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Toothless law requires traffic stop data that ends up rarely used
After revamping the law that requires police departments to record information about traffic stops, the state next year hopes to release its most comprehensive analysis of whether race plays a factor in whom the police decide to pull over.
Under a 1999 law, when police stop a vehicle, they must record the driver's race, gender, age and other information on a traffic stop card.
Police departments send the cards to the state African-American Affairs Commission, which is supposed to analyze them to see whether officers are stopping drivers based on race.
But in the 14 years since the law was passed, the data has been analyzed only once, in 2001. Now, the cards gather dust in a closet at the state Capitol in Hartford, and electronic data files remain unopened on desktop computers in the small, cramped offices of the African-American Affairs Commission.
With the data going unused, many departments have stopped filling out the cards.
Under changes to the Alvin W. Penn Act last year, the state Office of Policy and Management will be - for the first time - in charge of analyzing the data and should release its first report by July 2014.
The new law, adopted in June, also created the Racial Profiling Prohibition Advisory Board, which has recommended that all departments record the same information during traffic stops beginning in July.
"I believe it's the best alternative and far ahead of many other places in the country," Glenn Cassis, executive director of the state African-American Affairs Commission, said of the new law. "A lot has been done in setting up the system and making it effective. Will it be perfect? No, but it's the best process available at this time."
The advisory board - a group of almost 30 people, including academics, state employees, state representatives, law enforcement personnel and members of the commission - has been working on the changes to the system.
"It's a big project," said John DeCarlo, a University of New Haven professor and co-chairman of the advisory board. "And obviously the goal is to get it right and provide the State of Connecticut two tools: first, to allow us to find out if there's some kind of systemic racial profiling happening, and secondly to allow us to give police chiefs a method to use as an early warning system, so if they become cognizant of an issue of racial profiling, they will have a method to head it off before it becomes an issue organizationally or individually for particular police officers."
The group, which last month released a 70-page progress report, is funded by a $1.2 million grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and has been assisted by Central Connecticut State University and its Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy.
'Way too big for one small department'
Adopted in 1999, the original Alvin Penn Act was named for a state representative who had complained of being racially profiled during a Trumbull traffic stop in 1996.
Information gathered by the police about the driver and the stop, such as time of day, violation and disposition, initially was sent to the chief state's attorney, who was required to complete an annual report.
A 2001 report didn't find "widespread disparities as a function of race or ethnicity," but did find disparities as to who was issued a summons and who was searched.
In 2003, the law was renamed The Alvin Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act, and oversight and analysis was handed over to the state African-American Affairs Commission.
Cassis, the AAAC executive director for the last six years, said the group has neither the money nor staff to analyze the data. And in the last several years, most of the 192 police departments required to submit the data either stopped collecting it or no longer send it to the AAAC. There was little incentive to do so and no repercussions for stopping.
The AAAC never released an annual report.
"The bottom line is implementation, having the resources to implement it and having agencies to support it," Cassis said. "This is way too big for one small department in the state to manage and implement. It required larger entities, participation by other groups. That was one of the biggest problems."
Goal is prevention
The advisory group, which is expected to meet regularly and stay involved even after the law is implemented, seems optimistic that this time, 14 years later, the law will work.
"It is important to note that a standardized method for data collection is only one component to prevent future profiling activities," the group wrote in its January progress report. "Public awareness and education, effective training, a rigorous complaint process - all are tools within a diverse toolbox available to prevent the occurrence of racial profiling in traffic stops and enhance trust between communities and law enforcement."
Members of the advisory board don't think the cards give an accurate and complete picture of a traffic stop. They've recommended, for instance, that more information be gathered to give a truer picture of the driving population, so data gathered won't be simply compared to the demographics of a particular town.
"We want to know ... is this area where the stop was made an off-ramp to (Interstate) 95?" said Ken Barone, a policy and research specialist at Central Connecticut State University. "Transient population police stops in that area will be very different than those on Main Street. Driving population during the day is going to be different because of that major traffic generator, and we have to be able to account for that."
The board also has recommended that the traffic cards include an explanation of why a car was searched and the results of the search.
"We're going to try our best to aggregate all that," Barone said. "Was a plate reader used? Was it on a highway? How fast were they going, looking at speed? It becomes more important to look at, once they're pulled over, now what happens?"
Barone acknowledged that more data collection would be required of officers. New London police officers record 15 data points on index cards known as "yellow cards."
"We're trying to be really mindful in that sense, it's been in the forefront of our minds, in making sure there's no undue burden (for officers) to spend an exorbitant amount of time at each traffic stop, because that could get dangerous," Barone said.
He said a computer program that automatically enters fields such as the date, time, officer name and incident number would increase efficiency and accuracy. Such a "unified traffic citation" system is the ultimate goal, Barone said, but that's expensive.
The state is working to upgrade every police department by 2015 to an electronic citation system, which would ease such an undertaking, Barone said.
Peter Reichard, New London's acting police chief, said one concern is the cost of the changes, including electronic and software updates.
The advisory board has discussed requiring officers to hand drivers a form explaining how they can complain if they feel they've been racially profiled.
The potential cost, though, of "another unfunded mandate by the state" is of some concern to Reichard.
"Is the state going to come up with a template form for that, for everybody to use, or are we going to have to come up with our own?" he said. "Obviously, it's going to be specific for each department."
'Law has no teeth'
Without any concrete analysis of the traffic stop data from the last decade-plus, the first report, due in July 2014, is expected to be the most comprehensive look ever at statewide traffic data.
Members of the committee and the public are eager to see the results.
"I came to the table with an open mind, but I also don't believe this is a rampant problem in Connecticut," said Douglas Fuchs, Redding police chief and a member of the advisory board. "We want to use this data to identify those folks for whom it is a problem and, from a chief's perspective, that is paramount for all of us. I will be very interested to see what this first round of data yields. Everyone needs to look at the data with an open mind so that we can have more conversations."
Barone said those attending town hall-style meetings around the state said they wanted results that conclusively show, or don't show, racial profiling.
"A lot of people in the public want a clear answer, and that's a tough thing to determine, even with the data available," Barone said. "In my own mind, the data serves as a way to keep things transparent and a way to begin and to continue discussions between the police and the community about what the data says."
DeCarlo, the advisory board co-chairman, said any problems identified by the report will need to be addressed.
"Whether there is racial profiling or not, it is incumbent upon government to take a look and see if there is a problem, and if there is, to fix it," DeCarlo said. "Any good government is run with the consent of the people, and if the people feel there's an issue, then it has to be looked at."
Punishment for any discrepancies is minimal. Barone said the Office of Policy and Management can withhold certain state aid from departments, which is about the only recourse available.
That doesn't sit well with Donald Wilson, president of the New London chapter of the NAACP. At a forum in Hartford, Wilson said, community members called for stricter measures for departments that violate the law and for officers who appear to be racially profiling.
"They're setting it up so they can gather information, but the law really has no teeth," Wilson said. "Its only tooth is the ability to withhold funds, and if you're the police and are not complying, the law does nothing to deter that type of behavior. Worse than that, we already know, and they know, that police can misinterpret the information on those stops."
Wilson said union protections for police officers make them immune even to reprimands if they're found racially profiling.
"We need to spell it out to them that if they take advantage of citizens and put them in the wrong light, that they can possibly lose their jobs," he said. "A lot of people think they can change, but I'll tell you right now, it won't change until every citizen is afforded the same rights under the law."
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The recent (and wonderfully unexpected) freeze in Houston got me thinking, I'm inside with the heater on and I'm STILL cold, how on earth do animals that live outside do it? Well…they freeze!
The most extreme critter-sicles that I've found happen to be amphibians. Take the Common Wood Frog, for example. It has a trait known as freeze tolerance. What this means is just what you think; it has the ability to freeze solid, form ice within its body, and basically hibernate in a state of suspended animation. During this time it has no heart beat or measurable brain activity, and its metabolism slows to a glacial speed! As the frog freezes, ice forms in its body cavity, drawing out the cells' water and its liver pumps out massive amounts of glucose, protecting its cells from solidifying and turning the liquid in its veins to syrup (think maple). I don't know about you, but having 50 times as much sugar in my blood as a diabetic does NOT sound like the start of a good nap.
