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The New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE) is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit, statewide organization of professional and advocacy members founded in 1976 to address the educational needs of English language learners (ELLs)/bilingual learners. Students who are English learners in California have struggled because state rules limit the amount of native language support. The University of Southern California Center for Multicultural, Multilingual Research provides an annoted list of useful links of interest to teachers. Like a butterfly casting off a useless cocoon, the shape of education in schools across the country is being transformed in countless ways as practices and purposes are questioned and found unproductive. In this way students not only become skilled practitioners, but also active participants in the bilingual education arena. These classes are structured where nearly all" instruction is in English, according to the California Department of Education. The law exacerbated the shortage by basically creating a prohibition on bilingual education," she said. Education in all co-official languages uses to receive both national and regional funding.
Without any context, people see the English proficiency" label and think that's what the initiative supports, said Jack Citrin, director of the UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies, a partner in the poll with the Field Research Corp. Others maintain that minimal competency in two languages is sufficient to be called bilingual (Haugen 1956; Diebold 1961). America is a country that is united not by religion or ethnicity but by a core of democratic values expressed in our laws and by a common language.
Scroll down the page and click on one of these relevant links to information and materials for teaching in bilingual classrooms: Bilingual Education Resources on the Net and Latino Resources on the Net. The majority of DPS teachers in bilingual placements lack certification as bilingual specialists.
The campaign for English-only education signaled to many immigrant rights groups a rising sentiment of hostility to their cultures. Bilingual education appears to be the most effective way to teach students whose dominant, or native, language isn't English.
Using 12 years of data from a large school district in California, the results suggested that bilingual education may be able to reach and effectively serve more students than English-only programs, Umansky said. It's still a shift in conversation from 20 years ago, when debate over bilingual education raged in California.


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The middle part of your life is a period of rapid progress and change. You learn the lessons, values, and responsibilities that come with freedom. You likely travel, move residences, or change jobs frequently.
You acquire a flair for self-promotion, which can benefit your professional life. You become better at self-expression and grow less inhibited.
During this period, you meet many interesting, often eccentric people and encounter new ideas. You benefit from change and avoiding a predictable, routine lifestyle.
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PollenArts makes these candles in the back of their solar-powered Winnebego. They are a fusion between historic charm and organic craftsmanship. Bottles such as these are normally dug up from residential landfills which have been buried for more than 100 years. Some may call it belated recycling, but we think it's treasure hunting.
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Meanwhile, Kreger said another sister, Suzanne Smith, was with their mother at her home. Edna Kreger had dementia and was under hospice care.
Kreger said Smith woke up early Saturday morning and strongly felt the presence of their father.
Later that morning, she took a shower. When she got out, Edna Kreger had died.
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5. Chrome Laser Wenapos mGlushed
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Hard-body is a mesh edit of the regular CBBE model. It adds muscles to the abs, shoulders, back, and legs. The end result looks really good in game and I recommend checking this out if you have the CBBE mod installed.
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This mod does a lot of things for Fallout 4. It lets us wear outfits under armor that we equip, helmets that don't cover our face can be worn with bandanas, etc, and adds new outfits, headgear, and armor for us to craft. It does a lot more then that, but I think you get the picture. Download this mod! You'll thank me later.
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"Are home improvement projects something that you are interested in doing to spruce up your house?..."
Are home improvement projects something that you are interested in doing to spruce up your house? You have come to the right place! Keep reading for simple and easy steps to make your home better.
When you are painting, remember to put down plastic to protect the floors. This helps keep wet paint off of your flooring. A cheaper way to get this done is to layer old newspapers. Other alternatives include a drop cloth or large plastic tarp; both are available at most home improvement centers.
If the doors to your bedroom are filthy, avoid just throwing them away. Remove your door from the frame, and sand it down until the bare wood is exposed. You can apply a clean, attractive coat of oil-based paint in whatever shade you desire using an ordinary roller. For a whole new look, consider changing your doorknobs.
The proper tools make the difference when completing a home project. Using the proper roughrack.com tools will ensure that your work is completed well and with greater efficiency. It also helps to know what the best way to use each tool is.
Be sure and have contract written up for any home improvement projects you are contracting out. By making a contract that's firm, you will not have to bother with worrying about being over charged. If you don't have a contract, you may wind up being taken to the cleaners.
Visit open houses to find ideas of what may look in your home. You will see the colors and styles and better understand how your house could look, more so than in the hardware store. In a lot of open houses, you'll be seeing fully-furnished rooms decorated by experts, so you get a glimpse at really top-notch work. You may find a look that you love and be able to reproduce it without a lot of time-consuming guesswork.
When considering home improvement projects, don't forget to include landscaping. The front lawn is one of the first things that people see, and you will want this to look exceptional. Regularly cut the grass and place a few flowers and plants to dress it up.
You don't need store-bought artwork to spice up your walls; you can use something as conventional as a three dimensional tile. Three dimensional tiles set in two different colors is wall art within itself.
Understand what products you use to clean clogs from your drains. Not every cleaner is made of the same ingredients, and some can be very harsh. Don't use crystallized cleaners since they may stick to the insides of the pipes and constantly damage them. Use drain cleaners that are compatible to your septic tank.
Use affordable motion detection lights in important spots around the house. You can save some money on electric bills if your exterior lights switch off automatically. Motion detectors installed on your outdoor lights will deter thieves.
When you are thinking about tackling a paint job project in your house, it is crucial that you know how much paint will be needed to get everything done. Don't guess about the costs because that can end up costing you big time. Carefully plan out and measure exactly what is needed to paint everything.
Be certain to seal the grout once the tile has been laid. Grout is usually porous and has the ability to soak up water. These pores allow water to seep in, promoting the growth of mold and mildew. It is easy to stain unsealed grout as well. If you seal the grout, not only will it save you time in cleaning your tiles, but it can potentially save you money in costly repairs resulting from mildew problems.
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The set-up works like this...
1) Setup my ip as a wireless hotspot for wifi connection (Works)
2) Connect phone to raspberry pi using wifi for ssh access and vpc access (Works)
3) Install x11vnc and allow access to view display:0 (Wont work)
The error i get when trying to run (x11vnc -display :0 -usepw) is;
The furthest i have got with the vnc is to create a new screen and view the console of the retropie.
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18/04/2016 00:26:17 -usepw: found /home/pi/.vnc/passwd
18/04/2016 00:26:17 x11vnc version: 0.9.13 lastmod: 2011-08-10 pid: 5475
18/04/2016 00:26:17 XOpenDisplay(":0") failed.
18/04/2016 00:26:17 Trying again with XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=localhost ...
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18/04/2016 00:26:17 *** XOpenDisplay failed (:0)
*** x11vnc was unable to open the X DISPLAY: ":0", it cannot continue.
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The set-up works fine with normal raspbian and i am not sure what to do...any ideas?


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The pale blue of the Rimini in Azure will make you see bright white clouds the more you look at it! It really is the colour of that blue sky we hope to wake up to every day, and with this in your room, you might just be able to fool yourself.
