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Add American Airlines to the list of carriers that want out of the government's new rule to limit the time passengers can be held on the tarmac.
American has filed for a temporary exemption with the Department of Transportation, saying delays caused by the closure of the main runway at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport could cost them millions in fines.
JetBlue Airways and Delta asked for exemptions last week. Those three airlines are the largest operators at JFK.
The new rule is set to go into effect next month. It could mean fines of up to $27,500 per passenger if a plane is stuck on the tarmac for more than three hours. For an average Boeing 737, that could mean a fine of nearly $4 million.
For some of American's larger planes, like the ones that fly internationally, the fines would be even larger. A delayed flight on a Boeing 777 could levy a fine of $8.9 million.
American said the gridlock due to construction at JFK will lead airlines to "cancel flights rather than run the risk of incurring such crippling penalties." The airline said this could especially hurt passengers traveling from New York to destinations with a limited number of flights per day because they have fewer options to rebook if their flight is canceled.
The Federal Aviation Administration expects delays at JFK will average about 50 minutes during peak times and 29 minutes at other times during runway construction, expected to last until June 30. That is about the same as delays on busy summer days.
American, based in Fort Worth, Texas, said it supports JetBlue and Delta in their requests for exemptions, but only if they apply to all carriers at JFK.
"Any scenario under when which some but not all carriers at JFK would be subject to the tarmac delay rule would be unworkable, unfair and confusing to consumers," it said in the filing.
Kate Hanni of flyersrights.org, a passenger rights advocate who spearheaded the 3-hour tarmac limit, urged the DOT to deny the airlines' requests.
"Absolutely no way, no how should the DOT allow JetBlue, Delta and American off the hook for this rule," she said in an interview with The Associated Press.


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One of my NPR "driveway moments" was an interview with Temple Grandin, an autistic professor at Colorado State who has been working to develop more humane cattle slaughter techniques. Slaughter-house operators found the meat was of higher quality because they didn't need to use extra hormones & drugs to calm the animals.
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Trump: 'I just don't want a poor person' in Cabinet
President Donald Trump offered an explanation Wednesday for why he has one of the wealthiest cabinets in history.Posted — Updated
President Donald Trump offered an explanation Wednesday for why he has one of the wealthiest cabinets in history.
"I love all people -- rich or poor -- but in those particular positions, I just don't want a poor person," he said at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Does that make sense? If you insist, I'll do it -- but I like it better this way."
Trump named billionaire Wilbur Ross, who has made a fortune cobbling together dying companies, as his commerce secretary, and Todd Ricketts, part of the billionaire family that owns the Chicago Cubs, as deputy commerce secretary.
The Cabinet also includes billionaire Betsy DeVos as his pick for education secretary and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is a former Goldman Sachs executive.
"Somebody said, 'Why'd you appoint rich person to be in charge of the economy,'" said Trump, a billionaire himself. "I said, 'Because that's the kind of thinking we want.'"
"They're representing the country. They don't want the money. They're representing the country. They had to give up a lot to take these jobs. They gave up a lot," he said.
Trump pointed out that Ross and his chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs president, were at the rally. Trump frequently bashed the investment bank on the campaign trail for having too much influence in politics and for paying Democratic rival Hillary Clinton hundreds of thousands for private speeches.
"When you get the president of Goldman Sachs, smart," Trump said. "Having him represent us, he went from massive paydays to peanuts."
Cohn walked away from Goldman with roughly $285 million, minus a portion the firm withheld so that he can pay taxes.
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What ever she has done, if indeed anything, is insignificant compared to the crimes committed against her.
Quote: The Terror-Industrial Complex
By Chris Hedges
February 08, 2010 "TruthDig" -- The conviction of the Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in New York last week of trying to kill American military officers and FBI agents illustrates that the greatest danger to our security does not come from al-Qaida but the thousands of shadowy mercenaries, kidnappers, killers and torturers our government employs around the globe.
The bizarre story surrounding Siddiqui, 37, who received an undergraduate degree from MIT and a doctorate in neuroscience from Brandeis University, often defies belief. Siddiqui, who could spend 50 years in prison on seven charges when she is sentenced in May, was by her own account abducted in 2003 from her hometown of Karachi, Pakistan, with her three children—two of whom remain missing—and spirited to a secret U.S. prison where she was allegedly tortured and mistreated for five years. The American government has no comment, either about the alleged clandestine detention or the missing children.
Siddiqui was discovered in 2008 disoriented and apparently aggressive and hostile, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, with her oldest son. She allegedly was carrying plans to make explosives, lists of New York landmarks and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks." But despite these claims the government prosecutors chose not to charge her with terrorism or links to al-Qaida—the reason for her original appearance on the FBI's most-wanted list six years ago. Her supporters suggest that the papers she allegedly had in her possession when she was found in Afghanistan, rather than detail coherent plans for terrorist attacks, expose her severe mental deterioration, perhaps the result of years of imprisonment and abuse. This argument was bolstered by some of the pages of the documents shown briefly to the court, including a crude sketch of a gun that was described as a "match gun" that operates by lighting a match.