After a few months of froggy deep-freeze, the Common Wood Frog slowly thaws from the inside out – its heart begins to beat, its metabolism jump-starts. After what we would deem an arduous slumber, this little ranid hops away to find the closest mating pool he can; the breeding season for these guys is only a few nights, instead of the typical few months! Talk about baby-boomers.
You may be thinking, as one of my good friends often does when I exclaim scientific facts, "Erin, that's all pretty neat-o, but why should I care about a frozen frog?" Let me fill you in.
Scientists right now are using nature's model to try and extend the shelf life of donor organs. The staggering fact is that, of the thousands of people on a waiting list for new organs, only a small fraction will get them in time. Usually, an organ, once removed from a donor, must find a new home within 6 hours of excision-even on ice-or it is no longer viable. If, through the study of cryogenics, we could extend that time to say even 24 hours, just think of the number of people that could be saved who wouldn't have made it because of the distance between donor and recipient! If a donor's kidney, for example, could be frozen and stored without the typical associated damage, surgeons could dramatically increase the number of transplants they perform every year.
Now, whoever said that science wasn't cool never heard of a frog-sicle. I can't think of anything cooler.


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xspeedballx wrote:This could be me not understanding some mechanic of Cursed Oasis but here goes:
1) Used Orb of Zot, Dragon boss is now at 5XX/25X health.
2) Use Whupaz
3) Smack Dragon, I am now in cursed realm(dragon took damage)
4) Putz around in cursed realm and kill Shade(started at 25X/12X health) boss.
5) Back in normal realm, Dragon boss is at 5XX/5XX health. Orb of Zot seems to have been forgotten.
I am guessing this is because they loss of curse created a new version of the dragon. Just not sure if this is intentional/
xspeedballx wrote:I can confirm I did not. I can also confirm that I witnessed the bosses health as listed.
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Multiple Sclerosis
multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas that are unable to transmit nerve impulses. The disease also gradually damages the nerves themselves. There are elevated numbers of lymphocytes in the cerebral spinal fluid and of T cells in the blood (see immunity).
The onset of MS is usually at age 20 to 40 years, and its many symptoms affect almost every system of the body. There may be visual difficulties, emotional disturbances, speech disorders, convulsions, paralysis or numbness of various regions of the body, bladder disturbances, and muscular weakness. The course of the disease varies greatly from person to person. In some patients, the symptoms remit and return, sometimes at frequent intervals and sometimes after several years. In others the disease progresses steadily.
There is a genetic predisposition to MS, and environmental factors also seem to play some role. The disease is more common in temperate climates (1:2,000) than in the tropics (1:10,000).
There is no cure for MS, but a number of drugs—the first of which became available in the 1990s—can slow its underlying progress and/or reduce the frequency of attacks. These are beta interferon (a synthetic version of a natural substance produced by the immune system), glatiramer acetate, and natalizumab.
See R. Rubinstein, Take It Or Leave It: Aspects of Being Ill (1989); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, Multiple Sclerosis (1990).


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The HP600P press is used to press platinum casting dishes prior to polishing.
The machine has a built-in PLC and is capable of pressing at up to 600kN.
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My kids love science. They are always asking questions. Why is the sky blue, why do caterpillars change into butterflies, how do rainbows form etc. This past weekend we took a walk and happened to find some water and they were reminded of the time we had tadpoles in our swimming pool last summer. The more they talked the more they wanted to learn. Even though they are in public school they love to learn at home too. I turned into to a perfect lesson on the life cycle of a frog. There favorite part was getting to watch the tadpoles grow legs! We found lots of resources to help satisfy their curiosity and there drive to learn more.
I have kids that need extra help in school and teaching them at home too helps reinforce there comprehension skills, Educents is a great resource for encouraging your kids to learn whether they are homeschooled or not.
Frog Freebie
Isn't it fun to learn about slimy squishy animals? Do your preschoolers or kindergarteners know about the life cycle of one of the squishiest amphibians – the FROG? It's a quick and easy lesson to teach. There's a free, froggy resource on Educents – just print the pages and start your lesson.
Ways to use this freebie with a Pre-K or Kinder:
This free resource was created by The Multi Taskin' Mom and is available to download for free on Educents.com. Educents is the best place to discover new and innovative ways to keep kids excited about learning!
- Practice handwriting & copywork
- Reading aloud
- Sounding out the words
- Have fun coloring
- Just print & go
More frog-themed learning resources:
Do your kiddos LOVE frogs? Check out this animation about the Frog Life Cycle, and find more frog-themed games and lessons for all ages below.
- All About Frogs Packet – This frog bundle includes an informational slideshow, frog-themed anchor charts, rhyming word printables, number cards, writing organizer, and more (all frog-themed!!)
- Froggy Self-Control Boardgame – Use your frog markers to move across the board and practice relaxation, self-control, and body behavior in the classroom. Students will distinguish good choices from bad choices as they leap around the board!
- 3-D Frog Anatomy Notebook Model for Dissection – Use this 3-d paper frog model for a dissection-free frog exploration, a pre-dissection study tool, or even as a summative assessment during comparative anatomy studies!
- Frog Learning Pack for Middle Schoolers – A frog-eriffic packet of printable notebooking pages, activities, games and more!


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Public Notice – Gwadats'ih Provincial mpground Closure
The mpground, parking lot, boat launch and area at the north-end of Chilko Lake has been closed due to Grizzly Bears in the area feeding on Salmon and to ensure public and wildlife safety.
Please note that there will is no public access in the area. The mpground, parking lot and boat launch are now closed for the season.
Signage has been posted to ensure visitors are aware they do not have access in the area.
Thank you for your cooperation.
The Home of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation
In a world full of travel promises, some kept others not, the Xeni Gwet'in people offer none. The Xeni (pronounced "honey") prefer to simply share their home with respectful travelers – those who follow their hearts, live their passion and still have the pacity to be awestruck by mountain peaks reflecting on sparkling alpine lakes and by magnificent creatures at home in a pristine wilderness. This is a place of freedom and of contentment – a place to be shared with friends, new and old.
There is no pristine wilderness more easily accessed in British Columbia, nada but the one hour transfer from Vancouver International Airport on a charter flight to one of several private airstrips has not compromised the travel experience - the area sees few visitors and that's just fine by those who live here.
The community of Nemiah, home to many of the Xeni Gwet'in people is one of the few left in British Columbia with remote status – they and a number of valleys nestled within the Xeni Gwet'in retaker area are 'off the grid' in all the best ways.
A visit to the Xeni Gwet'in traditional territory offers a rare glimpse into a land where people have tread lightly, in harmony with nature and in keeping with Xeni tradition. The Xeni are currently battling to assert their aboriginal rights and title to their home – their court se is establishing new precedent for all land claims in the Province. This is a land where a traveler is humbled and inspired by massive mountain ranges, high alpine lakes and mighty rnivores; where a sense of freedom reigns and each day is met with excitement and wonder.
A visit to the traditional territory of the Xeni is best organized with one of several lodges in the area who have signed a Sustainable Tourism Protocol – these lodges have agreed to work collaboratively with the Xeni towards environmental protection and sustainable tourism. Not all lodges have signed on – link through Lodges and Guest Ranches and check their websites and look for the Xeni approved logo.
Many of these lodges are family run, some for several generations, and each has a unique personality that is
a backdrop for the incredible experiences they offer – fly fishing, lake fishing, alpine hiking, horse pack trips, grizzly bear viewing, noeing, kayaking or just gazing at the reflection of the sunset on a nearby lake.
Contact us for travel information and reservations.
