and Public Information.
Earth Lab is based in part on America's Climate Choices, a suite of reports from the National Research Council that examines our current scientific understanding of climate change and its impacts, and the actions and strategies the nation can take to respond. The final report in the series was released in May and concludes that "climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems." The report was chaired by Albert Carnesale, chancellor emeritus of the University of California, Los Angeles, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. The vice chair of the report was William L. Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, N.C., and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. For more information and to read the reports, visit http://americasclimatechoices.org.
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The Koshland Science Museum invites teens and adults to interact with the issues in a thought-provoking setting. Whether exploring on their own or with friends, visitors have the opportunity to use science to solve problems and to engage in stimulating conversations. The Koshland Science Museum is located at 525 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.


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A preliminary hearing in the murder of Tabor student Brandon Brown was stopped in its tracks Monday because of the absence of a witness.
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A preliminary hearing in the murder of Tabor student Brandon Brown was stopped in its tracks Monday because of the absence of a witness.
The hearing for defendants Dequinte Oshea Flournoy and Alton Franklin on charges of aiding and abetting murder in the second degree was continued until Jan. 31.
Torry Hamill, 19, a McPherson College student, testified Monday in McPherson County District Court he was at a party at 438 N. Carrie St. the late night of Sept. 14 and early morning of Sept. 15.
Brown was found beaten outside of that party. He died of his injuries at a Wichita hospital on Sept. 23.
When questioned by McPherson County Attorney David Page, Hamill said he saw Franklin strike Brown on the cheek at which time Brown fell to the ground. He then testified he saw Flournoy strike Brown while he was on the ground.
During cross examination, Hamill said he was not sure it was Flournoy who struck Brown while he was on the ground.
He said another student at the party, Taajon Richardson, told him it had been Flournoy who had struck Brown the second time.
Page said Richardson has left McPherson College and moved out of state. Page said a subpoena for Richardson had been returned undeliverable. Page requested the hearing be continued for two weeks so a material witness warrant could be issued for Richardson compelling him to appear for the hearing.
The defense attorneys in the case, David Harger for Franklin and Kevin Loeffler for Flournoy, urged Judge Richard Walker to deny the motion, arguing their defendants had been in jail long enough.
Walker reluctantly granted the continuance, but noted finding time to schedule a continuance of the case was very difficult due to the recent and sudden retirement of Judge Carl Anderson.


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Picture yourself or your neighbor going deer hunting in your subdivision during bow hunting season.
Picture yourself or your neighbor going deer hunting in your subdivision during bow hunting season.
Or picture yourself hunting for deer on city parkland during bow hunting season.
All the Rolla City Council needs to do is change one ordinance, Jason Sumners, a deer biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, told council Monday night.
Sumners was brought to the council meeting by Conservation Agent Darrin Wood in response to a request from former city Councilman Gary Hicks, now a Phelps County commissioner, who asked the city administration to consider allowing the harvest of deer inside the city limits to cut down the population of the animals, which Hicks saw as a gardening problem for homeowners.
"Just alter the ordinance to allow archery and they can take the deer on their private land," Sumners said. "That's the easiest thing."
Of course, the hunters would have to follow statewide hunting regulations.
The council could also change ordinances to allow hunting on city-owned land, either openly under the statewide hunting regulations or with a managed deer hunt. The city could require a training session or proof of training.
"With any change in the ordinance, I would strongly recommend a requirement for training," City Counselor Lance Thurman said.
Sumners indicated he did not see the deer population as a problem, speaking from a biological perspective.
However, local residents who are having trees, shrubs and gardens damaged or destroyed might see the deer a different light, he acknowledged.
City Administrator John Butz said, "We do allow some limited bow hunting in rural residential (zoned) areas."
Sumners noted that Jefferson City had a five-acre minimum for its bow hunting in the city limits, but that city did away with that limit and there has been no problem.
Training for bow hunters on city property could be required completion of the National Bow hunters Certification program or the city could offer a training class.
He stressed that bow hunters are engaged in a sport that is not easy, so they are careful and protective of the sport. He said he did not foresee the city having problem with bow hunters causing problems.
