text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Bogota Job Help Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Bogota Job Help Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Colombia View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message izzie_caJoined: 31 May 2009Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:40 am Post subject: Bogota Job Help Hello, I plan on moving to Bogota this fall. I have spent the last two years teaching ESL in South Korea. I do not have a TESL certification. I am wondering what kinds of jobs I can expect to get based on my experience. I think its also worth mentioning that I was born and raised in Canada by a Colombian mother. Therefore, I hold dual citizenship. This means I wont need a work visa. Will this make it easier for me to find a job? Thanks for the help, Isabel Back to top windowlickerJoined: 05 Jun 2008Posts: 183Location: Bogotá, Colombia Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: With 2 years experience in Korea and dual citizenship, you'll have no problem. Personally, if I were you I'd start by looking for a job in a high school or university...only look at an institute if you have no luck with the high schools, but if you already have permission to work here I don't think you'll have any problem finding something with a high school. I have a Canadian friend who was here with no college degree, no experience and a no-name online TESL Cert, and he got a job at a high school because his wife was Colombian and therefore the school didn't need to go through the hassle of getting him a visa...pay wasn't great because his credentials weren't great, but he was definitely making more and had better benefits than at an institute. If you have a college degree, I think you could get a job making about 3 million pesos a month or more at a high school. You should be able to save close to half of that without much problem. Check your inbox...I sent you a PM with a little extra info. Back to top izzie_caJoined: 31 May 2009Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject: Thanks for the info above. I didn't get the PM. Is there a place you can suggest for job postings? Newspapers, websites etc? Thanks! Back to top windowlickerJoined: 05 Jun 2008Posts: 183Location: Bogotá, Colombia Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: wasn't expecting you to reply so fast! replied to the thread before sending the PM...check again. Every once in a while a job post comes up on eslbase.com or tefl.com, but they're usually for institutes. lots of jobs are posted in el tiempo (eltiempo.com) but it seems like the best jobs aren't ever posted online...only the print version. the PM has some extra info about the job search. Back to top TravellingAroundJoined: 12 Nov 2006Posts: 423 Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject: On here...http://www.colombianblog.com/....there is a list of schools and contact details in one of the forums. Ring them up, send them your CV, visit them etc. Some schools will be on holiday for the summer whereas some other schools have their main breaks in the winter. Not needing a work visa will be your main asset and although the better schools demand teaching accreditation (as in qualified to teach in your own country) this can be overlooked by some. Your main problem may be if they try and pay you as a local teacher rather than a foreign teacher. As in much of the world there is, in many places, a big difference between what the local teachers receive and what the western teachers do. Back to top ottoman79Joined: 06 Aug 2009Posts: 5Location: Arizona Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: TravellingAround wrote: On here...http://www.colombianblog.com/....t Thanks for this. Really helps a lot! Back to top ru4realJoined: 08 Sep 2007Posts: 11Location: china Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:52 am Post subject: windowlicker I was reading this thread and I also found it very interesting. I am in a similar boat as the starter of this thread has stated. I have almost 3 years experience in ESL in China, Ukraine, and most recently in Ethiopia. I do have a TEFL certification. I was born in the states, but also carry a Columbian passport. I also looking for work here in Columbia and I am interested in Medellin. Due to the PMing restrictions I am also not able to PM anyone here, but I hope that you could Email me with the information given to the poster. My email is RU14real60555(at) yahoo (dot) com. I will look forward to hearing from you or anyone that would be able to help me secure meaningful employment. I think the only difference might be that I do not currently have a degree, but I am working on it. Back to top tinydizzyJoined: 05 Sep 2007Posts: 21 Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject: Interesting, you have a TEFL but no college degree. It's normally the other way around. I'm in Medellìn teaching right now, although I'm not making anywhere near the 3 million figure that someone else quoted (maybe that's just for Bogotá!). The government is demanding that all English teachers be accredtited, normally with the TKTS test which is only administered in Colombia, but also the CELTA and TEFL are thought to be considered valid. (like everything else in Colombia, no one seems really sure about anything). I only needed a college degree to get my work visa (which you won't need). Nonetheless I think without a college degree you might have a very hard time finding work in a college or university. Your best bet would be with a private institute (Colombo, ULA, Berlitz, etc...). If you get the degree, you could probably land a job nearly anywhere in Medellìn. Timing is also really important. Almost all jobs begin in January or Frebruary, and November and December are the most important times to be looking for them. 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pens_CT wrote:Mad City Mike wrote:pens_CT wrote:Our scouting in europe is non existent. So its not a big surprise that we missed on Nyquist.
Fixed it for you.
This is because both GMRS and HCDB don't believe European players fit "their game." Just another example of how much smarter they are than the rest of the NHL. Just ask them and they'll tell you. But if you ask me, the whole scouting staff, pro and amateur, should be sent packing after this season. When you've drafted for seven years and have as little to show for it is they do, something is just not right.
I didn't realize that Maatta was from North America . Their scouting in europe stinks, is more the issue than not liking europeans.
pens_CT wrote:Our scouting in europe seems to be poor to non existent. So its not a big surprise that we missed on Nyquist.
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mikey287 wrote:I've said many times on this board, I'll gladly move to Sweden or Finland and scout and find players that actually have hockey sense. I mean, how many dumb Swedes are in the league? Very few...I'll find us a goaltender too if I go to Finland, the Finns do goaltending the right way.
Waiting on you, Ray...I don't cost much and my loyalty cannot be questioned. Let me know when you're ready to stop drafting Casey Pierro-Zabotel's and Andy Bathgate's...which were a waste from the word "go"
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Regrouping when things aren't going your way is one of the most difficult aspects of sports. For the Lipscomb men's soccer team, this weekend offers the opportunity for redemption after an 0-4-0 start that saw the Bisons offense score just one goal.
Friday Lipscomb will begin play in the Mafiaoszo Belmont Tournament against VMI with a 3:30 p.m. match. Sunday, the Bison will be back on the pitch at E.S. Rose Park for a 12:05 p.m. match-up against Georgia Southern.
The Bisons were blanked in both matches last weekend, falling to High Point (3-1) last Thursday and dropping a rainy 1-0 home match to Xavier, Sunday. The lone goal in last week's matches was attained via own goal at High Point; the Bisons haven't netted a goal since Jeremy Reid's 74th minute goal at Memphis in the second game of the season.
The defense has come under fire and performed admirably, though it has been beset by injury throughout the early part of the campaign. In addition to senior keeper Brent McGee's steady, inspired play in net, players such as freshmen Ben Gates and Omar Djabi have stepped up to contribute on the backline.
In a statistical anomaly that bodes well for the Bisons, they have played the most games in the A-Sun (four) but are the only squad in the conference that has yet to be whistled for an offside penalty.
This will be the first time that Lipscomb has faced either VMI or Georgia Southern; though neither has faced a common opponent of Lipscomb's so far in 2011, Georgia Southern destroyed Atlantic Sun foe North Florida, 5-0, to open the season; the Bisons defeated North Florida, 3-2, in the midst of a four-match winning streak last season.