Nestle amongst white walls and pale woods to really emulate that outdoors feel, or pair with sunny yellows to create a pretty, cheerful atmosphere. Perfect for waking up to in a bedroom or a subtly coloured nursery; or for a cool, clean look in a contemporary dining room.


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Do You Ever Wonder What You Thought About When You Were A Child?
How a child sees the world is usually completely different to how an adult does. Whether it is something major or even something as simple as to why they like a certain colour.
I often try and remember back when I was a child and what I thought about things and while some are easy, others are not. I often wonder what I thought about when I was 7, or who were my friends when I was 9 or even what made me happy when I was 13 but as the years go on, a lot of things are long forgotten.
After recently talking to my children and listening to some of their answers or even just over hearing them chit chat to each other, I decided to make a list of questions that I could ask them. I tried to put a bit of everything into the list so when they are older they would get to see how they thought when they were younger and hopefully get a bit of a laugh. I didn't just make it about them but things in general as I wanted to know what they thought all round. I printed each child the same list and had them write their answers on a separate page so I can save them into their achievements folders. I will ask some of the same questions again next year, although not all just to see if their opinion or ideas have changed as to why certain things are the way they are.
My children loved answering and laughing at each other's responses at the end of it. I told a few of my friends who then asked me to pass on my list so they can also ask their children and keep it for years to come.
I have included some of their answers at the bottom of the page, so you can see how fun this could be with your own family.
This idea could also be used as a gift for someone depending on what type of questions you ask such as a Teacher, Parents, Grandparents or even as a Framed 18th or 21st present.
What type of questions you ask is your choice, but as to not make it to boring for the children I chose a mixture. Some questions such as "Why is the sky blue?" might end up with answers such as "because it just is" or you could end up with a wild imaginative tale that can be shared and remembered for years to come!
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Our 60 Fun Questions!
Here we go!
1. Do you think it is necessary to clean the house every day? Explain your answer.
2. If you had to cook dinner tonight what would you cook?
3. Have you ever seen the faces that the clouds make?
4. When we have another baby would you want it to be a boy or girl?
5. Would you like to have tea with the queen? Why or why not?
6. What will you not do when you are a teenager?
7. What do you want to be when you grow up?
8. What country would you like to visit the most?
9. Who is your best friend?
10. What is the youngest memory you have?
11. What is the best present you have ever been given?
12. What do you want for Christmas this year?
13. If you could be any animal what would you be and why?
14. Apart from mum and dad who is the next person you trust the most?
15. What phone number do you ring in an emergency?
16. What is our postcode?
17. Who is the scariest person you know and why?
18. Who is your favourite teacher at school?
19. Where do babies come from?
20. What is mum's favourite thing to do?
21. What is dad's favourite thing to do?
22. If you could meet anyone in the world who would it be and why?
23. What are your brothers and sisters favourite things to do?
24. What is your favourite thing about being a kid?
25. Tell me something funny that happened to you?
26. What is the nicest thing you have done for someone?
27. What is the grossest thing you can think of?
28. What is dad's favourite food?
29. What is your favourite food?
30. What does mum do when you are at school?
31. What does dad do for a living? (His job)
32. What is your favourite song?
33. What is your favourite TV show?
34. How many kids are you going to have when you're a grown up?
35. If you could have any pet in the world what would it be and what would you call it?
36. If you could send a letter to anyone in the world who would it be?
37. What is your favourite word?
38. What do you think is the biggest rule in our house?
39. Why is the sky blue?
40. If you could be invisible for one day what would you do?
41. If you could make one rule that the entire world had to follow, what would it be?
42. What does Santa smell like?
43. Where does the light go when it gets turn off?
44. What are you afraid of?
45. What is something mum always says to you?
46. What do your brothers and sisters do that make you mad?
47. Tell me the 5 best things about you?
48. If a genie gave you one wish what would it be?
49. When you look in the mirror at yourself, what do you see?
50. Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
51. I want you to look around the house or room and look for faces. Where can you see them?
52. Imagine half a glass of water; is the glass half full or half empty? Why?
53. What do you think the tooth fairy does with all the teeth she collects?
54. If you were going to live on a deserted island for 1 year, and could only take 3 things what would they be?
55. What do you think your husband or wife look like?
56. What is your favourite sound?
57. What is the naughtiest thing you have done?
58. If you could change your name what would it be?
59. What did you do at school today?
60. Is there anything else you want to say or ask me a question back?
Our Children's Answers
(Ages 7 - 11)
Question 1. Do you think it is necessary to clean your house every day?
"No, because if you do, you are a cleaning maniac and you only need to clean the house every two days."
Question 10. What is the youngest memory you have?
"When there was a massive green frog in the toilet and you didn't believe me until you seen it."
Question 13. If you could be any animal in the world what would it be and why?
"I would be a zebra so I could have my hair in a Mohawk every day."
Question 39: Why is the sky blue?
"Because the giant in the sky spilt food colouring everywhere."
Question 52: Imagine a glass of water; is it half full or half empty?
"It's half full because I just seen you fill it up."
Question 54: If you were going to live on a deserted island for 1 year, and could only take 3 things. What would they be?
"Food, Computer and the house."
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Honestly I would love to share all my children's answers, but there is so many. We had so much fun as a family answering and reading through all 60 of the questions, some making us laugh others simply shocked.
This is a perfect way to find out if your child knows the emergency numbers, your phone numbers and important stuff when caught off guard that you may want to know without making it an issue. Above all that though, it is so much fun!
If you decide to try the 60 Fun Questions, please feel free to leave a comment below with some of your answers.
I would love to see them!


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I was listening to NPR this morning and heard about a ban passed in San Francisco that removes toys from and limits the caloric content/fat distribution in Happy Meals. I'm excited about the ban, but it is sad that it takes legislation to stop being able to feed our kids awful awful AWFUL foods. People are apparently unhappy with this according to Mickey D's. They're "disappointed" in the ban and are upset because their customers didn't ask for it and don't want it. If they really didn't want it, then it wouldn't have passed. Parents shouldn't be feeding their children McDonald's anyway. I understand it's hard sometimes, esp. if you're a household where both parents work minimum wage jobs, to have the time to feed your children good healthy food, but come on. You could stay up later to make a large batch of food that will last the week. Roast a ton of chicken breasts and have salad greens around. Then teach your kids to make chicken sandwiches, salads with sliced chicken, chicken salad with a little mayo. Seriously, you could make something that would last all week. My mom does it. You could just have cut fruits and veggies with low fat yogurt in the fridge for snacks. Once your kids are a little older, even in elementary, they are capable of making their own food. I wouldn't recommend hot food without supervision, but making a pb&j should be no problem. If it's so hard to raise a child while consciously giving them as many advantages as possible (education, nutrition, socialization) there's an easy answer. DON'T HAVE KIDS! Don't half-ass being a parent because being a parent is hard. Your kids deserve better. Way to go San Fran! I'm proud of you!