"We are planning to do an urban deer summit." Sumners said, so once that conference is set, the city council could send representatives to participate.
In a related discussion, Sumners and Wood were asked about the number of armadillos, raccoons, squirrels, even bobcats and bears, spotted in the city limits.
"From my perspective it's part of a healthy ecosystem, Sumners said. "They are things we just have to live with."
Wood said homeowners have a right to trap animals that are causing damage on their property. He said he would prefer the animals be put down rather than released at Little Prairie Lake or some other area where there are already enough predators. "Just call and report that they've been taken," he said.
The council took no action.


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Style # 208132
The LBD just got a sexy makeover with this bebe dress, featuring sheer mesh paneling, a stunning heart-shaped neckline and bodycon silhouette. Try it with a pair of booties and a pair of geometric earrings.
- 100% rayon
- Center back to hem: 33" (84 cm)
- Jersey lining
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
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loved it I wore this dress to a wedding. I usually wear a small in Bebe dresses but, I needed a medium because of the mesh was tight around my arms. I am 5'4, with hips 42 waist 29 and a big butt other than that I recieved lots of compliments on this dress. April 26, 2013
Beautiful, but... This dress is absolutely gorgeous, and looks great on, but it's sizing/construction is a bit off. The chest area is strangely small in proportion to the hips. I'm 5'8" 120 lbs and I never have trouble fitting my chest (32C) into an XS dress from bebe. Usually it's my hips/butt that are a little tight. But in this dress, it's quite the opposite; the dress slid up over my hips perfectly, but I had trouble zipping it up around my chest, even without a bra on. I'm by no means "busty" and all my tops/dresses from bebe are an XS, so I found this issue a little odd. If you're considering this dress, I would advise to try it on in the store first. April 1, 2013
Gorg! This dress is so elegant, I bought it for my college graduation. It is sexy and elegant at the same time. The picture online does no justice for how sexy it looks. I bought XS and it fits perfect. I am 5'4 and 125lbs. skinny and curvy at the same time. March 27, 2013
The picture does not do justice to the dress. The dress on the model looks nothing like it looks in real life. The dress has such a classy and timless style. It looks beautiful. The sheer mesh cu is so flattering and makes one look extremly gentle and feminine. I am in love with this. February 12, 2013
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Using XFS instead of ext3 (network performance boost)
Because it improves the network performance. Some of us have found that moving to XFS from ext3 seems to remove a bottleneck on the transfers between the computer desktop and the Linkstation. The amount of improvement may vary but is significant and quite beneficial. Transfers for one user showed a tranfer rate about 2 to 2.5 times the original stock rate (100%-150% improvement) on an HG, upgraded to FreeLink, a 2.6 kernel and XFS.
|Difference (MB/s)
|Difference (%)
|HG(FreeLink ext3->xfs):
|KuroHG(Debian ext3->xfs):
Chart notes: In the first two HG comparisons, HG(stock->FreeLink) and HG(FreeLink ext3->xfs), the increase is artificially understated, as this particular unit had a minor, preexisting hard drive problem, and its udma setting had been throttled back to udma5 using hdparm. The performance gain should be much higher in a unit that has udma6 (ata133) enabled. The KuroHG's hard drive also was restricted to udma5.
Why Not?
Some people believe ext3 has "much better" error recovery than xfs: if so, ext3 is slower but safer. You've got to decide for yourself which one is right for you. As far as safety goes, it is important to remember that ext2, ext3, XFS, JFS and ReiserFS are all supported by some sort of Debian utility/tool package that can be used to at least attempt a fix of your hard drive if something goes wrong. It is a good idea to get to know the pertinent packages below and their parent utilities before delving into things.
- e2fsck
- xfs_repair
- fsck.jfs
- reiserfsck
Of course, a valid and reliable backup strategy should be in place before proceeding. In critical situations, one may want to use an UPS to add another layer of safety.