"Justice was not served," Tina Foster, executive director of the International Justice Network and the spokesperson for Aafia Siddiqui's family, told me. "The U.S. government made a decision to label this woman a terrorist, but instead of putting her on trial for the alleged terrorist activity she was put on trial for something else. They tried to convict her of that something else, not with evidence, but because she was a terrorist. She was selectively prosecuted for something that would allow them to only tell their side of the story."
The government built its entire case instead around disputed events in the 300-square-foot room of the Ghazni police station. It insisted that on July 18, 2008, the diminutive Siddiqui, who had been arrested by local Afghan police the day before, seized an M4 assault rifle that was left unattended and fired at American military and FBI agents. None of the Americans were injured. Siddiqui, however, was gravely wounded, shot twice in the stomach.
No one, other than Siddiqui, has attempted to explain where she was for five years after she vanished in 2003. No one seems to be able to explain why a disoriented Pakistani woman and her son, an American citizen, neither of whom spoke Dari, were discovered by local residents wandering in a public square in Ghazni, where an eyewitness told Harpers Magazine the distraught Siddiqui "was attacking everyone who got close to her." Had Siddiqui, after years of imprisonment and torture, perhaps been at the U.S. detention center in Bagram and then dumped with one of her three children in Ghazi? And where are the other two children, one of whom also is an American citizen?
Her arrest in Ghazi saw, according to the official complaint, a U.S. Army captain and a warrant officer, two FBI agents and two military interpreters arrive to question Siddiqui at the police headquarters. The Americans and their interpreters were shown to a meeting room that was partitioned by a yellow curtain. "None of the United States personnel were aware," the complaint states, "that Siddiqui was being held, unsecured, behind the curtain." The group sat down to talk and "the Warrant Officer placed his United States Army M-4 rifle on the floor to his right next to the curtain, near his right foot." Siddiqui allegedly reached from behind the curtain and pulled the three-foot rifle to her side. She unlatched the safety. She pulled the curtain "slightly back" and pointed the gun directly at the head of the captain. One of the interpreters saw her. He lunged for the gun. Siddiqui shouted, "Get the fuck out of here!" and fired twice. She hit no one. As the interpreter wrestled her to the ground, the warrant officer drew his sidearm and fired "approximately two rounds" into Siddiqui's abdomen. She collapsed, still struggling, and then fell unconscious.
But in an article written by Petra Bartosiewicz in the November 2009 Harper's Magazine, authorities in Afghanistan described a series of events at odds with the official version. The governor of Ghazni province, Usman Usmani, told a local reporter who was hired by Bartosiewicz that the U.S. team had "demanded to take over custody" of Siddiqui. The governor refused. He could not release Siddiqui, he explained, until officials from the counterterrorism department in Kabul arrived to investigate. He proposed a compromise: The U.S. team could interview Siddiqui, but she would remain at the station. In a Reuters interview, however, a "senior Ghazni police officer" suggested that the compromise did not hold. The U.S. team arrived at the police station, he said, and demanded custody of Siddiqui. The Afghan officers refused, and the U.S. team proceeded to disarm them. Then, for reasons unexplained, Siddiqui herself somehow entered the scene. The U.S. team, "thinking that she had explosives and would attack them as a suicide bomber, shot her and took her."
Siddiqui told a delegation of Pakistani senators who went to Texas to visit her in prison a few months after her arrest that she never touched anyone's gun, nor did she shout at anyone or make any threats. She simply stood up to see who was on the other side of the curtain and startled the soldiers. One of them shouted, "She is loose," and then someone shot her. When she regained consciousness she heard someone else say, "We could lose our jobs."
Siddiqui's defense team pointed out that there was an absence of bullets, casings or residue from the M4, all of which suggested it had not been fired. They played a video to show that two holes in a wall supposedly caused by the M4 had been there before July 18. They also highlighted inconsistencies in the testimony from the nine government witnesses, who at times gave conflicting accounts of how many people were in the room, where they were sitting or standing and how many shots were fired.
Siddiqui, who took the stand during the trial against the advice of her defense team, called the report that she had fired the unattended M4 assault rifle at the Americans "the biggest lie." She said she had been trying to flee the police station because she feared being tortured. Siddiqui, whose mental stability often appeared to be in question during the trial, was ejected several times from the Manhattan courtroom for erratic behavior and outbursts.
"It is difficult to get a fair trial in this country if the government wants to accuse you of terrorism," said Foster. "It is difficult to get a fair trial on any types of charges. The government is allowed to tell the jury you are a terrorist before you have to put on any evidence. The fear factor that has emerged since 9/11 has permeated into the U.S. court system in a profoundly disturbing way. It embraces the idea that we can compromise core principles, for example the presumption of innocence, based on perceived threats that may or may not come to light. We, as a society, have chosen to cave on fear."