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I completely agree with you. There are plenty of other ways to make food for your family that is healthy, not time consuming, cost effective, and delicious. Fast food should completely be done away with – just not necessary in a world where obesity is a true societal concern.


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The Four Year Tuition Promise
The Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC) is in the process of rolling out a four-year tuition promise. This promise will effect this coming fall 2019. This new measure represents the school's commitment to protecting its students from tuition increases over the course of their four-year undergraduate studies at AAC.
"The standard across higher education is that when you come in as a freshman, you can expect your tuition will increase every year," explains interim president Mark Grote.
By billing students the same tuition each year, the AAC seeks to reduce financial stress by making education expenses more predictable, transparent, and affordable.
"We want our focus to be on our students, and we know the cost of education is one of—if not the most—critical factors for students today."
The four-year tuition promise will also apply to the AAC's returning students. For example, "if you're a sophomore this year, your tuition will remain the same when you're a junior and senior."
This puts the Art Academy at the forefront of what is sure to be a growing trend.
As it stands, the AAC will be the only private art college in America to implement the four-year tuition promise. And one of just three colleges in Ohio.
"This is one of the reasons we like being small," Grote says. "Because being small, we can make really fast changes."
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I remember well how I was picked on in grade school and in junior high because of my size (I was usually the shortest boy). So, I have a special place in my heart for all the "outcasts" in school who are the brunt of verbal, emotional, and physical abuse.
That is why I have taught martial arts to kids for the past several years. In my "Grace Martial Arts VBS" program I teach kids age 8-12 how to stand up to bullies and defend themselves. In addition to Bible lessons about courageous Bible heroes (it is VBS after all), the kids learn lessons in how to avoid, confuse, escape from, and defeat bullies.
In my 2 hour seminar I condense a week's worth of lessons to just the basic blocks, strikes, takedowns, and escapes that will enable a child to escape from or defeat an attacker. If you are interested in this program or seminar you may contact me at email@example.com.


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Looking for an easy meal and help the Harrison Music Department at the same time?
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Positive message as Norfolk Disability Pride celebrates diversity
The negative stereotypes around disability were challenged as Norfolk Disability Pride promoted positivity, with the help of the first paralysed man to complete the London Marathon.
Simon Kindleysides, 34, completed the marathon in an exoskeleton suit in April and opened today's Disability Pride event at The Forum in Norwich.
Father-of-three Mr Kindleysides, from Blofield, was diagnosed with functional neurological disorder and a giloma brain tumour in 2013, which left him paralysed from the waist down.
But he has been determined not to let that hold him back. As well as his gruelling 36 hour marathon success, in 2015 he cycled from London to Paris and raised more than £5,000 for charity.
At yesterday's event he talked about his 'can do' attitude. He said: "My motto is there is no such thing as can't, if you believe in yourself you can do anything.
"I want to be a role model to my children and inspire other disabled people. We get one life so we have to make the most of it, I have a bucket list with things I want to do, and I will achieve everything."
The free event was run in partnership with disability charity Equal Lives, The Forum, Norwich City Council, Norfolk County Council and the University of East Anglia, with many other businesses offering support and involvement.
It showcased local artists, performers and speakers through a programme of live music, talks, poetry and activities.
People could also look at a Toy Box Tales exhibition - photographs showing mainstream toys with disabilities.
And there were stalls giving advice and information, including Equal Lives, Musical Keys, UEA Sportspark, the BUILD charity and Active Norfolk.
Other events included the Norfolk Disability Pride Art show, a dance performance by The Garage and events in the Millennium Library, including a Wellbeing Workshop for carers, story time and bounce and rhyme sessions.
Ben Reed chief executive of Equal Lives, said "It has been designed as a celebration, for people to come together and take part in the day's activities to support an inclusive community.
"With as many as 100,000 disabled people living in East Anglia, we are hoping this event is the start of something big and it will continue to grow."
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The Magpie turned five last month and, while she can't fathom how she'll ever wait long enough to turn six, we're still getting through the aftermath of the fifth birthday party.
It was time to bust out of the usual party places and minimize the risky business of outdoor parties at the park. Forget foam pits, jungle gyms and pizza joints. This year, the party-goers created art.
Lots of it. The kind that requires distributing to attendees and hanging on the wall.
The kind that is worthy to hang on the wall.
The kind of art that was created in a plastic lined room by flinging water-based paints with brushes, droppers and popped water balloons. The kind that makes the gathered moms and dads cringe and look for left over grocery bags in the backs of their minivans so they can transport their kids home with minimal retribution from the other spouse.
The kind that kids love.
There were collective looks of awe and horror as we watched the process unfold before us. What started out as controlled sketching while we waited for everyone to arrive quickly turned into mess and mayhem under the instructor's guiding principle of No Big Deal!. Paint on the floor? No big deal. Paint on the walls? No big deal. Paint on your friends? …you get the idea.
Lots of soap and lots of water and few spectacular pieces of canvas later, the other moms are still speaking to me so it looks like there will still be friends to invite to next year's party.
I'm thinking dirt and bugs.


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The 1957 Thunderbird was significantly restyled from the two previous year models with a more chiseled body, a larger front bumper around a larger front grille, a redesigned trunk lid and more pronounced, sharper-edged tail fins. The new trunk lid allowed the spare tire to move back inside. the 312-cubic-inch V8 was standard on the '57 Thunderbird with output pegged at 245 hp. Thunderbird sales were 21,380 units in 1957.


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Come and support our PTA! The next Kingsway Association meeting will take place on Monday 13th January at 6:30pm in the canteen on Foxland Campus.
This is an informal meeting that takes places once per term and you'll get to decide on bids from the school, hear the latest school news and have a Q&A session with the Headteacher.
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Members of the all-Filipina softball team, Fate, celebrate after the game.
By Emz Frial
The all-Filipina softball team, Fate, is celebrating after scoring a decisive win over its local rival Villas, 19-0, on Apr 30 at Shek Kip Mei field.
The game lasted four innings, with Fate starting as the away team.
Fate did not lose time piling up points from the first inning. The team collected six homes straightaway, courtesy of Myra Japitana, Don Gaborno, Liezeal Algonez, Romela Osabel, Emily Mabaquiao and Editha Hidalgo.
When the locals took their turn to bat, the fast balls of Fate pitcher Gaborno resulted in two batters standing out. A third batter from Villas was caught on a flyball by Fate shortstop Rubuieline Ondayang.
The inning ended with a score of 6-0 in Fate's favor.
In the second inning, the locals took a more aggressive stand.
But the Filipinas were equally aggressive in fending off their rivals' attempts to score, and in adding to their already sizeable lead. By the end of the second inning, the Filipinas added three more points to their haul, resulting in a total score of 9-0 in their favor. Those who scored were Japitana, Gaborno and Algonez.
