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Burger Bar
Taps: 24 / Bottles: 118
Cask: N / Beer-to-Go: N
Ratings: 106 | Reviews: 94 | Display Reviews Only:
North Carolina
4/5 rDev -3.8%
07-23-2014 19:12:44 | More by dvmin98
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
07-22-2014 03:57:48 | More by laymansbeerfan
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05-19-2014 06:13:37 | More by Lare453
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vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4 | service: 3.75 | selection: 4 | food: 4 | $$$
I had the pleasure of visiting the Burger Bar on my recent trip to Vegas and I was quite pleasantly surprised. My group went there for the food and were quite amazed with the beer selection here.
In addition to a very nice tap selection, there's a great bottle selection. My brother and I both had the 2011 Anchor Christmas ale, though they had a few other vintages available. Really, any place with multiple years of the same beer gets kudos from me.
Service was good, although we didn't really test the beer knowledge of our waiter -- this is primarily a restaurant, after all. However, if you are looking for dinner and want a place with a lot more than the regular BMC crowd, this is it. It should also be noted that prices here are quite reasonable, with respect to other places on the strip. Most of their draft beers were in the $6-7 range, versus paying $8-9 for a bottle of Corona elsewhere on the strip.
So, value, selection and great food -- definitely worth a stop.
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vibe: 4 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4 | food: 4 | $$$
We went to Burger Bar this afternoon for an early lunch. We walked there from MGM Grand, it's located in Mandalay Place, which is located in the mall between Mandalay Bay & Luxor. We got there right when they opened at 11AM and there was already a small line.
The service here was excellent. Our waiter was friendly, responsive and attentive. The beer selection is solid with over 100 bottles offerings and about 30 or so draft options. The drafts were divided by country and the bottles were divided by style.
I started off with a Belgian Kriek that was amazing and served in appropriate glassware. I also had an Anchor Steam with my burger and that was fresh. The burgers here are the main attraction and you can choose from angus beef, kobe beef, turkey, buffalo, lamb, etc. I went with a kobe beef burger and it was delicious. I ordered it medium and it was cooked perfectly. They have an extensive selection of different toppings, so you can make your burger to your preference.
I really enjoyed this place. Check out the nice selection of brewery signs in the long hallway at the back of the restaurant. I would definitely suggest checking this place out if you are staying on the strip and like quality burgers & craft beers.
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03-15-2014 02:26:48 | More by ortie
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Burger Bar in Las Vegas, NV
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North Carolina is basketball country, of course, with plenty of local programs, fierce rivalries and world-famous teams to root for. And for nearly 20 years now, one particularly amazing local womens team has been getting attention for their successes on the court.
The amazing part? This team just took the bronze medal in the National Senior Games Championship in the 75-and-up bracket. Thats 75 as in years. Of age.
The team, now known as the Fabulous 70s, was established in 1994, when the players were in their spry 50s. For two decades, the team has been practicing weekly and playing regularly in state and national tournaments.
The fascinating story of the Fabulous 70s is told in Grannys Got Game, a new feature-length documentary from local filmmaker Angela Gorsica Alford, screening Sunday at the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh. The screening will be held in the Wells Fargo IMAX Theatre, and is free and open to the public.
Sundays film screening is part of an informal local filmmakers series at Marbles that organizers hope to extend and expand.
Our customers are always looking for new things, and we dont always get enough through the regular pipeline, said Tim Hazlehurst, Marbles vice president of operations.
A directors vision
Director Alford has her own basketball story. In the 1990s, she was a member of Vanderbilts top-ranked womens team and was offered a spot in the WNBA after graduation. Instead, she launched a career as a software engineer in Research Triangle Park before later turning to film and video production. Alford recently graduated from Duke Universitys Center for Documentary Studies.
Alford said she was inspired to make the film after meeting the Fabulous 70s team captain, Judy Barton of Raleigh, when the two were picking up kids children and grandchildren, respectively after school.