Update #1 - Xeni Gwetin Apiculture Demonstration Project
In 2010 an Agriculture Opportunities Assessment for the Xeni Gwet'in retaker Area was completed, and looked at the different land-based opportunities that could help to improve economic opportunities in the area. The report took into consideration the unique characteristics of the land and Xeni Gwet'in culture, and kept in mind realistic challenges presented by market conditions, distance to markets, labor and infrastructure inputs, as well as environmental implitions. Several opportunities were identified as potentially feasible and worthy of further investigation, including Direct Marketing of Natural Beef Products, Non-Timber Forest Products (such as mushroom, berry and medicinal products), and Apiculture (AKA BeeKeeping).
The latter of the three leading opportunities was identified as the highest priority for further investigation for several reasons. Preliminary market research showed that there was a high demand for Honey and Bee Products in the region, and beuse the products made by bees were very storable, the distance to markets was not as much of a concern as it had been for more perishable products. Secondly, the management schedule for bee hives was compatible to traditional harvesting patterns of other cultural products, with seasonal visits to the hives required for a few days per month only, and this kind of schedule could be adapted easily as part-time work for community members. Finally, the climate and pristine nature of the Xeni Gwet'in retaker Area offered an unparalleled opportunity to develop a brand and market for chemil free natural honey (which is difficult to claim in most other honey producing regions that rely on neighboring farms or forests that are contaminated by sprays or gmo crops), and it could potentially compliment the existing hay fields and ranching traditions of the community, as alfalfa n be a great source of nectar for bees. It is also worthy to mention that bee populations across North Amerin have been facing signifint challenges, with reported die-offs of bee colonies increasing steadily over the past few dedes. As such, any effort to provide habitat and husbandry for them is a noble and appreciated pass-time.
In order to test this opportunity and expand interest, funding for implementing a pilot project was sought, and successfully obtained by the Cultural Tourism Department, with support from Enterprises to help maintain the project. Funding for a 2 year Apiculture Demonstration Project was provided by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia (www.iafbc.) through their Emerging Sectors Initiative program. The program is focused on enabling innovation, collaboration and strategic approaches in emerging sectors to identify opportunities, challenges and priorities. An Apiculture Demonstration Project would serve to help raise the profile of Beekeeping as a viable opportunity for all people in the region, and to facilitate workshops on basic beekeeping techniques and practices.
With all the pieces in place to experiment with beekeeping, it was now necessary to find suitable mentors that would help guide the project and host workshops each season. Several willing mentors were contacted, and the first workshop was hosted in the Nemiah Valley in 2012 by Kevin and Janelle Dunn, expert beekeepers and owners of Okanagan Wildbrush Honey. Kevin and Janelle have a reputation throughout the Okanagan as keen promoters of beekeeping, and they are experts at maintaining hives with minimal chemil treatments, and finding alternative ways of keeping hives healthy and happy. The first workshop of 2012 (Beekeeping 101) was well attended, with over 15 participants from throughout the Nemiah Valley. Basics of Beekeeping were covered, highlighting the flow of a typil beekeeping season, reasons for beekeeping, and basic tools and techniques of the trade. In next months newsletter, we will review some of the highlights of this first workshop, and talk about the demonstration site construction and lotion.
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For me it has never been about Mozilla trying to get more adopters of their technologies but a partnership for students to participate with real code, real projects and an opportunity to discover themselves as developers.
I am really happy to have been able to discover that my abilities as a developer grew as I participated more and more in the different projects that I took part of and I loved the challenge of working on projects which I had not been taught in any of my courses and I had to teach myself.
What I want to do is to contribute back by writing this paper, to promote this model that has been develop between Seneca and Mozilla and to help it to be understood in other places since I believe the biggest problem to implement it (not to copy it the same way it is in here) is that the model has not been completely understood.
As part of doing the required research to write this paper, I will be able to understand this model and try to help in anyway to others who might read it.
My biggest problem to write this is that I have not been involved for long enough to understand all aspects of my topic, that it is really difficult to define a thesis, that English is harder than any programming language I know :P and that I might be aiming to high for the little I know.
My thesis is around the belief that the biggest investment in a fruitful partnership is not the amount of money that the educational institution or the company behind the open source project invest but the motivation and the clear understanding of the motifs behind the partnership that only some involved individuals inside of the sub-community have and their desire for the students to grow in anything they put their efforts into.
To finish this post, I would like to leave you with a quote from a taxonomy in "Open Source in Education" (rather than "Education in Open Source") which helps me define which section of Open Source + Education I am trying to write about. I am not trying to focus on the "teach open source" side of it but in the side that teaches students how to get involved with an Open Source community that offers them to work on real projects that benefits real people.
Level 3: Working Within an Open Source Community
Teaching students how to contribute to and work within an Open Source project, collaborating with other community members on development, support, testing, documentation, bugfixing, and other collective tasks. This is teaching the "Open" in Open Source, and is the intended meaning of the phrase "Teaching Open Source".


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Jenny Randolph begins her fifth year on the XC/Track & Field coaching staff at Lipscomb University. Randolph has helped lead the Lady Bisons to four straight Atlantic Sun Conference Cross Country Championship titles. The men joined the women as champions in 2014 for back-to-back podium sweeps.
Randolph moved to Nashville in 2007 to begin her undergraduate studies and collegiate running career at Lipscomb University. She was a captain of the XC/Track & Field teams for three years. Randolph improved tremendously as an athlete running under head coach Bill Taylor and broke several school records during her time as a Lady Bison. Her teammates' votes awarded her honors at the end of each season throughout her four years on the team including the Total Commitment, For the Team, and Fightin' Bison awards. Randolph was one of four senior athletes at Lipscomb to earn the A-SUN's President's Scholar Award. She earned Academic All-Conference honors every semester.
Heavily involved in the team's Discipleship and Outreach Commission, Randolph has participated in or helped lead every mission trip the team has gone on: Los Angeles in 2010, Belize in 2011, Haiti twice in 2012, Jamaica in 2013, and the Dominican Republic in 2014.
Randolph holds USATF Level 1 coaching certification. She graduated from Bearden High School in Knoxville, Tenn. in 2007. She graduated magna cum laude from Lipscomb in 2011 with a B.S. in Biology. She completed her M. Ed in Instructional Practice in 2013 and her M.S. in Psychology in 2015.


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When it comes to the best food for runners, nothing quite beats homemade treats, says Emelie Forsberg. "I love to bake," says the Swedish trail running sensation. Here's her favorite cookie recipe. If it's good enough for her...
100 grams butter (I prefer butter when I´m in the north, just because I love the feeling of trying to eat what we can find here)
0.25 liter of flour (whatever you prefer, I use coconut and wheat)
0.2 liter of oats
2 spoons of raw sugar (take a little more or less, all depending what you think tastes good!)
100 grams of dark chocolate
0.5 dl hazelnuts
1 table spoon of baking soda
Warm the butter a little until it softens, not melts completely.
Chop the chocolate and the hazelnuts, stir everything together.
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'Hunger Games' sequel 'Catching Fire': Who should play Johanna Mason?
Now that we're finished waiting for The Hunger Games to arrive in theaters, we can begin the important work: waiting for Catching Fire to arrive in theaters. The sequel is slated for a Thanksgiving 2013 release — although there remains the outside possibility that Lionsgate will split the book into two movies for artistic reasons, and let's theoretically call those movies Catching Fire Part 1: Love Takes a Victory Tour and Catching Fire Part 2: Back 2 the Arena. You can bet that casting updates for the sequel aren't too far away, since the book introduces a few fan-fave characters. Yesterday, we asked you who should play tortured golden boy Finnick, and you responded with a resounding cry of "Ryan Kwanten!" along with a slightly-less-resounding-but-nevertheless-impressive-for-his-weight-class cry of "Grant Gustin!" Today, though, we're going to ask the really tricky question: Who should play Johanna Mason, the cunning, nihilistic victor from District 7? (Warning: A few SPOILERS from Catching Fire follow.)