Fate did not rest on its laurels, and again started scoring in the third inning, while Villas was again left blank. Four more points were added to Fate's score, courtesy of Cherry Octaviano, Percy Jayme, Japitana and Gaborno. The inning ended on a score of 13-0 in Fate's favor.
In the fourth and final inning, Villas again tried their best to stop the Filipinas from scoring but appeared powerless. Fate gained six more points through Katherine Gerpacio, Ma. Luz Mandia, Japitana, Gaborno, Ma. Eva Mendez and Osabel. Villas, which must have been demoralized by this time, again failed to find its mark.
With the result, Fate remains unbeatable in the regular league. After playing six games, the Filipinas have six wins and no loss.
But a tougher time awaits them on their next game on May 14. They will come up against Phoenix Ghost, the team that overwhelmed them in the championship of the annual knock-out game, Festival of Sports.


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Chopped lettuce, heirloom baby tomatoes, plenty of bacon, bleu cheese, and cubes of toasted bread make up this Bleu Cheese BLT Salad, a fun take on a classic BLT. I've partnered with Litehouse to create a summertime salad.
Kevin and I just spent the last several days working on our backyard landscaping. We hired out for the sprinklers and some retaining wall type flower beds to the side of the patio, which went in last Friday.
Then, over the weekend, Kevin built a nice looking stone step coming down from our patio that fits perfectly with the other stone we have going on. We spread a ton (ha! actually, it was probably 2+ tons) of good soil into the various beds throughout the yard, shaped the border for the grass area and started lining it with some grey landscape brick.
It is really starting to take shape now and has me SO excited for all the things that summer is going to bring, especially the entertaining aspect.
I LOVE summer food. I get into a completely different rhythm for cooking during these warm months. There is lots of grilling, so many fresh and colorful veggies (farmers markets!), fruity drinks and desserts, lighter recipes, and of course SALADS.
I eat so much more salad during the summer. Both because it is the perfect way to cool off from the summer heat and eat a satisfying, lighter meal that energizes me, and because it always feels like there are so many more fresh and seasonal veggies available this time of year. Especially the ones that I like to eat in a salad.
Tomatoes are one of my favorite summer veggies. Sure, you can get them any time. But there is nothing like a really ripe, super juicy, brightly colored summer tomato. In the last week or so I have noticed a big difference in the tomatoes available. I started seeing deeper red tomatoes, and heirloom tomatoes were making their way into our stores.
I recently picked up a container of mixed baby heirloom tomatoes. There were some green striped tomatoes, yellow and orange tomatoes, Burgundy tomatoes, and regular red baby tomatoes. I knew I wanted to make a big salad with these colorful tomatoes.
Want to know what one of my favorite things to pair with a juicy tomato is? BACON. I love BLTs in the summer! Instead of making this classic sandwich, I decided I wanted to experiment with turning it into a salad. And I wanted to add some bleu cheese crumbles and Litehouse Chunky Bleu Cheese Dressing for good measure!
I love how fresh tasting Litehouse Dressings are. If you've never seen them before, chances are you might not be looking in the right place. Litehouse Dressings are found in the refrigerated produce section, not the condiment aisle.
I like that because it is right by where all of the salad ingredients that I'm shopping for are located – it is the perfect spot to find some summertime salad inspiration, and it just makes sense. Right? Plus, they're refrigerated and nice and cold – ready to go on top of your fresh, crisp salad ingredients, like my chopped lettuce and juicy tomatoes.
The flavors of a BLT packed into a salad rather than a sandwich kept things nice and light and fresh tasting, which was perfect for the warm, sunny weather we've suddenly had the past couple weeks after lots and lots of spring rain.
Tomatoes + Bacon + Blue Cheese = AMAZING.
Plus, look at these tomatoes. They were so juicy. And summer is just getting started!
I chopped up lots of lettuce and tossed it with the Litehouse Chunky Bleu Cheese Dressing. Then, I added in bacon, halved baby heirloom tomatoes, bleu cheese crumbles…and some toasted bread cubes in place of the bread on the sandwich.
By the way, you have to try this trip for Perfect Homemade Bacon Bits. It is the best when you need bacon bits for a salad, or really any other recipe that you'd sprinkle crumbled bacon on. It makes it super easy and way-less mess to make them this way.
For a little extra zing, I added some Easy Pickled Red Onion, but they're totally optional if you don't want to make them or you don't like onions.
Kevin and I had this for dinner recently when the kids were all gone at their other houses. I grilled up some balsamic marinated chicken breasts and cooked some corn to go with it. It was such a great welcome for summer! Goodbye, spring rain! Soon we will be done with our backyard and enjoying our favorite summertime meals outside in our new backyard. I just checked the forecast and it is supposed to be sunny skies ahead for days and days. The perfect salad weather!
What is your favorite summer salad?
Bleu Cheese BLT Salad
Chopped lettuce, heirloom baby tomatoes, plenty of bacon, bleu cheese, and cubes of toasted bread make up this Bleu Cheese BLT Salad, a fun take on a classic BLT.
- 5 ounces Artisan Bread
- 6 ounces Lettuce, chopped
- 1/4 cup Litehouse Chunky Bleu Cheese Dressing
- 8 ounces (half of a 1 lb. package) Bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 1/2 ounces Baby Heirloom Tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup Bleu Cheese Crumbles
- Easy Pickled Red Onion, optional
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes. Arrange on a baking sheet, making sure that they do not overlap each other. Place in the oven and bake at 300 degrees F for 5 - 10 minutes, or until warmed and lightly toasted.
- In a large bowl, combine the lettuce with the Litehouse Chunky Bleu Cheese Dressing. Stir gently with a spatula to coat the lettuce.
- Then, add half of the bacon, half of the tomatoes, half of the bread, and half of the bleu cheese crumbles. Toss to combine.
- Place the salad mixture from the bowl onto a large platter. Sprinkle the top with the remaining bacon, tomatoes, bread, and bleu cheese crumbles. Arrange a few slices of Easy Pickled Red Onion on top, if desired.
- Serve immediately.
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Nutrition InformationYield 6 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 140Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 7mgSodium 249mgCarbohydrates 14gFiber 1gSugar 3gProtein 4g
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee (IRCC) a grouping of four African Regional Organisations (the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa-COMESA- the East African Community-EAC, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development-IGAD and the Indian Ocean Commission-IOC), collectively termed as the Eastern and Southern Africa–Indian Ocean, ESA-IO region, and the European Union, today held its 22nd Plenary meeting at Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Speaking at the meeting, the Secretary General of the East African Community Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera said ''I am greatly encouraged by our own dynamics at the EAC to take the IRCC's agenda further, building on what my Brothers have already achieved in their respective Chairmanships and I, myself designated now to respond to the new challenges ahead''.