Neither opponent is off to a roaring start; VMI is 0-3-0, with losses to North Carolina State, Army and NJIT to their credit. The Keydets have been offensively challenged early on, mustering only two goals in three matches.
The Georgia Southern offense has been more high-flying (10 goals in three games), but is showing signs of regressing. After their opening-night shellacking of North Florida, 5-0, the Panthers dropped a double-overtime match to Winthrop (5-4) and drew with Gardner-Webb, 1-1.
The Bisons will host their own tournament, next weekend, when Belmont, IPFW and Bowling Green descend upon the campus for the Hyatt Place Select/Lipscomb Invitational Tournament, Sept. 16-18.
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Final Four Daily Diaries: FridayPosted by rtmsf on April 2nd, 2011
RTC is at the Final Four in Houston, our sixth as a fan but our first as a member of the working media. What that means, exactly, we're still trying to figure out, but we think it has something to do with wearing a rectangular piece of plastic with our mug on it and nodding approvingly at the people in the NCAA blazers walking around the innards of Reliant Stadium. Or maybe it means dropping dime on one of the coaches at the dais for one thing or another — we're not sure. Anyway, over the next four days of collegiate basketball activity here in H-town, we'll be providing a daily diary in much the same way we've done with our correspondents throughout this year's Tournament — equal parts observation and analysis, with a hint of the absurd.
Friday, April 1 – Houston, Texas
- Houston sucks. I've never been to a place that angers me more than this city. Ok, maybe Vegas after a specific trip to the Luxor Hotel & Spa a few years back, but nowhere else I've been in this country enjoys such a harmonious mixture of horrendous traffic, non-walkability, preponderance of bad chain restaurants, paucity of natural beauty, unbearable heat, and a culture-less culture than this place. I've been to most major US cities before, and there's a reason I'd yet to make it to this one — now I know why (as I prep for my credential to be rendered invalid around 4 pm CDT tomorrow). Credential or not, you've got three more days, Houston — my poison pen is raring. Other than that, it's great.
- On to Final Four Friday, as it's called in the local parlance. Not to go all Negative Nancy on you all in this diary, but the four practices this afternoon couldn't have been more sleep-inducing. I was lucky enough to bring the RTC Babe along for the ride this weekend, and she put it rather succinctly when asked about her impressions of the four-hour snorefest — "It was boring, but I did get to see Jimmer," her voice lilting at the end. That she did, and as she's somehow managed to convince herself in the last three weeks that BYU's Jimmer Fredette possesses a hotness that most mere mortals cannot reach, we say bravo. After all, The Jimmer is in fact the guy we all want to be anyway, and it could be worse — she could have mentioned somebody like, ugh, Chandler Parsons.
- Back to the practices, though, and although it was cool to be in the building and to look around, enjoy the decorations and speak with some colleagues, the practices were by and large worthless. A few light drills, a lot of jump shooting, coaches and players taking it all in — these were the activities of the day. No Big Country tearing the backboard down or Kevin Love hitting 100-footers or a horrific injury to a notable player today — just a lot of quiet. Even the Kentucky fans were largely muted, a completely unexpected occurrence given that it's been 13 long years since the BBN last saw a F4 Friday practice.


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Giving Flu Vaccine to U.S. Kids Cuts ER Visits
Recommending that all preschoolers get a flu shot cut visits to the emergency department for flu-like illness by more than a third, U.S. and Canadian researchers said on Monday in a study that showed the direct impact of vaccination policy changes on flu transmission.
The researchers used real-time data from hospital emergency departments in Boston and Montreal to study the impact of a 2006 change in the United States to recommend flu vaccinations among children aged 2 to 4.
Children this age are a major source of flu transmission.
In Canada, health authorities did not change flu vaccine recommendations to include these children until 2010.
"The differences in the U.S. and Canadian policies created conditions for a natural experiment for evaluating the effects of U.S. policy change in the target age group," said John Brownstein of Children's Hospital Boston, who worked on the study published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Brown said using hospital-based data allowed the team to assess the effects of policy changes much more quickly than traditional studies, which focused on counting the number of vaccine doses administered.
For the study, the researchers compared data on 114,657 emergency department visits for flu-like illness at Children's Hospital Boston and Montreal Children's Hospital from 2000 to 2009, the period just prior to the H1N1 flu pandemic.
They found emergency department visits for flu-like symptoms fell by 34 percent at Children's Hospital Boston compared with Montreal Children's after the 2006 U.S. policy change.
Older children also benefited, with rates of flu-like illness dropping between 11 and 18 percent in Boston compared with Montreal.
The team said vaccinating preschoolers may have cut the spread of the virus to their older siblings, or the change could have motivated families to vaccinate older children as well.
The findings offer a new approach to studying the impact of changes in flu policy, the team said.
Some 115 U.S. children and teens died from flu last year, and many of those deaths occurred among healthy children who had not gotten a flu shot, U.S. health officials last week.
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or this highly fashionable picture book, forgotten on a bench.
Were we ever that careless about our possessions as kids? Don't think so. I did not have much...but what I had, I cared about. Maybe that's the secret.
"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." -- Jawaharlal Nehru
Were we ever that careless about our possessions as kids? Don't think so. I did not have much...but what I had, I cared about. Maybe that's the secret.
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These photos tell the story, huh? I don't recall ever taking much with me when I went somewhere...other than my camera so I could bring home photos.
I have 3 boys and my littlest still talks about the books he lost in the car dealership waiting room. And that was 3 years ago! I agree with asking the question "Do we give our kids too much stuff?"
I've always enjoyed your pics, thanks for today's post. I am back after a few months leave, come check out my pics!
Children leaving their prized belongings in something I have seen everywhere I have traveled. I also know how traumatic it can be for them when the figure out something is missing.
... and the when you get older, you start forgetting things again! (I'm not talking about you!)
Love the shot of the pink sunglasses. My kids used to forget things they took out to play with, and would always remember them once we got home :)
I am sure, there has been a lot of crying because of those things at home.
You have here fine bird photos and then this Big Al - a pet :)
Our spring has started slowly to come !
Have a great day, Isabella!
What a lovely post. When I saw the glasses I thought Dame Edna had landed in Naples! Wouldn't it be nice if the kids were reunited with their possessions. Especially the book. Wouldn't you just have hated to lose a book as a child - or anytime?
I answered your question on Monte Carlo DP, Isabella, but Beau has another abscess. Once it bursts he'll be right as ninepence.
de belles lunettes de jeune starlette. Je suis sur qu'elle plairait a ma jeune nièce.
Beautiful young starlet glasses. I am pleased that it has on my young niece.
Interesting post, as always, Isabella!
I think that forgetting things it depends of each person... my son (32) forget much things than I (65) did! LOL!
Those sunglasses are fabulous!
I'd love a pair like that!
Ilike the shot of the sunglasses, too.