I spent more than a year covering al-Qaida for The New York Times in Europe and the Middle East. The threat posed by Islamic extremists, while real, is also wildly overblown, used to foster a climate of fear and political passivity, as well as pump billions of dollars into the hands of the military, private contractors, intelligence agencies and repressive client governments including that of Pakistan. The leader of one FBI counterterrorism squad told The New York Times that of the 5,500 terrorism-related leads its 21 agents had pursued over the past five years, just 5 percent were credible and not one had foiled an actual terrorist plot. These statistics strike me as emblematic of the entire war on terror.
Terrorism, however, is a very good business. The number of extremists who are planning to carry out terrorist attacks is minuscule, but there are vast departments and legions of ambitious intelligence and military officers who desperately need to strike a tangible blow against terrorism, real or imagined, to promote their careers as well as justify obscene expenditures and a flagrant abuse of power. All this will not make us safer. It will not protect us from terrorist strikes. The more we dispatch brutal forms of power to the Islamic world the more enraged Muslims and terrorists we propel into the ranks of those who oppose us. The same perverted logic saw the Argentine military, when I lived in Buenos Aires, "disappear" 30,000 of the nation's citizens, the vast majority of whom were innocent. Such logic also fed the drive to root out terrorists in El Salvador, where, when I arrived in 1983, the death squads were killing between 800 and 1,000 people a month. Once you build secret archipelagos of prisons, once you commit huge sums of money and invest your political capital in a ruthless war against subversion, once you empower a network of clandestine killers, operatives and torturers, you fuel the very insecurity and violence you seek to contain.
I do not know whether Siddiqui is innocent or guilty. But I do know that permitting jailers, spies, kidnappers and assassins to operate outside of the rule of law contaminates us with our own bile. Siddiqui is one victim. There are thousands more we do not see. These abuses, justified by the war on terror, have created a system of internal and external state terrorism that is far more dangerous to our security and democracy than the threat posed by Islamic radicals.
Chris Hedges, whose column is published on Truthdig every Monday, spent two decades as a foreign reporter covering wars in Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He served for eight years as the Middle East bureau chief of The New York Times, where he shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, for coverage of terrorism. Hedges also received the 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
"I think it would be a good idea" Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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They are the most heartbreaking reports I've seen during my 12 months in this job. (Not that you can really quantify or categorize something like this, but last week was the first time I cried reading a crisis report.)
Cyclone Aila. If you haven't heard about it, don't feel bad. It really hasn't been in the news much at all.
None of the major world news sites say anything about it. When I checked yesterday, they all had headlines about singing sensation Susan Boyle, but nothing about Cyclone Aila. However, just because there are no headlines doesn't mean there is no news.
Over the past week, David Adhikary, our communications specialist in Bangladesh, has been sending photos and reports from the midst of the cyclone's aftermath. They are devastating. Here are a few excerpts from his reports …
"During the disaster night, the children and their families suffered a lot. The cyclone took down their houses, and after that the dams were destroyed. Some of children had to stand in water for the whole night. The center staff found many of the children in a wet condition."
"The Compassion center staff and the parents of the children are very anxious about the aftereffects of the flood. The dead animals could cause dangerous diseases, and the probability of malaria is very high."
"There is not a single house in the village that hasn't been affected by floodwater. The village is near the sea and the river water is very salty. The floodwater mixed with their water sources and made it impossible to drink.
"The water crisis is the major problem for the people. People were seen drinking the polluted floodwater to put off their thirst. The floodwater is very dirty and stinky. The dead animals and fish are floating all over the water. Children of that area are also drinking the same water."
Worse …
"The affected families have taken shelter at the nearest market. The families are staying with the animals in the market. The marketplace is badly polluted as the people are using the place for all kinds of uses.
"There is no toilet and the people are using free spaces for a toilet.
"The adult girls are staying with their families in the marketplace. Their parents are very anxious about their daughters because at nighttime they have to stay with lots of unknown people together in the marketplace."
And perhaps saddest of all …
"This morning we received very sad news about one of the children we assist. Her mother committed suicide just after the cyclone disaster. Their house was broken down and she committed suicide out of her frustrations. She lost her husband last year during Cyclone Sidr. She faced many challenges last year and finally gave up. [The children] are now orphans and vulnerable. They lost their father and mother in two consecutive cyclones. Please join us in pray for these children."
Oh, God.
It feels like it's too much, doesn't it? When I read stuff like this, I find myself begging Jesus to hurry up and return and make all things right. It's difficult not to get overwhelmed with despair.
The crazy thing is, though, God has placed Compassion right in the midst of this mess. Because of our unique church-based structure, our child development centers are distributing food and water where even relief agencies haven't been able to access!
Families who lost their homes and have nowhere to cook are receiving hot meals at the child development centers. During the next few weeks, the centers will provide them with dry food, oral rehydration therapy and water purification tablets.
Here are a few of David's photos. As you look at them, pray for the people in the photos and the thousands more you don't see who are in similar desperate situations.