He said IRCC will focus on continuous project appraisal, privileging ownership of each Regional Organisation development/strategic plan and joint regional–national appraisals where relevant. The objective here is to develop a bank of ready-to-be financed coordinated programmes at the level of each Regional Organization and responding to the central objective of deepening regional integration across the continent
"I am indeed committed, within the IRCC framework, to explore ways and means among the Regional Organizations for an optimal leverage of the IRCC, Tripartite, and Horn of Africa Initiative structures to achieve the best goals''
Amb. Sezibera reiterated the need for IRCC to facilitate and support adequate capacity building and tooling of the Regional Organizations and other related stakeholders in regard to result based project preparation, management, implementation, and monitoring. "Therefore, there is need to strengthen the capacity to continuously monitor implementation at national level of commitments made at regional level" affirmed Amb. Sezibera.
The Secretary General underscored the importance of IRCC to actively promote the visibility and demonstration of value for money of every EURO invested in the development of the region and support to regional integration under the principle of subsidiarity. "Visibility and acceptance of our IRCC programme will depend upon the impact on the ground which will be determined by the resources availed to our partners and stakeholders to support regional projects and programs" said Amb. Sezibera.
At the Meeting, the IRCC Chairmanship which was under COMESA was handed-over to EAC. Chairmanship of IRCC is on rotational basis.
The IRCC was created in 2001 by the four organisations and the European Union (EU) in order to improve the delivery of aid by the EU to the Eastern and Southern Africa –Indian Ocean Region (ESA-IO) under the European Development fund (EDF).
The IRCC is therefore a platform where the four organisations and EU coordinate, in the presence of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the African Union Commission and the ACP Secretariat, the programmes and strategies to be implemented under the ESA-IO regional European Development Fund.


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Drug addiction is defined by the existence of both psychological dependence and physical dependence on at least one illicit substance, according to PubMed Health. Marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, synthetic drugs and even prescription drugs that can be effective medically are highly addictive. There are a number of reasons why someone may develop an addiction, but recovery comes the same way to everyone: through comprehensive treatment that addresses individual obstacles to sobriety.
When you are unable to stop using your drug of choice despite a desire to live without addiction, when you experience physical withdrawal symptoms when you attempt to stop getting high, when you crave your drug of choice and obsess about getting more – these are just a few characteristics of active drug addiction. Because it is a medical disorder, it is recommended that those who are diagnosed with the disease get immediate treatment that includes medical detox and psychotherapeutic treatment.
Depending upon the substance of choice, the signs of being under the influence will vary. But drug addiction can create a number of problems that are common to all who live with the issue. These include:
This is an ongoing debate in the medical community, but it is generally agreed that there is no one cause for the development of addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, contributing factors may include a genetic predisposition to develop addictive tendencies, an environment that is permissive of drug abuse, access to illicit substances, and certain developmental issues. The existence of a Dual Diagnosis is one of the biggest risk factors for the development of addiction.
When a patient is diagnosed with both a substance abuse disorder and a mental health issue, then it is termed a Dual Diagnosis. According to Medline Plus, common mental health disorders that tend to occur alongside addiction include:
In many cases, symptoms of the mental health disorder appear first. As they become more and more overwhelming, the patient may attempt to "treat" those symptoms by using different drugs. For example, a patient who struggles with depression may attempt to improve their mood by taking heroin or prescription drugs. Patients who are living with anxiety may try to calm themselves by smoking marijuana. Conversely, someone dealing with an eating disorder may attempt to further their weight loss attempts by abusing stimulant drugs like cocaine or crystal meth.
In other cases, the drug addiction comes first and due to chronic drug abuse, mental health issues can develop later due to the fact that drug use alters brain function over time.
No matter which disorder develops first, both the drug addiction and the mental health disorder should be treated simultaneously at a Dual Diagnosis treatment center. Because the symptoms and effects of one disorder often trigger and drive the other disorder, both issues must be addressed through comprehensive treatment. To learn more about your options in Dual Diagnosis rehab, contact us today at the phone number listed above.
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Population health presents a seismic opportunity for the telehealth industry if we can all agree on a few things.
Buzzwords are overrated. Most executives cringe at pitches promising "disruptive" or "interoperable" healthcare solutions. They don't want to hear how a web app "harnesses big data" or "reduces health disparities." Just tell them what it does, and prove that it works.
Consequently, the term "population health" has garnered a bad rap. While it's the industry's buzzword du jour, it's misleading at best, an outright lie at worst. The vast majority of programs marketed as population health actually deliver sub-population health.
Population health ought to refer to approaches that improve health outcomes for entire groups of people. But it doesn't. At least not yet. Rough estimates indicate program penetration rates of less than 10 percent in any given population.
While this may appease the C-suite and shareholders, it won't address the ever-increasing burden of chronic disease on the healthcare system. As diagnoses of diabetes and other diseases like hypertension and cancer multiply, employers, private insurers, and government-sponsored health programs are scrambling to care for their sickest, costliest members.
"Shifting age and social demographics are transforming the labor force," says John Bigalke, CEO of Second Half Healthcare Advisors and former National Industry Leader of Life Sciences and Health Care for Deloitte. "This, combined with the increasing demand, will make the current delivery system inadequate."
Chronic Disease Will Sink Health Systems
More than half of all Americans manage one or more chronic conditions. Naturally, older Americans have even higher prevalence rates; nearly 9 in 10 adults 65 and older manage one or more chronic disease. As Boomers age and life expectancy grows, so too will both the costs to treat these populations and the demand for technology-enabled solutions.
Already, a staggering 86 percent of the nearly $3 trillion we spend annually on health care in the U.S. is spent treating people with chronic and mental health conditions. Individuals with chronic conditions are much more likely to be hospitalized and incur far more costly in-patient stays. They also spend more on prescription medicine. They see doctors and specialist more often, and require more home health visits.
This dramatic increase in health care services results in costs 2.5 times higher for individuals with one chronic condition and 6 times higher for those with three chronic conditions. The 9 percent of Americans managing five or more chronic conditions drive a staggering 35 percent of all health care spending, up from 22 percent in 2006.
Chronic diagnoses can't be undone, but there is a bright and achievable silver lining: With aggressive preventive care, proactive engagement, and the full application of lifestyle and behavior change science, chronic diagnoses will no longer be equated with chronic financial loss. Only then will the industry realize the full promise of population health.
"This increasing pressure on healthcare systems will require novel and flexible models of care, as stakeholders across the system look to create efficiency and better outcomes," says Anna Grant, Vice President of Clinical Operations for HMC HealthWorks, a health management company based in Florida.
Telemedicine Places True, Total Population Health Within Reach
Valued at $20 billion in 2015 according to Grand View Research, the population health management market will swell to nearly $90 billion by 2025. This growth will be fueled in large part by a dramatic uptick in the use of remote patient monitoring (rPM) devices. In its annual mHealth report, Berg Insight pegs the current number of remotely monitored patients at 7.1 million, a figure that's expected to reach 50 million within five years.
Telemedicine strategies including store-and-forward, real-time video, and rPM will revolutionize population health in five key ways.
1. Telemedicine will upend traditional identification and stratification models.
Identification and stratification have always been—and remain—core tenets of disease management programming. Payers weigh a variety of factors when enrolling members in these programs, but even the most advanced predictive modeling programs rely on reports of adverse health events and expenditures that took place months ago.
