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Should Independence repeal its nearly two-decade-old ban on pit bulls? That is a question worthy of consideration. Most municipalities in the metropolitan area have rescinded similar dog policies.
In Independence, pit bull terriers and other dogs that merely resemble them are prohibited.
Wait, what? Yes, in Independence, any canine “displaying the majority of physical traits” of a breed commonly referred to as a pit bull — a square head, a bulky body — is outlawed, no matter the dog’s DNA.
In recent years, Overland Park, Roeland Park, Wyandotte County, Liberty and other area cities have repealed breed-specific dog legislation.
Could Independence be next?
The Kansas City suburb already has laws on the books regulating dangerous dogs. Now, a group of concerned city residents and animal lovers want the pit bull ban eliminated.
On Friday, the Independence city clerk approved a petition form to repeal the city’s pit bull ban ordinance. The grassroots, independent group has 30 days to gather 3,189 signatures. If successful, the issue could be placed on the next available ballot — or the City Council could enact the change on its own, according to Glenda Bailey, a spokesperson for the group.
The anti-ban group has the backing of the Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Bailey said.
The ban has been in place in Independence since 2006, when a resident was mauled by pit bulls. The tragic event did not occur because pit bulls are inherently vicious. While they are physically strong, the dogs are no more dangerous than any other breed that can also be unethically trained to attack, proponents of the repeal contend. Rather, an irresponsible dog owner led to the attack. Bites from pit bulls are no more prevalent than from other breeds, according to the Kansas City Pet Project.
After the 2006 attack, the Independence City Council was presented with a petition requesting the ban, and acted. Why sit idle now, in a different era?
Independence Mayor Rory Rowland believes the issue should be settled at the ballot box, he said at a recent council meeting. So why should residents have to go through the citizen initiative petition process?
The more signatures collected, the more voices on both sides of the issues can be heard, city officials told us. Then, and only then, can the City Council act in good faith.
The measured approach is a good one. But the city must do more in the interim to protect pet owners such as Charles Ray of Independence.
Ray is in danger of losing his two dogs that are mixed with Labrador and boxer DNA, he said in a Facebook post last month. He was given 10 days to remove the animals from his home. Ray is in a holding pattern for now, but his family could lose their pets or be forced to move, according to Bailey. Attempts to reach Ray for comment were unsuccessful.
Here’s an idea Independence officials should consider: Place a moratorium on sending letters to residents like Ray threatening to remove dogs that violate the current ban. Until the council or voters act, the city should spare families the agony of giving up their pets.
The eastern Jackson County animal shelter is full to capacity, Bailey said. Non-pit bull breeds are being placed in a no-kill shelter with very little chance of being adopted.
In 2006, a ban seemed like the right thing to do. But we have come to learn breed-specific ordinances do little to protect people and other animals from dog attacks.
Independence leaders have to know the ban only creates trouble for responsible pet owners and increased cost for the city. Housing pit bulls and others like them at the local animal shelter is a burden on city finances and taxpayers, proponents contend.
The right thing for Independence officials to do is focus more broadly on the existing dangerous dogs ordinance, and simply eliminate breed-specific language from the city’s codes.
The people have spoken. Will Independence act?

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I hope everyone's week is getting off to a good start. It couldn't have been a prettier weekend here and we joined our son getting into the fall football season. I may now have had enough TV football to last me for a few weeks! Maybe starting next week I'll sneak off to the craft room.
But you came for stamping news, and I have something pretty cool to share with you. It does feature Framelits. You're not surprised about that, I'm sure!
It's a card made with the Simply Sketched Set. I love those soft images and they're beautiful whether you use the outline alone or color the inside.
I did watercolor the flowers using inks and the Aquapainter. Here's a closer look at the detail.
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When watercoloring, don't fill in every space. Leaving some areas white makes your image look more natural.
- Texture! Using the Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper for the card base gives you a great start with texture for your project. Combining layers, and a background stamp continue to add appeal without overpowering the focal point.
- Picture a Triangle when placing your embellishments. Notice the trio of pearls on each side form small triangles. Your eye also follows a triangle from the flower image, across to the pearls, then the bow.
The title mentions a gift card. Want to know where it is? It's right there on the front of the card. The A2 card opens nromally so that you can write a message inside. But if you lift up the bottom of the Deco-Label panel, you'll find another surprise!
Lift it up and find the gift card inside. I adhered it with two or three glue dots.
Quickly I can tell you how I made this. I folded the white card stock. As I lined up the Deco-Label Framelit, I left the top edge just INSIDE of the cutting blade. When it was die cut, the small portion and the top remained folded and uncut. SO simple!
I hope you'll let me know if you have any questions, OK? I'd love to hear from you!
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated at 10:35 a.m. on May 13.
An Oshawa school board trustee is once again being criticized for comments on equity issues, this time for a tweet related to the use of pronouns.
"How many pronouns must a teacher memorize," Durham District School Board trustee Linda Stone tweeted on May 11. "If 23 students all have different pronouns and the teacher gets one wrong, would that be grounds for a complaint?"
When the comment was poorly received, Stone temporarily deleted her Twitter account; however, the comment was screen-capped by other Twitter users.
When reached by durhamregion.com, Stone declined to comment further, saying only that she had chosen to delete her account. But by May 13, she was back on Twitter.
Stone said she was undecided about whether she plans to run for a trustee spot in the upcoming municipal election.
Twitter users suggested Stone could use "gender expression and identity training," and she was called an "embarrassment" by one user.
This @DDSBSchools trustee could use some gender identity & expression training. Are u offering @equity_DDSB? Maybe trustee should ask experts like @PFLAGDurham versus showing *their* intolerance on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/aZmL15NGRK
In a statement, the Durham District School Board said the board does not monitor Stone's Twitter but is aware of the post.
"The comments made are contrary to the commitment, values and actions of the Durham District School Board and our responsibility to promote and respect the Ontario Human Rights Code," board officials said via an e-mail statement. "We strive to create learning and working environments that are safe, equitable, inclusive, respectful and welcoming of all identities.
"We recognize the historical and ongoing oppression that individuals face because of systemic oppression, discrimination and racism. The (school board) acknowledges past and current traumas and is committed to building a system that celebrates, supports, respects, affirms, and embraces the diverse identifies of students and staff. "
In January, Stone made controversial comments about the board's new human rights policy, suggesting that the document could be "dangerous" and limit free speech.
After her comments were criticized, the union representing elementary school teachers at Durham public schools was among those expressing concerns about Stone's comments.
"My voice is no longer welcome or wanted and I no longer feel safe on this committee. Therefore I will be stepping down as chair and I will leave the meeting," Stone said. "And I hope the irony of this is not lost on people," she said at the time.
In January, ETFO president Mary Fowler called it "disappointing" that Stone appeared to have taken offence to the suggestion that she engage in further learning on equity and human rights.
"When someone uses their elected public platform to discuss equity in a way that many would view as provocative and confrontational, they need to be able to handle the feedback, critical or otherwise, and not portray themselves as a victim of cancel culture," Fowler said.
— With files from Jillian Follert.

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 10, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has presented a David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award to a U.S. Air Force/Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team for improving the B-2 stealth bomber's combat readiness while reducing program costs. Northrop Grumman is the Air Force's B-2 prime contractor.