I would see this older woman in a full track warm-up suit and basketball shirt, Alford said. She caught my eye and we had a rapport right away.
Alford, 37, spent the next year following the team and compiling footage for the film.
I just went to practice every week, she said. After about three months, I started interviewing the players in their homes. Id gotten to know them and their stories. They were comfortable with me, and I got them to be pretty candid, which was great.
Barton, now 78, said that the team quickly became used to having Alford and her camera around. Oh, after a while, we didnt even notice her.
The result is a film with some intimate moments and fascinating details. During one sequence, filmed at the 2011 national championships in Houston, team member Shirley Pearce is hospitalized after collapsing before a match. The incident derails the teams tournament bid, but it also brings them closer together.
We didnt really have basketball on our minds, Barton said. But I think it showed just how much of a family we were. Shirley was our main concern. Were close friends above and beyond what we are as teammates. Pearce made a full recovery and still plays for the team.
Hoops, health and camaraderie
The film is also filled with interesting stories from the past. When the players first started with high school basketball in the 1950s, the game was radically different you could only dribble the ball twice before passing, for instance. Womens sports werent exactly encouraged and there were few options for the female athlete.
And so most players stopped playing ball entirely, for 30 or more years, until forming the senior team in the 1990s. As the film attests, basketball has once again become a central part of all the players lives.
Basketball is a tough sport at any age but in your 70s it really is a whole new ball game. In the modified three-on-three half-court match-ups of the Senior Games, pick-and-rolls can and do result in broken ribs. The team has seen players drop out over the years, due to various medical conditions, and two of the original team members have since passed away.
Original member Sarah Wiggins, 75, whose husband Twig helped start the team, said that camaraderie is the most rewarding part of the experience. But she also feels that playing basketball again has greatly improved her overall health.
I dont know, if I wasnt playing and hadnt made this commitment, that I would even get much exercise, said Wiggins, who lives in Youngsville. I dont think Id be in the shape I am now. I dont know where I would be.
Barton said that the team really is a kind of family.
Weve been through a lot together in 20 years, she said. You know, at this age from your 50s to your 70s a lot of different things happen to you in your life, to your body and brain and everything else. Having the close camaraderie of these gals were very close. We know everything about each other. What one person goes through, we all go through.
Inspiring for all ages
For her part, director Alford said she hopes the film will inspire athletes of all ages. Its just this whole world that I knew nothing about, Alford said of the Senior Games, which in North Carolina alone facilitates sports for more than 10,000 athletes age 55 and up.
Part of my goal is just to let people know that this is out there, Alford said. So many people, they want to keep playing and doing these things but they cant compete with the 20-year-olds down at the Y anymore.
I know its affected my own kids. I always tell this story: One of my kids was playing basketball in this little church league, and one of the other kids fell and got this really nasty floor burn on his knee. So the poor kid, hes trying really hard not to cry, and my son said, Look, my mom is doing this movie about these grannies, and they get hurt a lot worse than that, and they never cry.
For those who may be interested in playing on the local team, go to grannysgotgame.com and submit an email expressing interest.

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Guy gets dumped when he won't kiss his girl on the Kiss Cam. You've gotta see this video!
Tim Halperin 'Rangers Baseball' – "Thrift Shop" Parody
Local Artist Tim Halperin stopped by Boomerjack's on Friday before the Rangers home opener to debut his "Rangers Baseball" song with Tony Zazza. Now the song has a video to go along with it. We […]
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We've been out at Boomerjack's all morning having the earliest tailgate party for the Rangers Opening Day! Check out some of our pics!
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Everyone will be talking about Yu Darvish and his nearly perfect game today. Check out just how close he came and the moment that had Ranger fans crying in frustration last night.
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Come out to Boomer Jack's in Arlington and join us for the earliest tailgate in town for Rangers' Opening Day. Tony Zazza will be broadcasting live starting at 5AM!