If we forgot things as kids we would run right back & turn the place upside down looking for it.
We didn't have much, either.
pretty losttuffs better tha 'trew away cans and bottles" nice photography :)
I agree with Jilly; the rose-colored glasses look like they belong to Dame Edna Junior. Lovely shots.
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My name is Mike and I am one of the owners of the lifestyle brand Nikki Beach (http://www.NikkiBeach.com) with 15 venues in 9 countries, clothing line, fragrance, music label, hotels, clubs and restaurants. We target the extremely affluent luxury leisure market around the world. our newest project is a Night Club, Beach Club (poolside) and restaurant in Las Vegas at the Tropicana.
In our marketing program for our new Nikki Beach in Las Vegas we are going to create a side company that will focus on what is "Hip" in Las Vegas so we can show our 3 million+ customers what else is hip and cool to do in Las Vegas besides Nikki Beach. We know our customers will want to see what else they can do during their stay in Las Vegas and we want a media site that is not so commercial or focusing on discounts like all the rest so we can drive our customers to what is "Hip".
By creating a new company and brand HipLasVegas.com other business can work with it as it wont be competition and we can help become the point of contact for "Hip" tourism in Las Vegas.
HipLasVegas.com will consist of weekly videos shows, interviews, Hip Hotels - restaurants - shows - tours and things to do in Las Vegas. It will also have booking & reservation engines for all of the above topics.
Our target audience will be the the Hip crowd of ages 25 - 55 that are looking for what is considered hip and cool in Las Vegas.
I am requiring 2 formats 1. a logo design that can be used on the web and print. 2. a configuration or layout for a website header.
Since the concept is what is Hip and cool in Las Vegas the logo should be very Hip and cool.
you might want to play off that old famous welcome to Las Vegas sign or if you are really creative make something unique.
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digestionThe conversion of food into a form suitable for absorption and use by the body. This involves both mechanical reduction to a finer consistency and chemical breakdown to simpler substances.
digestiona process in which food is broken down into a form that can be utilized. It usually consists of two elements:
- a mechanical/physical stage, e.g. mastication, churning, emulsification, in which no chemical bonds are broken and no enzymes are required; and
- a chemical stage requiring enzymes in which complex food molecules are broken down by HYDROLYSIS into a state in which they can be absorbed. In most heterotrophic organisms digestion is 'extracellular', the enzymes being released outside the cell and the digested products absorbed. In organisms such as the fungi, digestion takes place in the external environment, but in the majority of HETEROTROPHS digestion takes place in a specialized cavity or internal tube, the ALIMENTARY CANAL, which is usually muscular, with food being squeezed through the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM by a process of PERISTALSIS. Primitive animals carry out intracellular digestion, food particles being taken into food vacuoles within the cell and digested there.
digestionthe processes which break down ingested food to substances that are absorbed from the alimentary canal into the blood or lymph. Catalysed by the digestive enzymes in the saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice and those secreted from the lining of the small intestine. These 'juices' together add up to a total of about 10 litres per day entering the gut. Apart from those that occur in the lumen of the gut, some further digestive processes are effected by the enterocytes, the cells in the lining of the small intestine. Depends also on other chemical processes, including for example emulsification of fats by bile from the liver.
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Q. It feels like I cannot breath properly, my chest feels heavy and Whenever i eats something it gets even more. If i don't eat much i get gases problem. I am regularly having constipation if i don't take proper medicine. Mostly i have been diagnosed as Digestive System problem, stomach problem, dryness in body and no Problem with my breathing system just cause of gases which causes my chest to remain heavy. I am worried because i never gets my real power in breathing and my digestive system is not getting well. Kindly suggest.
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I watched a thought provoking video about the importance of saving those pieces of paper that we call letters or in this day and age (email's) to include in our histories or those of our ancestral family members.
I must confess that the letters of my husband to me when we were dating have become more precious to me as time passes. Since my husband passed away last year from melanoma, those letters that I have saved from him bring back great joy and pleasure to me in a way that other items such as pictures can't. These letters are his words to me...It is as if he were sitting right beside me. I am grateful that I have kept these letters and love to reflect on them from time to time. Letters are a very intimate way to learn about your family, your history, and yourself.
This web link that I have provided for you is from Roots Television and can be found at the bottom of this blog or you can just watch the video here on my blog. The video that I would encourage you all to look at is the one about the War Letters. It is an interesting way to look on life as history happened. These letters make the history come alive in a very personal way. I am amazed that so many people would be able to part with these letters that would mean so much. The people who donated these letters made a great sacrifice in relinquishing these for the project. I am grateful for the sacrifices of the families and the young men and women that have or are currently serving, or will serve in the armed forces for our freedom. I do think these feelings can and should be expressed by anyone from any country. We are benefiting now from the sacrifices of the few for the many. I thank you all for your sacrifce for me.
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The Search Marketing Expo is starting tomorrow in Stockholm at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel. Three of of the Nordic eMarketing Staff are attending, Olafur, Haraldur and Kristjan Mar. We arrived yesterday to prepare and go to the eMetrics Summit located at the same hotel. Both events look great and we are hoping to bring home even more knowledge to use with and on behalf of our clients.
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Man accused of 2007 child killing heads to trial again
The story of Neveah Gallegos, 3 years old when she died in 2007, can be tracked by the hands that touched her life, prosecutors told jurors today during impassioned opening arguments in the trial against her accused killer.
The skilled hands of a doctor delivered Neveah. The loving hands of her maternal grandmother and aunts cared for her after her mother all but abandoned her. Then there are the hands of 27-year-old Angel Ray Montoya, who prosecutors say strangled the tot and concealed her body under a pile of trash in a Denver gulch.
Montoya, who was dating Neveah's teenage mother, had been left to babysit the child Sept. 21, 2007, the day she died, and has been charged with First Degree murder in her death. The pair staged an elaborate cover-up that sparked a days-long hunt for the child throughout Denver.
"His hands were hurtful; his hands caused pain. His hands squeezed the last breath out of her tiny little body," said Chief Deputy District Attorney Michelle Amico. "And once she was dead, he used his hands to … (dispose) of her as if she was worth nothing more than a piece of trash."
It's the second go-round of a Denver District Court trial that's promised to be lengthy. Neveah's mother Miriam Gallegos in August prompted a mistrial when she testified that Montoya had previously committed a sex offense, a bit of his criminal history the court had warned her was too prejudicial for jurors to hear.


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Who will be 12THMAN?
Texas A&M to auction exclusive license plate
No one has ever had 12THMAN on an official Texas license plate. Now for the first time, Texas A&M University and MyPlates.com will auction the right to display the one and only 12THMAN license plate. Aggie fans and former students can register your interest in the MyPlates.com 12THMAN Auction at www.myplates.com/12THMAN.
Texas A&M and MyPlates.com will hold the auction online.
Bidding opens Aug. 12 and ends Sept. 12 – two days prior to the Aggies' SEC showdown with defending national champion Alabama at Kyle Field.