As a result, only a fraction of a given population receives tangible support in managing their condition. This approach naturally zeroes in on the highest-risk, highest-cost members. Programs launch with little more than the hope—and often the promise from vendors—of dramatic cost savings. Although risk and cost are great indicators of where problems have been, they are woefully insufficient in predicting where the problems will be.
Up-to-the-minute biometric data from rPM devices, wired, routed, and reported to insurers will help identify a new pool of members for program enrollment before they experience a costly medical emergency.
2. Telemedicine will enable 100 percent reach.
Technology is finally democratizing remote care management. Driven by thought leadership from organizations like the American Telemedicine Association, massive venture capital investment and frenzied mergers and acquisitions, wearables and other home health care devices are more accessible and affordable than ever.
At the same time, hardware like eDevice's technology agnostic, cellular HealthGO and Cellgo hubs, and YOFiMeter's blood glucose meter-hub combo are taking home health monitoring to the next level, enabling comorbid condition management at an individual and population level. Hardware like these allow members or their insurers to implement a suite of connected devices and transmit biometric data from disparate sources to the cloud at a fraction of the cost of previous solutions.
Emerging technologies like these expand the reach of population health programs, most notably to underserved populations in rural areas, which account for 20 percent of the U.S. population. Perpetuated by the inability to find and afford quality health care, rural populations face disproportionate incidences of chronic disease, according to the National Institutes of Health.
While rural and socio-economically disadvantaged populations' access to care is limited, audio and video telecommunications abound, says Bigalke, making it one of the most viable means of connecting with them. These populations have the most to gain as telemedicine expands the reach of population health programs and delivers quality healthcare across the care spectrum.
"Hot spotting can be used to target these populations for education, and telehealth tools can enable a wide range of care from prenatal to chronic care management," he says.
3. Telemedicine will solve the perennial challenge of care coordination.
While traditional, human-directed disease management programs yield a significant return on investment, logic demands we do more… better and faster than we've done it before, with an emphasis on coordinating care across providers and settings. People don't scale; Technology does.
Physicians are unprepared and ill-equipped to manage the complex suite of health and life services their chronic patients require. While they know poor care coordination produces negative health outcomes, they feel powerless to intervene, according to a joint study by Johns Hopkins University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
To help connect the dots, most large insurers field a team of case managers who help members navigate the system while attempting to stay connected to the providers tasked with managing the same members' diseases. Case managers often have little more to go on than members' self-reported case histories, forcing decisions absent concrete information.
Disease managers and health coaches remain an essential part of the care continuum, but they are all too often reaching out to members who already exert a disproportionate strain on the system, utilizing telephonic communication at predetermined intervals rather than at the point of need.
Patients often go weeks or months between clinical appointments. "Having access to real-time biometric data enables meaningful connections between appointments if negative trends emerge," says Grant.
Telemedicine can't be simply a means to an end. It must nimbly bridge two people to each other, one with a real-time need and one with answers, on a journey towards health. It must break down silos and consistently route individuals toward the lowest-cost, most effective care in real-time, then capture and share relevant data across the care team.
"This will enable the system to optimize quality, efficiency, patient satisfaction, and financial performance under value based care," says Bigalke.
4. Telemedicine will improve quality.
The annual growth rate of digital healthcare data is 48 percent. If that trend holds, the volume of healthcare data will reach 2 trillion gigabytes by 2020, according to a recent IDC report. But more data is only beneficial if it is effectively harnessed and meaningfully applied.
Telemedicine increasingly puts data in the hands of the individuals tasked, paid, and challenged to improve quality scores, including the historically difficult to penetrate provider network. Actionable data makes everyone's job easier, enriches quality initiatives, and enables health plans to engage the right members at the right time based on today's needs.
With the shift toward value-based reimbursement models, payment is increasingly tied to health outcomes rather than services provided. Savvy shoppers demand quality, too. More than ever before, they're considering a health insurance plan's STAR or HEDIS rating in addition to cost and the accessibility of providers as they peruse the insurance marketplace.
As important as ratings are, they only tell half the story. Utilization patterns and the elimination of fraud and abuse matter as well. So too do patient engagement rates and member satisfaction with the programs plans offer.
In the same way a handwritten note will always mean more than a mass email, the personalized intervention telemedicine enables will be better received by patients. With biometric data on each
person and interventions tailored to each individual's communication preferences, it will enable what amounts to custom healthcare. Custom and quality always go hand-in-hand.
5. Telemedicine will make the healthcare system more nimble.
Agile and responsive have never been used to describe the healthcare system in our country. It's arcane. It's rigid. It's resistant to change. It will be forced to adapt, however, and telemedicine is poised to accelerate the pace of change.
Patients' demand for telemedicine is at an all-time high, with 65 percent of healthcare consumers expressing interest in seeing their primary caregiver via video, according to a 2017 consumer survey by American Well.
Startups in particular play an increasingly important role in dragging Luddite systems into the 21st Century. The big players in the space recognize this, which is why more than 40 health systems have started their own venture funds, including Kaiser Permanente and Mayo Clinic.
"Entrepreneurs are empowered to innovate and adjust to shifting winds," says Chris Knotts, CEO at SimpleVisit, a platform-agnostic video conferencing service for telemedicine. "This changes the ecosystem in the health tech industry. Organizations with established research engines and market share gain a competitive advantage in collaborating with startups. Big health systems and large insurance companies are essentially outsourcing R&D to inspired teams developing innovative solutions."
Progress is slow, but there are promising signs of adoption. Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System was an early adopter of telemedicine and has led the way with its collaborative teleICU approach. Avera Health has reached more than 1 million patients with its expansive telemedicine initiative called eCare. The program, which reaches eight Midwestern states and many with large rural populations, offers emergency and pharmacy telehealth services, among others.
Looking toward 2018, population health will continue to headline both agendas at healthcare conferences and in-depth stories in national and trade publications. It will drive new market movement and dictate
C-suite conversations. Meanwhile, chronic disease will continue to overwhelm the healthcare system until we can figure out how to develop and deploy technology-enabled programs across entire populations,
not just the lucky few.
"We have to all be on the same page with the same goal in mind," says Grant. "To utilize technology to connect patients with caring professionals who are driven to improve outcomes."
Bigalke agrees, and notes that telehealth companies ought to focus on the value proposition. "Their goal is not solely to avoid admissions but to find the right point of care," he says. "They must make the case
that their solution not only increases consumer satisfaction but also defines a business case for improving the economics for all parties involved."
We owe it to the people we employ, insure, and treat to deliver solutions that provide help to individuals in need at precisely the right time, technologies that scale to meet increasing demand, and most importantly, programs that work.