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Josh Hamilton said that Dallas isn't a baseball town, and now a North Texas Teen wants to stun Josh with our silence.
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I had the chance to meet Michael, who is known for many of his performances in blockbuster movies, but best for his role in The Green Mile as John Coffey and he was as you have hoped for. He was larger than life with his gentleness and his personality.
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PHOTO CALL: Aaron Tveit and Patch Darragh Among Opening Night Guests at Atlantic's Good Television
By Matthew Blank
Rod MacLachlan's Good Television receives its world premiere at Atlantic Theatre Company, opening June 4 following previews that began May 22.
MacLachlan, an Atlantic ensemble member, makes his Off-Broadway playwriting debut with Good Television, which exposes the extremity of modern television drama. The limited engagement will continue through June 16.
Directed by Bob Krakower, the cast features Talia Balsam ("Mad Men," "Homeland"), Jessica Cummings (The Seagull, Crimes of the Heart), John Magaro (Tigers Be Still), Kelly McAndrew (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Still Life), Zoe Perry (The Other Place), Luke Robertson ("The Good Wife"), Andrew Stewart-Jones ("Dead Man Down," "Golden Boy") and Ned Van Zandt (The Iceman Cometh).
"Connie is an intervention counselor and producer on a reality television series which profiles people suffering from addiction," according to press notes. "Against her better judgment, her superiors convince her to take on a special, risky case in the hopes of making a riveting, explosive episode. When Connie and her colleagues travel to South Carolina to interview a young meth addict and his family, Connie's own demons resurface and the 'explosive episode' threatens to blow up in her face."
The creative team for Good Television features Eric Southern (scenic design), Theresa Squire (costume design), Mary Louise Geiger (lighting design) and Cormac Bluestone (original music and sound design).
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Spotlight: Pinocchio's Marionette Theater, Where Puppets Come Alive
July 11, 2014 | WMFE, Orlando - This week, Spotlight visits a theater where puppets come alive. Pinocchio's Marionette Theater in Altamonte Springs has been open in the Altamonte Mall for 5 years.
Pinocchio's puppets will be performing in their last show July 31, when the theater will shut its doors. 90.7's Carmel Delshad spoke to Pinocchio's Executive Director, Sean Keohane, about the magic that is Marionette Theater.
You can catch the theater's last few shows of "Beauty & the Beast" on Wednesdays through Sundays, between 10am and 6pm. For more detailed scheduling, visit Pinocchio's website here.


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Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy our annual Christmas Program and Celebration - "Cameron Camel's Christmas Countdown" on December 16, 2012. Christmas caroling will begin at 6:00pm in the sanctuary followed by the program at 6:30pm. The program will be led by our puppet team and will include music from our choirs, bells, individuals and more as we celebrate God's love coming to earth in Jesus.
We hope you can join us for this festive celebration of Christmas. Kingswood UMC is located at 401 W. Dundee Rd. in Buffalo Grove, IL. For more information call the office at 847-398-0770 or visit www.kingswoodumc.com.


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- Alumni & Supporters
Welcome to the Executive Advisory Board!
The Executive Advisory Board is an external consultative committee that assists the Associate Deans and Dean of the School for Professional Studies (SPS) in enhancing the education, research, and service missions of the school, as well as the university as a whole. The goals of the advisory board are to contribute to the advancement of SPS within the following areas:
- Provide financial support to SPS, including personal and corporate donations, fund-raising, and contract, grant and partnership opportunities.
- Identify trends in the business and service sectors and evaluate their impact on education, research and university service.
- Provide input and feedback on School and program initiatives in relation to short and long-term planning.
- Provide advice about career fields and industry expectations for SPS students.
- Identify experiential learning opportunities, such as internships, co-operative programs, mentorships and projects, for the SPS students.
- Identify lecturers and guest speakers for classes and seminars from business and the service sector.