Proceeds from the auction benefit Texas A&M University and the General Revenue Fund of Texas.
The winner of the MyPlates.com 12THMAN Auction wins this plate for a 10-year term, with first dibs on renewing the plate after that. The winner also has full rights to transfer or sell the plate to someone else.
"The 12th Man tradition at Texas A&M dates back to 1922 and signifies the loyalty and selfless service that is embodied by Aggies everywhere," said Texas A&M Senior Associate Athletic Director Jason Cook. "As a special honor, we'll present the 12THMAN license plate to the winner in front of nearly 90,000 fans during the Texas A&M vs. Alabama game Sept. 14."


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Minnesota's 2,960 miles of critical interregional corridors (IRCs) outside the Twin Cities area link the state's main centers of economic activity and boost the state's economic vitality through their function as important freight routes. Read More
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The recent trend in freight has been more weight and fewer restrictions. Allowable truck weights for Minnesota depend in large part on the strength of the road-and-bridge infrastructure that bears the load. Truck weights matter to a range of stakeholders, including the driving public, which faces safety concerns over heavier trucks. Read More


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Then again, neither are the Seahawks, and this is going to be a much harder game than most 49ers fans are comfortable admitting.
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CHICAGO — Killing time during Sunday's 1-hour, 53-minute weather delay that interrupted their 23-20 overtime victory over the Ravens, wide receiver Brandon Marshall flipped coach Marc Trestman a football as he walked past his locker stall.
Trestman reacted quickly. He caught it.
Like his team, Trestman clearly was ready for everything on a bizarre day during which the Bears made good use of their time to restore relevance to their season. After lightning amid the storms that rocked the area caused the NFL to suspend play with 4:51 left in the first quarter, Trestman tried whatever he could to keep his players relaxed and positive despite trailing 10-0.
He played catch with Marshall in the locker room, a scene rookie guard Kyle Long called "epic." He sat on the floor to talk to Bears cornerback Tim Jennings. He led the offense in a walk-through at the behest of Marshall. He created a positive environment conducive to coming back, which is exactly what the Bears did against the defending Super Bowl champions.
"The guys were very energized," Trestman said. "When we went out (after the delay) you would have thought we hadn't started the game yet."
After the longest Bears game in recent memory finally ended 5 hours, 18 minutes after kickoff with a 38-yard field goal by Robbie Gould, you never would have guessed this was the same team demoralized by its defeat to the Lions only seven days earlier. What a difference a week makes in the NFL.
On a muddy field in stormy conditions, the Bears regained traction in the NFC North race. They played without five defensive starters and starting quarterback Jay Cutler but found a way to win anyway. They relied on no-name pass rushers like Cheta Ozougwu and David Bass, who returned an interception for a touchdown, as much as big-money sack man Julius Peppers. They carelessly committed 13 penalties and mismanaged timeouts in the final minute of regulation but persevered because they protected the football. They made Ravens running back Ray Rice resemble a Pro Bowl runner again for the first time in 2013 but defensively came up with the clutch stop late when necessary.
They overcame every challenge the Ravens and Mother Nature provided to produce the most memorable, if not significant, moment of Trestman's first season as $865,000 bargain backup quarterback Josh McCown outplayed $120 million man Joe Flacco.
"It's something Marc talks about all the time, embracing adversity, (and) that was our adversity," McCown said of the weather.
The way Chicago's skies cleared after play resumed, it begged the question why the NFL failed to postpone kickoff until 3:15 p.m. With today's sophisticated technology, local meteorologists saw this major noontime storm coming as early as Friday, so why couldn't the NFL have made a wiser decision to avoid a weather-delayed game? How much did CBS sending its No. 1 broadcast team influence the decision to keep the game in the first time slot no matter what Doppler radar showed?
"Weather is unpredictable and there was a chance that the game could proceed without a delay, (but) when lightning dictated that a stoppage was necessary, the procedures for such an occurrence were followed," NFL spokesman Michael Signora told the Tribune.
To their credit, Bears players and coaches kept the football game they just won in its proper perspective. With sincerity in their voice and mud still on their shoes, they offered thoughts and prayers for the people with lives changed by the string of tornadoes that wrought devastation in Illinois towns such as Washington and Peoria.
"For us, relative to a football game it was adversity, but they're facing some real stuff right now," McCown said of the victims.
Along the lakefront, the winds that whipped up to 34 mph made a passing game a fleeting thought. The elements changed "series by series," according to Trestman, who admitted worrying about screen passes and tosses. It forced the Bears to lean heavily on the power of running back Matt Forte and the prudence of McCown.
"You look across the field and see Joe Flacco and on the sidelines and Jay is over there and I'm like, 'Can I borrow somebody's arm?' " McCown kidded.
Yet on the decisive play of the game, McCown reminded us how far smarts and accuracy can take the Bears. Reading blitz, McCown saw Martellus Bennett isolated on 5-foot-10 cornerback Lardarius Webb on a play designed for Marshall. So McCown put the ball up for Bennett to make a play and the tight end came down with a 43-yard catch that set up Gould's field goal three plays later.
"I didn't want to be a JAG — Just A Guy," Bennett said.
As a result, the Bears suddenly aren't just another team in the NFC after what was hardly just another day.


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In real estate a contingency is common and written into almost every contract. Contingencies are clauses in a contract that give either the buyer or seller a way to get out of the contract if certain conditions or timelines aren't met. Every contract can be unique. The possibilities for contingencies are virtually endless, however, some of the more commonly used contingencies would include:
Financing. Contingencies that depend on the buyer being able to obtain financing are very common.
Home Inspections. Probably the most common type of contingency is the "contingent upon satisfactory completion of inspection". There are any number of specific types of inspections for which a contingency might be included in a contract. Some of the more common would include inspection by a qualified home inspector for hidden defects, radon tests, sewer line inspections, pest inspections, water and sewage system inspections, inspections dealing with the presence of mold, etc.
Appraisal. It's not unusual for a buyer to have a contingency that requires an appraised value at or above purchase price. Since lenders will nearly always want an appraisal performed too, sellers usually don't have a problem with this.
Remember, just like everything else in real estate contracts, contingencies are negotiable. In drafting your offer to purchase a home or piece of property, we will ensure that you are comfortable with all contingencies included in your contract and help you determine if it is appropriate to add additional ones as well.


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Install Fails Due to Server Name Issue
Release: Cisco Unified Presence 7.x
The Cisco Unified Presence installation fails due to an issue with the server name.
The leading character in the server name is a digit.
None. You must change the leading character of the server name to be a letter. Cisco Unified Presence only supports server names that begin with an alphabet character.
Issue with Deskphone Control and/or Contact Search
Release: Cisco Unified Presence 7.x
There are two possible situations that this applies to:
1) Cisco Unified Personal Communicator deskphone control is not working. Show server health shows the status of "Not Connected - Stopped"
2) Searching in Cisco Unified Personal Communicator is not returning all results.