Custom Kernel
You will need a custom kernel running in your LS1 or HG. The latest 2.6 kernels and modules available at this site feature such support for XFS, JFS and a variety of other formats. Both UBoot and bootloader.o are good options for making your LS1 or HG play nicely with the 2.6 kernels. (Currently, there is no support for this modification on the MIPsel-based LS2.)
Knowing the risks
IF something goes wrong then it is quite sure that you will have to connect the hdd to a workstation running Linux as there is no XFS-Support in EM Mode.
Mindbender is working on this:
The NAS-Central Community Forum / General Development / Development of flash ramdisk from scratch - linux knowledge wanted!
The NAS-Central Community Forum / General Development / (flash-development) telnet + ftp enabled flash images ready for testing(LS1, HG, HS)
Time and Hard Drive Space
If you are going use convertfs to convert your partition, you will need time and hard drive space to do it.
- Time: The relocation of blocks seems to take much longer when the partition has gigabytes of data on it.
- Space: The convertfs system used here creates temporary partitions and some potentially very large files to store and convert the contents of your hda3. For this reason, your partition should not be very full when you attempt this conversion of filesystem types. One estimate says that it should be no more than 1/3 full.
Ideally, the process works best (fastest) when the partition is relatively empty.
Depending on which distro you have installed on your LinkStation, choose the FreeLink or OpenLink option below and install using the specified commands. The FreeLink options are from the stable branch.
From Debian stable:
apt-get install xfsprogs gettext uuid-dev
Then, either temporarily enable the unstable branch and:
apt-get update apt-get install convertfs
or download by:
wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/packages/ppc/convertfs-13jan2005_ppc.tar.gz tar -C ~ -xzvf convertfs-13jan2005_ppc.tar.gz
cd /tmp wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/packages/ppc/xfsprogs-2.8.16_ppc.tar.gz tar -C / -xzvf xfsprogs-2.8.16_ppc.tar.gz wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/packages/ppc/gettext-0.16_ppc.tar.gz tar -C / -xzvf gettext-0.16_ppc.tar.gz wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/packages/ppc/convertfs-13jan2005_ppc.tar.gz tar -C ~ -xzvf convertfs-13jan2005_ppc.tar.gz
Loading the XFS-Kernelmodule
modprobe xfs
The preceding simple command both invokes and test if XFS is supported by your kernel. If it executes without error, you can then use the command "lsmod" gives an overview over all loaded modules. If XFS is shown there everything is alright, and you should be good to go on to the next step. If modprobe xfs returns an error such as this:
modprobe: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented modprobe: Can't locate module xfs
then you may not have your module-init-tools installed. Get them from Debian stable branch, using
apt-get install module-init-tools
and attempt the modprobe xfs again.
Conversion to XFS
The actual conversion of the data-partition (/mnt probably) from ext3 to XFS is done by the command below. One way to do this is to cd to the convertfs directory that you untar after downloading it, and invoke the command from within that directory. In the example below, it is assumed that it was untarred at /. The directory is named convertfs, and several required executables and directories are found within it. The main executable is also called convertfs (which may be a bit confusing at first to some).
cd /convertfs ./contrib/convertfs /dev/hda3 ext3 xfs
This process may take from minutes to days, depending on how much data you have on your partition. The output for converting ext3 to xfs may appear similar to this:
./contrib/convertfs /dev/hda3 ext3 xfs == Creating clone of `ext3' filesystem that's on `/dev/hda3'. == ===== Creating destination `xfs' filesystem. ===== meta-data=/dev/loop7 isize=256 agcount=16, agsize=3725322 blks = sectsz=512 data = bsize=4096 blocks=59605152, imaxpct=25 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blks, unwritten=1 naming =version 2 bsize=4096 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=29104, version=1 = sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks realtime =none extsz=65536 blocks=0, rtextents=0 ============== Copying files ============== total 0 drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 104 Nov 20 21:55 share Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop7 228G 236M 228G 1% /tmp/convertfs/fs2root === Preparing info for block relocation === 0+1 records in 0+1 records out 204 bytes transferred in 0.001923 seconds (106080 bytes/sec) ============ Relocating blocks ============ Loading indexblocks... done. Relocating block group at 1... done. Relocating block group at 3726312... done. Relocating block group at 3727333... done. . . . ### repetitious lines omitted for brevity... . . Relocating block group at 29830203... done. Relocating block group at 29831224... done. And now the block0... === Filesystem conversion accomplished! === NOTE: If you want to boot the new filesystem on `/dev/hda3' you should edit `/etc/fstab' and add something like this. /dev/hda3 / xfs defaults 1 1
The last lines give a good hint of your last step, which follows the the fstab modification step below.