If you sponsor a child in Bangladesh and your child has been affected by Cyclone Aila, we will contact you as soon as we receive information about your child.


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Suffolk, Henry Grey, duke of, d. 1554, English nobleman. He became 3d marquess of Dorset on his father's death (1530), and in 1534 he married Frances, daughter of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and Mary of England (sister of Henry VIII). During Henry's reign he was active at court. Upon the accession (1547) of Edward VI, Grey at first supported the protectorship of the duke of Somerset but soon shifted his allegiance to John Dudley, earl of Warwick (later duke of Northumberland). He received favors at court and was created (1551) duke of Suffolk through his wife's claim. Lady Jane Grey was his daughter, and, upon the death (1553) of Edward, Suffolk joined Northumberland's plot to place her on the throne. However, when the plot failed, he deserted her cause and proclaimed Mary I queen. He was pardoned, largely because of his wife's friendship with Mary, but in 1554 he joined the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt and was soon captured, convicted of treason, and executed.
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Rocky hanging out at Lucky Baldwins yesterday in Sierra Madre for the Belgium Beer fest.
He had a good time and met many new friends.
Tabata this tabata that........Tabata something else.
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This was a tough workout but the 11am group kicked butt. I love Team crossfit elite fitness academy. Eric is an amazing coach I learn so much from him each day.
Happy to have finished the Tabata workout in one piece. Thanks Vanessa for coming up with this one ;)
Not all opportunity is good opportunity, so pick and choose wisely out of the opportunities that will soon be presented. This is a time to be considering the future and putting down strong foundations that will lead to success. If you build the foundations correctly success will follow easily. If you don't take time to lay the foundation correctly then your plans are likely to fall down. Don't delay or prevaricate at this time. Propitious happenings are afoot.
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Library Futures Conference – some resources
Wow! How will I get the TIME to deal with all that happened at the Futures Conference? Time was one of the major themes throughout the conference: Time is "speeding up," we have a "distorted sense" of time; etc…
Some of the other themes were:
Change (of course)
People – we need to focus on, not just books, information, etc.
Reflection – people need space/time to reflect on all the amazing experiences that new technologies allow us to have – the library could be the perfect place for that!
(I'll add more later)
I am eager to get some of my notes and thoughts out there – I think Pete's first post did a great job of capturing the "library spaces" program and I hope he'll share more of his notes!
For now, here are a few resources, b/c I am eagerly awaiting the posting of all the presentations, podcasts, information etc. from the conference:
Ray Kurzweil's site
Bob Treadway's site
Joan Frye William's site
Mary Catherine Bateson's site
Those are the only ones I can put up quickly – I really can't wait until all the materials are made available so that they may be shared as widely as possible with those who were not able to attend.
I also really love when different things start to "come together." I found these things last night and they really relate to the conference:
Pushing Through The Dip and this via Helene Blowers on flickr
Google's trend watch
Learning 2.0 Throughout the World and
Spring into Learning 2.0
Actually, I think all of those resulted originally from me looking at Helene Blowers' flickr site!
I have already had to create a "futures" folder for myself for all the things that have been flying around today already as a result of the conference! That is probably one mark of an excellent conference!
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Another steam icon, N&W 611, heads for restorationWritten by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Planned work includes a complete overhaul to meet current Federal Railroad Administration safety guidelines and certification requirements. The restoration is expected to take approximately nine months, in order for the iconic steam locomotive to participate in Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam Program in 2015. The 37-bay Bob Julian Roundhouse on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum is one of the last remaining roundhouses in the U.S. that can handle a locomotive the size of 611.
The Fire UP 611! Committee of steam locomotive technology experts, business leaders, and railroad consultants conducted a feasibility study in 2013. The study revealed that the Virginia Museum of Transportation would need $3.5 million to restore, operate, and maintain 611. An additional $1.5 million was identified as needed for an endowment. "Although the original plan called for raising approximately $3.5 million prior to the start of restoration, the Fire Up 611! Committee and our Board of Directors decided to move ahead with restoration, now that $2.3 million has been raised," said Virginia Museum of Transportation Executive Director Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. "There is a tight timeline to participate in Norfolk Southern's 2015 21st Century Steam Program, as well as Amtrak's return to Roanoke."
The Fire Up 611! Committee recommended that a preservation and education center be built at the museum to keep the locomotive in top operating form. "The goal from the very beginning was not only to get her running, but to keep her running for generations to come," said Fire Up 611! Committee Chairman J. Preston Claytor (son of the late Robert B. Claytor, under whose watch at N&W and NS 611 was originally restored and operated). "The facility secures the investments railroad enthusiasts have made in the Class J 611."
Amtrak's plans to extend passenger rail service into Roanoke will play a role in the location of the preservation and education center. "Amtrak may need land owned by Norfolk Southern and leased by the museum at present," Claytor said. "We are looking at ideas for the preservation and education facility's location in conjunction with Amtrak service, the Class J 611's restoration, and the overall planning of this facility."