When you have a large user base and the LDAP server does not respond in a timely manner to queries from Cisco Unified Presence.
You can use either of these workarounds:
1) Index the telephoneNumber field on the LDAP server.
2) If you are using Windows Active Directory, use the Global Catalog port 3268 instead of the standard LDAP port of 389.
Issues for Signed In Users after Change to Proxy Domain
Release: Cisco Unified Presence 7.x
If you change the Proxy Domain settings on Cisco Unified Presence while users are signed into Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, all operations (including availability status and Instant Messaging (IM)) fail and users cannot sign into the updated domain.
This condition occurs if Proxy Domain settings change on Cisco Unified Presence while users are signed into Cisco Unified Personal Communicator.
Before you change the Proxy Domain settings on Cisco Unified Presence, make sure that all users are fully signed out of their Cisco Unified Personal Communicator client.
FAQ: How Do I Change the Size of the SIP Notify Message that Cisco Unified Presence Sends?
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You can change the maximum size of the Notify message on Cisco Unified Presence from the Service Parameters page of the Presence Engine on the Cisco Unified Presence Administration interface. The service parameter is called Notify Body Size. By default this parameter is set to a maximum size of 180,000 bytes.
Issue with Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Users Not Being Authenticated
Release: Cisco Unified Presence 7.x
Symptom: Users are not authenticated to sign into either Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, or Cisco Unified Presence User Options Interface.
Users can sign into the Cisco Unified Communications Manager User Interface, but users are unable to sign in to Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and Cisco Unified Presence User Options Interface. You have licensed all users for both Cisco Unified Presence and Cisco Unified Personal Communicator.
To resolve this issue, perform these steps:
- Ensure that all new LDAP users are synched to Cisco Unified Communications Manager. On Cisco Unified Presence, remove the LDAP directory, and add it again.
- Make sure you have assigned all of your users to the "Standard CCM End Users" User Group on Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
- On Cisco Unified Presence, restart the Tomcat service using the CLI command: utils service restart Cisco Tomcat
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The group explores various questions related to minorities, regardless of geographic location. Some of the issues that will be explored are related to various disciplines and areas of study to include social psychology, political psychology, comparative politics, education, religion, ethnic studies, and history.
We plan to share various thoughts on our research project to think creatively outside of the boundaries of disciplines; and to publish various papers on the different minority groups in the US and outside of the US.
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For the fifth time in last Friday night's Class AAAA state tournament opener, Mount St. Joseph Academy trailed by eight points, but this time less than seven minutes remained in the game. Continuing to battle, the Magic conjured up a late rally that reduced their deficit to a single point with 42 seconds to go, but the only other shot they were able to launch was an off-target, 30-foot heave just before the buzzer.
On a neutral court at Cheltenham High School (just 10 minutes from the Mount), the 35-34 victory went to Cumberland Valley, a team that hails from just west of Harrisburg and which began the state tourney as the fifth-seeded squad out of District 3. Claiming their first PIAA tournament victory since 2003, the Eagles improved to 23-6 overall and advanced to meet another District 3 team, Manheim Township. On the same night, Manheim won its tournament opener against Philadelphia's Central High School, the two-seed from District 12, 61-20).
Mount St. Joe, the second seed from Philadelphia's District 1, ended its season with an overall mark of 26-3. That final win/loss figure for the Magic included a 16-0 sweep through both the regular season and the playoffs of the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies.
For all intents and purposes, it could be said that the Mount began and ended its season against Cumberland Valley. Attending the Eagles' tip-off tournament in early December, the Magic opened their 2012-2013 campaign with an easy win over Philly's Simon Gratz High in the tourney semifinals, then bowed to CV in the championship game, 55-50.
Before meeting the Eagles a second time, Mount St. Joe vanquished every opponent save one. The MSJ squad fell to Spring-Ford High School in a regular season contest in January, and lost again to the Lady Rams in the District 1 championship game on March 1.
As evidenced by the final scores of the two tilts between the Mount and Cumberland Valley, both teams upped their defensive intensity the second time around. MSJ junior guard Alex Louin, who led the Magic with 23 points back in December, needed only 11 points to take team-high honors last Friday.
There were three double-digit scorers for CV in the first clash, but in the rematch there was just one. Senior Jackie Falconer, a 6'1" forward headed for the University of Pennsylvania, scored a game-high 12 points for the Eagles in the state tourney opener.
As the Mounties waited to take they floor last Friday, they watched an earlier first-round game involving their former teammate, Regan Gallagher. An Upper Dublin High School junior who had played for the Magic in her first two years of high school, Gallagher saw her season wind up with a loss to defending state champ Archbishop Carroll, but not before she'd recorded a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds.
The current MSJ line-up was affected by injury this winter, as senior point guard Kelsey Jones (a Philadelphia University signee) was only able to perform for a few weeks in the middle of the season before knee problems sidelined her once more.
Cumberland Valley also lost a guard to a season-ending injury in January, but she had never been a starter for the Eagles.
Coming out of District 1 as the fifth seed back in 2012, Mount St. Joseph reached the second round of the state tournament, where its season ended with a 38-31 loss to the district champ, Spring-Ford. As the second seed from District 1 this time around, how did the Magic draw such a tough opponent for its opening game? The answer lay in the traditional unpredictability of the playoffs in District 3, a 10-county patch centered around Harrisburg in south central Pa.
On hand at last Friday's game was recently retired Cheltenham High School coach Bob Schaefer, whose teams made 11 appearances in the state final four and won two championships.
"You never know who you're going to get coming out of District 3," he remarked, "because those teams are always upsetting each other in their district tournament."
That's what happened to Cumberland Valley, which entered the regional playoffs as the third seed and emerged as number five following a two-point upset loss in the quarterfinals to Central Dauphin East, which was originally ranked sixth. CV had enjoyed a better season overall, but had lost to C.D. East twice during the regular season, as well.
In any event, the Mounties knew they were in for a battle in their state tourney debut.
In the first three-and-a-half minutes, a lay-up and a 15-foot jumper by junior forward Carly Monzo and a three-point field goal from the right corner by freshman guard Libby Tacka had the Mount ahead by two, 7-5. Three-pointers had been an important element of the MSJ offense during postseason play, but during the remainder of Friday's tilt the only other trey the Magic netted came from an unusual source, sophomore reserve guard Mary Kate Ulasewicz. The Eagles had three different players produce a total of four three-point buckets, just enough to keep the Mount defense from really packing in around the three CV starters in the six-foot range, Falconer, junior Maddie Torresin, and freshman Kelly Jekot.
In the middle of the opening quarter, sophomore guard Taylor Sneidman tossed in the first of her two treys, moving the Eagles ahead, 8-5. At the same time CV tightened up its defense, and for a seven-and-a-half minute span extending into the second period, Mount St. Joe was limited to one field goal and one made foul shot.
