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Headquarters – Sacramento
Matt Rocco
April 22, 2010
Sacramento - On Earth Day, Caltrans today held its annual Litter Pick Up Day at the State Capitol as its workers were out statewide picking up litter, trash, and debris.
"We ask for the public's help in this battle against litter," said Cindy McKim, Chief Deputy Director. "Our message to the public is 'Don't Trash California'."
Last spring, Caltrans workers removed more than 4,000 cubic yards of trash from state highways on Litter Pick Up Day.
One way the public can help is by participating in Caltrans' Adopt-A-Highway Program. To become a volunteer or support the program through a paid sponsorship, call 1-866-ADOPT-A-HWY or go to: http://adopt-a-highway.dot.ca.gov. Last year, Caltrans and its 3,300 Adopt-A-Highway volunteer groups cleaned over 130,000 miles along California's highways.
Litter cost millions of dollars each year to clean up – money that could otherwise be spent on transportation projects, schools, housing, and social services. Caltrans alone spent $60 million last year to remove more than 160,000 cubic yards of litter, trash, and debris from state highways – enough to fill 10,000 Caltrans garbage trucks, stretching 52 miles.Cigarette butts are the number one item littered in California --they are discarded by the millions, often causing roadside fires, clogging storm drains, and threatening our water quality and wildlife. In addition, motorists face the risk of accident, injury, and death as the result of trash and other debris on California's highways that has most likely fallen from vehicles hauling unsecured loads or been carelessly tossed by unthinking drivers.


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Wesley Thompson also might say he is devoted to being a better educator.
A teacher at a small private school about 20 minutes from Southern's campus in Louisville, Ky., Thompson looks forward to returning to his native Tift County and entering the classroom full-time and improving his ability at presenting the Gospel.
Neither calling is exclusive from the other, even if they did become apparent at different times, says the 23-year-old Thompson, who calls Mount Zion Baptist in the community of Chula his home church.
"My desire to be a teacher came first," Thompson says. "I love school and helping young people and teaching allows me to do that on a daily basis.
"My passion and calling in life is to mentor and assist students -- especially middle school and high school age."
Although Tift County High School boasted a graduating class of approximately 500 in 2008, the year Thompson graduated, the surrounding area is typical of south Georgia and made up mostly of smaller communities.
Such rural settings are often typical for bivocational ministry, but that picture is expanding, says Ray Gilder of the Bivocational Small Church Leadership Network, formerly the Southern Baptist Bivocational Ministers Association.
Bivocation nation
In all likelihood, the Southern Baptist Convention is already predominately bivocational, though hard data can be difficult to find.
"Getting the exact figure is difficult, because many churches fill out their annual profile each year but fail to check the box 'bivocational' when they are," Gilder says.
Gilder was a full-time pastor before becoming the Tennessee Baptist Convention's Bivocational/Small Church specialist nearly 20 years ago. At his insistence, he has served various churches since that time in a bivocational role.
According to 2011 statistics found at the organization's website, http://www.bivosmallchurch.net/, half of Southern Baptist churches had fewer than 50 in Sunday School. That points to at least half of SBC churches having bivocational pastors, Gilder says.
Now factor in the push for new churches. Some initial funding may help a pastor focus fully on his ministry responsibilities, but many of those financial commitments are for only a time.
All told, it means that being an effective minister in the future may require mastery of a craft that isn't taught in seminary. Gaining credibility comes through knowing your business, inside and out, alongside your theology. And for a growing number of people, answering a call to ministry may refer to time around the water cooler with guys who have no interaction with church.
Finding what matches
Standing on the other side from Thompson with a life's worth of perspective in bivocational ministry is Georgia Baptist pastor Paul Reviere.
Don't make the mistake of referring to Reviere as "part-time." He will quickly correct that description and note that considering hours worked, there's very little difference between full-time and bivocational ministry. Reviere should know. He's been the pastor at Tabor Baptist Church in Tignall for 38 years.
After graduating from Georgia Southern University in 1973, Reviere moved back to his hometown of Lincolnton. He had already answered a call to serve as pastor, but a part-time salary wasn't going to provide for himself and his wife, so he became a paraprofessional in the Lincoln County School System.
He enjoyed the work, and went back to school and earned a teaching degree. The result was a 37-year career teaching third grade at Lincoln Elementary School.
In 2010, budget cuts led to a staff position being eliminated. It so happened that the most recently-hired teacher who lost her position had once been a pupil of Reviere's.
Rather than see his former student lose her job, he retired.
Through the years Reviere has preached many times at other churches for revivals. He's also turned down numerous opportunities to be considered for full-time positions.
"My philosophy is I don't need to be 'full-time,'" he says. "My calling is to supply my own needs as far as making a living is concerned so I can minister in a church where they otherwise can't support a minister.
"Of course, there are circumstances that require a full-time minister. It's just not me."
Last July, LifeWay Christian Resources president Thom Rainer took an informal poll on Twitter as to how many hours a week full-time pastors work. Responses indicated that 87 percent of full-time pastors work 40-59 hours weekly. A more scientific poll Rainer cited by LifeWay Research in 2008 among full- and part-time ministers stated that 49 percent of pastors work that same amount of hours.
Most would agree that part-time ministers work more -- or at least are expected to work more -- than their salaries would indicate. People in smaller congregations can occasionally grow envious of the bigger church with more resources and a full-time minister. Those expectations to attract more people end up at the pastor's desk, even if that desk is in a spare room at his house.
As more churches move forward with bivocational positions, ministry responsibilities will fall more on the laity. That's far from being a bad thing, Reviere says. He points to the benefits of faith being a strong part of one's identity in the workplace.
"Being in a full-time pastorate can isolate you from the community," he says. "When your job is part of that community, you get opportunities to support and pray for folks that aren't as likely to come to your church.
"You're already there with them and it becomes a simple matter of building trust. They begin to see you not as just the preacher down at the church but as a colleague."
A growing call
Matthew J. Hall, vice president for academic services at Southern Seminary says, "The guys who come to us with a desire to be bivocational usually grew up in those churches and see the need. They have a clear sense of answering that call.
"I do think there's an upcoming renaissance of men seeking to be bivocational," he says. "Southern Baptists can't afford to forget about those churches."
"It's becoming very difficult to find men who want to serve in them," he says. "Search committees can't fund full-time positions . They think it's like they're backing up by going with a bivocational pastor, but I tell them to not think of it that way. It's regrouping.
"Our Baptist colleges need to have an emphasis on the platform of intentionally being bivocational," Cloud says. For the record, degrees in business, nursing, criminal justice and education are among those offered at Brewton-Parker College, Shorter University, and Truett-McConnell University alongside studies such as world missions, Christian studies, and religion and philosophy.
"It's a different calling," Cloud says. "I believe God has called people to serve these smaller areas, but they're not answering the call. Who will go?"
Thompson had teachers and ministers who inspired him to pursue his calling. After high school he attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton to earn his associate's degree in education. He would go on to attain his bachelor's degree in that field through the University of Georgia.
"During my undergrad years at our campus BCM I met a guy who was a youth pastor at a church who became a great friend of mine as well as mentor to me," Thompson says. "For a while I felt I would be doing God a disservice if I was not strictly doing 'church-ministry' 100 percent of the time. He was able to help me better sense my calling and understand it was OK to desire to be a bivocational pastor."
For the past four summers Thompson has worked with LifeWay Centrifuge camps. The experiences, particularly pointed questions about theology from students, convinced him of the need for theological education. In 2012 he worked as a youth leader alongside a bivocational pastor at "a small country church." The model set left a mark.
"In this guy I could see his heart for his congregation as well as his heart for the people that he worked with outside the church. It confirmed my desire to work with students in a church setting as well as in a real world environment such as a school classroom."
What Thompson remembers about his own teachers that inspired him could serve as a ministry statement of his own.
"These individuals knew how to help students in all aspects of life."
Scott Barkley is production manager for The Christian Index (www.christianindex.org), newsjournal of the Georgia Baptist Convention, where this article first appeared. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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19 MLS players on US roster vs. Mexico
CHICAGO (AP) Captain Clint Dempsey and all-time U.S. scoring leader Landon Donovan were among 22 players selected Wednesday to the national team for its April 2 game against Mexico in Glendale, Ariz.
Coach Jurgen Klinsmann chose 19 players from Major League Soccer, including forward Dempsey of Seattle and midfielder Donovan of Los Angeles.
Absent for the game will be top goalkeeper Tim Howard, who plays for Everton in the English Premier League. The match does not fall on an international scheduling day.
Bayern Munich forward Julian Green has been released by his club to participate in what could be his first match representing the United States.
Klinsmann chose two players from the Mexican league, the Puebla duo of defenders DaMarcus Beasley and Michael Orozco.
Standing in for Howard at keeper are Salt Lake's Nick Rimando, D.C. United's Bill Hamid, and Chicago's Sean Johnson.
"Everyone knows the clock is ticking," Klinsmann said. "This is a huge opportunity for our players to show where they are at and to make their case. We expect them to give a really strong performance against a Mexican team that is now basically coming back on track. They need to prove now that they badly want to go to Brazil."
The roster:
Goalkeepers: Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake);
Defenders: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla, Mexico), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Michael Orozco (Puebla, Mexico), Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders);
Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City);
Forwards: Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Julian Green (Bayern Munich, Germany), Eddie Johnson (D.C. United), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes).