In recent months, the Fire Up 611! Campaign saw major momentum, and the museum said it's confident the remaining funds will be raised. "We're going at full steam," says Fitzpatrick. "Based on our success to date and projection for the campaign's final stages, we decided we could send 611 to Spencer for restoration sooner rather than later." In nine short months, donations to the campaign have been received from nearly 3,000 donors from every state and the District of Columbia in the U.S. and 18 foreign countries.
Norfolk & Western's Class J locomotives were designed, constructed, and maintained in Roanoke, Va., beginning in 1941. "They were the most technically advanced steam locomotive design of any type that was ever in service anywhere in the world," says William Withuhn, Curator Emeritus, History of Technology and Transportation, Smithsonian Institution and editor and co-author of Rails Across America: a History of Railroads in North America (Smithmark, 1993). "The J was—and is now —under its graceful skin the apex and epitome of its era of design, helping to make Americans the most mobile people on the planet. They were built using American ingenuity, design, and engineering. Even today, 611 is the pinnacle of steam locomotive technology, the final fruit of more than 120 years of engineering development. A Class J could produce more than 5,000 net horsepower, and reach 110 mph. There was nothing like it."
The 611 was among the N&W's last steam locomotives. Built in 1950, she pulled the Powhatan Arrow, the famed passenger train, between Norfolk and Cincinnati. She was retired from passenger rail service in 1959. In 1962, she was moved to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. In 1981, Norfolk Southern brought her out of retirement and restored her to her original glory. In 1984, 611 was named a National Historical Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. She was retired from excursions in 1994 and was moved back into the Virginia Museum of Transportation. "Since her retirement, many have clamored, hoped, and dreamed that she would return to the rails, to blow her whistle and steam over the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains once again," said Fitzpatrick.
Fans of the Class J 611 are invited to visit http://fireup611.org to learn more and to donate to the Fire Up 611! Capital Campaign. They can also visit the Fire Up 611 Facebook page, YouTube, and Twitter feed (#fireup611).


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Bardejov Bikur Cholim Synagogue
Bardejov was a free royal town, and because of this status Jews were barred from settling here for centuries. An organized Jewish community was established only in the early 1800s. The community soon constructed a large Jewish communal compound situated outside the town walls. This included the Old Synagogue, a Beit Midrash (study house) and a Mikvah (ritual bath). The Jewish community was strictly orthodox and included many followers of the Hassidic movement. It chose its rabbis from the prominent Halberstamm Hassidic dynasty. In 1940 some 2,441 Jews lived in Bardejov, making up nearly 29 percent of the local population. The town had two synagogues, a mikvah, two Jewish schools, five prayer halls, five charitable associations and two printing houses. The Jewish community was destroyed in the Holocaust, and no Jews live in Bardejov today. The Bikur Cholim Synagogue was established 1929 by the Chevra Bikur Cholim, a Jewish charitable association. Located in the historic city center, it is a simple building; the street façade features two tall, pointed windows and the name of the association written in Hebrew. Thanks to decades of care and maintenance by the late Mr. Maximilián píra, the sanctuary with its original furnishings is fully intact, making it one of the best preserved synagogues in Slovakia. Though no longer used as a Jewish house of worship, it is maintained by the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Slovakia (ÚZNO) as a priceless cultural and historical monument, a silent memorial to a once flourishing community.


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The Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) is a college placement exam administered by Florida's Department of Education. The PERT is intended to assess a student's academic skills and abilities in order to place them in the appropriate college level courses.
The PERT exam measures a student's readiness in mathematics, reading, and writing. The test includes both placement and diagnostic information. The PERT is a computer adaptive test (CAT) that includes 25 multiple choice questions plus an additional 5 "field test" questions.
Scores on the PERT test range from 50 to 150. On the math exam, if you score between 50-95 you will be placed in lower level developmental education. If you score between 96 and 113, you will be placed in higher level developmental education. A score of 114 to 122 will enable you to be place in Intermediate Algebra (MAT 1033). Score of 123 or higher will allow you to take College Algebra or higher (MAC 1105).
If you score higher than 106 in the PERT reading test you will be place in Freshman Composition Skills I (ENC 1101). Reading scores between 84 and 105 will place you in Higher Level Developmental Education. A score lower than 84 will place you in Lower Level Developmental Education.
PERT Writing scores higher than 103 will place you in Freshman Composition Skills I (ENC 1101). PERT Writing scores between 90 and 102 will place you in Higher Level Developmental Education. A PERT writing score between 50 and 89 will place you in Lower Level Developmental Education.
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Massachusetts lawmakers are reportedly warming up to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's plea that Gov. Deval Patrick appoint a quick successor to finish out Kennedy's term.
Gov. Patrick and other statehouse leaders said Wednesday that it would be a shame to have to wait up to five months for voters to choose a replacement -- which would leave the state with only one vote in the Senate as the country debates critical health care reform.