Johanna is a tricky character to pin down. She won her own Hunger Games using a bit of guile — "by very convincingly portraying herself as weak and helpless so that she would be ignored." But Johanna isn't just a stealth assassin. She's also an axe-murdering warrior from Lumberjackland, possessed of what Suzanne Collins describes as "a wicked ability to murder." Subterfuge or not, there are elements of free-spiritedness to Johanna: The first time Katniss and Peeta meet her, Johanna strips down to nothing but her green slippers. (That might just be how you say hello in District 7. District 7 is so weird, you guys.) Collins doesn't offer much in the way of physical description of Johanna. She's got spiky hair and wide-set brown eyes. She's roughly in her early 20s, and since she's supposed to be a bit older than Katniss, let's say that the actress playing Johanna can be anywhere from 1 to 10 years older than Jennifer Lawrence, giving us a rough age range of 22 to 32.
When I read the books, I was visualizing a Michelle Rodriguez-ish character — think Rodriguez circa S.W.A.T. — which unfortunately describes absolutely no other actress, since the finest engineers in Hollywood have struggled for over a decade to invent anyone else who can play the Michelle Rodriguez character. (Rodriguez is probably a bit old for the part. Additionally, if she's cast, she may accidentally tear off Josh Hutcherson's head.) Kristen Bell has reportedly campaigned for the role, an idea which would have seemed much cooler before her curve-ball career turn into rom-coms. Still, Bell's not a bad choice — there's something of Johanna Mason in Uda Bengt, the half-fascist captain of the Valhalla Catering team that Bell played on Party Down. Likewise, Naya Rivera has been playing a very Johanna-like character on Glee. (It's not hard to imagine Santana wielding an axe.)
While we're talking cheap up-and-coming TV actresses who wouldn't mind taking a showy supporting role in a big franchise, Emilia Clarke's dragon queen on Game of Thrones has the wide-set eyes, the ability to balance internal struggle with external badassery, and a pro-nudity policy. Margarita Levieva had a recurring role on Revenge as a bananagrams-crazy homicidal maniac. Nikita star Lyndsy Fonseca came up frequently in initial conversations about casting Katniss, but Fonseca was always a little too old (and maybe too glam) to play the girl from District 12 — it's worth throwing her into the mix, if only because mentioning Lyndsy Fonseca in a post about The Hunger Games makes me feel like it's 2010 all over again. And speaking of 2010, that's the year that Friday Night Lights star Jurnee Smollett became Jurnee Smollett-Bell, and besides a supporting role in the gone and forgotten The Defenders, she's been mostly absent from the screen. Maybe that should change.
Then again, maybe focusing on TV actresses is too limiting. After all, Johanna is one of the showiest roles, and she's a presence in both Catching Fire and Mockingjay — which means the actress playing Johanna will be in two or three or four or even five of the biggest movies of the next few years. (No doubt in 2016, we'll all be saying, "Man, Mockingjay Part 3 is so depressing, it makes Mockingjay Part 2 look like Mockingjay Part 1!") So maybe the better comparison here is to a role like Black Widow in Iron Man 2 — so we should be looking at an established movie actress who could use some franchise credentials. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has done a few action movies, although she doesn't quite have the Johanna thousand-yard stare. That's not a problem for Rooney Mara, whose Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would fit right into the post-apocalypse of The Hunger Games. As a left-field choice, I'd like to throw in Gemma Arterton, who managed to seem evil in two movies where she was nominally playing the heroine love interest (Clash of the Titans and Prince of Persia. Wow, 2010 again!)
Still, my personal choice might seem even a bit more left field, at least in the sense that it's as far away from Michelle Rodriguez as humanly possible. What about Mia Wasikowska? The young Australian actress has mostly avoided big Hollywood productions ever since Tim Burton forced her to make faces at green screens in the absurdly popular Alice in Wonderland, and she's never once done a movie that seems to indicate she could handle carrying an axe. But Wasikowska has a peculiar quality that strikes me as perfect for Johanna — she can seem simultaneously tortured, headstrong, and self-loathing. (Just go back and watch her incredible performance in season 1 of In Treatment.) True, Wasikowska also has a slightly demure Paltrowvian quality, but that could just play into the double nature of Johanna: She looks unthreatening right up until she buries an axe in your stomach.
But don't take my word for it! Readers, who's your Johanna? Vote in the poll below, and be sure to tell us the actress who we didn't mention who is clearly perfect for the role in the comment boards.
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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin employers, including hospitals and nursing homes, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.
Republican Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, of Fond du Lac, says he began drafting the legislation after several hospital workers and health care contractors in his district complained they were fired after refusing to be vaccinated.
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If you still haven't had a chance to play Batman: Arkham Asylum or Batman: Arkham City, you'll have a whole new opportunity to get both next week.
Due out on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Batman: Arkham Bundle will be available on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Gamestop spilled the beans on the collection, which to this point has been under pretty much every radar in existence.
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Two-Choice Tyranny
by Lori Heine | Posted September 29, 2012
In these United States, we are proud of our nontotalitarian system. We call ourselves a "democracy," and — good for us! — we have actual choices. But how many of us really know that?
A totalitarian political system is, essentially, an exclusive operation: a done deal. What makes it totalitarian is that it serves a closed system of big-government power. But is our own, in its present condition, so very different? It certainly offers us a proposition more seductive than the mailed-fist slam dunk of power characteristic of North Korea, Nazi Germany, or the former Soviet Union. Since we get two choices instead of one, we are assured that we are truly "free to choose."
Those choices are, however, very narrowly defined. We are pressed to choose only between the two offered by the powers-that-be. The state monopoly on legalized force still needs to keep us contained within borders enabling it to hold its power without any real opposition.
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney . . . how many millions of people do we have in this country? Yet these are the two candidates between whom we have to choose? Obama and Romney can honestly be said to represent the best, the smartest, the highest to which our chief executive may aspire?
Excuse my sacrilege against popular piety, but I must revise a line from that Lee Greenwood song that's played every national holiday to get us all glowy: "God help the U.S.A."
My friends know I'm a libertarian, so they generally indulge my eccentricities. But lately they've been getting very tired of me. I simply won't fall into line and declare my allegiance to either major party. I don't like either one of them, and I refuse to accept that my choice must be limited to such a gruesome twosome.
I participate in a local group of gay conservatives, and this group generously embraces libertarians. Most of the time. They're not so sure about us now. I've been stirring up trouble on our blog, and have been sternly chastised for being "rude."
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney . . . how many millions of people do we have in this country? Yet these are the two candidates between whom we have to choose?
I probably could have been nicer to the commenters with whom I tangled — one of whom I've since met, and is quite nice — but my blood is up. I'm the oldest member of the group, and I've been hearing the same mindnumbing and intelligence-insulting "either/or" ultimatum in every presidential election for 24 years. Ronald Reagan (for whom I voted both times, in the first two elections in which I was old enough to vote) entered office with the very best of intentions. He was thwarted at nearly every turn, not only by those dastardly liberals but by big-government "conservatives" in his own party. George W. Bush was certainly no small-government devotee, but he might have been nudged farther in that direction had he not spent all his time being dictated to by war hawks and religious zealots.
Republicans' choices are being dictated to them by Republicans, and Democrats' by Democrats. There is no evil "other side" bewitching them into behaving like soldiers in an army of zombies. We are tyrannizing ourselves.
We get a feel for the narrowing of the funnel — the constriction of the process — in the constant reminders that "we could have been stuck with Rick Santorum," the GOP's runner-up for presidential nominee. "No," I tell my Republican friends, "you could have been stuck with Rick Santorum." I am only slightly more likely to vote for Mitt, come November, than I would have been for Little Ricky, so I may not choose to stick myself with either of them. But come November, we are all going to be stuck with somebody few of us can stand. Again.
I sense fatalism in my friends' repeated rationalizations for their conformity. "This is simply the way it is," they tell me. When I ask them why they think so, they look at me the way they might look at a 3-year-old who's asked them why ponies can't fly.