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Michael Guggenheim, Bernd Kräftner, Judith Kröll
Don't leave the kitchen. A Recipe for Incubations. Unpublished Article. (pdf)
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Abstract:In this paper we present a recipe for cultural interventions as a stew. It illustrates an approach we have developed in several research and exhibition projects that we call "incubation". An incubation is a socio-technical device that forms new objects and interactions produced under situational, social and time-based pressure via the use of knowledge, interactions and objects.
An incubation consists of a range of ingredients – media, methods, theories – mixed together to both describe and intervene in a given situation. It challenges the opposition of action versus description, and political versus scientific, as limited. Because an incubation is not a process of debunking but of assembly, any method is always supposed to represent, intervene and transform. We use several examples to illustrate our argument, among them a long-term study with vegetative state patients, an exhibition project with researchers that are asylum seekers, a betting office for genetically doped mice and a laboratory to measure ideas of prevention.


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Treg Lee might be synonymous with basketball during his time at then-St. Joseph High School during the 1980s. But he has news for everyone.
"A lot of people don't know I was a better baseball player growing up," said Lee, who turned 49 on Feb. 26 and is living in Columbus. "I kind of regret not playing as I got older."
>> Photo gallery of Treg Lee in high school and as a referee
He gave up baseball to concentrate on basketball. The story — some might say the legend — of Lee on the hardwood was something to behold.
Many believed he was the next Clark Kellogg when he arrived at St. Joseph in 1983.
His high school coach, Mike Moran (recently retired as John Carroll's men's basketball coach) marveled when he first saw Lee dunk as a seventh-grade CYO player.
"He was phenomenal the first time I saw him," said Moran.
Kellogg is regarded as the best basketball player St. Joseph/VASJ has produced, but Lee — some might argue — was a close second.
In 1979, Kellogg helped the Vikings to their first state tournament appearance. The team lost in the state final, but Kellogg scored an Ohio state championship game record 51 points (photo gallery).
The school didn't return to the state tournament until the 1987 campaign, when Lee was a senior. It was a season for the ages.
He was the Division I Ohio Player of the Year, a consensus high school All-America pick and played in the McDonald's All-America game. He parlayed that success to a basketball scholarship at Ohio State, where he had an up-and-down career dealing with personal heartbreak and demons.
Thirty years later, Lee, a father of three sons, said he's in a good place in his life.
Lee is giving back to the sports he loves the most and helping individuals less fortunate.
When he finished playing at Ohio State in 1991, Lee played in the Continental Basketball Association and overseas. When he returned to Ohio in 1999, he became an assistant coach at Solon High School.
"It was an opportunity to give back, and at the same time add my touch (as a coach)," said Lee.
Eventually, the coaching bug left him, and another avenue opened. Friend and former St. Joe teammate Pleasant Randle suggested refereeing. Lee has been hooked ever since.
He recently completed his 16th season officiating boys and girls high school basketball games, but also refs during the offseason. His assignments aren't limited to Central Ohio.
"I've worked games as far south as Cincinnati and all the way up to Geneva," said Lee, who also refs about 200 games each summer and recently worked a youth tournament in Eastlake. "I go all over."
This spring will also mark Lee's 13th year as a baseball umpire, his ninth as a certified one.
Lee takes pride in his work as an official, and takes his work seriously — even if the wear and tear of being an elite athlete is catching up with him.
"I've had both hips replaced, plus back and neck surgeries," he said.
Still, Lee gets up and down the court, and squats behind the plate because he loves it. Thirty years have passed since he played his last high school game. Some might say Lee never lived up to the hype surrounding him when he left St. Joseph, but he has a different view.
"I'd rather be a has-been, than a never was," said Lee.
Time has a way of adding perspective to a person's life. Lee has had plenty of time to analyze his.
As a freshman at Ohio State, he had to deal with the death of his fiancee and his father — 16 days apart from each other — while not being a part of the team as a Prop 48 player. Proposition 48 is a regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and test scores student-athletes must meet in order to participate in college athletics.
It was a difficult year for Lee, who said he eventually turned to substance abuse — "It helped get rid of the pain."
It was a battle he carried for years, before corralling the problem.
"I've been clean since 2004," said Lee.
He's also in the business of helping others, which Lee calls "his passion."
Lee works for The Restoration Academy, a program headed by Columbus mayor Andrew J. Ginther. It assists individuals who have background issues and legal problems. The goal is to help them gain full-time employment.
Three- to four-week workshops provide instruction for skills such as resume writing and mock interviews. For Lee, the payoff is seeing those in need of help succeed.
"I've always been a networker," he said. "That was always my mentality. I never thought I was better than this guy or that guy. I wanted all my friends to have the same type of success I had."
Growing up on the east side of Cleveland in Collinwood, Lee was always looking for male guidance as he was raised by his single mother. One of the examples of guidance he received from an adult male was a simple, but lasting one.
He was in seventh grade and his bus driver — "I still remember his name, Moses," said Lee — asked him a question.
"I always carried my basketball with me," said Lee, recalling back to those days. "One day, I came on the bus, and Moses asked me, 'Do you know what to do with that?' I said confidently, 'Yes.' "
A friendship began, but Lee wanted more. Lee didn't find a father figure until he began attending St. Joseph High School.
"He always called me dad," said Moran.
It was with good reason.
"It was difficult not having a father in the house," said Lee. "Coach Moran did so much for me, and I appreciated that. He helped me trust the opposite race. For me personally, I believed he saved my life. He helped get me through high school. After I did that, I felt I could do anything."
Before he graduated, Lee also shed an image he said his friends would laugh at now.
"I was really shy growing up," said Lee. "If it wasn't for basketball, I don't know if I would have came out of my shell."
On the court, he did that in a big way. By the time he was a senior, Lee grew to be 6-foot-9. Grouped with 6-foot-10 John Beauford and 6-foot-11 Eric Riley, the trio formed what some would argue was the greatest frontline in the history of Cleveland high school boys basketball.
"Personally, I think we have best front line ever," said Lee, who was a first-team all-Ohio pick as a senior.
Beauford was a second-team selection, and Riley honorable mention.
They led the Vikings to the 1987 state final four, which was played in Dayton because St. John Arena in Columbus wasn't available. Their opponent was Dayton Dunbar, which featured future Buckeyes point guard and Lee's college teammate Mark Baker, plus guard Kirk Taylor, who played at Michigan.
Dunbar built a 28-point lead against the Vikings, and won, 94-80, en route to winning the state title. Lee scored 32 points in the loss, and laments one thing about that tournament run.
"That was my wish, to play that tournament in Columbus. (Dunbar) had a big home-court advantage. I think we could have won (state) if it were in Columbus. And I think me and Clark might have a battle," said Lee, referring to Kellogg's state championship game scoring record.
Lee had to settle on trying to win a national championship at OSU. He finally settled in as a Buckeyes starter as an upperclassman. His best moment was during a memorable 97-95 double-overtime win over Indiana to help OSU win the Big Ten title for OSU. Lee made the game-winning shot.
"Being a Cleveland guy, and how we look at things with sports, I never thought that would be my defining moment," he said. "I always wanted to play beyond college."