The David Packard award recognizes Defense Department civilian and military organizations, groups or teams that make significant, innovative contributions to the way the department acquires goods and services. It is named for the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company and former deputy defense secretary, who later chaired the Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management under President Ronald Reagan.
The award, one of three Packard awards presented Nov. 17, cited the team for making the acquisition system "more efficient, responsive and timely" and for reducing the life-cycle cost of the B-2 weapon system. For example, the team reduced the average time to order and install critical B-2 parts by more than 75 percent in 2003.
"The Packard award recognizes the effectiveness of the B-2 team in responding to the aircraft's requirements in the field," said Duke Dufresne, Northrop Grumman sector vice president and B-2 program manager. "Our success in helping streamline the B-2 acquisition process coupled with the ongoing capability upgrade program demonstrate Northrop Grumman's commitment to ensuring that the Air Force's premier long-range strike system remains as effective in the future as it is today."
In addition to its B-2 field support, added Dufresne, Northrop Grumman is working on several new capabilities to improve the aircraft's ability to communicate and exchange data with joint force commanders and share updated target information during a mission. Other upgrade efforts are enhancing the B-2's radar and weapons capabilities.
In 2002, Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector and the Air Force's B-2 program office signed an agreement called the Total Systems Support Partnership (TSSP). The agreement enables Northrop Grumman employees to work more closely with Air Force personnel to anticipate needs and improve response times in the B-2 supply chain.
The B-2 TSSP was modeled after a successful agreement created in 2000 between the Air Force and Northrop Grumman that provides support for the service's fleet of E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft. The Air Force/Northrop Grumman Joint STARS team won a Packard award in 2001.
Under the B-2 agreement, Northrop Grumman's Information Technology sector manages the parts procurement as the principal subcontractor to the Integrated Systems sector.
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems is a premier aerospace and defense systems integration organization. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., it designs, develops, produces and supports network-enabled integrated systems and subsystems optimized for use in networks. For its government and civil customers worldwide, Integrated Systems delivers best-value solutions, products and services that support military and homeland defense missions in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; space access; battle management command and control; and integrated strike warfare.
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(CBS) — City Hall is testing a new way to rid Chicago of rats: dry ice.
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The minds behind “Atlas Shrugged: Part II,” opening today in theaters nationwide, didn’t bother screening the film for mainstream movie critics.
Matt Atchity, the editor in chief of the film review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, understands why.
“It’s sometimes a fear due to the general conception that most of the press leans to the left, and this film obviously leans very far to the other side. It is rare that you will get reviews of overtly political movies without reviewers’ personal politics coming into it,” Atchity said.
One need only read some of the openly hostile reviews filed for “Won’t Back Down,” a film with a pro-school choice message, to witness film critics bringing their ideologies directly into their assessments.


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Everyone knows that water is a molecule in which a single oxygen atom is linked to two hydrogen atoms - H20.
But the story of water gets a lot more scientifically interesting the deeper you go. Water actually exists in two different forms, called isomers, at the molecular level.
They have almost identical physical properties, you can't tell the difference, but chemists can tell them apart by the relative orientation of the nuclear spins of the two hydrogen atoms. They are called ortho-
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We’ve built the Process 134 27.5 to be the go-to ride for people who prefer the 27.5-wheel size. Its affordable build puts the money where it matters most—in the suspension, brakes, and drivetrain. A 140mm RockShox Recon RL Motion Control Solo Air fork and Super Deluxe rear shock complement the leverage curve designed for shorter travel, while a SRAM SX Eagle 12-speed drivetrain provides ample gearing for big climbs. And, Maxxis Minion DHF EXO TR tires are wrapped around WTB ST i30 rims, ensuring excellent traction on any trail.
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The travel ban has been in place since December 2017, and was instituted by a presidential order, though the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed it in a 5–4 decision. The ban indefinitely suspends immigrant and non-immigrant visa applications from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, and Venezuela.
In addition to the artists based in Iraq and its diasporas, “Theater of Operations” includes Western artists responding to the conflicts. One such artist, Phil Collins
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Other names David KaufbirdEli R. Roth
Occupation Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Siblings Adam J. Roth, Gabriel Roth
TV shows Best Week Ever, The Rotten Fruit, Chowdaheads
Movies The Green Inferno, Knock - Knock, Hostel, Cabin Fever, Inglourious Basterds
Similar People Lorenza Izzo, Quentin Tarantino, Ana de Armas, Melanie Laurent, Keanu Reeves
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Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for directing the horror film Hostel and its sequel, Hostel: Part II. He is also known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films. In 2013, Roth received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror, at the Stanley Film Festival.
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Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Dr. Sheldon Roth, a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst and clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, and Cora Roth, a painter. Roth was raised Jewish (his family is from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). Besides English, he speaks French, Italian and Russian.
Roth began shooting films at the age of eight, after watching Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). He and his brothers Adam and Gabriel made over 100 short films before he graduated from Newton South High School and attended film school (the Tisch School of the Arts) at New York University. To fund his films while in college Roth worked as an online cybersex operator for Penthouse Magazine, posing as a woman, as well as a production assistant on feature films. Roth also ran the office of producer Frederick Zollo, leaving after graduation to devote himself to writing full-time. He collected unemployment and found work on Howard Stern's Private Parts as Stern's assistant, staying at Silvercup Studios in Queens at night working on his scripts while Stern slept.
Actress Camryn Manheim gave Roth one of his first Hollywood jobs, as an extra on The Practice, when he moved to Los Angeles. Roth would stay in Manheim's dressing room, working on his scripts, while she filmed the show. The two had become friends in New York, while Roth was working for Fred Zollo. Roth also met Manheim's cousin Howie Nuchow (former EVP of Mandalay Sports Entertainment and also from the Boston, MA area) at her family passover seder—this led to Roth's first animation project, "Chowdaheads", the following year. Roth also co-wrote a project called "The Extra" with Manheim, who later sold the pitch to producer (and former CEO and Chairman of Fox Studios) Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium company.
In November 2014, he married Chilean model Lorenza Izzo.
In his final years (1993/1994) at NYU film school, Roth wrote and directed a student film called Restaurant Dogs, an homage to Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. The film was nominated for a Student Academy Award in 1995, ultimately winning its division (Division III).
Through his internship with Zollo, Roth met David Lynch and remained in touch over the years, eventually producing content for Lynch with his fledgling website in the late 1990s. Through Lynch, Roth met film and TV composer Angelo Badalamenti, whose music he used in his first feature film. He also met a member of special effects company KNB EFX, which contributed to his first feature.
In 1999, Roth moved to LA, where he wrote, directed, edited, produced, animated, and provided some voices for a series of animated shorts called Chowdaheads for Mandalay Sports Entertainment. They were to be shown between WCW Monday Nitro pro wrestling matches, but the C.E.O. of WCW who had green-lit the project was fired the weekend before they were to air, so they were finished but never actually broadcast. Roth's friend Noah Belson co-wrote the shorts and provided the other character voices.
In mid-2000, with financing from the website Z.com to deliver a 5-minute pilot, Roth wrote, directed, animated and produced a series of stop-motion shorts called The Rotten Fruit. The dot-com company folded after several episodes were done, and its domain name was picked up by Nissan for its "Z" sports car. A portion of Roth's work for The Rotten Fruit was done at the Snake Pit studios in Burbank with miniature sets, poseable clay and foam figures, two high-end digital still cameras, and a pair of Macintosh computers. Noah Belson again co-wrote and performed character voices.