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Castro's late homer clinches win over Mets
NEW YORK -- Starlin Castro delivered when the Cubs needed him to, just not quite in time to give Jake Arrieta the win.
Castro belted an opposite-field home run leading off the ninth to lift the Cubs to a 2-1 victory on Sunday over the Mets at Citi Field, after New York had tied the game in the eighth on Curtis Granderson's RBI single.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Starlin Castro delivered when the Cubs needed him to, just not quite in time to give Jake Arrieta the win.
Castro belted an opposite-field home run leading off the ninth to lift the Cubs to a 2-1 victory on Sunday over the Mets at Citi Field, after New York had tied the game in the eighth on Curtis Granderson's RBI single.View Full Game Coverage
Arrieta was in line for the win before the Mets rallied. The right-hander held New York to two hits over seven innings, while striking out nine -- including eight on his curveball. Since June 3, he has given up more than three runs only once while compiling a 2.45 ERA.
"Jake was very, very good today," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "The curveball was tremendous, which we knew he had going into the game. You have to battle him."
Arrieta used his fastball to set up the curve.
"I just had a good feel for [the curve], and was able to throw it in multiple counts for a strike below the zone -- so it was there for me when I needed it," Arrieta said. "[Catcher John] Baker saw that it was a pretty effective pitch, especially with the life off the fastball. Those two combined, the way they were going, I didn't have to use the cutter as much today. It was nice to have that feel and adjust on the fly."
Castro knew what he wanted to do in the ninth. With the game deadlocked at 1, he smacked the first pitch he saw, a fastball, for his 13th home run of the season and second since June 20 to right off Jenrry Mejia. Castro is now one shy of matching his career high in home runs, set in 2012.
"That was a big one," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "When he hit it, it came off his bat, and we were hoping it would get away from [the right fielder] -- and it just carried enough to get out. That was a big at-bat for him, big at-bat for us."
"It's a big swing of the bat," Arrieta said. "He's having a real nice year and doing big things offensively, and he's playing great defense. A big-time hitter for us stepped up in a big-time spot. First pitch he sees, to deposit it dead right, right down the line, that's tough to do."
Mejia said he was trying to throw the ball outside, but Castro reached out and poked it far enough.
"The guy threw me fastball first pitch, and that's what I'm looking for," Castro said, "and I was going to try to hit it hard."
Castro also helped out Arrieta in the third. The Mets had runners at first and third with one out, and Arrieta got Juan Lagares to hit into a 6-4-3 double play, although Castro had to run to snare the ball, then flip to Javier Baez, who made a barehanded catch and threw in time to complete the play.
"That was pretty awesome," Castro said of the play. "That ball was hit pretty hard."
And Baez looked like a natural at second.
"He plays like he's always played [at second base]," Castro said of the converted shortstop.
New York starter Rafael Montero was nearly as tough, limiting the Cubs to five hits over 7 1/3 innings. Baez walked to lead off the fourth, his first in 55 plate appearances since his callup on Aug. 5. One out later, Baez moved up on a groundout by Castro and then scored on Luis Valbuena's single to center. Baez had struck out 21 times, including in the first inning, before the walk.
Ruben Tejada singled with one out in the Mets' eighth off Pedro Strop, moved up on a passed ball charged to Baker, and then scored one out later on Granderson's single to tie the game. Granderson's hit ended an 0-for-17 skid.
Arrieta missed the first month of the season as he rehabbed from tightness in his right shoulder. The Cubs' front office has said it wants to see some of their recently acquired pitchers -- such as Jacob Turner, Dan Straily, who made a spot start on Saturday, and Felix Doubront, who made his second rehab start on Sunday. Arrieta wasn't sure what the plan will be. He just wants to keep going.
"I want to make every start that I have lined up throughout the end of September," Arrieta said. "If something comes up, I guess that will be addressed. I'd love to stay in the mix and finish out on a high note."
Nearly every time the Cubs have acquired a pitcher, they mention the success Arrieta has had since he arrived from the Orioles in July 2013.
"I know there are guys who need looks -- and they want to give them looks -- and that's part of transforming a developing team to a winning team," Arrieta said. "You have to find out what you've got to move forward."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter@CarrieMuskat.


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Mission Woman Sentenced in Asphyxiation Death of Child
SIOUX FALLS - A South Dakota woman has been sentenced to six months in custody and six months of home confinement for the asphyxiation death of a child.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says Kristen Bear Heels, of Mission, caused the death of a child under 7 by overlaying, which involves accidentally rolling over onto the victim.
The 29-year-old Bear Heels pleaded guilty in November to involuntary manslaughter.
U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange also ordered Bear Heels to serve 18 months of probation.
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Roots of Inspiration: Contemporary Functional Furniture
Roots of Inspiration: Contemporary Functional Furniture
Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer International Gallery
Kahului, Maui, HI
November 10 - December 23, 2009
The idea for the upcoming Roots of Inspiration: Contemporary Functional Furniture exhibit came from the well known Maui furniture maker, Peter Naramore. His source of inspiration was an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, titled New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furnituremakers. Their concept in 1989, was to invite a group of renowned furnituremakers to use antique furniture as a point of inspiration to create unique new "studio furniture."
Our 2009 adaptation brings together 20 of the finest woodworkers from around the state, exhibiting newly created furniture inspired by artifacts, antiquities or architecture of Hawaiian origin. Many of the artists specialize in inlay, carving, turning and veneer work. They make their living primarily from building furniture and are consistently involved in the re-interpretation of familiar, useful furniture forms.


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Provided that it's not confidential or you don't want to reveal much about them, what your current project(s)?
My main project at the moment is a game, a remake of "The Supernatural Olympics". My previous release was limited due to the program I used to build it with having many limitations. The remake is doing it entirely in C. It's a 2D game at its heart, but is designed to look and feel very 3D-like due to taking parallax scrolling to the extreme. This is my latest screenshot of the scenery from about 3500 feet above ground (you can get much, much higher than this). The "gap" is where lakes and forests are going to be. Here's the details about the project as a whole (it's in development, so these are likely to change. I'm hovering near 3/8 completion overall (based on time spent at it over the expected time), most of which with the scenery.
A project I have for the future is a 2D RPG game, but almost all of it's details are classified. George Game 13 is likely my first main 3D project I'll be going at with my 3D RPG game after it.