Behind 15-9 at the quarter, the Magic picked up that lone free throw courtesy of senior forward Meg Geatens at the start of round two. Forward Meghan Rhoades, a 5'11" sophomore, came off the Eagles' bench to score off of a rebound, and then she stuck one of two foul shots, giving her squad an eight-point advantage at 18-10.
In the last five minutes of the first half, the Mount's Louin hit two turn-around jumpers and a pair of free throws, powering a 6-2 spurt for the locals that had them back within four points at halftime, 20-16.
When play resumed, both ballclubs maintained their defensive intensity during a low-scoring third quarter, which duplicated the 12-point total output of the second round. At times, both teams seemed almost too focused on the defensive aspect of the game; the contest was still up for grabs between two highly-successful ballclubs, but they each appeared tentative on offense, almost unwilling to take the initiative.
The period began and ended with transition lay-ups by the Mount. Senior guard Adrienne Cellucci (who will attend Ursinus College) started it off, and later Ulasewicz set the scoreboard at 27-21 for the start of the final round.
CV's Jekot had collected her only points of the evening on a put-back during the third quarter. The talented freshman had turned in several 20-point-plus games in the District 3 playoffs, but here she looked nervous in the first state tourney appearance of her career. It's not likely that future opponents will catch such a break.
Jackie Falconer's younger and smaller sister, Jen (a 5'6" sophomore guard), kicked off the final frame with a driving lay-up, and for the fifth time the Eagles were up by eight, now at 29-21. Once again, the Mounties stayed alive by keeping the gap from reaching double digits. After they whiffed on a pair of free throws, an inbounds play delivered the ball to Ulasewicz, who bagged a three-pointer from the right wing.
CV's Jackie Falconer responded with a lay-up (with 6:27 to go, it was her team's final field goal of the evening), then a high-flying put-back by Louin and a lay-up by Monzo made it 31-28 with a little over five minutes left on the clock.
The Magic then fouled Jackie Falconer twice, and the Eagles' lone senior went four-for-four at the stripe, first on a two-shot foul, and then on a one-and-one as CV got into the bonus with 3:50 left. The Eagles would not score again, while the Mount soon pulled back within three points of the leaders thanks to successful drives down the lane by Geatens and Monzo.
After the score closed up to 35-32 with 2:43 showing, both teams visibly grew anxious. CV missed a lay-up, and Mount St. Joe committed an offensive foul. The Eagles were nailed with a five-second call on the sideline, and on the Magic's subsequent inbounds play they committed a back-court violation.
Called for a carry while handling the ball, the Eagles got it back with a steal by Jackie Falconer. However, when she was fouled she missed the first shot of the resulting one-and-one, now with 1:05 remaining. MSJ's Louin hit a mid-range jumper from the left with 42 ticks to go, and the final score of 35-34 was up in lights.
The Mounties engineered another five-second call against CV on a restart. Once they went into their offensive set and sized up the Eagles' defense, the Magic called time-out with 18.5 seconds left. Their inbounds play went awry and led to a scramble for the ball near the sideline around midcourt. CV's Torresin saved it from going out of bounds, dribbled down towards the basket, and then travelled with the ball.
There was another time-out, but when the Magic came back out they would have to go 94 feet in 3.3 seconds. They ended up thrusting the ball into the air from way above the top of the key, and it bounced harmlessly off the top of the backboard.
In the final reckoning, MSJ's Louin had seven rebounds and four assists to go along with her 11 points, while Monzo scored eight points and Geatens and Ulasewicz had five apiece. Tacka and Cellucci finished with three and five points, respectively.
Jackie Falconer's 12 points paced the victors, along with seven from Torresin and six from Sneidman. The Eagles' total was fleshed out by five points from Jen Falconer, three from Rhoades, and two from Jekot.


text: ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Many of the veterans Michigan will lean on during the coming season sat out Saturday's final day of spring practice, which was great news for the team's younger players. The Wolverines worked a lot of new players into a simulated game the defense won 42-41 in front of 5,500 fans at a chilly, windy Michigan Stadium. "I don't ever remember being 100 percent in the spring," coach Lloyd Carr said before the session began. "That's why the emphasis is on the younger players. "There's plenty of time for improvement at every position." Quarterback Chad Henne, who threw for 2,508 yards, 22 touchdowns and eight interceptions last season, was the most familiar face on the field Saturday. He threw a touchdown pass to Greg Matthews before giving way to backup Ryan Mallett. While Henne saw limited action, other returning offensive anchors spent the day on the sideline or in street clothes. "It was tough," Henne said. "But the young guys got a lot of reps today and that's going to help them catch up to what we're trying to do. "It was a big leadership step for me to help them out to become better players." Mallett, a freshman, threw a touchdown pass to sophomore David Middleton and senior K.C. Lopata, one of several players seeking replace the departed Garrett Rivas, kicked a pair of field goals. Running back Mike Hart, who had offseason surgery to alleviate pain in a shoulder, was kept out of spring practice and All-America OT Jake Long participated in a handful of drills. Both, Carr said, will be ready when training camp begins in July. Long and fellow senior Adam Krauss return to the left side of the line and sophomore Justin Boren appears to have landed the starting center spot. Both Carr and offensive coordinator Mike DeBord said the right side of the line won't be settled until the end of camp. The defense, which ranked 10th in total defense nationally last season and allowed an NCAA-best 43.4 rushing yards per game, returns only four starters, which could place even more of a burden on the offense early in the season. "I think our defense will be different, but they'll still be good," Hart said. "You always want to score as many points as you can, so if that's what we need to do, we can do it." Defensive coordinator Ron English, who must replace three linemen and two linebackers, said the young unit still has a lot to learn. "We're going to make mistakes," he said. "And the key is going to be how you respond and play through those mistakes. "We have to develop some guys because we need some depth." The Wolverines (11-2) rose as high as No. 2 last season before season-ending losses to Ohio State and Southern Cal dropped them to eighth in the final poll. Carr said RB Kevin Grady, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament Thursday, will have surgery Monday. He said he was not sure if the junior would be ready to play this season. Mario Manningham (ankle) missed the spring, too, but should return this summer. Carr also declined to address the status of suspended WR Adrian Arrington, who was not on the spring roster. The Wolverines begin the season Sept. 1 when Appalachian State visits for the first of four straight home games. They start Big Ten play Sept. 22 against Penn State.


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The secret to Glenn Howells Architects' Bramall Music School's auditorium acoustics is its low ventilation noise, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Edmund Sumner
It's hard to say which is the more haunting: Webb & Bell's Edwardian Chancellor's Court at Birmingham University, with its Beaux-Arts Byzantiana and eerie Sienese infinity tower; or the nuclear bunker-like silence in the concert hall of the Bramall Music Building, which Glenn Howells Architects has inserted into a mothballed site in the complex.
Although the scale and quality of the court complex, conceived as a hilltop fort and built at the Empire's heyday, doesn't appear under-funded, three of the T-shaped blocks planned to radiate from its quadrants were postponed so the Chamberlain Tower could be completed first, and only now has Howells plugged the last remaining gap with the university's new music department premises.