In 1995, a year after graduating from NYU, Roth had co-written a script called Cabin Fever with his college roommate Randy Pearlstein. They based the premise on Roth's having contracted a skin infection while riding ponies at a family friend's farm in Iceland in 1991. Much of it was written in 1996, while Roth worked as a production assistant for Howard Stern's movie Private Parts.
In 2001, Cabin Fever, produced by Lauren Moews of Tonic Films and executive-produced by Susan Jackson, was made on a budget of $1.5 million raised from private investors. Jackson, who brokered the deal, sold the film to Lionsgate at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival for $3.5 million, the biggest sale of that year's festival. Released in 2003, it was Lionsgate's highest grossing film of the year, earning $22 million at the U.S. box office and $35 million worldwide. Lionsgate stock rose from $1.98 a share when it bought Cabin Fever to nearly $6 a share after the film was released; the company used its new net worth to buy Artisan Entertainment. Cabin Fever made Roth a star in the horror genre. In a 2004 Premiere Magazine interview, Quentin Tarantino called it his favorite new film and Roth "the future of horror."
In 2005, Roth's second feature, Hostel, was made for just over $4 million. It opened No. 1 at the box office in January 2006, taking in $20 million its first weekend. The film went on to gross $80 million worldwide in box office, and more than $180 million on DVD. In April 2006, on Roth's birthday, the Hostel DVD opened at No. 1. Although the story is set in Slovakia, all the exteriors were shot in the Czech Republic.
The story line is naively simple – three friends are lured to visit a hostel where they think their sexual fantasies will come true. Instead, they fall into the clutches of an international syndicate that provides first-hand torturing and killing experiences for sadistic rich tourists. The film was rated No. 1 on Bravo TV's 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments, and Empire Magazine readers voted Hostel the Best Horror Film of 2007.
Roth reportedly turned down studio directing jobs to make Hostel. He took a directing salary of only $10,000 to keep the budget as low as possible, so there would be no limits set on its violence. In January 2006, film critic David Edelstein in New York magazine credited Roth with creating the horror subgenre 'torture porn,' or 'gorno,' using excessive violence to excite audiences like a sexual act.
In 2007, Roth directed and narrated the faux trailer segment Thanksgiving for Grindhouse as well as appearing in Death Proof, Tarantino's segment of the film. Roth and co-writer Jeff Rendell won a 2007 Spike TV Scream Award for best "screamplay" for their work in Grindhouse, sharing the honor with Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright.
Hostel: Part II
Hostel: Part II opened in sixth place in June 2007, with $8.2 million; it went on to gross $17.6 million in US theaters. The film, which cost $10.2 million, earned $35 million in theaters worldwide and $50 million on DVD and pay television.
Lionsgate attributed the lower grosses to the summer release, opposite blockbusters such as Shrek 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Ocean's 13, as well as the film's workprint having been leaked online before its release. Close to 2 million illegal workprint downloads were tracked the day Hostel 2 opened.
I don't know if it was the most downloaded film of all time, but there are tracking services that track what movies are being downloaded. And a copy of Hostel 2 leaked out before its release and they had it, it was like millions and millions of hits. Not only was it downloaded, but in the countries it was downloaded – like Mexico and Brazil – there were copies on the street for practically a penny. You could buy Hostel 2 for a quarter in Mexico City. As a result, in a lot of countries where the piracy was bad, they just didn't even release it.
Hostel Part II was nominated for six Spike TV Scream Awards, including best horror film and best director. It was on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 20 best horror films of the past 20 years.
In 2009, while acting in Inglourious Basterds, Roth said he would soon begin his next film, Endangered Species.
I can't say anything without giving anything away!… I saw Transformers and Cloverfield and thought, 'I have an idea for a mass destruction movie.' But it's going to be very different from those films. And it's science fiction, but a little more grounded than that.
In a 2013 interview with The Guardian, Roth indicated that he had suspended work on Endangered Species to focus on 2015's The Green Inferno.
Roth has talked of doing Trailer Trash, another compilation of fake trailers. "Trailer Trash is not a horror film," he said, "it's a comedy. It will be very R-rated and completely insane, and I'm producing it with Mike Fleiss".
He has also produced a kung fu film, The Man with the Iron Fist, written, directed, and scored by The RZA, who also stars in the film. According to Roth, Tarantino is involved as well. In an interview with CHUD, Roth said:
This movie will have everything martial-arts fans could want, combined with RZA's superb musical talent. This project has been his dream for years, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. Fans should know that yes, there will be blood... This ain't no PG-13.
Roth is a frequent contributor to DVD "extras" content (liner notes, video commentary) for horror-film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars, particularly for two of his favorite films Juan Piquer Simon's Pieces and the North American DVD release of Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain.
Men's Fitness magazine voted Roth "Most Fit Director" in their July 2006 issue, a title Roth takes very seriously. He follows a strict workout routine, which he documents on the Hostel DVDs. Roth claims he treats every red carpet like a Milan runway, and often jokes that he only makes films as a way to live out his lifelong dream of being a male supermodel. He spoke of his love for fashion in his interview in the October 2007 issue of Italian Vogue.
Roth also participated in the 2006 animated comedy film, Disaster!, voicing the lumberjack character in the opening moments. The lumberjack's comical "death by squirrels" is inspired by Roth's gruesome and often ironic ways of killing characters in his own films.
Roth recorded an audio commentary for Troma's 2005 DVD release of Blood Sucking Freaks with no formal credit, billed only as a "Blood and Guts Expert." The DVD is one of Troma's highest-selling. Roth often makes uncredited cameos in Troma films, such as his role as a Tromaville citizen in Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV in 2000.
Roth's role in Quentin Tarantino's segment of Grindhouse came about because Tarantino was impressed by Roth's brief part as Justin in Cabin Fever. Roth—who left preproduction on Hostel Part II in Prague and flew to Austin, Texas, to film the scene at the Texas Chili Parlor—said working as an actor for Tarantino is like taking a master class in directing. He quipped that the only directors he would ever act for are people who have won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Roth has also appeared in several projects David Lynch directed for his website Davidlynch.com.
Roth was profiled on the G4 TV show Icons, and was on the cover of Forbes magazine's "Hollywood's Most Profitable Stars" issue.
In 2002, Roth brought a shot-for-shot remake by kids of Raiders of the Lost Ark to the attention of both Harry Knowles and Steven Spielberg. He'd had a copy in his video collection for years, and showed it at Knowles' Butt-Numb-A-Thon film festival in December. The response was so great that Roth took the tape to his first meeting at DreamWorks to give to Spielberg. An executive called the next week saying Spielberg loved it and wanted to contact the filmmakers. Roth had never met them, but Google-searched every name in the credits until he found Jayson Lamb, the cinematographer. The three filmmakers—Lamb, Chris Strompolis and Eric Zala (a former Activision employee) hadn't spoken to each other in years when Roth contacted them. Roth, feeling their film was so powerful he had to do whatever he could to make sure fans saw it, introduced it at its premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in May 2008, five and a half years after he first gave the tape to Knowles. Soon, the three reunited friends were touring the world, doing charity screenings.