CAUTION: Do not assume that your system has frozen if you see the "Relocating block" progress slow down or seemingly halt. The blocks with more data take a long(er) time to complete their relocation. Do not disturb or halt this process.
How long does it take?Converting a 239GB partition with 240MB of data took only about 20 minutes. On the other hand, some users have reported that hundreds of gigabytes of data can take days to convert. Different amounts of data and different hard drive capacities will make this time variable, as data has to be copied, and partitions must be relocated.
If you want to check the progress of things during the conversion, you can use
df -Th
to see this kind of information (although at the relocation phase, your converted partition may not be mounted and would thus be unlisted):
df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext3 5.0G 952M 3.8G 20% / tmpfs tmpfs 62M 4.0K 62M 1% /dev/shm tmpfs tmpfs 10M 2.5M 7.6M 25% /dev /dev/hda3 xfs 228G 197G 31G 87% /tmp/convertfs/fs1root /dev/loop7 jfs 228G 71G 157G 32% /tmp/convertfs/fs2root
Note that in the window showing the df -Th output above, the conversion is actually from xfs to jfs. Conversion from ext3 to xfs is handled in an entirely analogous manner.
Modification of /etc/fstab
At the end of convertfs you are told that you need to modify /etc/fstab because of the different file system. Change the entry for /dev/hda3 from "ext3" to "xfs"
/dev/hda3 /mnt ext3 defaults,noatime 0 0
/dev/hda3 /mnt xfs defaults,noatime 0 0
Double check your edits above and reboot. If you are successful then you should be able to use df -Th and see
df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 ext3 5.0G 952M 3.8G 20% / tmpfs tmpfs 62M 4.0K 62M 1% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 jfs 228G 9.7G 218G 5% /mnt tmpfs tmpfs 10M 2.5M 7.6M 25% /dev
meaning your new filesystem format is up and running.
A nice HOW TO at the GentooWiki about Convertfs - http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Convert_Filesystems
Where convertfs started - its home page - http://tzukanov.narod.ru/convertfs/
How convertfs works - http://members.optusnet.com.au/clausen/ideas/convertfs.txt
Debian Unstable package for convertfs - http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/convertfs
NAS-Central Forum Discussion "How to Get XFS running on an LS or HG" - http://forum.nas-central.org/index.php?action=vthread&forum=6&topic=1567
Google Search for "convertfs slow" - http://www.google.com/search?&rls=en&q=convertfs+slow&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


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Guns are all that we've been hearing about lately on the news.
News stories focus on the fact that a person had a gun in his possession when he was involved in an incident, but ignore the person's mental state.
A child brings a toy gun to school. He or she gets suspended, and the top story is that the child had a gun.
The emphasis is on "gun," not "toy gun."
The media have an agenda here. It is all about taking our right to bear arms to the highest level ever.
Since the shooting of the children in Connecticut, there has been an all-out assault on guns. Now, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., again is proposing an assault weapons ban.
The old bill was all about looks, not the capabilities of particular guns. If a gun looked military, it was deemed an assault weapon.
I can take an ordinary hunting rifle and buy separately all the items needed to make that gun look like a military weapon. By doing that, did I now change the hunting rifle to a military rifle?
No, I made the rifle look like one. It still fires the same. It still holds the same amount of shells. It most likely can kill a deer, as it was designed to do.
So, what's the big deal here? This country was founded by people with guns. It will continue to be a country of people with guns.
Therefore, stop with the gun issue.


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Aspen [16] is a ski resort in the state of Colorado in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States of America. Its little sister is Snowmass Village, which is about 10 miles from downtown Aspen.