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Hi all,
One of the rear bearings of my C3 vette gave up on my last week and I'm busy replacing them. I have a problem in the sense that the bearings need to be shimmed correctly. I have a set of shims, but to get close to a minimum I would need some special shims that are not available.
I was thinking of lapping the spacer to size on a piece of glass with a sanding paper on it, however I'm unsure if I would be able to keep it square.
Any ideas ?
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Re: spindle shims
That process, although tedious if there's much to remove, will work fine as long as if by 'spacer' you mean a relatively thick piece, say 2 mm or more. Anything less will be too flexible unless it's temporarily attached to some backing material. However a machine shop should be able to use a surface grinder to reduce shims or spacers as needed, e.g.: http://www.grizzly.com/products/6-x-12- ... rizzly.com
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Re: spindle shims
I just shimmed mine, ecklers has shim kit with varying thicknesses and by matching different pairs you can get really close.
Then sand the last 0.001-0.002" with paper.
tolerance is wide from 0.001" to 0.008", though I shimmed close to 0.
Then sand the last 0.001-0.002" with paper.
tolerance is wide from 0.001" to 0.008", though I shimmed close to 0.
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Re: Macro Change with Latest Version
I have noticed that a macro that I used to execute statements in SQL Management Studio is not working like it used to. After the execute it should return to the original curser position but instead its staying at the end of the block.
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Debbie Tucker Green and Esther May Campbell feature debuts get production support.
The BFI Film Fund is to back feature directorial debuts Second Coming from Debbie Tucker Green and Light Years from Esther May Campbell, both of which are currently in development.
For production details visit
The backing concludes the first round (Jan-Mar) in a new editorial process giving first time directors working with budgets under £2m the chance to be considered for funding every three months.
BAFTA TV winner Tucker Green, writer of Channel 4 drama Random, makes her debut on Second Coming, a London-based family drama about the impact of pregnancy and a woman struggling with her mental state. Film4 is developing and co-financing with Hillbilly Films.
BAFTA short winner Esther May Campbell, who has directed episodes of Skins and Wallander, makes her debut on Third Films-produced Light Years, which charts the day in the life of an eight year-old girl on a journey to find her mother.
Ben Roberts, director of the BFI Film Fund, commented: "Given the volume of applications we receive for projects with first time directors, we wanted to make a commitment to regular reviews of emerging filmmakers that is fair, open and inclusive. Debbie's and Esther's films are brilliant examples of the type of new work we hope to champion - bold, unique films from filmmakers who are prepared to take risks."
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Bachmann, Perry plan to head south after Iowa vote
DES MOINES, Iowa — Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann plan to make their next — and possibly last — stands in South Carolina instead of chasing the rest of the GOP presidential pack to New Hampshire.
Neither candidate is a sure bet to survive past Tuesday's leadoff Iowa caucuses. But both say they'll jump ahead to the first Southern state to vote, a recognition that they have little hope of making up ground in the nine days before New Hampshire's primary. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is heavily favored in his neighboring state, but a few others are in pursuit.
Perry, the Texas governor, heads straight to Greenville, S.C. on Wednesday. Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, will spend part of three days in that state beginning Wednesday, her campaign manager said.
The two campaigns could face pressure to fold if they don't pull off surprising third-place-or-better finishes in Iowa. In Bachmann's case, the latest polling has her in last place among the six candidates campaigning hard.
For the last week, Bachmann has pushed back on daily questions about her ability to move on if she can't climb out of the basement in Iowa, the state where she was born.
"Well, we've bought tickets to head off to South Carolina," she said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." She has a South Carolina staff of at least a dozen and backing from influential tea party activists there.
Asked this weekend if he could conceive of a scenario where she drops out ahead of South Carolina, Bachmann campaign manager Keith Nahigian told The Associated Press, "Not at this point."
Nahigian said Bachmann doesn't intend to arrive in New Hampshire until Friday ahead of back-to-back weekend debates there. Perry also plans to participate in those debates.
Bachmann has invested little time in New Hampshire in the six months she's been in the race. In October, five full-time staff members for her there quit.
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Inspired by Jenny from Picky Palate
- 1 pkg (2 shells) refrigerated pie crusts (in a box, not in a pan)
- 3 large apples, peeled, cored and finely diced
- 4 T butter
- 4 T brown sugar
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- Caramel dessert topping
I'm kind of picky about my apple desserts. I'm not a sauce person…but I don't like huge chunks of apple either. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE fresh apples. We stock up on a dozen a week around here and keep them in a huge bowl in the fridge for easy pickings. Yet when we come around to the cooked variety, I get picky. I like my apples finely diced and tender but not mushy.
Before you start, preheat oven to 350 degrees and remove pie crusts from the fridge.
To begin, you will need three large apples. I used Galas, but I bet these would be great with many different varieties. Core and peel and then dice these babies into tiny pieces. Melt butter into a skillet or pot. I used my trusty cast iron skillet. LOVE it for stuff like this. When butter is melted, add apples, brown sugar and cinnamon and stir over medium heat for about fifteen minutes until apples are fork tender.
Roll your room temperature pie crusts out onto the counter and use a paring knife to cut out about ten hand sized circular shapes. These don't have to be perfect by any means. That's what makes this recipe so easy and fun. Get the kids in there cutting out the dough. When you get as many as possible from both your shells, mush it all together and roll it out for more. These shells are super easy to handle.
Place your shell shapes on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper to catch any spills. Use your fingertips to press a ring around the center of your pie shell circle where you will put your apple mixture. Your apples should have a delicious brown sugar sauce from the butter, cinnamon and sugar. Scoop up about a ¼ to 1/3 cup of apple bits into the pie shell. Once all shells are filled drizzle apples with about a Tablespoon of caramel sauce. If you're a fan, you could also add a sprinkle of roasted roughly chopped pecans or walnuts on top. Let the culinary artist in you come out as you fold up the edges in a rough and rustic way, gathering them together like a ruffle around the pie, closing in the apples all the way around. This was the most fun I've had with a pie in ages!
You should have about ten little hand pies by now, all ready for the oven. Pop them in and bake for 25-30 minutes until the crust grows golden brown and filling is bubbling. Allow to cool for about fifteen minutes. These would be heavenly with a mini scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Alone, they are delicious and just the right size for a sweet bite!