In March 2006, Ain't It Cool News announced that Dimension Films had bought the rights to the Cell by Stephen King and would produce a film to be directed by Roth. In 2009, King finished the screenplay, and actors John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson have since joined the project.
In 2009, Roth wrote, directed and acted in a PSA for P.E.T.A. about the link between violence against animals and violence against people. Roth won a Telly Award for his spot (Public Service Category: Bronze.)
Through his company Arcade, with Eric Newman and Strike producer Marc Abraham, Roth produced the horror film The Last Exorcism, (originally titled Cotton) which was directed by Daniel Stamm. Completed in December 2009 and retitled in February 2010, The Last Exorcism cost $1.5 million to produce. It opened at more than $20 million in US sales, and earned No. #1 opening spots in Canada and the U.K. The film had paid for itself when rights in a few foreign territories were sold before shooting began. It earned over $40 million box office in the US, and $70 million worldwide. Roth also had a cameo as a contest emcee in Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3-D.
Roth is a curator of the EMP Museum's exhibit "Can't Look Away", detailing the history of horror. He was selected, along with directors John Landis and Roger Corman, to represent three generations of film directors who have shaped the genre. The installation opened in September 2011, and will be open through 2014.
Roth hosted and executive-produced an episode of Discovery Channel's series "Curiosity", called "How Evil Are You?" The episode explored the scientific aspects of evil, with Roth undergoing a brain scan and DNA sequencing at U.C. Davis with neuropsychiatrist Dr. James Fallon. Roth also re-created the infamous Milgram experiments for the documentary, with results identical to those from 50 years earlier.
In September 2012, he opened a haunted house, Eli Roth's Goretorium, in Las Vegas. Haunted Desert LLC, which owns Goretorium, filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2013, and the attraction closed in October.
Roth directed the pilot of Hemlock Grove, a horror/thriller series, that premiered on Netflix on April 19, 2013. Roth directed the Music video for Snoop Lion's lead single "La La La" from his reggae-genre album Reincarnated which was released on April 23, 2013. Roth produced 2014 the British Horror film Clown and portrayed in a minor role the figure of Frowny the Clown.
Roth directed the cannibal horror film The Green Inferno (2013), which was inspired by his love of Mondo horror films such as the infamous Cannibal Holocaust. He next helmed Knock, Knock (2015), about two young girls who seduce a married man and then do unspeakable things to him. Keanu Reeves starred and executive produced.


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I so enjoy seeing and passing along stories from around the world about our transgendered sisters and brothers around the world.
However they choose to be identified, for many (in many societies) it's a huge and often dangerous step to take.
This story from "Gay Star News" says it all! A documentary about drag queens in Southwestern China is premiering in Amsterdam soon:
"CinemAsia Film Festival in Amsterdam starts tomorrow with a Queer & Asian section screening seven films from Indonesia, China, Singapore, The Philippines and Japan."
Here's one of the questions:
" There are different styles in different cities. In the city of Nanning,
where my documentary was filmed, they learnt a lot from Thailand (since
it's only a one hour flight from Bangkok). You feel the Southeast Asia
influence in their performance. The performers do enjoy their work and
life, though they don't have very high income."
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Henry, Penny, Frankie, Mum and Dad embark on their most exciting adventure yet - from Tassie to the very tip of the Top End.
Travel with them on the ferry across Bass Strait to the mainland, through Kelly country, along the Murray, into the Flinders Ranges, underground at Coober Pedy, overhead at the Olgas, overland to the Great Sandy Desert, with the fishes at the Great Barrier Reef, deep into the Daintree, out to the islands, kayaking at Kakadu and finally frolicking on the beach at the very top.
Then go back and see if you can find a football in the illustrations on each page. Hours of fun for the whole family.
About the Author
Roland Harvey is one of Australia's best-loved illustrators. His books include My Place in Space, Burke and Wills, The First Fleet, Sick As and Roland Harvey's Big Book of Christmas. His recent books include the best-selling At the Beach, In the Bush and In the City and his illustrations are also a feature of the Bonnie and Sam series.
For Ages: 6 - 10 years old
For Grades: 1 - 2
Number Of Pages: 32
Published: 1st November 2009
Dimensions (cm): 28.0 x 27.0 x 0.8
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Broome County News
Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
42 min ago | Press & Sun-Bulletin
NY board to weigh rules for workers who get tips NY board to weigh rules for workers who get tips Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1rTPOc6 New York plans to hold public hearings on regulations governing service workers who get tips and have base pay lower than the state's hourly minimum wage.
4 hrs ago | WHEC-TV Rochester
The New York Attorney General's Office says it will take applications to help Land Banks restore abandoned properties with up to $20 million.
Endicott man arrested with heroin, cash Ryan J. McPartland faces felony drug charges, law enforcement officials say Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1rUAZGg An Endicott man faces felony drug charges after being arrested Thursday with a cache of heroin and other controlled substances, law enforcement officials said.
Dangerous hogweed spreading in Tompkins Giant hogweed has been identified at 79 locations in the Southern Tier.
Broome County real estate transactions These deeds for $10,000 and more were filed in the Broome County Clerk's office July 14-18 Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1rTHppe These deeds for $10,000 and more were filed in the Broome County Clerk's office from July 14 to 18. These deeds for $10,000 and more were filed in the ... (more)
Schumer asks U.S. for Broome bus funding Senator supports county's bid for federal transportation money Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1rToFpI Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate Democratic Policy Committee chairman, is surrounded by reporters as he emerges from a caucus luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, ... (more)
Southern Tier dams get federal funds for rehab, safety Dams around the Southern Tier will get federal funds for rehab, safety assessments.
Police: Trio caused $4K in damage to vehicles Three men are accused of drilling into gas tanks at a Town of Chenango car dealership.
Broome County District Attorney Gerald Mollen disputed reports that he threatened to resign over frustration with the governor's office involvement with the now-defunct Moreland Commission.
The Buzz: Breastfeeding benefits both mom and child The New York State health department says breastfeeding has benefits for both mother and child Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1rLqJ35 Breastfeeding is a right for mothers in New York State, and according to the state health department, it has numerous benefits as well.
Vandalism of county-owned properties costly to Broome Cost in 2013 exceeded budget by $13,000 Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/1rL89Id The former Big Lots on State Street, Binghamton, is owned by Broome County, and has been the site of vandalism that taxpayers have had to cover.
Police: Probation visit reveals meth lab Probation officers found a meth lab in the home during a routine visit, police said.
Police: Drunk driver crashed into tree in Dickinson The tree toppled over and nearly struck a house, police said.
Substitute teacher charged in Vestal drug, gun bust An anonymous tip about suspected drug activity at 904 Vestal Road led to four arrests.
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text: In Fruit Master Online, you get to make a series of cocktails using lots of different fruit. Collect the fruit by hitting it with your throwing knives and kitchen utensils. You have to strike all the fruit formations spinning through the level. With every toss of your knife, fork, skewer, or any other cooking implement, you have to hit at least one piece of fruit. Additional pieces bring in a nice bonus score. Can you cut up all of the oranges, kiwis, lemons, melons, and other juicy goodies and pop them into the blender? Use the coins you earn by selling cocktails to unlock other cool utensils!