Get in
By plane
By car
The drive to Aspen is about 4 hours from Denver. There are two major routes from Denver - through Glenwood Springs or through Independence Pass. Independence Pass is only open in the summer months, but provides spectacular views and can be a bit faster than the longer route through Glenwood. To take this route, travel south from Copper Mountain exit off I70 through Leadville.
Get around
Most major car-rental firms are located in Denver and Aspen airports.
Scheduled and chartered services are available from Denver International Airport and Eagle County Regional Airport. Free buses operate within the cities of Aspen and Snowmass Village and many hotels have free shuttle service to and from the airport.
It's all about getting around on skis in the winter and mountain bikes or your own two feet in the summer!
Downtown Aspen has a plethora of shops for every budget. The downtown area also has two pedestrian-only streets lined with t-shirt and souvenir shops. Of course, Aspen is a great place to buy ski equipment and clothing with an abundance of ski shops and stores. The city also has an open air market in the summer months.
Carl's Pharmacy in Aspen (306 E Main St) sells not only your typical drugstore goods, but their second floor has souvenirs and toys and more than you would imagine.
City Market in Aspen (711 E Cooper) is a good place to pick up groceries to stock up your cabin.
Snowmass Village also has its own shopping precinct, fitted with numerous candy shops, souvenir shops and ski shops.
Equipment Rental
There are many places in Aspen Snowmass where you can rent all types of equipment including skis and snowboards in the winter and bikes in the summer.
Just a few stores that specialize in equipment rentals:
At some places, you can also book your ski or snowboard rentals online which may save money and time.
Stay safe
Get out
Colorado is home to over 70 wineries and its own indigenous vineyards. Wine lovers can enjoy several scenic day trips from Aspen to many of the small towns that are a part of Colorado's Wine Country. These lovely little communities include Montrose, Palisade, Paonia and Hotchkiss, as well as the city of Grand Junction.


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|Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 - 9:00 PM
"Downton Abbey (S3 E1)"
In the wake of the Great War, Crawley family members face wrenching social change and grave financial issues. Guests descend on Downton Abbey for the wedding of Lady Mary and Matthew. One guest is Cora's freewheeling American mother, Martha Levinson, who tries to loosen up her in-laws. Part 1 of 7 G
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New products introduced over the last week include new target date funds from Schwab; BlackRock introduced the Managed Volatility VI Fund, formerly BlackRock Balanced Capital VI; Salient Partners introduced its new Risk Parity Fund; and First Trust Advisors launched its new Short Duration High Income Fund.
In addition, Curian Capital introduced its Select Portfolios; CANNEX announced a new product education platform; and RMS announced that its Savings Plan Management program offers advisors a way to provide advice on 401(k)s without becoming fiduciaries.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Schwab Adds Target Date Funds for Retail, Retirement Plan Clients
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. announced Wednesday three new additions to the Schwab Target Funds for the years 2045 (SWMRX), 2050 (SWNRX) and 2055 (SWORX). Additionally, Charles Schwab Bank has added two new funds to its lineup of collective trust funds for eligible retirement plans: the Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 2055 (SMRT 2055) and the Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Fund 2055 (SIRT 2055).
The Schwab Target Funds are mutual funds designed primarily for retail investors, and offer shareholders a diversified portfolio of both active and passive management, as well as a combination of proprietary and externally managed strategies. They have net operating expense ratios ranging from 0.55% to 0.84%, and a $100 account minimum.
The SMRT and SIRT funds, maintained by Charles Schwab Bank as trustee, offer target date portfolios in a collective trust vehicle that are diversified across traditional and nontraditional asset classes. The SMRT funds use a combination of active and passive investments while the SIRT funds use primarily passive investment strategies. The SMRT funds are available in four unit classes with all-in operating expense ratios starting at 0.45%; the SIRT funds are available in a single unit class with no investment minimums and an all-in operating expense ratio of 0.18%. They are available to eligible, qualified retirement plan clients of Charles Schwab Bank, and to such entities through other retirement providers via the National Securities Clearing Corp. (NSCC).