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* [https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_philmont.pdf Risk Advisory] — [[Philmont Scout Ranch]] & [[Philmont Training Center]]
* [https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_philmont.pdf Risk Advisory] — [[Philmont Scout Ranch]] & [[Philmont Training Center]]
* [https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_philmontbackcountry.pdf Philmont Limited Backcountry] — Philmont Training Center
* [https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_philmontbackcountry.pdf Philmont Limited Backcountry] — Philmont Training Center
* [https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_summit.pdf Risk Advisory] — [[Summit Bechtel Reserve]]
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The Boy Scouts of America recommends that Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Sea Scouts and adult leaders have an annual medical evaluation by a certified and licensed health-care provider using the Annual Health and Medical Record. Also see the BSA Medical Form FAQ.
Annual Health and Medical Record (AMHR)
- Also know as the: Physical, Medical Exam, Physical Exam, Informed Consent, Hold Harmless, etc.
- Part A: Informed Consent, Release Agreement, and Authorization
- Part B: General Information/Health History
- Part C: Pre-Participation Physical
- High-Adventure Risk Advisory to Health-Care Providers and Parents
The Annual Health and Medical Record (Form No. 680-001) is the one health and medical record for your use. It replaces Form No. 34605, which began to be phased out in 2014 and became obsolete in April 2015. Form No. 34605 replaced the former Class 1, 2, and 3 forms, which were phased out in 2009. - FAQs for Annual Health and Medical Record
|The following text is from the Annual Health and Medical Record Instruction document unless noted otherwise.
The AHMR serves many purposes. Completing a health history promotes health awareness, collects necessary data, and provides medical professionals critical information needed to treat a patient in the event of an illness or injury. It also provides emergency contact information.
Poor health and/or lack of awareness of risk factors have led to disabling injuries, illnesses, and even fatalities. Because we care about our participants' health and safety, the Boy Scouts of America has produced and required the use of standardized health and medical information since at least the 1930s.
The medical record is used to prepare for high-adventure activities and increased physical activity. In some cases, it is used to review participants' readiness for gatherings like the national Scout jamboree and other specialized activities.
Because many states regulate the camping industry, this Annual Health and Medical Record also serves as a tool that enables councils to operate day and resident camps and adhere to state and BSA requirements. The Boy Scouts of America Annual Health and Medical Record provides a standardized mechanism that can be used by members in all 50 states.
All Scouting Events.
All participants in all Scouting activities complete Part A and Part B. Give the completed forms to your unit leader. This applies to all activities, day camps, local tours, and weekend camping trips less than 72 hours. Update at least annually.
Part A is an informed consent, release agreement, and authorization that needs to be signed by every participant (or a parent and/or legal guardian for all youth under 18).
Part B is general information and a health history.
Going to Camp?
A pre-participation physical is needed for resident, tour, or trek camps or for a Scouting event of more than 72 hours, such as Wood Badge and NYLT. The exam needs to be completed by a certified and licensed physician (MD, DO), nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. If your camp has provided you with any supplemental risk information, or if your plans include attending one of the four national high-adventure bases, share the venue's risk advisory with your medical provider when you are having your physical exam.
Part C is your pre-participation physical certification.
Planning a High-Adventure Trip?
Each of the four national high-adventure bases has provided a supplemental risk advisory that explains in greater detail some of the risks inherent in that program. All high-adventure participants must read and share this information with their medical providers during their pre-participation physicals. Additional information regarding high adventure activities may be obtained directly from the venue or your local council.
High-Adventure Risk Advisory to Health-Care Providers and Parents:
- Risk Advisory — Florida Sea Base
- PADI Medical Statement — Florida Sea Base
- Risk Advisory — Northern Tier
- Risk Advisory — Philmont Scout Ranch & Philmont Training Center
- Philmont Limited Backcountry — Philmont Training Center
- Risk Advisory — Summit Bechtel Reserve
Prescription Medication.
Taking prescription medication is the responsibility of the individual taking the medication and/or that individual's parent or guardian. A leader, after obtaining all the necessary information, can agree to accept the responsibility of making sure a youth takes the necessary medication at the appropriate time, but the BSA does not mandate or necessarily encourage the leader to do so. Standards and policies regarding administration of medication may be in place at BSA camps. If state laws are more limiting than camp policies, they must be followed. The AHMR also allows for a parent or guardian to authorize the administration of nonprescription medication to a youth by a camp health officer or unit leader, including any noted exceptions.
Risk Factors
Based on the vast experience of the medical community, the BSA has identified that the following risk factors may define your participation in various outdoor adventures.
- Excessive body weight (obesity)
- Cardiac or cardiovascular disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Seizures
- Asthma
- Sleep apnea
- Allergies or anaphylaxsis
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Psychological and emotional difficulties
For more information on risk factors, visit the Medical Risk Factors for Your Participation in Scouting page.
See Also
- First Aid Links
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First-aid skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid merit badge pamphlet • First-aid kit • Emergency kit • Guide to Safe Scouting • Annual Health and Medical Record
External links
- Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Annual Health and Medical Record — Scouting.org
- Immunization Exemption Request — Scouting.org
- Request for Exemption from Medical Care and Treatment — Scouting.org


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After the biggest week of stock inflows on record, BMO Capital Markets chief investment strategist Brian Belski has adjusted his shop's year-end price target for the S&P 500 to 1,800 from his previous target of 1,650.
The new target implies 5% upside from today's levels around 1,714.
"Sometimes bull markets have a mind of their own, and this one is no different," Belski wrote in a note to clients. "Furthermore, lackluster bond market performance, coupled with expansive equity gains, will likely spur renewed fund flows into equities, especially as the calendar flips to 2014. Thus, we believe the S&P 500 could reach a potential peak of 1,900 before the economy catches up."
Belski called the Fed's decision to not taper its asset purchasing program a "game changer." Indeed, after the Fed announced the decision on Wednesday, the stock market immediately shot to new all-time highs.
But reality will eventually catch up to to the momentum, says Belski (emphasis added):
Frankly, the current rally in stocks has had more to do with liquidity-driven momentum versus fundamentals, and the lack of asset alternatives has only added to market strength. Eventually the Fed will have to alter its stance once the economy shows stronger signs of life. Until that time, fundamental headwinds will be perceived as positives, while underlying macro strength will be momentum daggers and party crashers.
Therefore, the more stocks rise, the greater the likelihood of a sharp price reset once the Fed decides to start taking away the punch from the bowl. Nonetheless, our work shows that such monetary policy transitions, while painful initially, have typically benefitted stocks longer term.
"Now that tapering appears to be off the table for the time being, we are inclined to invoke an adage that we have learned to live by throughout our careers - do not fight the Fed," Belski concludes.


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Raw Melissa - Um, first, this girl is completely adorable. She is like cuteness overdose. Her site is great, and she has some fun recipes and a cookbook. Also has some cool videos. She lives near the Salt Lake City, Utah area and if you are anywhere near this area you have got to check out her raw desserts that you can buy at some of the local health food stores. They are amazing! I have some family that lives in that area and have had the pleasure of tasting some of her goodies! If you are not close (I live in Southern California, not close at all to her yummy treats) you can order things online.
Plant Hungry: Written by my friend Shelly. She adds a great mixture of good information, as well as yummy recipes! And shes witty and funny, so its a good read! She keeps me laughing. Go check it out!
The Fitness Dish: 111 Days till summer challenge: I love me some Fitness Dish! Laury pretty much makes everyone happy with her fun uplifiting posts daily! (yes, daily, supermom??) Right now she is doing a challenge with her readers that is a totally positive approach to making small healthy changes and sticking to them. You can do with the challenge whatever YOU want to do, set your own goals, and then she and the rest of her readers participating will help keep everyone motivated to stick with their goals they have set. One thing I love about this challenge is that you can make it your own. Whether you healhty goals are to get outside and get moving in some way for 20 minutes, cut back on refined sugar, cook more meals at home, drink less soda...you get it. Just whatever works for you! Loving the positivity coming from this challenge. Go head on over there nad join in the fun!
The Health Seekers Kitchen: Doesn't everyone love their Mother's cooking? Well, I am lucky enought that my Mom cooks amazing food, and the kind of food I like, healthy, plant based, and absolutely delicious! I honestly love everything she makes, and I wish I wasn't states away from her so that I could go annoy her regularly for some of her cooking! Also, she teaches cooking classes in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, so if you are close, you have got to check out her classes! You will leave with fun new recipes and some new kitchen skills! The info for her upcoming classes is on her blog...
The Blissful Chef: East Coast Book Tour! My friend Christy Morgan, or as some of you may know her, The Blissful Chef, is an awesome macrobiotic based chef. That cooks great food! For all of you East Coasters, she has a book tour going from March 1st through March 29th. Check out her blog for the exact dates and times, and check out her cookbook, Blissful Bites!


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Welcome March! These days I am all about pink, especially pink flowers. The moment I fell was when I saw a photo of buckets filled with gorgeous pink tulips with flower heads just starting to open. I haven't stopped thinking about them. Pink is not my colour, that is I never wear pink except for a soft pink scarf every now and then, but pink flowers in the springtime are more than welcome in my home and I have found soft pink bedlinen, which I'd like to purchase this spring.
What's your relationship with pink, do you bond well?
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Elton John's Hubby SLAMS MADONNA You're Desperate & Narcissistic
Elton John's Hubby David Furnish SLAMS Madonna -- You're Desperate and Narcissistic!
Elton John's husband David Furnish LASHED OUT at Madonna following her victory speech at the Golden Globes last night ... saying it was "embarrassing in its narcissism."
Moments after Madge won the statue for Best Original Song, Furnish went to his Facebook page and WENT OFF ... writing, "Madonna. Best song???? F**k off!!!"
For the record -- Elton was nominated in the same category and seemed pissed off in the crowd when Madonna's name was read.
But David continued on Facebook ... writing, "Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in it's narcissism. And her critisism of Gaga shows how desperate she really is."
Elton seemed particularly bitter towards Madonna BEFORE the awards ... telling one reporter on the red carpet he believed Madge had no "f**kin' chance" of emerging victorious.