The Grade II* context was gratefully received by director Glenn Howells. He describes the university's first chancellor, Joseph Chamberlain, who chose Webb & Bell, as one of the best things that happened to Birmingham. Howells didn't take the commission lightly. 'We had to understand the context and develop something that worked on its own terms,' he says, 'it was too important for ad hoc decisions and we needed to know when we would and wouldn't be faithful to the original.'
'We set out to understand its system to see how rules could be interpreted,' adds associate William Schofield, who studied sometime orientalist William Lethaby's Architecture, Mysticism and Myth to try to understand Aston Webb and Ingress Bell's language of circles, squares, cubes and hemispheres.
There was a tug-of-war between the outside and inside
'There was a tug-of-war between the outside and inside,' says Howells. The T-shaped plan form of the neighbouring blocks was unsuitable for the target auditorium capacity of 450, so Howells and consultant Nick Edwards of Acoustic Dimensions developed a carafe-shaped alternative with splayed auditorium walls. These deviate 1.5° from the optimum angle for room acoustics to suit the site layout, which retains access through the 'fortifications' to the split-oval court, now passing below a new enclosed annular link between the Bramall and its neighbour. The auditorium, reputedly the most adaptable space of its kind in any British university, accommodates multiple uses, including solo recitals and performances by full symphony orchestras or 200-member choirs. Seating banks, canopy, lift and slide laterally and vertically, modulating volumes and acoustic performance. Absorbent panels tuck into pockets for harder acoustics and double curtains at high level temper amplified sound and balcony fronts are timber.
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Acoustic Dimensions achieved extraordinarily low auditorium noise levels. The key to this is extremely low ventilation noise, due partly to below-seat supply air slots without grilles – and therefore without grille noise. The domed rehearsal room was also designed to be flexible. The university's low sound break-in requirements for the auditorium were relaxed here, allowing large, arched windows. Its 15 x 15m plan is perfect for rehearsals, but the dome was lined with annular slats, reflecting and scattering sound away from its natural focus to arrive at the listener over a 30 millisecond-plus period, rather than simultaneously. These slats run between radial plywood fins defining the dome's curved surface.
'Acoustics and domes don't mix,' says Schofield. 'We took a robust details approach, relying on Edwards' construction knowledge – for example when switching from blockwork to pre-cast auditorium walls, effectively saying: "if you build this, it will perform."' With the design team taking the risk, expensive acoustic tests weren't priced in. Similarly, low auditorium ventilation noise was not specified as the contractor would have charged a high premium to cover the risk of not achieving this.
'We didn't want to fudge the maths,' says Howells. The bays in the auditorium's splayed walls precisely align with its Edwardian neighbours' and coursing is finely calibrated. The typical brick module is therefore an unrationalised metric equivalent to its imperial model: 240mm long, 53.5mm high and 110mm thick. The court's original Accrington red brick was not available, so Howells specified a blend of three Dutch bricks, with an English garden bond variant for the entrance pavilion. Like the originals, this is steel-framed, but has a singlebrick skin.
The site handcraftsmanship of the original buildings was matched by exacting off-site workmanship standards
The site handcraftsmanship of the original buildings was matched by exacting off-site workmanship standards, for example in brickfaced pre-cast auditorium cladding, which was used as the benchmark for hand-laid brickwork. Great care was taken to ensure that the balance in pre-blended batches was not lost when bricks were cut and bonded to these units, but Flemish bonded piers and quarter-running bond panels with chariot-raked mortar joints discreetly distinguish these facades from the originals. Conspicuous mastic joints between panels are avoided by tucking them into internal angles between piers and recessed panels.
The school has twice as many floors as its neighbours and, given the heavyweight services routed through its floor zones and some lengthy spans, you're never far from a ceiling in some areas. But there are some fine internal spaces and, despite D&B procurement, the construction quality enables the school to square up to its neighbours.
Project data
Start on site May 2011
Completion April 2012
Procurement Design and Build
Cost £16 million
Gross internal area 4,800m²
Cost per m² £2,700
Client University of Birmingham
Lead consultant / architect Glenn Howells Architects
Quantity surveyor Faithful & Gould
Structural engineer URS Scott Wilson
Acoustics and theatre consultant Acoustic Dimensions
Services engineer Couch Perry & Wilkes
Fire engineering Arup Fire
Landscape designer Glenn Howells Architects
Interior designer Glenn Howells Architects
Employer's agent Buro Four
Estimated annual CO2 emissions 35.54 kg/m²
Brickwork manufacturer Daas Baksteen, 40% orange: Tilston NZ055WF, 30% dark red: Rood Onbezand NZ007WF fired in modified process, 30% medium red: Rood Onbezand NZ007WF fired in a modified process
Mortar CPI Euromix cement and sand mix with natural pigment and air entrainer and water retainer admixtures
Precast concrete subcontractor Techcrete
Stone Johnsons Wellfield Quarries, Crosland Hill Hard York Stone
Curtain walling Schüco FW60+, bronze anodized Anolok 545 finish
Windows Schueco AWS 60
Single ply roofing Fatra 810 standing seam zinc cladding to lift overruns and high level auditorium enclosure Rheinzink pre-weathered light grey 0.8mm zinc, standard temper alloy, 600mm spacing
domes and cupola cladding Code 7 Sand cast lead sheet, patination oil applied to underside before installation
Brickwork subcontractor LP Mason
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Up to 24 U.S. bishops, including two cardinals, could retire in 2010. There are 11 active U.S. bishops, including one cardinal, who have already turned 75. Thirteen more will celebrate their 75th birthday in 2010. At age 75 bishops are requested to submit their resignation to the pope. Turning 75 on April 19 this year is Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, where he has served since 2003. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals that same year. Pope Benedict XVI, like his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, has often asked cardinals to stay on the job after age 75. Even when a cardinal retires in his 70s, he remains an active member of the College of Cardinals, eligible to enter a conclave and vote for a new pope, until age 80. Cardinal Bernard F. Law, for example, turned 75 on Nov. 4, 2006 and still serves on the Congregation for Bishops. Cardinal Law was archbishop of Boston from 1984 until his resignation in 2002 because of his handling of cases of sexual abuse by members of the clergy.
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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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Have you ever felt like the universe was trying to tell you something? You know, like when you're standing in line at Starbucks trying to decide whether to get a banana and a skinny vanilla latte or an apple fritter and a mocha with extra whipped cream and then you get up to the counter and the barista is like, "Oh, we're all out of apple fritters today" and you're like "OMG, that was totally a sign from the universe to stay on a diet!" Well, that's kind of what happened to 55-year-old Donald Blood III of Marlboro, Massachusetts. Except the sign he got from the universe wasn't some subtle suggestion about what to order at Starbucks. It was of a more serious nature, to say the least. And the universe didn't just send him the sign, the universe pulled that sign out of the ground and beat him over the head with it. So to speak.