2) BlackRock Introduces Managed Volatility VI Fund
BlackRock announced Wednesday that it is making available to insurance separate accounts the BlackRock Managed Volatility VI Fund. Previously named BlackRock Balanced Capital VI, the fund has changed by adding investment flexibility and risk controls to engage various opportunities through direct investments in individual securities, derivatives and affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs. The fund is managed by Philip Green, a portfolio manager from the multi-asset portfolio strategies (MAPS) team.
The fund's tactical asset allocation strategy will concentrate on identifying opportunities based on valuations, macro environment, market sentiment, and other idiosyncratic factors. Furthermore, the fund takes a disciplined approach to managing volatility to seek to provide a more consistent investor experience while maximizing returns. The fund uses proprietary and market-based tools to seek to "de-risk" the portfolio in high-volatility environments, and "re-risk" the portfolio when volatility falls.
3) Salient Completes Launch of Salient Risk Parity Fund
Salient Partners L.P. announced Tuesday that it has completed the launch of the Salient Risk Parity Fund (A shares: SRPAX; C shares: SRPCX; I shares: SRPFX).
The fund seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation, and primarily invests in futures contracts and other financial instruments with exposure to global equity markets, global interest rates markets (related to government bond markets of developed nations) and global commodities markets. It targets a 15% volatility level spread equally across equities, commodities, interest rates and momentum (the continuation of recent price trends).
4) First Trust Launches First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund
First Trust Advisors L.P. announced Tuesday that it has launched the First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund (FDHAX/FDHCX/FDHIX). The fund seeks to provide a high level of current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. It utilizes a short-duration strategy designed to maximize income and limit interest-rate risk by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in high-yield debt securities and bank loans that are rated below investment-grade or unrated. The fund may also invest in investment-grade debt securities and other debt instruments, such as convertible bonds and preferred stocks.
The combination of senior loans and high-yield bonds is expected to give the Fund's portfolio a blended duration of three years or less, which may provide high current income while limiting price volatility associated with changes to interest rates. By investing in high-yield securities with better credit quality, the fund's portfolio managers, William Housey, senior vice president and senior portfolio manager, Scott Fries, SVP and Peter Fasone, vice president, attempt to limit potential defaults of portfolio investments.
5) Curian Capital Introduces Select Portfolios
Curian Capital LLC announced Tuesday the launch of its new Select Portfolios, designed to provide financial professionals with managed accounts that are easier for investors to understand, as well as user-friendly and intuitive for quicker account setup and administration.
Select Portfolios include six objective-based guidance strategies arrayed across a risk spectrum, ranging from conservative objectives to the potential for maximum growth. The six strategies available include diversified income; multistrategy income; equity income; multistrategy growth; global growth; and global maximum growth. Utilizing a purpose-based approach to helping clients realize their goals, financial professionals will have the ability to evaluate each investor's unique needs and create a custom investment plan based on risk tolerance and investment objectives.
6) CANNEX Launches Advisor-Friendly Product Education Platform
CANNEX announced Tuesday that it has launched a product education platform with the introduction of annuity and retirement income educational tools designed to enhance advisors' financial planning processes when serving their client's retirement income needs. A suite of income annuity analysis tools is the first in a series that CANNEX will introduce over time and includes the instantaneous generation of personalized, video-based illustrations using a client's unique profile data and choices, such as the type of income annuity contract being considered.
The tools are available to advisors through CANNEX Retirement Income Product Exchange (RIPE), which enables advisors to price- and feature-shop from among hundreds of fixed deferred and income annuity products. RIPE is used by dozens of life insurers and is available to more than 200,000 advisors in the U.S. and Canada. 7) RMS Savings Plan Management Offers 401(k) Solution
Advisors who provide advice on 401(k) plans are generally prevented from providing advice on rollovers as participants leave the plan due to a cross-selling prohibition. Furthermore, advisors who are fiduciaries are prohibited from receiving variable compensation such as 12b-1 fees. However, Retirement Management Systems says advisors can use its Savings Plan Management program to offer fiduciary advice on 401(k)s without becoming a fiduciary under ERISA regulations, and can avoid triggering prohibited transaction rules if they later advise participants on rollovers.