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For more than a year and a half, the solitary mountain lion known as P-22 has made himself right at home in Griffith Park within view of Hollywood's
By night, he cruises the chaparral-covered canyons, dining on mule deer, raccoon and coyote. By day, while tots ride the Travel Town train and hikers hit the trails, he hunkers down amid dense vegetation.
To researchers' knowledge, the 125-pound 4-year-old is the most urban mountain lion in Southern California and possibly beyond — surviving and thriving in a small patch of habitat surrounded by freeways and densely packed human beings that he reached, somewhat miraculously, by crossing the 101 and 405 freeways.
P-22 is giving scientists insight into the life and eating habits of a puma on the prowl. And he is serving as an unwitting but alluring subject for a National Geographic wildlife photographer whose trail cameras have captured jaw-dropping nighttime shots of the animal, including one that features the Hollywood sign.
"He has it quite easy for a young lion in Griffith Park," said Jeff Sikich, a National Park Service biologist tracking P-22. "There's no competition, and there seems to be plenty of prey for him."
Sikich, part of a National Park Service team that has captured and collared more than 20 cougars in the Santa Monica Mountains during a long-term study, is among a small group of scientists who have studied P-22's behavior since March 2012.
If hikers, equestrians or other park users have encountered P-22 during the day, they haven't alerted Sikich. He said that there has been "possibly one credible sighting" but that the lion has been "doing what a lion should do: finding his natural prey and staying elusive."
Biologists say P-22 probably entered the park in February 2012, after a journey of 20 miles or so from farther west in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Sometime later, the mountain lion triggered a remote camera set up for a wildlife survey. On Feb. 29, 2012, Miguel Ordeñana, a biologist working on the survey, began culling a couple of weeks' worth of mundane images of deer and coyotes. Hoping for a bobcat, he was startled to see the massive hindquarters and tail of a much larger animal. He later found the first photo of the lion, which showed his face.
"From what I'd been told and what I knew, it was seemingly nearly impossible for a mountain lion to be there," he said. "I almost thought I had seen Bigfoot or a chupacabra." (A chupacabra is a ferocious, blood-sucking creature of urban legend.)
Although a dead cougar was found in the park in 1995, and parkgoers reported sightings in 2004, this was the first photographic evidence of a lion inhabiting the park. In fact, the photos taken were the first known images of any mountain lion within the mountain system east of Cahuenga Pass, the National Park Service said.
Sikich set humane traps with cameras, rigged to send images to his cellphone. At 2 o'clock one morning in March 2012, his cellphone rang, and he and other scientists hurried to the site, a Department of Water and Power property just west of the park. Sikich used a blowpipe to administer a sedative to the mountain lion and attached a collar with GPS and very high frequency radio signal technology.
The collar regularly sends data to a website via satellite or cellphone tower. Biologists remotely track an average of eight locations a day, mostly at night when the animal is active. They watch particularly for "location clusters," indicating spots where the lion has been feeding.
Using the location data as a guide, they have bushwhacked or crawled through poison oak and thick vegetation to find what was on P-22's menu. Once in the vicinity, they follow their noses.
"For fresh kills, smell is very telling; it smells like rotten meat," said Laurel Serieys a PhD candidate in biology at UCLA who's a project volunteer.
She and Ordeñana recently spent four arduous hours hiking in to four "kill sites" in deep ravines or on steep hillsides. At the first location, right off a paved road in the park, they found only the malodorous rumen, or stomach, of a deer. They surmised that coyotes had dragged the deer's body away.
Next, at the bottom of a ravine, Serieys found a coyote carcass, with part of the muzzle intact. Ordeñana said this was the first documented P-22 kill that was not a deer. Their excitement at the discovery was tempered by a concern: Coyotes eat rodents that have been exposed to rat poison. Two mountain lions that were collared for the National Park Service study died from rodenticide poisoning.
At the third site, they found a rib cage and skull with antlers attached: another mule deer.
Deep in a poison oak-infested ravine in the southeast part of the park, near Farmouth Drive, they found the fourth and goriest carcass — a big raccoon with bloody limbs scattered all about. (In contrast with the all-you-can-eat buffet of a 150-pound mule deer, the raccoon could be considered more of a protein bar snack.)
It appeared that P-22 had tried to camouflage the kill under a pile of leaves but that coyotes had also feasted. Ordeñana described the scene on the website Urban Carnivores. "It seemed as if P-22 and maybe later some coyotes attempted to consume almost every morsel of available meat to the point where it seemed like the carcass was turned inside out."
"There's a possibility that, even though we say mountain lions are deer specialists, they probably are more of a generalist carnivore than we think," Ordeñana said.
Researchers aren't the only ones thrilled by the unprecedented opportunities P-22 provides with his ongoing presence in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.
Steve Winter, a contributing photographer to National Geographic magazine, has gotten several perfectly framed shots of the cougar on his nocturnal rounds, with the lights of Hollywood as a backdrop. The image featured with this story, which Winter's camera took at 3:46 a.m. on March 2, will be published in the magazine's December issue. Winter's P-22 images will also appear in "The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, opening Oct. 26.
Winter, working as part of a National Geographic program to foster awareness of the plight of wild cats, met Sikich at a 2011 mountain lion workshop in Bozeman, Mont.
"We need an image of urban cats because we know they're coming close to urban areas and small towns," Winter recalled telling Sikich. "Wouldn't it be great to get a picture of a mountain lion under the Hollywood sign?" At the time, Winter said, Sikich considered it a long shot. After P-22 ambled into the park, however, Sikich helped Winter set up cameras, remotely triggered by infrared beams, in locked steel boxes in scattered locations.
Winter, too, has had to deal with predators. "Three setups were stolen," he said. Some Hollywood Hills residents help keep an eye on the equipment and email to let him know its condition.
For now, P-22 remains what Ordeñana calls the "ultimate living ambassador for Griffith Park wildlife and urban mountain lions." But Sikich knows that biology will almost certainly dictate a relocation from P-22's 8-square-mile home to much larger terrain.
"Eventually, he's going to want to breed," Sikich said. "And that might bring him out of there."