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ANALYSIS: Stronger economy fueled state’s budget surplus
Published 07/18/2012, Republic Capitol Bureau
PIERRE — South Dakota’s state treasury took in about 2 percent more than expected in taxes and fees during the budget year that ended June 30, providing about $24 million more than was officially expected by the Legislature last February.Word count: 465
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I just posted the second report from my set visit last September. This is also just a teaser, since I am still forbidden to do a full and detailed report until the film is released. I hope this gives you a little more idea of the creativity and fun that goes into the making of the Harry Potter films.
I’ve also added some “on the set” details to the page about the Head’s Office. I’m hoping to add this kind of detail to more pages soon. In the meantime, let me just say that I am SO excited for the release of Order of the Phoenix. From everything I’ve heard and from the people I’ve talked to who have seen a rough cut of the film, it’s clear that this one will be truly incredible, maybe the best one yet.
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Discussion in 'Community' started by JediOverlord, Dec 28, 2007.
The Matrix Trilogy - Music video
Bananarama- Cruel Summer
Anyone seen the Powerthirst videos? I can't link to them because of language, but check them out.
and Gay Powerthirst
Solid Snake presents an award.
Sixpence None The Richer- Kiss Me (Original B &W video)
wow, first time I've gotten this: "This video is not available in your country."
I blame Pakistan
yeah, well, who else?
FEEL IT! FEEL IT!
Endor space battle, and only the space battle
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
How to Shower: Men vs. Women
Puretone 'Addicted To Bass'
Bit of a Mad Max tribute with the car chase.
A Christmas Story reunion
Awesome scary The X-Files scene, especially because of the music
Trekkin with Gloria Gaynor
One of the best scenes from Once.
Brilliant cover of Ruby Tuesday.
Cool little tune and animation from Daniel Johnston.
Great Bob Dylan interview clip of him yelling at some lame reporter.
Pete and Pete intro featuring "Hey Sandy" by Polaris.
My favorite scene in Slacker.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki from "Trinity and Beyond"
My God, what have we done.
--Enola Gay co-pilot's log book
I Love L.A., mixed into scenes from Volcano
In very bare essence, the above linked video is why I love living out here in La La Land.
2008: The 50th season of L.A. Dodger baseball!
ah, arrested development, I miss you.
I present unto you, the best youtube election video ever. It's been up for a while now, but I still can't stop watching it and laughing.
*Note: The song in the video has some mildly objectionable lyrics. If your mommy doesn't let you listen to rap music, you probably shouldn't click the link.


|Publication number||US4104682 A|
|Application number||US 05/774,740|
|Publication date||Aug 1, 1978|
|Filing date||Mar 7, 1977|
|Priority date||Mar 7, 1977|
|Publication number||05774740, 774740, US 4104682 A, US 4104682A, US-A-4104682, US4104682 A, US4104682A|
|Inventors||Gerald J. Lehner, Eugene F. Banka|
|Original Assignee||Burroughs Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (23), Classifications (11), Legal Events (2)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention relates in general to apparatus and method for detecting data signals contained on a magnetic medium and, in particular, to an apparatus and method for detecting data signals occurring after the end signal on a magnetic medium.
At the present time credit cards are used extensively for a multitude of purposes; for example, for electronic funds transfer. It is envisioned that credit cards will be used to initiate electronic funds transfer to an even greater and greater extent in the future. One way of reading the binary information stored on the magnetic stripe of the credit card is through a manual stripe encoded card reader. The use of such a card reader requires a user to insert the card into the reader and thereafter push or pull the card through the reader to allow the entire magnetic stripe to pass by the read head.
The magnetic stripes which are read are standardized by the American Banking Association. That is, there are a number of standardized signals present on the magnetic stripe. For example, at approximately 0.293 in. from the inserted edge of the credit card a start signal typically appears. The start signal comprises information bits which are disposed between clock pulses which are equidistantly spaced along the magnetic stripe. The magnetic stripe must also include an end signal which signals the end of information bits. An LRC signal occurs immediately after the end signal, which LRC signal is a mod 2 summation of all of the data bits found on the stripe to indicate the entire credit card message.
One problem associated with reading this binary information from the magnetic stripe is that of jitter while the message is being read. Jitter most frequently occurs at the beginning and at the end of the magnetic stripe due to wear and other factors. A prior patent application entitled "A Digital Rate Compensation For A Card Reader", application Ser. No. 672,999 filed on Apr. 2, 1976 by Eugene Banka and Gerald Lehner and assigned to Burroughs Corporation, describes and claims not only a card reader speed compensation system but also apparatus and method for overcoming the jitter problems at the beginning of the magnetic stripe. The present invention describes and claims an apparatus and method for overcoming the jitter problem occurring at the end of a magnetic stripe to thereby reduce the number of undetected errors read from the magnetic stripe.
Jitter not only causes read errors such as parity misreads but even more critical, leads to undetected read errors. An undetected read error can occur if jitter upsets the data recovery logic of the module and the logic thinks that it sees an end signal with the correct parity. The odds of this happening are 1 in 32, assuming a 5 bit binary word with one of the bits being used as a parity bit. For an undetected read error to occur, the LRC signal must also be correct and the odds of this happening are also 1 in 32. Therefore, the odds that an undetected read error can occur are 1 in 1,024.
Since the American Banking Association requires that at least twelve clock bits be provided after the LRC signal on the magnetic stripe, by checking the area between a predetermined number of these clock signals for information in the form of data signals, the odds of undetected read errors occurring are decreased. For example, if eight additional information bit areas are checked, the odds of an undetected read error occurring are 1 out of 262,144 rather than 1 out of 1,024. In other words, these eight bit areas are read to determine whether any information is contained therein to thereby determine whether the end signal and/or the LRC signal were read correctly. For every bit checked after the LRC signal, the odds of an undetected read error occurring go down by a factor of 2.
The present invention provides an apparatus for reducing the number of undetected errors serially read along the length of a binary information bearing medium. The read information comprises a serial self-clocking data stream having clock and data signals including a start signal, an end signal, and a summation signal following the end signal to indicate the number of data signals in the data stream. An apparatus constructed in accordance with the instant invention comprises a first detecting means for detecting the end signal and a second detecting means responsive to the first detecting means for detecting a data signal read from a predetermined portion of the medium read after the summation signal.
Other advantages of the present invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a typical credit card bearing a magnetic stripe;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the subject invention; and
FIG. 3 is a logic diagram of the control block shown in FIG. 2.
A typical credit card to be read is generally shown at 10 in FIG. 1. The credit card 10 includes a magnetic stripe generally indicated at 12 fixedly attached to the credit card 10 in any way well known in the art, such as by an adhesive. The credit card 10 is typically pushed or pulled through a manual magnetic stripe encoded card reader (not shown) in the direction of the arrows 14 until all of the information contained on the magnetic stripe 12 has been serially read therefrom. The information contained on the magnetic stripe 12 comprises a plurality of equidistantly spaced clock pulses 16 extending from the beginning 18 of the magnetic stripe 12 to the end 20 of the magnetic stripe 12. As shown in the U.S. patent application Banka and Lehner, Ser. No. 672,999, the first eight data bit areas are ignored and not read to overcome any potential jitter problem occurring within these data bit areas.