RMS, an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, provides the research on the investment option in a plan and applies the participant's needs to one of seven strategies in the program. RMS occasionally reallocates and rebalances the plan. With fiduciary advice being provided through RMS and the Savings Plan Management program, advisors are free to advise participants on rollovers. Also, using the Savings Plan Management program as a provider of fiduciary advice frees advisors from the self-dealing restrictions under ERISA's prohibited transaction rules.
Read the Jan. 18 Portfolio Products Roundup at AdvisorOne.


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The concept of futurework sticks in my brain like an ear worm, it's the filter by which I view a spectacle of our foundering economy. Our nation, and an astonishing list of nation-competitors, are bound to technology as flesh is to blood, and much maligned US competitiveness depends on how a scarcity of revenue is invested.
Last summer I intended to publish a series of articles on American education, which I presumed had something to do with training young people to participate in futurework. I was on a roll, but only two of several articles had been published when the series was interrupted by the KDE site makeover. In the ensuing months damage control on the KDE site has been unable to resurrect my old posts, while the subject of educational technical innovation began popping up everywhere. And so I left my remaining words, links and research to die.
My intentions were revived after reading the December 19 edition of KDE, wherein educational innovation was being considered. I was frustrated by what I read, not because I disagree with innovation in principle, but because the decision makers, and the manner of their discussion, seemed to be, well, old.
(For those who previously consumed the futurework series, there is suggested herein a hint of plagiarism. And while that's true, I am plagiarizing myself, which I *think* is still acceptable.)
The concept of futurework sticks in my brain like an ear worm, it's the filter by which I view a spectacle of our foundering economy. Our nation, and an astonishing list of nation-competitors, are bound to technology as flesh is to blood, and much maligned US competitiveness depends on how a scarcity of revenue is invested. Because current, sputtering economics rewards only those at the top of an income pyramid (who invest and leave their taxes extra-nationally, thanks very much), I suggest that the 99% should *insist* on revenue redirection, not for charity, but for self-preservation. And the first re-direct, IMHO, is education funding.
Thomas Friedman suggested (several years ago, when gas was around $2/gal) that the US should impose real, significant gas taxes. He suggested that all revenues be pushed directly to education (without exposure to the *general fund*) both encouraging less dependence on combusting dinosaurs and promoting long-term US economic success.
Mr. Friedman didn't intend to fund a temporary gadgets solution or school militias. He, and I, think that teachers should achieve pay parity with, say, doctors, or attorneys, et al. By attracting the best and brightest a competitive advantage might be maintained. Once we have highly educated, motivated, science-believing, literate, well paid young people *creating the future* (as opposed to being subjects of a ruling class) other problems will be more likely to self-heal (like national stupidity).
I'll presume that most teachers aren't improving their technique just to keep a job, but rather they attempt to equip students with life and career skills (whatever a career is in 2013+). However, and even in the light of information enlightenment, many kids are still forced to suffer inconsistent, boring, pedantic, general purpose chalkboard lectures. While it's true that a teaching career has and may still span a lifetime, it's now also true that a traditional teacher's view of what *really* works must be overhauled and updated, particularly when change is forced by technology. Methods must evolve with the times and the times are a'changin'... *really fast.
Next up: More on Futurework...


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Style # 207988
Amp your activewear collection with our new BE-FIT BEBE SPORT collection in this tank, featuring a hot spacedye effect and a flattering crisscross cut perfect for high-impact activity. Constructed from a moisture-wicking, soft and breathable lightweight blend of nylon and spandex. Dries 8 times faster than cotton.
- 77% nylon, 23% spandex
- Center back to hem: 13" (33 cm)
- Built in bust support
- Machine wash
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Rated 5 out of 5�by 1 reviewer.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Shaka36 Sexy and secure! Fits very well, I own many Bebe Sport sets and this has to be one of my favs! I don't wear a sports bra with it, and it still supports my 32 C's securely. I receive many compliments and stares each time I wear it! March 5, 2013
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