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Considering that sometimes people like to add script ideas that may not be Lore compatible, just to complicated or out right off the wall. I been pondering things that might give some extra flair to the game in it own special way. Being that I have not written a script yet, many more knowledgeable members in the past have let the air out of a few ideas that they could not be done do to complex or flexibility to script them.
Lets say if I would like to mess around are any of these doable?
Nebula, Gas Processing
Just like we have collection of rocks (Not asteroids) is it possible to create a bunch of anomaly gas fog like a nebula sector, or at deep reaches in some sectors. A bunch of over lapping objects that make of a cloud of gas like rocks.
Then either use the rock collector or create a ship equipment as Gas collector? Is it doable to insert a command line to Collect gas or just use collect rocks. ( aka mine; silica, ore, nividium is missing anyway if able to add other items to mine for in the drop down selection?
Then take those to a gas processing station or modify a factory to have that gas ware as a sec resource?
My thought was give some pretty nebulas in game place in deep sectors , and alittle side track off the game norm. LOL maybe even scan anomaly gas cluster. Anyway who knows.
Pirate Factories
Pirate Stations sell things such as Slaves, spaceflies, sidearms and rifles ect Would it take to much to duplicate a pirate station files, rename them up, or take a known factory and make it where a Pirate Factory needs Slaves, noble gases, to produce wares like bombs or NON effect game wares?
If a pirate life is for some, capping and boarding ships, then sell off of the stuff for profit. A little gas lab or slave production house might help fund the operation a bit.
I dont want to post dozens of dozens of ideas, I just am at the point of trying to modify some stuff if doable, but do not want to go down the road thinking that there is some flexibility left when there may be none.
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Children, youth and young adults in many Baltimore neighborhoods face daunting challenges to their emotional well-being, education and safety. Public health interventions target these challenges on many levels: they seek to reduce the challenges themselves, and increase the capacity of individuals and communities to overcome them. However, communities need means of communication to act cohesively. Modern media -- newspapers, television, radio, even the Internet -- are increasingly targeted at a regional or national level. Information that originates and is received locally is needed to disseminate accurate information, provide a sense of ownership and build support for common causes. In that sense, community radio is an infrastructure intervention – it seeks to provide a means by which communities can organize formally and informally to improve living conditions.
At the same time, children and youth need opportunities for intellectually engaging activities that build on their strengths, teach them new skills and provide them with the potential to to play active roles in their communities. The skills involved in community radio -- developing story lines and focused arguments, learning interviewing and speaking skills -- are associated with academic success and with developing a positive image of youth in the community. Thus, community radio complements other interventions aimed at youth literacy, violence prevention, school-retention, appropriate use of health care resources, and career development.
We have been working with youth media projects since 2000, initially with funding from the Open Society Institute. Some of the audio programs produced by students in our "Uniquely Spoken" project have been posted on the public radio web site, PRX (the Public Radio Exchange) and have been used by public radio stations from across the country. Another Uniquely Spoken collaboration was with the "Theatre for a New Generation: Encounter Program" sponsored by Baltimore's Center Stage. Uniquely Spoken recorded the Encounter Program's Poetic Convergence: Baltimore Youth Poetry Festival, March 4, 2002.
In 2010 BCRC helped sponsor the MEGAPOLIS "do it yourself audio" festival in Baltimore (other sponsors included the Goethe Institute, the Maryland State Arts Council, WYPR, and The Transom).
Also in 2010, we began partnering with the drama program at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore to help students write and produce their own radio plays. The partnership is now in its third year.
In addition to collaboration with The Intersection (see the link at the top of the page), in 2012 we also collaborated with WYPR to loan equipment for a radio project with Baltimore youth living with HIV (see the link at the top of the page).
BCRC member Dr. Sylvia Park, as part of her work at Baltimore Healthcare Access, developed a radio show on WLOY, Loyola College's internet student radio station. "Both Feet In" tells stories about Baltimore's homeless population. Click here to listen to her first program. One of the show's episodes won a "best podcast" at the 2011 National Student Media Convention. Both Feet In won another best podcast award at the 2012 College Broadcasters, Inc. meeting. BCRC's youth literacy program, What Happens Next?, also won a 2011 Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show Award at the 2011 National Student Media Convention. Read about the awards and the programs on the WLOY website.
BCRC's youth-generated material is featured on The Community Radio Hour on WLOY.
Contact us: via Larry Wissow, Lwissow at jhsph.edu
Click here to listen to audio from our community partners.
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- Donna Brazile: Mandela was an activist, teacher, freedom fighter, and inspiration
- He argued that to be free was to live in a way that respects others' freedom
- Mandela's legacy will inspire people for years to come, she writes
Today, as we mourn the loss of one of history's most transformational leaders, let us also pay tribute to his life and legacy. Let us dedicate ourselves to remembering his lessons and continue his efforts to spread democracy, freedom and equality across the globe.
Nelson Mandela was a civil rights activist, teacher, freedom fighter, "Father of the Nation," political prisoner, father, husband and an inspiration to the entire global community.
He fought for democracy, not only in his own home of South Africa, but across the world. He explained: "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
Years after organizing against apartheid in front of the South African Embassy in Washington, I first had the honor of meeting Mr. Mandela in 1993 when I escorted him to President Clinton's Inaugural event at the D.C. Armory. A year later, I went to South Africa to help train election workers and had the privilege of meeting him again.
A man of great dignity and curiosity, he was anxious to know how we went about organizing political campaigns and getting people involved in politics. He was eager to hear stories from many of us who had worked in the segregated Deep South.
Like so many others fighting for progress, I have drawn inspiration from Nelson Mandela. He showed us that it was possible to create lasting change, peace and stability even in the most formidable circumstances.
He was an advocate for the downtrodden and believed that, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
A great warrior has died. A man who dedicated his life to liberating his country from apartheid and transform his nation and continent.
Nelson Mandela was the President of a New South Africa: An optimist who believed he could help lead the country away from its violent past and to bring people from all walks of life together.
President Barack Obama and the first lady said it best, "Nelson Mandela's personal story is one of unbreakable will, unwavering integrity and abiding humility." He has, "changed the arc of history, transforming his country, continent and the world."
Madiba, today and forever, we will remember you — and your legacy will live on.


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Is This the Movie Theater of the Future?
Forget about 3D movies, pretty soon we could have 3D screens. At the 2012 Yeosu EXPO in Korea, Hyundai unveiled a new panoramic project screen that is actually made up of thousands of 11″ x 11″ cubes that can push in and out creating a rippling and pulsating effect on the screen. So not only can the image be in 3D but the screen could move along with it.
The technology may not be quite there yet but the screen could be coordinated with the visual images so that when something swings across the screen in 3D, the cubes would reflect that motion. So things just wouldn't seem like they're in 3D, they'd actually be in 3D.
One example given is the scene in the original 'Matrix' when the helicopter crashes into the side of the building and ripples outward (watch that clip here to see what we're talking about). Now image that with the screen actually moving along with it.
You'll have to watch the video below to see how this screen works to get a full sense of how this can be incorporated into a movie theater. Could this be the new IMAX? (FastCoDesign / via Movies.com)


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Writing is a lot like teasing your younger brother with a secret.
The longer you hold it over his head, the more worked up he gets.
All stories, no matter the genre, can benefit from suspense. The tension doesn't have to be in the form of the bad guy stalking the hero. It can be much simpler, much less dramatic, but still make the reader want to keep reading. For example:
"You seem upset," Jack said. "What's up?"
"I'll tell you later." Herb said. "In private."
And we have suspense.
Posing questions, then making the reader keep reading to get the answers, is the essence of the term "page turner."
This why why soap operas are so popular---nothing is ever solved. This is why the 10 o'clock news gives you a quick teaser of their most interesting story, and doesn't show you the full clip until 10:29.
Ask a question, but don't give the answer right away.
I'm currently writing my fourth Jack Daniels book, DIRTY MARTINI, and my wife demands to read it as I finish each chapter. She was yelling at me yesterday, because I had a scene with the villain surrounded by all of this obscure equipment, but didn't explain what the equipment was.
Wife: What's all that stuff he's using?
Me: You'll find out later.
Wife: Write faster.
Writers need to be teases. It keeps the story moving. It makes the reader want to know what happens next.
Don't give the reader everything at once. Hold stuff back. Feed it to them slowly. Even boring exposition and backstory can become unbearably dramatic if you withhold the information rather than spill it all at once:
"What's wrong with Donna?"
"Oh. She had some... problems, a few years ago."
What works about this method of building suspense is that when you do share your secret with the reader, they feel like they're a part of it. They remember the earlier reference, and are happy to be let in on the game.
This works not only with omitted information, but with seemingly unneeded details.
On page 17: "He got out of the car and pulled the tarp on top of the chemical box."
Then, on page 178, you reveal what the chemicals are for. And the reader goes, "Aha! I wondered what those were for!"
The more seeds you plant, the more fun the read. Just remember: restraint is the key.
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VIDEO: Highlights from games played Feb. 10
Warriors keep chugging along | Kidd-Gilchrist needs MRI on shoulder | Prokhorov, Nets readying GM short-list | Love (shoulder) not expected to miss time
No. 1: Warriors roll into All-Star break at 48-4 — From the start of the season, the Golden State Warriors have been the story to follow. From a 24-0 start to their dazzling offense to the exploits of reigning MVP Stephen Curry, Golden State is dominating opponents and having fun along the way, too. They head into the All-Star break a game ahead of the pace the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls set when they won an NBA-record 72 games. After last night's win in Phoenix, the players and coaches talked about how that record is firmly in their sights, writes Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group:
Klay Thompson described the record the Warriors have as surreal, with them rolling at a record pace without any sign of a championship hangover.
Whatever you want to chalk it up to, people saying it was a fluke, yada, yada, you just want to go out and prove that we'll be here for a long time," Thompson said.
Despite uncertainty at head coach with Steve Kerr missing much of the first half of the regular season, the Warriors held steady and dominated the competition. They notched 30-point wins against the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs after starting the season 24-0 under interim head coach Luke Walton.
"I think that streak sort of gave guys extra motivation through the first quarter of the season," Kerr said. "And then since that time, we've been on a good run."
Said Stephen Curry: "We handled a lot of challenges pretty well this first half of the season and kept our high level of consistency."
In garbage time, rookie Kevon Looney got in on the action and managed to bank in the first 3-pointer of his career.
Curry, Draymond Green and Thompson traveled to Toronto, where they will participate in festivities during All-Star weekend and play in Sunday's game
The rest of the Warriors will get to rest and focus on what the Warriors have to do in the second half.
"Just play with great focus, because when we do that, we're almost impossible to beat," Thompson said.
Kerr was among those who could use time to relax. He didn't feel well following the Warriors' win against the Houston Rockets the previous night at Oracle Arena, explaining he was dealing with a headache and he appeared uncomfortable during Tuesday's brief postgame news conference.
"I still have symptoms from everything I've been dealing with, so I wish everything was clear and gone away, but it's not, so at times I have to deal with stuff," Kerr said.
Kerr will travel to his home in San Diego for the All-Star break after having won all nine of his games on the bench this season. He missed the first 43 and indicated upon his return three weeks ago that his symptoms were manageable following a leave of absence caused by complications from an offseason back surgery.
"I don't want to go into detail with all this stuff, but there's a lot to it in terms of my protocol that I'm going through," Kerr said. The All-Star break will give me a chance to get through some of that, too."