They seem to think that of the millions of Republicans in the United States, the only two of presidential timber were Romney and Santorum. The multitude was scared away from even considering Ron Paul, the evil Doctor No. And Gary Johnson couldn't get the media to ask him about any subject other than marijuana, so the country has never found out why he would be a possible choice (and, I still believe, the best one). For three and a half years, Republicans have been gathering forces to battle the Obama Antichrist, yet this is the best they can do?
The choice, as always under a two-choice tyranny, comes down not to a fight for principles but to the preservation of power. The only principle that big government mandarins care about is power. Citizens of the former Soviet Union were unhappy because they knew they had no choices. We are pacified in our servitude by the myth that two choices mean freedom, simply because two choices are — theoretically — better than one. But if both choices serve a closed big-government system, we may rightly ask whether our victory in the Cold War was truly all it's been cracked up to be.
Eventually, Soviet citizens grew so unhappy that they forced a revolution. We may well question what's become of it, but at least they've replaced their old tyrants with some new ones. Perhaps, when people live for too long under tyranny of any sort, they lose the will to be truly free and are content with the illusion of freedom. Like frogs in water brought to a boil too slowly to perceive the rising heat, will we make the leap out of the kettle before we're cooked?
Lori Heine is a freelance writer from Goldwater country. Her young adult novel, Good Clowns, is now available on Amazon.
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Frank Ricciardone
The truth is there is plenty to dislike about each of the two major political parties. When I hear someone proclaim themselves either a staunch Democrat or stanch Republican, I know this is a person without objectivity and who is a prisoner of bias.
For myself, I no longer vote for either of them. I vote against one or the other depending on current circumstances. Sometimes I vote against jingoists, war mongers, or gun nuts or those who would make their party an American version of the Taliban. Other times I vote against the remnant Communists among us, the Anti Capitalists, the anti business, anti success, envy driven fanatics.
For all the pretenses, neither party has balanced a budget since the Eisenhower years. The simple fact that you can not spend more than you have eludes the genius's we elect and we will soon come to bankruptcy.
What the country desperately needs is a third party, a party of common sense. I had hoped for a long time that the Libertarian party would fill that bill, but I have given up on it. Instead of concentrating on issues of sound fiscal policies, limited government, individual rights, they crusade against being forced to wear seat belts in cars or helmets on motorcycles. Wake up for goodness sake, are these things really important? I know, it's the principle of the thing, but aren't there greater issues? Libertarians have made themselves petty and that is why their party doesn't gain traction.
It must be that a certain number of Republicans and a certain number of Democrats can see the virtue of some of the positions of the other party, if they would just step out and join forces, step away from lockstep bias, declare themselves the party of Common Sense, the country might yet be saved; but, of course, this is a pipe dream.
Mon, 2013-02-25 18:23
Michael Morrison
Yes, excellent (as usual) essay, but may I please make a suggestion, for you, Lori, and for everyone else: Don't say "major parties."
Say instead "old parties."
And don't say "third parties."
Say instead "new parties."
"Third parties" implies second-class status; it implies acceptance of the myth of "two-party system."
In truth, the two old parties are old parties, and their ideas (using the term loosely) are as old as feudalism.
Sun, 2012-10-14 16:31
Bob Link
Excellent points well presented, Michael.
Another suggestion: "Challenge people to consider specific proposals rather than confronting them with philosophies."
And, one of my favorite quotes: Magicians have long known that distracting an audience is the key to creating the illusion of magic. It is also the key to political magic. ~Thomas Sowell, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. This is our greatest challenge in convincing people of the truth.
Tue, 2013-07-02 23:20
The notion that you can cook frogs slowly without them noticing and trying to escape is a myth. If a real-world frog can escape, it will.
An unfortunate thing about our current circumstance is that escaping is hard. If we had more right of exit - if it were easier to leave the country and stop paying taxes to support it then the fact that actual frogs do jump would constitute something of an upper limit on tyranny.
Sun, 2012-10-07 09:32
Jon Harrison
A well-written essay containing much truth, but people have been complaining about the major parties being essentially two sides of the same coin since at least the Sixties. So nothing new there. Furthermore, there is a case to be made for the perpetuation of such a system: it's stable and generally keeps politics nonviolent, allowing people's energies to be diverted into productive tasks like expanding the economy. It's difficult to argue with the success of such a system, given its overall track record in Britain and the USA -- the two countries that, over the past three hundred years, have provided their citizens with more freedom and prosperity than any other polities in history.
What we suffer from today is the overripeness of our system -- its very success has caused it to become bloated and unwieldy. Add to this the truly vast sums of money we allow to pollute the system ("over there they sell policies" Lloyd George commented as far back as 1920 in response to a complaint that in Britain honors, i.e., knighthoods and peerrages, were for sale). It remains possible that after this election, the two parties will come together to strike a fiscal compact, saving us from the fate of Greece. On the other hand, things may just have to play out, with disastrous consequences for people and system alike. Then we may find a more direct form of authoritarianism entering our politics (or rather, perhaps, putting an end to our politics). Individual freedom has already been diminished b the establishment of the National Security State, the War on Drugs, the War on Terrorism, etc., etc. If we suffer an economic collapse, freedom as we have known it may perish. Still, we aren't there yet.
Which brings me to a final point. Totalitarianism is a very strong word, and not truly applicable here. The USSR under Stalin was a totalitarian system. Even Nazi Germany was not completely totalitarian until the Reichstag approved Hitler's decree of Apr. 26, 1942, giving him absolute power without any judicial check. To suggest that our present mess is a form of totalitarianism is not a mere pardonable exaggeration. Words, as they say, should convey meaning.
Mon, 2012-10-01 17:15
Nowhere in my essay do I state that our system is politically a form of totalitarianism. It is not, like totalitarianism, something imposed on us, but something we have imposed on ourselves. It has an effect on the human spirit somewhat akin to totalitarianism. That was my point.
I am concerned less about the legal form of a political arrangement than on its moral – even its spiritual – effect. There are certain recurring themes in human nature. They don't recur in exactly the same form every time; we never step into the same river twice. But in a system such as ours, where free speech remains, we can certainly examine ourselves as we wade in that water again.
That was what I was attempting to do. Fatalism – a sense that this is simply the way it must be – is at work here. I don't expect the storm-troopers to march in tomorrow. As I say in the essay, we are tyrannizing ourselves.
In a variety of ways, we are lulling ourselves into complacency. We comfort ourselves that we are not as bad as somebody else. No, we're not as bad as Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany. This is much the same argument used by social Right-wingers to justify the kinder, gentler, softer Christian Taliban rule they would impose on us. They're not as bad as those awful Islamists, so what are we crying about?
I simply don't believe we became a great nation by remaining content not to be quite as bad as other people. That's allowing them to set our standards, instead of setting them ourselves. I'd like us to return to the aspiration that we can be better.
Wed, 2012-10-03 00:11
Jon Harrison
Good response. I can't really take issue with anything except your first sentence: "Nowhere in my essay do I state that our system is politically a form of totalitarianism." Let me ask you to re-read your second paragraph (particularly the first three sentences), and then re-read the second to last sentence of my comment, with particular attention to my use of the word "suggest". If you were not suggesting that our system is a form of (or in some way resembles) totalitarianism, then you were being most unclear. If you had no intention of comparing our system to totalitarianism, then the word totalitarian ought not to have been used -- unless, of course, you were seeking simply to titillate your readers.
Wed, 2012-10-03 13:22
I intended to show that similarities exist between our system in its present form – to which we have permitted it to degenerate – and totalitarianism. I never said that because similarities exist between them, they are identical.
The word totalitarian was used not to titillate readers, but to jar them. To stimulate thought. One more choice than one is definitely better than one. But it is still only one more than one. We are, indeed, removed from totalitarianism, but not as far removed from it as I believe we should be.