Sounds like he needed it, too. Because Blood was clearly making some bad decisions ... like getting behind the wheel after having a few too many.
So, Blood was driving along, headed ... somewhere? I'm not sure where he thought he was going (maybe he wasn't, either), but the destination he had in mind apparently had a parking lot. How do I know? Because that's what he thought he was pulling into -- a parking lot -- when he drove onto the lawn of the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson.
Built in 1852, the Wilson House in Dorset still hosts several AA meetings every week and is described on its website as a "place of sanctuary where people can come to give thanks to God for their new lives." Or in Blood's case, a place where people can drunkenly drive onto the lawn and get a DUI. Whoops.
See what I mean about a sign? A DUI on the front lawn of the birthplace of an AA co-founder?! Of course, just because a sign is obvious doesn't mean it's easy to follow. And that particular sign is one of the toughest. Still. Here's hoping Donald Blood is headed in the right direction.
Have you ever gotten a super obvious sign from the universe?
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New: Historic Preservation Council Report Expected to Aid Campaign to Save Berkeley's Historic Post Office
The national Advisory Council on Historic Preservation today issued a report which finds that "significant improvements to United States Postal Service planning and compliance for its historic preservation and disposal programs are needed."
This opinion is considered a major victory in Berkeley's campaign to save its historic downtown post office.
On March 11, the Advisory Council met in Oakland to hear from agencies and organizations about their experiences dealing with the Postal Service on sales of historic post offices. Thanks to a vigorous campaign from Berkeley's Save the Post Office organization, many speakers criticized the way the proposed sales have been handled, and the complaints seem to have influenced the council's decision.
Preservation attorney and Berkeley Law faculty member Antonio Rossmann, whose office is in downtown Berkeley near the post office, commented that it "looks like the Advisory Council heard Berkeley: Protect historic uses and suspend all sales of historic post offices until improvements and protections are in place. " -more-


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There are few artists who have moved me or been a constant in my life as much as Bob Mould. His music, beginning with Hüsker Dü, which the gay punk glitterati who worked in my father's Polk Street bookstore would play loud at night to discourage shoplifting, because when Hüsker Dü is on, everyone is paying attention – then his solo albums, I would blast in my first Los Angeles apartment, wearing out the double cassette player with Songbook and Black Sheets of Rain and then Sugar – which I got to see him play in the flesh at the Palladium. Tall and handsome and humbly dressed in a green cardigan – I think it was green – Bob onstage sitting down for the acoustic portion of the show. He was the most exciting man in rock to me at that time – at any time really, and his music endures, stays with me – has stayed longer than anyone else's. I've purchased the album Copper Blue so many times – cassette, then another cassette when the last one was left in a rental car somewhere near Lincoln, Nebraska, then CD, then digitally and then digitally again when all my music files were lost in a hideous audiophile armageddon. I got my first electric guitar, a creamy white fake Fender, on sale at the Guitar Center – which I then promptly gave away because I wasn't able to pick up the opening riff of "A Good Idea" perfectly. I got another guitar, and now, many, many guitars later, I am still trying. I will figure it out someday.
My old friend Janeane Garofalo said that Bob came to comedy shows sometimes, and that he was friends with Lizz Winstead. She said he was shy, and she said she thought he was gay, and I thought, "Oh that's why…. that's why…" I realized what obsessed me about his music was that it was essentially something that I was recognizing in myself and didn't fully understand. In the early 90s everything and everyone was straight. The 'alternative' movement, although rebellious and progressive in all its myriad forms was a heterosexual revolution. Boys ruled, girls followed – we wore cords and had semi-manufactured dirty shagged hair – I used some kind of styling mudd, Janeane went in for rosemary oil. It was refreshingly filthy in contrast to the neon and harshly megalomaniacal vertical lines of the 80s, but it was stick dick straight. I still felt like an outsider amongst the outsiders. I knew I was queer, that there was so much more happening in me than anyone was talking about, and I found solace in Bob's music. Songs like "If I Can't Change Your Mind" spoke to my helplessness, and it wasn't like I felt like singing that song to another person – it was like I was singing it to the world. If I can't change your mind then no one will.
I did meet Bob eventually, much much later. He came to a show of mine in Washington DC, maybe it was the Warner Theatre. He was the first person to stand up at the end to give me a standing ovation. Rarely am I as starstruck as I was that evening. It was difficult for me to perform but I got through it. I just kept thinking, Bob Mould is right there. He is right there. He gave me his email address, and there were a few hasty correspondences, but we lost touch. Later we performed together at a benefit for Wedrock, put together by my friend John Cameron Mitchell, and we said a brief hello, but it was busy and loud and crazy and he was at the beginning and I was at the end and it's hard sometimes at those big events to hang out with people, even those you worship.
Anyway, the book! The book!! Oh god – the book! Bob's new book, "See a Little Light: A Trail of Rage and Melody" is the rock autobiography of all time. Usually rock autobiographies are good reading, fairly thin on revelation, especially for avid fans like myself, but because much of Bob's life has been hidden from public view, as explained by the author as a personal choice, until now, this – his story in his words – is all new information. I held the book (in kindle form thankfully for my eyes and back) in my hands and nonstop read it for a record three days. I was also very sick, some kind of creepy Scottish flu had gotten into my skin, raising bumps like Braille on my arms as fever wracked my nerves. The book was a great comfort, and I escaped my illness and felt it less and less as his life unfolded. I read many passages over and over, thought about how many of the people in the book I knew, how all the events he described were for me those I viewed at a distance. The book reminded me, in the simplest and truest way, that we all live in the same world, and that in the best times and the worst times, we are in this whole thing together. Bob, true to his power as an inimitable lyricist, is also a tremendous storyteller, as well as quite an adventurer. Even though his demeanor (and ruthless self incrimination) claims shyness, he's lived harder and more fearlessly than most of the loudmouth bon vivants I know, and his experiences are an inspiring lesson in how to be and how to rock – from music to sexuality to being a man to being an artist to being an icon. I hope I can see some of his readings and performances on his tour. He's going to my favorite places – but I've already missed him at Largo which breaks my heart in too many pieces to collect them back up again. I missed it – I will never get over it. He's also going to be at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, another beloved place I play and go see friends play. If you see Bob, say hi for me, and Bob – if you read this, I love you.


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I admit I'm biased, but I think speculative fiction is one of the funnest genres to write in. It allows you to stretch your imagination to the limits. To dream up every possibility and even every impossibility. Speculative fiction can take to the ends of the universe and back again, or to places that exist only in our dreams. You can ride a dragon, travel through a black hole or talk to a centaur. It's a versatile genre too. You can write romances, mysteries, thrillers, adventures, historicals and more that all fall under the speculative fiction umbrella.
Perhaps the reason that I love spec-fic so much is that it gives us a chance to view the human condition through a completely different lens, and in reading about beings and places entirely different from our own, we gain insight into who we are and what it means to be human. So I say, "Long live speculative fiction!"
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