Lee never got the opportunity to play in the NBA, and he's OK with that.
"I'm pretty happy with where I'm at right now."


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Dr. Blanke's recruitment supports the Knight Cancer Institute's mission of being a leader in personalized cancer medicine. Dr. Blanke said: "I was drawn to the Knight Cancer Institute because of its leadership in molecularly-driven, personalized cancer medicine, as well as its willingness to make significant investments in research to advance that field. The work Knight investigators are doing to pave the way for development of more targeted therapies aimed at curing a variety of cancers based on the specific biology of a patient's tumor, is a major focus of SWOG research as well."
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On Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken tentatively raised his gavel to close a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, saying, in his gravelly voice, "I don't chair that much." An aide leaned forward to whisper in his ear. "The record will be held open for a week," Franken then said triumphantly, and brought down the hammer.
He'd gotten the ritualistic words right. He had also opened a fired-up discussion about online privacy that has enormous implications for American companies.
The trigger for Tuesday's quiet Capitol Hill explosion was testimony about the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, passed in response to widespread concern about the disclosure of Judge Robert Bork's video rental records on the front page of the Washington City Paper during his Supreme Court confirmation proceedings. As a country, we fervently protect the titles of physical DVDs (as of 1988, videotapes) that citizens rent. The statute covers "video tape service providers," who are defined as anyone involved in the business of renting or selling "prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials," [18 USC 2710(a)(4)] and obliges them to get informed, written consent before disclosing titles. Arguably, the provider has to obtain this consent for every single movie.
Fast-forward (so to speak) 25 years: Now Netflix is in the business of streaming video. It's also in the business of sending DVDs by mail, which sticks it with the VPPA. Outside the U.S., Netflix can work with Facebook to get a one-time consent from users to share titles with friends. We do it with Spotify and Washington Post articles – why not with the names of videos we watch? But because of the VPPA, Netflix isn't sure a one-time ("durable") consent to share from users is lawful in the U.S. (All of this may explain why Netflix wanted to spin off its DVD business last year.) It also doesn't make sense to have videos treated differently than books or music – it's all bits over transmission lines, after all.
The House of Representatives recently passed a narrow amendment to the VPPA that says that a provider can get informed, written consent to share video titles in advance, as long as there's an opportunity for that consent to be withdrawn. Looks simple, right? One-time consent, opportunity to opt out. Netflix says it gives that opt-out opportunity to users outside the U.S. for every single video title. So if you're sitting in the U.K., even if you change your mind after you post a video title to Facebook in a drunken haze, you can "un-share." (So many new negatives in our world – "de-friending," "de-circling.")
On Tuesday, Netflix's simple fix met a buzzsaw. The company sees the VPPA as ratcheting up detailed, prescriptive rules for videos alone, and wants to level down so that video, music, and books are all treated the same way. That way, users who love sharing don't have to be greeted with a blizzard of clickthroughs when they want to watch a movie – it'll all happen automatically.
But Sen. Franken, Sen. Coburn, Sen. Leahy, Marc Rotenberg (head of EPIC, who drafted the VPPA in the first place when he was a staffer for Sen. Leahy), and Bill McGeveran of the University of Minnesota Law School like the idea of ratcheted-up protection for consumers. They'd like to see the VPPA model – requiring affirmative consent for every single incidence of sharing of a title on a social network – extended to every other kind of content. They want to level up, not level down.
Sen. Coburn's dogged questioning of Netflix's general counsel, David Hyman, must have seemed to stretch for hours from Hyman's perspective: Again and again, Coburn said, "What's wrong with having a reminder that you're sharing? If privacy is a virtue to be protected, what's wrong with the government saying there should be a reminder that you're giving your privacy away?" Both Franken and Coburn were troubled that opt-outs could be buried in screens and menus many layers away from the user. Prof. McGeveran pointed out that requiring an affirmative "I'd like to share" click is easier online than having to go to a physical store and give consent.
Senator Leahy, who chairs the Judiciary Committee as a whole, dropped in on the hearing to signal that no online company is in for an easy time when it comes to privacy legislation on his watch. Referring to Google's privacy policy change announced last week, he said that recently some companies "that dominate various aspects of cyberspace" have said that they want to easily track customers across the board. In Leahy's view, what's simpler for corporate purposes is not better for consumers. It would be simpler, after all, to have no privacy law and no antitrust law. With a bit of rhetorical finger-waggling, he said that he didn't like the claimed benefit of simplicity; from his perspective, a one-time consent checkoff is an all-time surrender of privacy.
Netflix came to the Hill to get a narrow change to an old-fashioned statute that it believes is hamstringing its business and software innovation generally. What it got Tuesday was a broad battle about where the defaults should be set: Should consumers be able to choose not to be asked every time whether they agree to sharing? Or should that choice be made by the Legislature? Is the glass half full, so that consumers can choose to empower themselves, or half empty, so that the government has to protect them?
We've seen this skirmish in many domains of Internet policy – should the government let parents protect children from unwelcome content, or should we assume that parents are incompetent and oblige the sources of content to shield themselves?
The news from Tuesday is obvious: The Senate is highly unlikely to pass an amendment to the VPPA. But that's minor. The bigger question is whether the flurry of affirmative opt-ins required by VPPA will someday be applied to absolutely everything we do on social networks and every possible device we use to connect to them.
The mind boggles. When you approach Capitol Hill, be careful what you ask for.
Photo: Hi-Fi video, by the_toe_stubber (Rick Hall) / flickr. Used with gratitude via a Creative Commons license.


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Middle market business owners want to secure the maximum price for their company, and in doing so, should strongly consider international buyers.
I worked with the CEO of a successful oil & gas services company, who also held a patent on a new type of equipment used every day throughout the industry. The owner knew most oil & gas services companies were selling for 4 to 6 times annual profits (EBITDA). However, he also believed his patent added value to the company and thought his company should be worth much more than the industry standard.
While we looked both domestically and internationally, when the deal closed, the company sold to an foreign buyer for 9 times forward earnings, or 15 times the annual profit (EBIT) it had made the previous year--a great valuation and a win for the owner.
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You might be able to sell your business for a significantly higher value to an international buyer as did my client. International companies tend to pay more for technology transfer and for access to new markets for their products and vice versa. This naturally creates more demand for the product or service which equates to a higher value. There may also be a discrepancy between international and domestic markets-domestic market values may be down when international values are up. Overall however, more buyers at the table means more offers and more competition. This typically adds up to more money for the seller. The international buyer is likely to pay more if they fear a competitor is going to close the deal. They may also be the only buyer out there. An experienced investment banker can help you find these international diamonds in the rough.
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Front month Brent and WTI both broke through the $50 bbl barrier yesterday but were unable to hold on to the gains. The trigger for the gains was news of further militant action in Nigeria which followed on from a large crude oil stock draw in Wednesday's EIA weekly US stock figures. By the close Brent had settled back to $49.59 (-0.15) and WTI to $49.48 (-0.08).
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