I find it alarming that any similarities exist at all. Which is why I wrote this essay. There's a difference between being a frog in boiling water and being a frog in water that is merely lukewarm. But lukewarm water can be brought to a boil, and if the temperature is only turned up one notch at a time, the frog will be cooked before it even notices.
Thu, 2012-10-04 03:31
Jon Harrison
And I didn't say that you said they were identical. You state in your last reply to me that we are "not as far removed from it [i.e., totalitarianism] as I believe we should be." The clear implication of your statement is that we could be on the road to totalitarianism. Obviously, you're entitled to your beliefs, but the fact remains that you're way off base. The picture conjured up by your musings doesn't conform to reality. Had you used "authoritarianism" instead, I'd have said nothing. By bringing in the notion of incipient totalitarianism, you've wrecked your argument. Words, as I said, should have meaning.
Thu, 2012-10-04 08:00
Mr. Harrison, as you yourself reminded me, Nazi Germany did not begin as a totalitarian state. This is itself an implication that a nation may slide from non-totalitarianism into totalitarianism.
I fear that may, in time, happen to the United States. Evidently you do not. As you have graciously allowed me my opinion, I allow you yours.
I certainly do mean the words I say. I simply said something with which you don't agree. I suppose we simply must agree to disagree, and leave it at that.
Fri, 2012-10-05 03:33
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HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Corbett today ceremonially signed into law the Brad Fox Law or the Straw Purchase Gun bill, also known as House Bill 898.
Corbett was joined at the ceremony by Rep. Marcy Toepel (R-Montgomery), who sponsored the legislation, and the family of Plymouth Township Police Officer Bradley Fox who was shot and killed last September.
"Officer Fox died in the line of duty last year at the hands of a felon who should never have had a gun and, less directly, by the hand of the man who later admitted buying the gun and passing it along," Corbett said.
"Such 'straw buyers' are as deadly a threat to our citizens and our first responders as the felons to whom they pass along the weapon.
"State and federal laws are very plain: convicted felons are forbidden from owning firearms. And those who knowingly provide firearms to felons are themselves criminals and worthy of being locked up."
The new law allows for imposition of a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for repeat offenders who transfer guns to persons who are not legally allowed to own them in Pennsylvania.
The law, supported by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, went into effect on Dec. 26, 2012.
" Brad Fox was always accountable to his family, to his community, to his country," Corbett said. "It is time we held others accountable in his name."
Fox, who died one day before his 35th birthday, had been with the police department for five years, after serving two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Marines. Fox's wife, Lynsay, is expecting the couple's second child in March.
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In my last article, What I Wish Every Prospect Had Considered Before Asking 'Can I Retire'?, I discussed three broad points that most investors need to ask relative to the common retirement question all advisors get from time to time. In this follow-up article, I want to review the major retirement planning process details most investors don't think about.
Planning Process # 1: Retirement Planning Experts Are Not Fortune Tellers
There's no financial advisor with a "magic potion" that can tell an investor that they're exactly where they need to be, without the investor having actually saved enough money over the years and investing it with some level of risk exposure.
Sometimes I get the feeling that investors think advisors are like fortune tellers. But a retirement planning expert focuses on managing wealth and future wealth risk mitigation. They deal with all the possible variables of future issues and risks, and prudently plan or advise an investor based on the specific facts at hand.
If the facts of the investor's situation are poor to start with, meaning they haven't saved enough or they poorly invested the money over the years, then the retirement planning process isn't going to magically turn things into a lottery winning situation. However, it may provide meaningful recommendations that can help investors achieve their goals.
Planning Process #2: Is a Retirement/Financial Plan Perfect?
Plans are just that. For example, say I planned to play golf this weekend on Saturday, with enough time to also watch the Alabama football game after my round. Then, assume by Friday, it's projected to rain on Saturday or I get behind a group that's really slow on the golf course.
Those events may cause me to get a rain check or miss the first part of the game; obviously resulting in my "plan" not working to perfection. So I can either change my tee time to miss the rain, or if I get behind, I could have the game recorded—adjusting my plan based on the ongoing facts, situation and future possibilities through risk management. The challenge comes in that I just don't know what's going to happen until I actually play.
The retirement planning process is no different. The shorter the time between starting to plan and retirement, the more direct correlation to a higher probability that potential risks will keep an investor from actually meeting their retirement goals. The longer the time between starting to plan and retirement always results in a lower probability that potential risks will keep an investor from meeting their retirement goals. The plan is not perfect, but it is the ongoing planning process that makes it perfect.
Planning Process #3: What Should a Real Retirement/Financial Plan Encompass?
Many investors believe that a retirement savings plan such as a 401(k) IS a retirement plan. Or that online investment growth projections about how much their savings will grow over time, with an assumed average rate of return, is a retirement plan. Sadly, these are usually the investors to whom I have to give bad news when they ask me, "Can I retire?"
Here's what a comprehensive retirement/financial plan should involve at a minimum:
- Assumptions on:
- Current income
- Inflation rates
- Investment growth rate
- Current and future assets/liabilities
- Investment contributions/savings
- Company match
- Asset allocation strategy
- Detailed year–by-year cash flow projections until at least age 90
- Estimated year-by-year income tax projections
- Analysis of:
- Life insurance risk
- Disability insurance risk
- Long-term care insurance risk
- Wills and trust
- Estate tax/inheritance tax
- Retirement income
- Pensions
- Social security income
- Investment income
- Health/medical insurance projections
- Future big purchase goals analysis
Once all these items are taken into consideration, then answers and recommendations on ways to prudently achieve a client's goals, if possible, become evident. If these considerations are not included in an investor's plan, then the investor isn't really prudently planning for retirement.
Retirement planning is a process of long-term preparation using short-term information. A prudent, ongoing process is what allows investors to retire when they want. If they don't have that process intact, most will ask the question, "Can I retire?" and get an answer they don't want to hear.


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Apparently you can look up anyone on Facebook using his or her phone number and it's a desirable feature, Facebook said today.
"By default, your privacy settings allow everyone to find you with search and friend finder using the contact info you have provided, such as your email address and phone number," Facebook said in an emailed statement to the Los Angeles Times.
A researcher, Suriya Prakash, found the feature a month ago and compiled 846 phone numbers by using a simple script to find and store user phone numbers. Facebook argued that it would stop such a script because it restricts how many times a person can search for phone numbers.
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The Times states that Facebook would be at the "mercy of marketers, pollsters, basically anyone, looking to match phone numbers with information from Facebook profiles" if it didn't have restrictions in place. Prakash, however, says the social network really doesn't -- at least not on the mobile platform he used.
Regardless of how you feel about Facebook security, there is one surefire way to protect your phone number: don't add it to your Facebook profile. Barring that, users must go to settings and click on the buttons to mobile phones or others phones and make sure they are set to either "friends" or "only me." If it's set to "everyone," then you may receive some interesting or annoying calls.
After the first step, proceed to privacy settings and select "how you connect" and when asked who look you up with email address or phone number, pick "friends" or "friends of friends."


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Tots on top: Special events lure little ones
It is a rainy Wednesday afternoon when three-year-old Katie, accompanied by her mom and baby brother, ducks into the Virginia Discovery Museum to play. Katie likes the dress-up area best: She clomps around the Showalter Cabin exhibit in glowing green high-heels (just a few sizes too big) sporting a blue and purple tutu over her Oshkosh overalls.
But when her group is called for Toddler Time, she abandons her chores and loses the heels to hurry back the Rainforest Hallway to the Party Room.
Toddler Time is one of several weekly "drop-in" programs offered at the museum offering kids ages two (or a bit younger) to four (or a bit older) the chance to make a simple craft, create a little music, do a little dance, or learn something about the world through their senses.
"Kids have a lot of fun with this," says gallery manager Peter Clark. "Wednesday is our busiest day."
In fact, some families make a Wednesday visit to the VDM a regular part of their weekly routine just because of Toddler Time. Participation in the day's project is included in the price of admission. Kids sign up at the front desk when they arrive and are gathered up in groups of eight (adult supervisors and younger siblings are also welcome to tag along) so they can glitter and glue or bake and sew or jump into a big box of cotton batting or little wooden beads just to see how it feels.