After the first eight data bit areas, the card reader searches for a start signal 22, which start signal 22 indicates to the card reader that what follows are data bits representing the information content of the message contained on the magnetic stripe 12. The information is contained in an information area 24 which is shown in FIG. 1 as a 2 bit area. However, it is to be understood that this area is normally substantially larger than the 5 bit area reserved for the start signal 22. After the data bits in the information area 24 are read, an end signal 26 is read, which indicates the end of the message. An LRC area 28 is provided to contain the LRC signal which is a mod 2 summation of the number of data signals contained on the stripe 12. After the LRC signal, is an area 30 which normally only contains clock bits and not data signals as required by the American Banking Association.
FIG. 2 shows the apparatus in block diagram form for carrying out the subject invention. The above noted patent application, Ser. No. 672,999, is hereby incorporated by reference. The subject patent application shows a signal processing means or an A to D converter 32 for changing the serial self-clocking data stream obtained from the manual magnetic stripe encoded card reader (MICRCR) into discrete or digital signals. A separator means or the rate compensator 34 of the subject application is coupled to the A to D converter 32 for separating the data signals from the clock signals, which data signals are outputted on a lead line 36. The data signals occurring on the lead line 36 are serially stored in a storage means or data latches to be subsequently outputted in parallel fashion to a host terminal. As shown in FIG. 2, the data latches which comprise serially connected flip-flops are five in number to accommodate the standard five-bit binary word of the read information which includes a parity bit. A logic means or a start signal AND gate 38 is electrically coupled along each of its five input lines to corresponding ones of the data latches to sense the start signal after it is stored within the data latches. The AND gate 38 logically indicates the presence of the start signal 22 within the data latches, which AND gate 38 thereafter signals to a delay means or state machine control 40, the occurrence of the start signal. The state machine control 40 prepares or controls the apparatus to read the message contained on the magnetic stripe 12. Inverters 42 are provided on certain input lines of the AND gate 38 because the logical representation of the start signal is "11010".
A timing means or a count gobbler 44 which comprises a four stage down counter is provided for controlling the rate compensator 34 by disabling the rate compensator 34 for the first eight clock periods at the beginning 18 of the stripe 12. Prior to the insertion of the credit card 10 into the card reader, the count gobbler is in its logical "1111" state. It is only after the count gobbler 44 is counted down to its "1110" state that the rate compensator 34 is enabled to thereby output data signals along the lead line 36. The count gobbler 44 is disabled from counting down any further by a control means or control generally indicated at block 46 which controls the down counting of the count gobbler 44. The control 46 is responsive to the state machine control 40 in controlling the count gobbler 44 as will be described in greater detail hereinafter.
Instruction latches 48 are provided so that the user can indicate to the control 46 whether the apparatus is to be in a read or a non-read mode. The instruction latches 48 are manually set to the low or logical "0" state to place the control in its read mode.
After all the information from the information area 24 has been sent to the host terminal via the data latches, an end signal "11111" is serially stored in the data latches via the line 36. The presence of the end signal is sensed by a second logic means or an end signal AND gate 50 which determines the occurrence of the end signal stored within the data latches. The AND gate 50 and the data latches define a first detecting means for detecting the end signal.
The AND gate 50, upon sensing the end signal, indicates this fact to the state machine control 40 whether or not it is the true end signal or merely a misread. The state machine control 40 is responsive to the AND gate 50 for delaying a predetermined time after the end signal is detected in the data latches to allow the accumulation of the summation signal in the data latches. In other words, after the end signal is detected by the AND gate 50, the state machine control 40 contains logic circuitry, allows the summation signal to be stored in the data latches, and as a result, the summation signal is not detected as a data signal.
After the state machine control 40 has allowed the summation signal to be accumulated, the state machine control 40 outputs a low or logical "0" signal along a lead line 52. This low signal causes a NOR gate 54 through an inverter 55 of the control 46 to be disabled to thereby output a low signal along a lead line 56. At this time the fourth stage of the count gobbler 44 is in a low or logical "0" state thereby causing an exclusive OR gate 58 of the control 46 to go to a low state along lead line 60. This low signal which occurs on the lead line 60 is inverted by an inverter 62 and the resulting logical "1" or high state causes the count gobbler 44 to resume counting down from its "1110" state until it reaches its "1111" state again, at which time the signal on the lead line 60 goes to a high state. As a result, the output of a NOR gate 64 of the control 46 outputs a low or logical " 0" signal along a lead line 66 in the form of a finish signal. The finish signal is emitted only after the count gobbler 44 has counted down to reassume its "1111" state.
While the count gobbler is counting down from its "1110" state to its "1111" state, a first logic means or error AND gate 68 determines the occurrence of a data signal read after the summation signal by providing an error signal upon such determination. The error AND gate 68 is enabled to provide the error signal if a high or logical "1" signal appears on a lead line 70 concurrent with the occurrence of a data signal on line 36. The low signal appears on the line 52 from the state machine control 40 after the occurrence of a summation signal. The low signal is logically inverted by an inverter 72 so that a high or logical "1" appears on line 70, the input line of the AND gate 68, while the AND gate 68 checks for data signals after the summation signal.
An indicator means or a status latch 74 is provided for indicating the detection of a data signal read from the predetermined portion 30 or, in the preferred embodiment, the eight data bit area from the magnetic stripe 12. The status latch 74 records the first occurrence of either the finish signal or the error signal to thereby indicate whether a data bit did in fact occur within that eight bit area or portion 30 after the summation signal which occurs in the summation area 28.
The status latch 74, the control 46, the count gobbler 44, and the error AND gate 68 comprise a fixing means for fixing the predetermined portion 30 of the magnetic stripe 12 for detecting a data signal read therefrom after the summation signal. The state machine control 40 and the fixing means further defines a second detecting means responsive to the AND gate 50 for detecting a data signal read from the predetermined portion 30 of the magnetic stripe 12 after the summation signal.
Therefore, it can be seen that by checking the stripe 12 for the occurrence of a data bit after the LRC or summation signal, the possibility of an undetected read error is reduced.
The invention has been described in the illustrative manner and it is to be understood that the terminology which has been used is intended to be in the nature of words of description rather than of limitation.
Obviously, many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
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ACM Honors Show Honors Garth Taylor Reba and More [VIDEO]
The Academy of Country Music Honors is a musical evening paying tribute with performances and special presentations celebrating the non-televised portion of the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards Show, held in April of this year. This is the 5th Annual ACM Honors show and a lot of country’s finest will join host Joe Nichols Monday, Sept. 19 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Some of the presenters are Ronnie Dunn, Laura Bell Bundy, John Michael Montgomery and Ralph Emery. Performing will be The Gatlin Brothers, Jamey Johnson, Montomery Gentry, Rodney Atkins, Randy Houser, Jack Ingram, Jerrod Niemann, Thompson Square, and Lee Ann Womack to name a few.
Those being honored are Garth Brooks, Gatlin Brothers, Tom T. Hall, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift and the movie Country Strong. Hank Cochran will also be honored posthumously.

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ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team defeated Vanderbilt, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Bill Moore Tennis Center.
Sophomore Roger Anderson outlasted Vanderbilt’s Bobby Reynolds, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, at No. 2 singles to earn the decisive match and clinch the victory.
Sophomore Stephen Moros, freshman Alex Navinkov and freshman Joao Menano also earned singles victories for the Yellow Jackets, after Vanderbilt swept doubles to claim the first point of the day.
