| Southridge Students Remember Jo Jo
He was team manager, competed in the Special Olympics and always on stage for the school's talent show. He was in special ed life skills classes, but that's not what he was known for it's his big smile and winning attitude."He'd pump us up during a game and when we lost he's not upset just an unbelievable kid," said Travis Mattair.Mattair lettered in three sports, graduated last year and is now playing minor league baseball in the minor league system. By all accounts Mattair is the star athlete, but to Travis,Jo Jo's the real star."People always say with special Olympics that we were doing stuff for us. That's never the case. He did more for us," said Mattair."I don't know what it is about us we've been through it too many times but we rally around each other," said Southridge Assistant Principal Ralph LeCompte.In Wednesday's art class, students took Jo Jo's school picture and made a ten food mosaic.
PA school language plan may cost too much
A detailed new plan to start teaching foreign languages in elementary schools may be too expensive for Palo Alto, school board members told a study group Tuesday night. The board greeted long-awaited findings from the Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES) committee with enthusiasm, yet hesitated over the estimated $1.1 million per year price tag. The committee recommended beginning foreign-language classes in third grade and aiming for proficiency rather than mere exposure, a goal that would require hiring a traveling team of eight specialists and a program supervisor. The findings were presented for discussion and required no board vote, but will be included in long-term Strategic Plan discussion in the spring, board members said. The committee of parents, teachers, principals and district staff was formed following a board promise last winter to examine languages for all students in the wake of debate about the Mandarin-immersion program starting this August.
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Sue says a researcher there gave her information on Morgellons Web sites. She went to the MRF Web site and found that she was experiencing every symptom listed - fibers, crawling sensations on the skin, brain fog, chronic fatigue, joint pain and more. Now, she believed, she had a diagnosis. What she needed was a cure. The doctors may have dismissed her symptoms, but, unlike with so many others who say they have Morgellons, Sue's family believed her. When her Dino-Lite microscope broke from overuse, Tom bought her a new, more powerful Accu-Scope for Christmas. He took her to every doctor's appointment, even counseling her to slow down when she spoke because, when she tried to get everything out in the five minutes a doctor allotted her, she sounded nuts. "Honestly, I didn't know what to think about the fibers," Tom says.
Obama's Wrang-Wrang
Cocooning isn't easy: It takes drive and determination to portray Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski's loss in his state's Republican primary, in which the big issue was a natural gas pipeline, as a referendum on the Iraq war. After a tense struggle, the NYT's William Yardley eventually gets there, in paragraph 18 of a 19 graf story. But just barely: Paul Pierson, a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, said Mr. Murkowski's loss, while rooted in local issues, might show something broader about voters as polls show high disapproval over how some incumbents handle issues like the Iraq war. [Emphasis on conceptual bungee cords added] Hanging on by both fingernails, but it's in! ... Thank God for professors of political science. ... [This seems like another one Taranto had days ago--ed Nope.] 5:57 P.M.
Category: Enterprise 2.0
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Jotspot is back (as Google Sites); It's still a wiki Posted in: General Web Technology Google Enterprise 2.0 Google acquired Jotspot in 2006 and then let it disappear. But the company didn't totally give up on the hosted wiki application and has rebranded it Google Sites. As Dan Farber notes, Google Sites is another cog in that Google Apps suite. Rafe Needleman finds it curious that Google Sites doesn't mention the word wiki anywhere. That observation is keen. Perhaps wiki is too geeky. Perhaps Google thought a name like Google Sites was better than Jotspot. Frankly, none of this rebranding works all that well. It's still not clear what Google Sites is about judging from its name.
Gender takes center stage in Democratic primaries
I am very upset at the media for blocking out any information on Alan Keyes. If ANYONE represents the Republican platform, conservatism, and values, it's ALAN. That's probably why he's never mentioned…the media represents Democrats, for the most part, and they don't want anyone to know about a highly-principled man who could lead our country back to being what it should be and not toward more and more socialism. But then I've been upset with the media for years, so it's nothing new. ALAN KEYES for PRESIDENT! .
EAST COAST BIAS
The NFL counted it the third-coldest game in league history. The Giants didn't care because this wasn't at Giants Stadium, where they were 3-5, they might want to sign the deed and title over to their Jets roommates. But then, that's what had made the Giants' meteoric recovery all the more stunning. This is a team that started 0-2 with a coach fans wanted fired and a quarterback they wanted benched. Instead of imploding, the Giants set out to prove the world terribly mistaken. "We like to make things exciting," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said. "We don't like to win the easy way with the short field goal. We have to hit the long one on the road." Blame that on Tynes, who could have prevented further exposure to hypothermic conditions by making a 43-yard field goal with 6:49 left in the fourth quarter.
UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News
Linge Bergman said the store has not yet decided what additional sex toys it will stock in the near future.
"We will sell massage oils and dildos. We can't say anything more yet," she said.
City offers meter parking by cell phone
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 6 (UPI) -- The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has launched a new service where drivers can top up their parking meter time from anywhere using a cell phone.
A four-month pilot project worked successfully, and the city rolled out the high-tech plan citywide on Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., reported.
Users must create an account with the city with their personal and credit information, along with the vehicle description. Once parked, users dial a number and enter a location code and leave.
Douglas vs. Smith
Marques Douglas stands 6-feet, 2-inches weighs 292 pounds, and will be 31 years old on March 15. Justin Smith is 6-4, weighs 282 pounds and will be 28 on Sept. 30. Both players are seven-year veterans of the NFL. Last year, Douglas made 72 tackles, three sacks and 12 stuffs, which are tackles for losses. Smith had 78 tackles, two sacks and two stuffs. Both are hard-working players who have leadership skills. .
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