Each week's project has a different theme and is designed to last about as long as a toddler's attention span (around 15 minutes). At the end of it all, kids usually leave with a memento of the experience.
Another weekly drop-in program, Poetry Club, gives creative writers ages five and up (there are even some teens who attend this one) the chance to work on simile, metaphor, and onomatopoeia. This group meets on Tuesdays all year round. Come September, the Magic School Bus, a third drop-in, will roll back into its usual Thursday afternoon slot with hands-on science fun for kids ages 4-7.
Emmett Boaz, who once worked at Michie Company just up the street from the museum and who visited a time or two when his now-grown son was young, says a visit to the Discovery Museum, "beats the hell out of picking apples, which is what I was doing when I was 10."
We're not so sure we agree (we'll be doing pick-your-own fruit next week), but the Discovery Museum is definitely a sweet treat for kids, especially on a rainy summer day.
The Virginia Discovery Museum is on the east end of the Downtown Mall. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 1-5pm. Admission is $3 for kids, $4 for adults. Members get in free. The first Sunday of every month is pay-what-you-wish day.


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Moving can be expensive and hiring a moving company just adds more cost. Many people will attempt to cut corners by packing their own boxes for the movers to load and transport.
If you decide to go this route, be sure you follow these simple tips and avoid these recurring mistakes that movers see.
Boxes aren't just boxes. Be sure to use quality boxes. They don't have to be brand new. But be sure they are in good shape and not flimsy in order to avoid your belongings being jeopardized. If you don't want to buy boxes, which are sold by any moving company, try looking on Craigslist or in the classifieds for free moving boxes. Most people just want to get rid of them once they unload them.
Most moving companies will put a weight limit on boxes – average 50 pounds – to avoid both injury to the mover and the items in the box. Over packing boxes that make them too heavy to carry can make the box itself become unstable and can cause injury to the mover trying to move it. If items themselves are heavy, such as books, pack in smaller, easier to carry boxes. In the same sense, don't use trash bags or plastic containers to pack items in. Items in trash bags can shift, causing damage, and plastic can crack and break, also causing damage to items inside.
There are many different materials one can use for packing. The most popular and effective packing materials are bubble wrap, Styrofoam peanuts and packing paper. If you are trying to save money, newspaper works well too.
Most movers won't move toxic materials including paint cans and cleaning materials. It actually is a good rule of thumb because if these materials spill they can damage your belongings.
Make sure boxes are marked for easy unpacking.
Lastly, if you are inclined to let the hired help do all the heavy lifting, including the packing, the benefit is that your valuables are then insured. Paying the extra money to have movers pack, you will ensure they are liable for any damaged items. Many people do not realize that when they pack their own belongings, those items are therefore not covered if damaged. If the movers pack the items, they are. That's a bonus!
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Model predictive control
Model predictive control is control action based on a prediction of the system output a number of time steps into the future. Originated from chemical process engineering, model predictive control has found its way into virtually all areas of control engineering. Our research focuses on the development of a general formulation of predictive control that subsumes both the input-output and state-space perspectives. We seek comprehensive answers to questions such as: What is the simplest way to justify the existence and structures of various input-output predictive models? How does one arrive at an input-output controller if the starting point of the derivation is a state-space model? Can explicit state-space model identification be avoided? What is an efficient strategy to synthesize a predictive controller from input-output data directly without having to resort to model identification? What is the role of predictive control in the disturbance rejection problem? How can we design model predictive controllers for a swarm of robots?
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Setting the story straight: Neustar's role in auDA's Registry Transformation Project
auDA's .au Registry Transformation Project (RTP) and Neustar's involvement in the process from start to finish
This has been a long and complex process – and rightly so, given the critical role .au plays in Australian business, technology and society. Neustar has been intentionally silent on this topic so far, out of professional courtesy and due to our commercial relationship with auDA. It was not our place to comment or critique. That said, as the transition approaches we feel it's important all the relevant facts are shared. Not only does Neustar pride itself on being a leader in the domain name Registry space and wants to protect its reputation, but we're concerned that the Australian Internet-using public has been misinformed by recent communications regarding .au.
Here's a quick snapshot of our time as .au Registry Operator:
- 100% DNS uptime since 1st July 2002.
- One of the first Registries to feature real-time dynamic DNS updates & to implement EPP v1.0.
- Aussie-built Registry developed exclusively for .au.
- Dedicated infrastructure based in Melbourne and Sydney & for Disaster Recovery commitments.
- Global leader in DDoS mitigation services, with a scrubbing capacity greater than 10Tbps.
- Phenomenal year-on-year growth leading .au from approx. 250,000 domains in 2002 to over 3 million today.
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Meeting agendas are generally available by the Friday prior to the meeting. Reports are available for many meetings, and are linked within the agendas. Minutes are available once approved.
Live and archived video is available for Regional Council, Committee of the Whole, and Standing Committees (except Appeals SC) only. Archived video is available by the Friday after the meeting.


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On the hotel's high floors, you can see north to Wisconsin and south to Indiana. Lake Michigan stretches in both directions in a curving arc toward both neighboring states; its pale blue waters extend as far as the eye can see to the east. The Four Seasons Chicago offers more than views of the lake, however.
With its main entrance just steps off of Chicago's famed Miracle Mile, a conglomeration of the world's greatest retail stores, this hotel has one of the best locations in the Windy City. Although it's a new addition to an already crowded luxury-hotel scene, the Four Seasons has quickly climbed to the top rung--it's not always easy to get a room. There are 343 rooms here--177 singles and doubles and the rest a variety of suites with one and two bedrooms.
Success rests on a simple formula: full service. There is excellent 24-hour room service, twice-daily maid service and two-line telephones in the rooms. You can also take advantage of the city's nickname and open the windows to get a full blast of the wind off the lake. There is also a health spa that has an indoor swimming pool, aerobics room, outdoor jogging track and a sun deck.
Other touches aren't so obvious. On one recent check-in, a well-known businessman was greeted by name at the front desk and the concierge station. Although he'd been at the hotel before, it hadn't been more than a couple of times in the previous 12 months. Curious about how the hotel accomplished such familiarity with its guests, he asked the manager for the secret. It's simple, he was told. Every day, a list of the VIP visitors is passed around to the staff, if possible, with pictures. Voilà! In comes the important guest, and he or she is made to feel like a member of the family--immediately.
Like many of the new generation of luxury hotels in America,the Four Seasons Chicago also houses an excellent restaurant. The stoves at Seasons are run by Mark Baker, who specializes in American cuisine. The dining room is an elegant space with wood paneling and high ceilings. While daily specials are put on the menu, Baker also sticks to old American favorites with a modern touch: roasted free-range chicken, prime rib-eye steak with onion-baked potato and salmon braised in white wine served over fennel-herb risotto. The hotel restaurant, like all Four Seasons now, caters to those seeking lighter, lower-fat dining with its "Alternative Cuisine" menu.
For less formal dining or drinking, the cafe and the bar offer comfortable seating just off the main lobby. The bar is a welcome spot for cigar smokers. The barman keeps a humidor with Davidoff cigars, and the rule is simple: smoke in peace. There is a solid selection of after-dinner spirits including Cognacs and Ports.
The Four Season's cigar-friendly status was highlighted this past spring when it hosted a Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke. More than 900 people attended the night of cigars and spirits and good food.
Travelers don't usually spend a lot of time in hotel rooms during a busy visit to any city, but when they do, the accommodations can make or break the trip. If the rooms are quiet and luxurious and the guests know that their momentary whim is just a phone call away from being fulfilled, it can be a great stay. The Four Seasons fits the bill.