Kennedy had written a letter to the governor and lawmakers before his death requesting that they overturn a 2004 law that requires a special election in the event of a Senate seat vacancy. The idea is controversial because state Democrats were the ones who changed the law in the first place – they had hoped to thwart Republican Gov. Mitt Romney in the event that then-presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry had won his race and been forced to give up his seat.
But Kennedy's death may be a game changer, The New York Times reported. Representative Michael Moran, the co-chair of the legislature's elections rules committee told the Times: "Ted Kennedy was one of the most impressive senators we've ever had, and to have him write a letter just prior to his death saying this is something Massachusetts needs — how do you not take that seriously and give your position another look?"
Ted Kennedy's wife, Victoria Reggie has been cited as a possible successor to the Camelot throne, though friends have said she is not interested in the job, according to the Times. Former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, Kennedy's nephew, could be another strong choice, sources said.
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JOHANNESBURG – The death of Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter cast a shadow over the opening day of the World Cup on Friday, dampening the spirits of a nation proud and excited to be hosting the world's most popular sporting event.
Zenani Mandela, 13, was killed in a car accident on the way home from a World Cup concert in Soweto on Thursday night, where tens of thousands of people had sung and danced with headline music stars Shakira and the Black Eyed Peas.
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The Nelson Mandela foundation said later Mandela would not attend Friday's World Cup opening ceremony and game in Johannesburg, dashing South Africans' hopes the frail 91-year-old former president would make a rare appearance.
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Mandela and his family were "torn up" by the accident, the foundation added. Mandela would be at the ceremony in spirit, a foundation spokesman added.
On Friday morning, streets in downtown Johannesburg were filled with cars and pedestrians waving South African flags and blowing vuvuzela trumpets as news that one of Mandela's nine great grandchildren had died was emerging. Heavy security was evident in Johannesburg and in Soweto, near the Soccer City stadium where South Africa was opening the tournament on Friday afternoon with a game against Mexico. Armored Personnel Carriers were seen on the streets, with armed troops watching traffic and stopping cars.
Johannesburg police spokeswoman Edna Mamonyane said the driver of the car involved in the one-car accident, a male, had been arrested and charged with drunk-driving. Mamonyane said the driver, who police would not name, could also face culpable homicide charges.
"The Metro police found that he was drunk," Mamonyane said. "He lost control of the vehicle and it collided with a barricade."
The Nelson Mandela Foundation rejected media reports that the former president's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was in the car, although her family said she was treated in hospital for shock.
"She was not in the car," foundation spokesman Sello Hatang told The Associated Press.
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Hatang asked that the Mandela family be given space to mourn.
Mandela has largely retired from public life although as of Thursday it had been anticipated he would make a brief appearance at Soccer City on Friday, depending on his health and the weather conditions.
France, the losing finalist in Germany four years ago, was playing two-time champion Uruguay in the other Group A match later Friday in Cape Town.
In Rustenburg, England and the United States were holding official practice sessions Friday about 24 hours ahead of their opening match.
Diego Maradona's Argentina squad was holding its final practice session at Ellis Park ahead of its opening Group B match on Saturday against Nigeria.
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A few years ago, MLK was a vibrant community that brought together TLK fans, artists, writers, and other enthusiasts to discuss The Lion King and just about everything else under the sun. A lot of us have had a lot of fun on here, and made more than a few friends along the way.
Recently, a number of members have come together interested in bringing MLK back to being the kind of place it's been in the past. To that end, we've been investing time in thinking about ways to make that happen, and we'd like to share some of these ideas with everyone and bring everyone on board!
First of all, we will be reorganizing and consolidating the forums to "trim the fat". There are a number of forums with no posts in them for years, and it creates a feeling of emptiness around the forums that we'd like to leave behind. We'll be posting a draft 'reorganization' for people to look at and comment on shortly.
As some of you know, MLK had disabled registrations for quite a while, which kept the community from growing. We've re-enabled registrations and definitely encourage everyone to actively invite friends and potential new members to join. We're excited to bring over folks from places like DeviantArt, Fanfiction.net, Ao3, and other similar venues to post their work, discuss TLK, and make some new friends, especially as The Lion Guard and the upcoming remake keep TLK as relevant as ever.
We're slowly beginning to see the revival of old contests, opening of new discussions, old faces coming back and some new faces cropping up. Let's keep up the positive momentum and help MLK grow back into the sort of community it was when it brought all of us together. We can definitely do that. And let's bring good vibes as well. Nothing would make me, and a lot of other people, happier than leaving the MLK drama behind us, and I think we can definitely do that too.
There's more changes and updates around the corner as well. So if you have any ideas you'd like to see brought to the forum, don't keep them to yourself. And finally, of course, this entire thing is a team effort, so if you'd like to get more involved, please let me know!


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Monday, August 17, 2009
Wet Vs. Dry
For those unfamiliar with barbecue culture, "wet ribs" indicate the use of barbecue sauce. "Dry ribs" contain no sauce, and are instead are rubbed with a salty-sweet barbecue spice mixture. Though I've seen a number of tasty wet BBQ seitan rib recipes out there, I couldn't find a dry one. So I made one up.