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Learning Disability Practices for Assessment and Accommodation
Revised October 2010
A learning disability is a generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by difficulty in achieving major life activities (such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities). Due to neurological dysfunction, these disorders occur in persons of average to very superior intelligence. Even though a learning disability may exist concomitantly with other disabling conditions (e.g. sensory impairment) or environmental influences (e.g., cultural/language differences/ or conditions defined in the current DSM); it is not the direct result of those conditions or influences.
It is the legal responsibility of each student seeking accommodations from California State University, Sacramento to provide a written, comprehensive psycho educational evaluation.
California State University, Sacramento does not currently offer assessment and diagnostic services for learning disabilities. Any licensed educational psychologist, neurologist, or learning disabilities specialist can administer the assessments.
Students are encouraged to consult with their health care provider and/or health insurance company regarding possible coverage for an assessment and if there are qualified providers who can perform an assessment.
Refer to local educational resources such as local community college or school district for additional referral services.
Assessment must be comprehensive and include an assessment from each of the following categories. The following list is based on the AHEAD guidelines and ETS policy and is provided as a helpful resource but is not intended to be definitive or exhaustive.
1. Aptitude/Cognitive Ability:
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III)
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
• Woodcock-Johnson-Third Edition: Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJ-III)
• Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test
• Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scale (RIAS)
• Stanford-Binet (SB5)
• Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence (TONI-3)
2. Academic Achievement:
• Woodcock-Johnson-Third Edition: Tests of Achievement (WJ-III)
• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-III)
Or specific achievement tests such as:
• Nelson-Denny Reading Skills Test (Form G& H)
• Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
• Test of Written Language-3 (TOWL-3)
• Gray Oral Reading Test (GORT 4th ed.)
• Spadafore Diagnostic Reading Test
3. Test Scores
Standard scores and/or percentiles should be provided for all normed measures. Grade equivalents are not useful unless standard scores and/or percentiles are also included. The data should logically reflect a difficulty in achieving in a major activity, such as a limitation to learning for which the student is requesting the accommodation. The particular profile of the student's strengths and weaknesses must be shown to relate to the functional limitations that may necessitate accommodations.
Because the provision of all academic accommodations is based on the impact of a disability on current academic performance, the psycho educational assessment must have been conducted using adult norms. It is preferred that it was done no earlier than three years prior to the student's initial request for disability-related services at the University.
- Clinician's name, title, license number, phone number, summary of all instruments, procedures, and date (s) of the assessment.
- Documentation will not be accepted when done by a relative/family member of the student.
- Written summary of educational, medical, family histories and behavioral observations.
- All assessment scores (subtest and standard scores, percentiles) and a detailed interpretation of the results, including strengths and weaknesses.
- Clearly described intracognitive and aptitude-achievement discrepancies reflecting significance criteria, or the clinician's rational for clinical judgment. Eligibility criteria for learning disability support services should be in line with the following specific guidelines.
- Significant intra-cognitive discrepancy(ies) of at least one standard deviation as measured by technically adequate, standardized instruments of aptitude (e. g., Verbal Comprehension vs. Perceptual Organization, Verbal Comprehension vs. Working Memory on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV).
- Significant aptitude-achievement discrepancy(ies) at least one standard deviation as measured by technically adequate, standardized instruments of aptitude (e. g., Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition, Woodcock-Johnson-Third Edition Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Woodcock-Johnson Third Edition Tests of Achievement).
- At least one standard score in the Average Range, or above of aptitude (i.e., Standard Score =90 or above / 25th percentile or above) as measured by technically adequate, standardized instruments of aptitude.
- An average or greater score (i.e., Standard Score =90 or above / 25th percentile or above) in at least one academic area as measured by technically adequate, standardized instruments of achievement
- Significant intra-cognitive discrepancy(ies) of at least one standard deviation as measured by technically adequate, standardized instruments of aptitude (e. g., Verbal Comprehension vs. Perceptual Organization, Verbal Comprehension vs. Working Memory on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV).
Diagnosis and Summary
All of the aforementioned information should lead to a written diagnostic summary regarding the presence or absence of a learning disability(ies).
Prior Verification
In some instances, documentation may be outdated or inadequate in scope or content. In other instances, it may not address the student's current level of functioning or need for accommodations and support services because observed changes may have occurred in the student's performance since the previous assessment was conducted. Testing/evaluation results should generally be dated no more than three (3) for high school students and five years (5) for adults. Consequently, it may be appropriate for a qualified professional to update the evaluation report. The purpose of this update is to determine the student's current need for accommodations and support services and should include a rationale for ongoing accommodations and support services.
In order to receive accommodations and support services, prior verification must meet the same guidelines as outlined previously. A diagnosis of a learning disability documented by a qualified professional (whether in private practice or in a previous school setting) does not automatically guarantee that identical accommodations and support services will be provided.
Documentation for students who have been determined eligible for accommodations and support services according to the criteria established by the California Community College system will be reviewed in accordance with the above prescribed CSU methodology and criteria.
If accommodations and support services are not clearly identified and supported by history and test results, the CSU will seek clarification and more information. The final determination for providing appropriate and reasonable accommodations and support services rests with the CSU campus.
It is important to recognize that needed accommodations and support services can change over time and are not always identified through an initial diagnostic process. Conversely, a prior history of accommodation(s) does not, in and of itself, warrant the provision of a similar accommodation(s). Accommodations and support services will be directly related to the diagnostic results. The final determination of appropriate and reasonable accommodations and support services rests with the CSU campus.
- Designed to meet a student's disability-related needs without fundamentally altering the nature of the instructional program or altering any directly related licensing program.
- Not intended to provide remediation (instruction in basic skills not acquired earlier in the educational process; e.g. basic grammar, basic math, English as a Second Language, etc.).
- Specific support services will be authorized on case by case basis upon receipt of the assessment documenting the diagnosis of a learning disability.
Pursuant to Section 504 and the ADA, students with disabilities who are denied a requested accommodation may appeal the decision through on-campus informal and formal accommodation dispute resolution processes.
For the full text of the CSU Guidelines for the Assessment and Verification of Students with Learning Disabilities see http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/codedmemos/AA-2009-27.pdf, Appendix A.