Georgia Tech improved to 10-3 and faces NC State at home on Sunday.
Georgia Tech 4, Vanderbilt 3
1. Eddie Coates (VU) d. Romain Coirault 6-4,6-4
2. Roger Anderson (GT) d. Bobby Reynolds (VU) 6-2,3-6,6-4
3. Chad Harris (VU) d. David Wright (GT) 6-3,1-6,7-5
4. Stephen Moros (GT) d. Jens Frederiksen (VU) 7-5,6-2
5. Alex Navinkov (GT) d. Josh Tarkoff (VU) 4-6,6-3,6-4
6. Joao Menano (GT) d. Zach Dailey (VU) 6-1,6-3
1. Coates/Reynolds (VU) d. Wright/Anderson (GT) 8-5
2. Brad Hambrick/Lewis Smith (VU) d. Coirault/Menano (GT) 8-5
3. Tarkoff/Harris (VU) d. Sergio Aguirre/Jason Jeong (GT) 8-5


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Katherine Higgs-Coulthard is an Assistant Professor in the Education Department at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Past-president of ICTE, and a teacher consultant for the Hoosier Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project. Dr. Higgs-Coulthard’s passion for story informs her research on the teaching of writing, her work as a teacher educator and YA author, and her advocacy for teen writers. In 2013, she founded the Get Inked Teen Writing Conference, which offers opportunities for teens to write alongside published YA authors. Her YA novel, Junkyard Dogs (Peachtree Teen, 2023), highlights issues of teen poverty and homelessness.
Even though I knew this already as a teacher and mentor of teen writers, I was still surprised during my first school visit for my debut YA book, Junkyard Dogs when the students were more interested in discussing protagonist Josh Robert’s family dynamics than the mystery around his missing father. While their questions seemed very specific to Josh’s situation (“How could Gran treat Josh like that? Doesn’t she love him?” “Why doesn’t Dad take Josh and Twig with him?”), what students actually wanted to know was what causes families to fail one another and can anyone survive despite their family’s dysfunction.
The following books are about different topics, from winning the lottery to encountering an ancestral spirit, but each has resonated with the teens I work with and led to deep conversations and complex student writing about what it means to be a family.
Losers Bracket is informed by author Chris Crutcher’s work as a mental health counselor and follows fictional character Annie Boots as she straddles the social and economic divide between her biological and adoptive families. Although Annie’s birth mother struggles with addiction and her older sister is raising a young child by herself, Annie still cares about them both and creates opportunities to see them against her adoptive father’s wishes by playing multiple sports. When her nephew goes missing, Annie learns that people can come together to help in difficult times and that all families have complex dynamics. A major theme of the book is nature versus nurture, which opens up opportunities for teens to consider the influences in their own lives.
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran also considers the impact of money on family dynamics. Jade Nguyen’s estranged father is willing to help pay for her college tuition, but only if she comes to visit him in Vietnam over the summer. The French Colonial house that her father is restoring is beautiful, but it hides a terrible secret that threatens to devour Jade and her family. While this story is rooted in a horror, the heart of Jade’s story is the secret she carries about the last conversation she had with her father before he abandoned his wife and children in America. Jade’s experience lends itself to deep conversations about blame and forgiveness in families.
Family is the first thing we know, but it takes our whole lives to understand what it means to be part of a family. The stories listed here provide opportunities for teens to root for characters who are navigating difficult terrain and may even help them find their own path.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2021). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP21-07-01-003, NSDUH Series H-56). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/

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The Vibrant Community Initiative (VCI) combines multiple funding sources to support local or regional transformational community-based projects including affordable housing and community and/or economic development components. Funding for VCI will include a portion of DHCD’s federal CDBG and HOME allocations. VCI funding will also include resources from the Virginia Housing Trust Fund and Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) and may include other funding sources where appropriate.VCI is funded through a two-step application process with pre-applications submitted to DHCD followed by an invitation only application, selected from the pre-applications.
Successful VCI applications leverage other federal, state, and local resources to make substantial community-wide impact. Please note these efforts must include affordable housing.


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Nirvana's first attempt at mixing 'Nevermind' was a 'disaster,' Rolling Stone reported, quoting producer Butch Vig as saying: 'I'd be balancing the drums and the guitars and Kurt would come and say, 'Turn all the treble off. I want it to sound more like Black Sabbath.'
(Pictured: Ozzy Osbourne appears with Black Sabbath in the heavy metal's music video for 'Paranoid' in 1970.)
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6 edition of Meaning and place found in the catalog.
Bibliography: p. 113-115.
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Gardens reveal the relationship between culture and nature, yet in the vast library of garden literature few books focus on what the garden means - on the ecology of garden as idea, place, and action. The Meaning of Gardens maps out how the garden is perceived, designed, used, and valued. Essays from a variety of disciplines are organized around six metaphors special to our time - the garden. My Place, the classic Australian picture book, is a ‘time machine’ which takes the reader back into the past. It depicts the history of one particular piece of land in Sydney from to through the stories of the various children who have lived there. It aims to teach the reader about the history [ ].
In the second edition of Reading with Meaning, Debbie Miller shares her new thinking about comprehension strategy instruction, the gradual release of responsibility instructional model, and planning for student engagement and independence.. It has been ten years since the first edition, in which Debbie chronicled a year in her own classroom. Reading with Meaning, Second Edition supports that. Define meaning. meaning synonyms, meaning pronunciation, meaning translation, English dictionary definition of meaning. n. 1. a. The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase: How many meanings does the word "dog" have? This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in.
A place may also conjure contradicting emotions—the warmth of community and home juxtaposed with the stress of dense urban living. Sense of place—the way we perceive places such as streets, communities, cities or ecoregions—influences our well-being, how we describe and interact with a place, what we value in a place, our respect for ecosystems and other species, how we perceive the. Read definition, to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music. See more.
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Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century.
Such books are essentially scrapbooks filled with items of every kind: recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, proverbs, prayers, legal formulas. "Keeping Place is a lovely reflection on home—from our spiritual longing to the nitty gritty of keeping a house.
As Jen takes us through reflections on her life and other people's stories, through literature and Scripture, I was grateful to delve deeper into the role of place in many aspects of our lives. Place definition is - physical environment: space. How to use place in a sentence. "Keeping Place is a lovely reflection on home―from our spiritual longing to the nitty gritty of keeping a house.
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Man's Search for Meaning is a book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive about, and then immersively imagining that outcome.
According to Frankl, the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his : Viktor E. Frankl. place definition: 1. an area, town, building, etc.: 2.
a home: 3. a suitable area, building, situation, or. Learn more. Take place definition: When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.
| Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. Place definition, a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
See more. The Meaning of Everyday Occupation, Second Edition is a unique and comprehensive text for the study of occupation and its implications for effective practice. Verbatim narratives from occupational therapists in practice and excerpts from the author’s life are integrated with theories of occupation and occupational science throughout the book Cited by: The Hiding Place is, next to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, one of the best and most inspirational true stories I've ever read about finding the courage and resilience to outsmart the evils of Nazism in one of humanity's darkest hours.
Corrie was a strong woman and this book gives a lot of insight into what she faced/5. One book is by author Katelyn Beaty and the other is by Lynn Austin. Both books are Christian-themed, which is an interesting coincidence considering The Author: Alaina Urquhart-White.