My rub recipe — a mix of seasoning salt, brown sugar, smoked paprika, and some other stuff — was actually inspired by my friend Amber's family rub recipe. She uses it on tofu and Morningstar Farms "chicken" strips. I added a few more ingredients and rubbed it into some homemade baked seitan strips, made using my all-purpose recipe for seitan.
I served the ribs with a helpin' of my Mac & Cashew Cheeze:
This recipe's also going in the cookbook, and I've shown pics on the blog several times before. I'm still tweaking the recipe to acheive a creamier texture. I've learned that cashew cheeze dries out quickly, and even though it tastes smooth and creamy in my mouth, I want it to look creamier on the plate. Hopefully, I'll be able to perfect that soon.
I also had some of my Collard Greens:
I typically cook my collards with turnips, but I was in a hurry to eat tonight and didn't feel like running to the store for more ingredients. The greens were still delicious and smoky and comforting without the chopped turnips, though.
23 comments:
- The Voracious Vegan said...
This looks like the perfect meal!
I definitely prefer dry rubs to wet sauces, and I coat my seitan in a spicy hot mixture occasionally. Yours looks delicious, can't wait for that cookbook!
- August 18, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- Tara said...
Your Mac & Cashew cheese looks so yummy! The dry rub is a good idea!
- August 18, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Chocolate-Covered Katie said...
SERIOUSLY, Bianca, can I come to your house for dinner some time??? I'm so not kidding!
(In fact, I'm thinking about making a special trip up for it hehe)
- August 18, 2009 at 6:34 AM
- Heather said...
Looks great! I have a batch of seitan left over from making vegan stroganoff the other day, so I might try this! For the greens; I love to eat em up with Pickapeppa sauce on them.
- August 18, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- Sal - AlienOnToast said...
I used to like dry ribs that the chinese place did in my omni days too. They look awesome, as does the mac n cheeze.
- August 18, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Nicole G said...
Will you have your all-purpose seitan recipe in your cookbook, or will I find it here on your blog? I can't wait until your book comes out. Your food always looks amazing!
- August 18, 2009 at 7:32 AM
I really need you to make me dinner! Everything you make always sounds riduculously delicious!
- August 18, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Vic Robinson said...
Seems like a great idea. Dry run is awesome. Great food for us here in the dirty south.
- August 18, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- Gina said...
I've actually never had ribs. Ever. They creeped me out so much, I've never liked eating things off the bone. But I would love some vegan ribs, the flavor sounds awesome!
And I think your mac and cheese looks pretty creamy now!
- August 18, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Leslie Richman said...
Yum! I can't wait to try these recipes!
- August 18, 2009 at 9:18 AM
I can't wait to try your Mac & Cashew Cheese recipe when the book comes out. I bet it's delicious!
I read your comment on my recent post and I couldn't agree with you more. I think food blogging definitely attracts those of us with food/eating issues. Since I started reading food blogs 2 years ago I have definitely developed a more appreciative and healthy relationship with food. Food blogs definitely create a huge support network, which is great because some people might not have that kind of support elsewhere.
- August 18, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- dreaminitvegan said...
Why haven't I thought of doing a dry rub. I love dry rubs.
Great looking meal.
- August 18, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Jen said...
thanks for explaining this bit of memphis history to me. i never understood the appeal of dry rubs, although i imagine it is pretty good. i like my bbq messay.
- August 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Happy Older Hippie Woman! said...
Incredible! Wish I could quit my job to stay home and cook all day...thanks for the ribs! Good thing lunch hour is only 17 mins from now!
- August 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Using cashew butter instead of cashews (or grinding down the cashews into paste) makes a much smoother sauce.
- August 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- nora said...
I haven't even heard of dry ribs. I feel like wet ribs are better because who doesn't like embarrassingly messy food But I'm sure if you've made a recipe for them, then they're awesome!
- August 18, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- jessy said...
that's one plate of deliciousness i wish i was eating right now! i can't wait to try out your dry rub, Bianca! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! i've always prefered them to the wet sauces, fo 'sho! man, your food always looks so damn delicious! yay!
- August 18, 2009 at 6:25 PM
- aTxVegn said...
Yummmm! Another fantastic southern meal.
- August 18, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- Laura said...
weird!! I was just thinking about a dry rub for bbq seitan the other day! brain twins! i am more of a wet bbq fan myself, but these look awesome, of course! can't wait to test those bad boys out!! i will be making that tempeh gumbo later this week.
- August 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
That looks like a mighty fine meal to me, dry rub & all!
- August 19, 2009 at 3:15 AM
- Sheridan said...
Um, ok. I say this is what you should make next time I visit! Looks Amazing! YUM!
- August 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Millie said...
Wow that looks great. I will have to try it.
- August 19, 2009 at 7:11 PM
- Erin said...
Interesting! I've used a dry rub on tofu and it was good, but wouldn't have thought to try it on seitan.