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Karim Zariffa
I was commissioned by SpaFax and AirCanada to do two small promotional video to showcase in their airplanes. This year is their 75th birthday, so I was ask to show case air hostess costume over their life and also another spot to showcase the planes. That was the only brief I got, so I produced and directed these videos. Again with the in camera trick effects and a lot of object building, I came up with this all reel made installation. Definitely the funnest part was the big modular numbers and the frame reveal system for the mannequin. For the air hostess, the mannequin was shot separately from the rest, then all the numbers where in the same shoot, activate by ropes and pulls. The air plane spot was all shot year per year and then matched together. See the costumes video here : vimeo.com/46592300 and see the making of here : vimeo.com/47640517
DIRECTOR: Karim Zariffa
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : Francis Dakin-Côté
ART DIRECTION : Karim Zariffa
MUSIC & SOUND: Catherine Coutu
POST-PRODUCTION : Ottoblix
AGENCY : SpaFax (en route)
PRODUCTION : Karim Zariffa inc
PROPS BUILDING : Francis Dakin Côté, Will Vincent, Karim Zariffa, Fredéric Blouin, Kyosuke Nishida, Brian Lee.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT : Sarah Pellerin
MANNEQUIN : Marie-Eve Warren (Montage)
CAMERA : Keven Verreault
LIGHT TEAM : Jean-Simon Laflamme, Mathieu Lefrançois-Gauvreau, Mathieu Cloutier
HAIR AND MAKE UP : Léonie Lévesque
STYLIST : Marie-Kim Mercier (Gloss)
CONCEPT AND DESIGN : Karim Zariffa


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When we play together, we belong together.
Coventry City of Culture 2021 Bid Digital Artists in Residence
Throughout 2017, with generous support from the City of Culture Bid Event Sponsors and Arts Council England, we delivered our largest Open Citizens programme to date, engaging a community of creators, creating work that sparks the imagination of local people.
We hosted a series of workshops in the Spring, working with different community groups to imagine playful interactive artworks that could transform people's experience of travelling through Coventry. In the autumn, we turned a handful of Coventry's ideas into reality when we hosted a takeover across the city centre with arts, technology and play.
Lots more info at opencitizens.co
How can challenges of the urban environment be made visible to its inhabitants? How can we 'nudge' behaviour and use data to solve problems? In this collaborative project, we invited 30 Year 11 secondary school students and 20 undergraduate students to consider this whilst playing with, identifying, and solving problems within their own communities.
This multipartner project aimed to explore how STEM subjects can contribute to young people becoming more active future custodians of their city and to examine how access to open manufacturing techniques and open public data might inspire social change.
By looking in detail at an aspect of urban life, we hoped to encourage young people to not only think critically about the social infrastructure that surrounds them but more importantly, how they can be empowered to facilitate change.
Supported by Think Higher and FabLab Coventry.
A wide-reaching development programme exploring the use of networked, interactive and creative technologies by artists. Includes: the RS Fellowships, an artist development and mentoring scheme; the RS Symposium, a sector-focussed day of sharing best practice hosted by Warwick Arts Centre; and the RS microFestival, a public celebration of arts and technology in Coventry City Centre.
In this second iteration of the programme, we presented work in three streams:
How can introducing interactive and networked technologies throughout the creative process enable a more meaningful relationship with audiences? How can technology foster interaction between people, rather than just interaction with the artwork itself?
What do networked and interactive technologies mean for the ownership of artworks and performances? Who is the author when co-creating, sharing and making work interactively? Do technologies enable new kinds of audience agency? How does the use of creative technologies redefine the notion of participatory arts practice?
Can technologies be a democratising force in the arts world? Can technology redefine the arts establishment, challenge our models of power and distribution, build new audience and enable new ways of working?
In 2016, Random String supported the work of 36 artists, engaged with 1142 workshop participants across 62 sessions, and presented work to combined live audiences of 1258 people in Coventry.
Random String is supported by Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry City Council and Arts Council England.
for more info see randomstring.co
The Kitchen Circus brings circus performances, songs and digital arts onto the streets, to explore ideas about identity, hospitality and how we live now.
The 2015 performances in Hengrove explored the notion of 'home' and included a circus performance on the green, a trail of illuminated objects and musical performances at local landmarks, including on a boat.
The Kitchen Circus was commissioned for Bristol's Circus City festival and produced by KWMC and Cirque Bijou.
Commissioned by Bristol Green Capital 2015 as part of their Neighbourhood Arts Programme, inviting people to see "junk" in a fresh way by tapping into the shared experiences of play across different generations and cultures. It creates new invitations, pretexts, tools and spaces for social interaction, by starting with the very personal & then connecting up with neighbours and neighbourhoods. The project will work with lead local residents on a journey of social archaeology to rediscover and repurpose the playable gems hidden among the dusty piles of forgotten "junk" lurking in people's attics, garages and sheds, shining a light on the latent social and cultural potential of these objects through the lens of collaborative play. These playable artefacts- from rusty bike wheels & old sledges to bent hoola-hoops, dusty console controllers and forgotten Furbies will be reborn through story-telling and active play.
A performative projection-mapped visual poem made with young women outside mainstream education, produced with the incredible support of poet/MC Samira Arhin Acquaah and dance artist Dave McKenna of Being Frank Physical Theatre. Commissioned by the Core at Corby Cube as part of their Priority Project, supported by Mighty Creatives. Presented for the first time at the Core's 'Youth Arts Slam', July 3rd 2015.
Wear Your Wheels is a fun and creative challenge for individuals and teams, families, co-workers, friends and communities. Work together to craft a wearable cardboard creation. Create something in the style of your favourite wheeled-wonder or dream up your own novel contraption.
A time-trial race like no other, competitors will don their CardCar creations and run a fixed course. This is not an engineering competition, you carry the vehicle, rather than the other way around. Feel free to add wheels – a CardCar would probably look odd without them – but they don't need to function. Your CardCar cannot touch the ground at any point along the race.
CardCars will score points for design, speed and capacity; the more passengers that race inside your creation, the bigger you score!
Prizes will be awarded in each of these categories as well as an overall winner to be crowned Coventry CardCar Champion of 2015.
A lunchtime play session, commissioned by Watershed for the 'Making Cities Playable Conference' in 2014.
Our brief: make something "big, outside, with chalk".
How can a simple piece of chalk unleash the possibility and freedom of play? We challenged conference-goers to create and partake in their own little 'dusty acts of defiance'. A collaborative commission with the simply wonderful Splash & Ripple.
We are preparing for a very 21st Century event to be held at the Lunt Roman Fort in Coventry, aimed at helping to breathe new life into the historic Fort – and applications are now open for people to get involved in a unique weekend of creativity, invention and fun.
Ludi Lunt (roughly translated from Latin: 'public games at the Lunt') takes place over the weekend of Sat 6th and Sun 7thSeptember, and is a hackathon-style event. Our aim with the event is to bring together creative people from around the UK to devise ways to improve the visitor experience, reveal more of the site's fascinating past and breathe new life into this cultural gem, helping to re-establish the Lunt as a major Roman visitor attraction.
Ludi Lunt is being organised by staff from the Lunt and its management team, who are working with a diverse group of local historians and hackathon experts to put this very special event together. We are now looking to recruit people with a range of skills to take part in the event, including historians, artists, hackers, gamers, coders, writers, performers, designers, social media whizzes, educational professionals and craftspeople – as well as anyone who feels that they have ideas to contribute to a weekend of innovation and creativity.
In return for your efforts, you will have the unique opportunity to spend a weekend with other creative people at this amazing location, including camping, eating and working in the grounds of the Lunt. There will also be prizes for the best ideas generated over the course of the weekend, as well as the opportunity to be involved in the implementation of selected projects.
There is no charge for you to be involved in the Ludi Lunt hackathon, and applications are open now.