-- Gordon Mott
Four Seasons
120 East Delaware Place
Phone: (312) 280-8800
Fax: (312) 280-9184
Rooms Rates: single $285; suite $355


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Conspiracy Theories & Secret Societies For Dummies
Entering the world of conspiracy theories and secret societies is like stepping into another dimension – a distant, parallel, alternate universe where the images, words and names that surround you are vaguely familiar, but where the laws of physics have completely changed: black means white; up is down; do-gooders are really Beelzebub's Satanic waterboys; and the world seems to be viewed through a giant funhouse mirror. Photographic evidence is meaningless. Good news is really bad news. Everything that the normal world says is crazy, really isn't crazy at all, and ANYTHING is possible: the government is hiding everything from us; dead people are really alive; five Jewish bankers control the world; UFOs are real; and every world leader is actually a 12-foot tall shape-shifting lizard who feasts on live rats and Christian babies when the lunch bell rings.
There is no truth, because everything everybody says is a lie, including the fact that everything everybody says is a lie.
And no one, but no one, can be trusted. Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean the world isn't out to get you.
It is into this alternate universe Alice and I step with our new book , Conspiracy Theories & Secret Societies For Dummies .
And here's why.
Each year, San Francisco's Bohemian Club holds what amounts to a summer camp for the rich, powerful and well-connected captains of industry, diplomacy, and politics from around the world. It's held in July at their massive wooded compound in the California countryside, called the Bohemian Grove. The Grove's annual gathering is a major float in the Macy's Day Parade of Conspiracy Theories, so of course we discuss it throughout the book. They have been accused of a panoply of evil activities by a wide array of jittery authors, radio hosts, Christian evangelists and anti-conspiracy crusaders over the years.
Alex Jones is a prime example of the professional conspiracist who makes his living by blowing buckets of bile through a bullhorn. Jones is a man whose entire livelihood depends on there being a plot for a New World Order, and if there isn't one, one has to be ginned up to keep a roof over his head. On his radio show Jones regularly froths that the government is never to be trusted, that government agencies are made up of nothing but criminals engaging in "raiding and looting," and that there is a vast, unidentified, controlling elite composed of the "most vicious, black, stinking, massive evil" that can be imagined. Daily, he shrieks that the New World Order needs to be (to use his various suggestions) punched, kicked, pole-axed, torn apart, and have its collective neck broken like a Sunday pot chicken. His best advice is to keep all of your guns loaded and ready for the final showdown when the black helicopters land on your lawn to haul you off to an underground prison camp. We're all for capitalism, but Jones is engaged in an eternal struggle to sell his true believers endless books, tapes, DVDs, gold coins, water filters and survival gear. Like his radio show, his personal appearances are screeching diatribes designed more to pump up an audience's adrenaline than to actually inform. And if the New World Order turns out to not really exist, but merely to be a figment of his demented imagination (or calculated guile), Jones is out of a lucrative job.
In January of 2002, Alex Jones fan and self-proclaimed "Phantom Patriot," Richard McCaslin, snuck onto the property of the Bohemian Grove, armed with a knife, a sword, a crossbow, a .45 caliber handgun, a modified MK-1 semi-automatic rifle/shotgun hybrid loaded with 70mm shotgun shells, 30 rounds of .223-caliber bullets, a homemade rocket launcher, and a Bible covered in camouflage. McCaslin admitted to authorities that he was there to "kill child molesters" and Bohemians, whom he believed were practicing human sacrifices. He'd read all about it on the Internet, and he'd heard conspiracy peddlers like Alex Jones talk about it on the radio. It just had to be true. Jones told his audience to fight the evil forces of the New World Order with violence. So, the Phantom Patriot was going to do just that.
McCaslin was not some unintelligent, inarticulate, drug-addled boob, acting out a fantasy as some Earth-saving commando. His actions were carefully planned, and he truly believed that what he was doing would ultimately make him a hero. Shooting some Bohemian Grovers might put a dent in their plans for world domination, and save those children from a pagan sacrifice. Thankfully, the Grovers meet in the summer, or he might very well have killed a whole lot of people.
This problem is a lot broader right now than the tale of the Phantom Patriot. A growing group of so-called "9/11 Truthers," who are convinced that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were an "inside job," committed by our own government gets louder and more militant every day. Guys like Alex Jones routinely refer to the people in our government as "murderers." All over the country, increasingly indignant Truthers are out there "confronting" politicians during their speeches and popping up in talk show audiences, screaming out their accusations. But with increasingly bizarre and inflammatory rhetoric, how long will it be before "confront" becomes "shoot"?
That's why we felt compelled to write this book. Fantasies are fun. Selling fantasies can be lucrative, as either the Walt Disney Corporation or any prostitute could attest. But when conspiracists don't just post their theories on the Internet anymore, and instead actually start acting upon their fears and plugging their perceived boogeymen with .45 dumdum rounds, it crosses a very big line. When they arm themselves to go shoot "unseen enemies," or take poison in mass suicides to join up with some non-existent UFO, that's when the rest of us need to get nervous. We also need to stay aware.
We live in what may be the most cynical period of time in all history, and the world is rampant with plenty of perennially panicky pundits. College kids who blithely tell you they believe in nothing and no one, suddenly start spouting the "real truth" they've discovered, that God is an alien from the planet Zyra, their parents are tools of the KGB, and that the Illuminati are secretly running everything. Some polls show 20% of college students think the Moon landings were a hoax. In 2006, a Scripps-Howard poll showed that 36% of the American public – around 100 million people – believed that the U.S. government had something to do with the 9/11 World Trade Center/Pentagon attacks, either ignoring intelligence intentionally to start a Middle East war, or actually carrying out the attacks themselves.
100 million people.
That's not just some isolated lunatic fringe. That's one out of every three of your neighbors.
Or maybe you.
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KOKUA observes four decades of Manoa serviceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Manoa Chancellor's Office
Ann Ito, (808) 956-7511
On Wednesday, September 6, 2006, the KOKUA Program celebrates its fortieth anniversary as the designated unit providing a wide range of disability access services to students with disabilities on the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii.
This history and the description of KOKUA's assistance programs were prepared by Ann Ito, program director:
Established in 1966 as one of the nation's first university offices for disabled students, the Kokua program had two initial academic support charges: a campus-wide peer tutorial primarily for freshmen and sophomores and a "handicapped" services mission, notably for wheelchair users and the blind. One such student, a blind freshman whom Kokua began serving in 1966, Mary Kuʻulei Kaikainahaole coined the phrase "Kahi O Ka UluʻAna," thereby transforming Kokua into KOKUA — "the Place of Growing." A sociology major with a teaching certificate, Mary pioneered research in Hawaiian herbs.
While the university had willingly created KOKUA out of an ethical responsibility to support otherwise qualified disabled students, shortly after KOKUA's first decade, the first civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability status was implemented and universities across the nation would gradually take action to comply with these new federal requirements.
In its first two decades, KOKUA employed thousands of student tutors/aides
serving thousands more Manoa students, inaugurated a pre-HandiVan accessible
service for wheelchair students and, provided daily academic access services, e.g., priority registration, faculty liaison, reader services, note taking, testing accommodation, access counseling, etc., to a population with hitherto unseen disabilities, e.g., learning disabilities, terminal illness, brain injury, etc.
In 1994, KOKUA moved from the Bachman annexes into the Queen Liliʻuokalani
Center for Student Services, culminating its transfer from academic affairs to student affairs. Shortly thereafter, inundated by disabled students, KOKUA phased out the general tutorial and focused exclusively on disability access.
Today, KOKUA serves forty times as many students as it did in the fall of 1966. Students are in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and surmount the challenges of many learning, psychiatric, and physical disabilities. Staff has grown to six specialists and funds have been generously augmented by administrative, legislative and donor action.
Though changes in administration, facilities, mandates, people, numbers and technology have transformed KOKUA, what remains is its steadfast commitment to respecting students with documented disabilities amidst their vast abilities, and to working constructively and conscientiously with each of them, their professors, and the entire campus community to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to pursue and achieve their educational objectives.


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