- August 21, 2009 at 1:26 PM


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Skin & Bones: Only the Good Stuff
At first glance, the new Skin & Bones Bistro seems like a wrong address. Tucked away on a far eastern strip at E Burnside Street & 55th Avenue (the boonies of epicurean Portlandia), the outside of Caleb McBee's new Northwest-inspired eatery looks, frankly, like an adult entertainment store. But within that shady, cinder-block exterior lies a foodie oasis, a tasty bridge between the Laurelhurst and Montvilla neighborhoods.
Inside, Skin & Bones is open and convivial—a makeshift kitchen with the obligatory mason jars, Edison bulbs, and communal tables of Portland's farmhouse chic. From over the kitchen counter, two heavily bearded Nordic types in stripes greet us. It's easy to see how chef McBee's aesthetic might have transferred over from Apotheke, his Scandinavian watering hole in the Pearl district that shuttered before its time in 2007.
The ever-changing menu at Skin & Bones is small, affordable, and comforting, with simple flavors dictated by the weekly harvest. McBee slinks off behind the building into the gardens next door every hour or so to grab some fresh herbs or fledgling greens for his next customer. It's the epitome of backyard-garden to table.
The kitchen turns out a mean chicken galantine, warm and inviting with thick discs of juicy chicken bits, wrapped in a crisped, salty skin. Riding a creamy raft of mashed potatoes and flooded with dark, sapid chicken stock, the dish is is meat n' potatoes at its best. Potted duck tart arrives as a pair of flakey wedges layered with heavy sheds of duck meat and bitter kale below a nutty stratum of Comté cheese and blackberry reduction.
Right now, the Skin & Bones menu practically screams early summer—and that goes for the desserts, too. The strawberry and cream profiteroles are as good as they look; golden puffs that sop up the sweet red fruit, crowned with a dollop of melting whipped cream. The "Chelsea buns" too, are an exercise in restraint. The modest globes of eggy Challah bread come three to an order, covered in a thin veneer of icing and hiding a sour prune inside. Yummy.
McBee says he chose the name because skin and bones represent "only the good stuff, the flavor of the best stocks." Well said.
Skin & Bones American Bistro
5425 E Burnside
503-236 3610
Tues–Sat 9 a.m.–10 p.m.


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When making this for shabbos, prepare the pasta and vegetables separately and combine before serving.
1 frozen garlic cube (eden)
1 frozen ginger cube (eden)
1/3 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
2 lbs (900 g) Spaghettini pasta
1 bag broccoli florets (1.5 lbs)
3 sliced green onions
2 stalks celery thinly sliced
3 carrots – julienned
1 can baby corns cut into bite size peices
1/3 cup toasted sesame seeds
1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain well.
2. Place the frozen garlic and ginger cubes into a bowl and let defrost. Add the soy sauve, honey and sesame oil and mix well.
3. Pour dressing over and toss to evenly coat. Place noodles into a Ziploc bag and marinate in fridge for minimum 3 hours
4. Boil a large pot of salted water. Add frozen broccoli florets and blanch for about 4-5 minutes, until color turns a bright green. Stain and set aside. Place the pasta in a large mixing bowl and add all the remaining ingredients. Toss well and serve at room temperature .


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Has been creating music your favorite art? Do you feel that you can conquer the world and be a part of nature singing some of the most melodious songs? If this art is your passion, do you want to perfect it? You can be the next star the sky of music must be awaiting. But there are certain factors that you have to learn while learning music.
Balancing the pitch of the music is what becomes the most important task while learning music. Technically, the ability to differentiate one tune from another in the mixing of so many notes is what makes you have a perfect ear for pitch.
To have a perfect pitch is a skill all musicians and singers strive and definitely would love to develop except that there are only about 10% music students who possess this amazing skill. However, this numbers gets higher with better quality and rehearsals if there are professional musicians. I guess this solves your first question of How To Become A Good Singer. It definitely starts here.
For citing an example, a typical symphony orchestra has 20% to 40% of its musicians with absolutely pure and flawless perfect pitch and it is an estimation that about half of today's most popular and happening and possibly famous recording artists and singers have this rare and unique skill. The number thereby rises to 87% for the best and top most concert performers.
From these mind boggling statistics, you can conclude that artists with perfect pitch are definitely more successful in their career as a musician or singer. Ever wonder why every singer is simply striving to attain the perfect pitch? If you think about it, the answer is really very obvious.
In other words, if you possess that ear for pure and perfect pitch, your chances of being successful as a singer or a musician or an artist pertaining to music clearly like an instrument player too is phenomenally large and it can be your one shot ticket to stardom as people would love to hear the music that you are making. This is why most artists with a focus of being music-minded singers and musicians take perfect pitch ear training lessons to enhance their career to world class level and being one of the most sought after musicians. Come to think about it; don't you think it is amazing and simply superb?


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I am happy for Kate and William , i wish them all the best and may God continue to bless them both.
I hope they will have there beautiful children too.
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