This book is about Faith and God's love. Despite all of the horror and evil around them, the ten Boom family never gave up hope and continued to help others to cope with the unjust treatment of people during World War II by sharing the word of a loving God. The Hiding Place is a book about a Christian family who risked their own lives to save Brand: Baker Publishing Group.
God would name only one high place where sacrifice was authorized, and that was the temple in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles ). God commanded that all other high places be destroyed.
King Josiah destroyed them in 2 Kings 22— This summary of the book of 2 John provides information about the title, author (s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of 2 John.
The author is John the apostle. Obvious similarities to 1 John and the Gospel of John suggest that the same person wrote all three books. Origins of Place Names Virtually all of the place names decided on up to around the 14th Century were due to the environment of the area.
For example, Doncaster would probably have originated as a Roman fort on a hill, from the Roman ' Caster ' and Celtic ' Don '. Man's Search for Meaning is a book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positively about, and /5(19K).
Named a “Best Scholarly Book of the Decade” by The Chronicle of Higher Education “In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco.
I am, in the deepest sense, colored.” From these fertile soils—of love, land, identity, family, and. book definition: 1. a written text that can be published in printed or electronic form: 2.
a set of pages that have. Learn more. Definition and synonyms of place from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of American English definition of place. Change your default dictionary to American English. View the pronunciation for place.
Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. My library. Setting definition is - the manner, position, or direction in which something is set. How to use setting in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of setting.In place of definition: instead of; in lieu of | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Author: Haggai identifies the author of the Book of Haggai as the Prophet Haggai. Date of Writing: The Book of Haggai was written in approximately B.C. Purpose of Writing: Haggai sought to challenge the people of God concerning their priorities.
He called them to reverence and glorify God by building the Temple in spite of local and official opposition.


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seedpay helps local communities thrive by delivering a more secure and effective payment infrastructure. Local businesses depend on legacy payment infrastructure to run their business which is not built around loyalty. By using blockchain technology seedpay is able to deliver payment solutions that meet statewide and local needs. Unlike other payment technology seedpay has built an entirely new infrastructure that lowers costs, increases loyalty and seamlessly gives back to local communities.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — The governing board that manages the public pensions of 566,000 Coloradans on Friday endorsed a sweeping package of financial reforms that would cut retirement benefits and require public employees and taxpayers to contribute significantly more in the coming decades to bring the plan’s finances back from the brink.
The effort — which requires the state legislature’s approval — represents the second major reform attempt in the last decade for the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association, or PERA, after a wave of austerity measures following the Great Recession fell short.
But it won’t be easy — in large part because of the huge financial hole that has been dug since the last reforms were adopted seven years ago.
Today, the pension is just 58.1 percent funded, down from 64.7 percent in 2010. At current projections, it would take 78 years to pay off the pension’s $32.2 billion unfunded liability.
The board’s recommendation sets the stage for what’s sure to be a bitter fight at the politically divided state legislature in 2018 — an election year, to boot.
Conservatives for years have said taxpayers contribute enough to the pension fund already, while on the left, public sector unions are likely to fight another round of cuts that PERA officials say would immediately eliminate $4.5 billion in benefits owed.
“Everybody’s going to hate this — let’s face it,” said Carolyn Jonas-Morrison, a board member.
Specifics vary slightly among PERA’s retirement divisions, but the pain would be widespread, hitting retirees, workers and taxpayers alike.
Beginning in 2020, most current employees would have to contribute 11 percent of their salaries to the pension, a 3-percentage-point increase — or 37.5 percent more than today. Employees hired after 2020 would contribute 10 percent but wouldn’t be able to draw full retirement benefits until age 65, a 5-year increase in the retirement age.
For retirees, the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, would be capped at 1.5 percent, down from 2 percent today.
Taxpayers would contribute 22.15 percent, an increase of 2 percentage points. That would mean an extra $86 million a year paid by school districts, whose fund is the largest and most imperiled. For state government, the second-largest division, it would add up to $54 million in additional pension costs.
In many ways, the proposal mirrors that of Senate Bill 1 in 2010, when lawmakers voted to cut benefits and boost contributions over a period of years. Like that older measure, the new one targets full funding within 30 years.
But in some respects, the latest plan goes even further, asking the legislature to give up some of its authority in adjusting contributions and benefits. A central piece of the proposal would set up a trigger mechanism that automatically increases contributions by as much as 2 additional percentage points, and cut cost-of-living raises to as low as 0.5 percent if the pension’s fiscal situation deteriorated.
“The longer you wait, the more pain there is”
Friday’s board vote came at the tail-end of a three-day planning retreat at the Garden of the Gods Resort, a private country club overlooking the picturesque park in Colorado Springs.
And while several board members called it a difficult decision, they voted 14-1 in favor of the plan, which they said represented the best chance to save the public pension system from potential disaster. The system is currently on track to pay benefits in perpetuity if the pensions’ targeted investment returns are met. But financial analysts with Cavanaugh Macdonald this summer put the risk of insolvency at as high as 44 percent for the teacher pension fund, which is in the worst shape of any PERA division.
“I’d be reluctant to vote for it if this thing got watered down at all — just as I didn’t vote for it last time because it got watered down, and it resulted in us being right back at it again,” said board member Lynn Turner, a former chief accountant for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The only no vote came from a stand-in for State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, who was absent from the meeting. (Board policy has long allowed state treasurers to vote by proxy because of the demands of the office.)
In an interview afterward, Stapleton maintained that the proposed reforms are built on the same sort of outlandish assumptions that doomed the last attempt.
“It’s still an unrealistic return expectation, and it’ll only lead us back to this place,” said Stapleton, a Republican who is expected to run for governor. “We’ll be here again as soon as there’s a hiccup in a market.
“I feel like it’s putting a Band-Aid on a patient who is hemorrhaging,” Stapleton added.
In a separate interview, PERA executive director Greg Smith countered that changes were robust enough to withstand lower-than-expected investment returns — though not a seismic market crash like the country experienced in 2008.
The fund today assumes a 7.25 percent return on its investments, reduced from the 8 percent targets used in 2010. In reality, the fund has earned 5.2 percent over the last decade, and 9.8 percent over the last 35 years.
When asked about the political challenges of proposing such major reforms in an election cycle, Smith said he was more afraid of waiting another year.
“The longer you wait, the more pain there is,” Smith said. “Every year makes a difference.”
This represents a stark change of tone for PERA, whose officials for years had urged patience to allow prior reforms time to work.
As recently as December 2015, PERA wrote in a progress report to the General Assembly: “As a result of the innovated shared sacrifices and reforms made to PERA by (Senate Bill 1), PERA is once again sustainable for the long term.”
Months later, the dam burst. A summer 2016 financial report revealed that PERA’s investments had generated just 1.5 percent the year before. And the board adopted new funding projections to reflect that employees were living longer, a change that sent the pension’s liabilities skyrocketing.
Without changes, both the school and state divisions are expected to dip below 20 percent funded within 30 years. That would represent the worst funding ratio of any state pension in the U.S.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported when the proposed contribution increases would take effect. The board discussed phasing them in over a period of time, but instead endorsed a plan that would increase contributions all at once, effective Jan. 1, 2020.


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