- Enhance School visibility and serve as ambassadors for SPS and Saint Louis University as a whole.
If you have any questions about the board, or have fresh ideas that might assist its mission, please contact LaShone Gibson (firstname.lastname@example.com), Associate Dean of Global Relations, at 314-977-3209.
Individuals and employers who represent the board are:
- Mr. Andy Benes, Former Major League Baseball Player, Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Ms. Katherine Cain, Executive Direction, Center for Workforce and Organizational Development
- Mr. Eddie Davis, President and Executive Director, Center for the Acceleration of African American Business
- Ms. Kristin Elsner, Coordinator, Marketing and Recruitment, School for Professional Studies, Saint Louis University
- Ms. Jo Gardner, Test Team Lead and Integration, The Boeing Company
- Mr. Steven Georgevitch, Supply Chain Manager, The Boeing Company
- Dr. Jennifer Giancola, Dean, School for Professional Studies, Saint Louis University
- Ms. LaShone Gibson,Associate Dean of Global Relations, School for Professional Studies, Saint Louis University
- Ms. Anne Haltenhof, Project Planning, Wachovia
- Mr. Chris Heinz, MRI Network, Westport One
- Mr. Steve Ippolito, Retired Finance & Administration Director and E-Commerce Projects & Procurement, Compliance Specialists
- Mr. Dennis Jenkerson, Fire Chief, Saint Louis Fire Department
- Mr. Eric Luchetti, Digital Content Manager, FOX Sports Midwest
- Ms. Kimberly K. McCurdy, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology, Enterprise
- Dr. David Munz, Professor, Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University
- Ms. Kitty Nangle Lohrum, Director of Development, Saint Louis University
- Ms. Erin O'Neil-Hayes, Former Producer, Busch Satellite Network, KMOX 1120, Total Information AM
- Mr. Jeff Robertson, Director of IT, Infrastructure & Network Services
- Ms. Ana Romero-Lizana, Director of International Business Development, World Trade Center
- Ms. Angela D. Schaefer, Director of Human Resources, Thompson Coburn LLP
- Fr. Paul Stark, S.J., Vice President for Mission and Ministry, Saint Louis University
- Mrs. Patricia Smith Thurman, Former Group Executive, Mastercard Technologies


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COLUMBUS _ We've been slow
to get in the wood this year, and
fall has been quick to cool. The logs
need stacking, splitting and some
need culling because they're old
and punky, but everything from oilchanging
to dry-walling to kid-taxiing
has cut in line.
Then the field was dusted with snow the other day, and we came to our senses. If we didn't act soon, we'd be burning propane, burning money, all winter and still not be warm.
Saturday was my appointment with the woodpile. After three coffees, I was prepared to face it alone, but not long after I started, that silver Ranger glided down the driveway. Uncle Chet got out, and as I set up logs to be split, calculating how much faster the job would go with two, he said, ``I'm not dressed for that.''
``In your jeans and jean jacket?''
``Not any jeans and jacket,'' he said. ``These are Levis, and they're American-made.''
``Are Levis still made here?''
``These are,'' he said. ``They're used, probably from the '90s.''
``Look pretty good,'' I admitted.
``Where'd you get 'em?''
``Uh huh.'' I picked up the splitting mall, concentrating, then swung hard and cleaved one log.
``Actually, I'm a patriot from head to toe,'' Uncle Chet said. ``I bought new American underwear and socks from Unionmade.
com, and a shirt from Bamboosa, a little factory down in South Carolina.''
``Got any Chinese clothes you can actually work in?''
``Sure, at home; and pretty soon, I'll have more Levis, and I won't care if I rip a pair,'' he said. ``But today, I'm all- American and I'm just going to enjoy it, from my New Balance sneakers to my 10-year-old Ford. And my next conquest is going to be an American coat, because this one's barely warm enough and it's only October.''
Tom Grace
Travels with Uncle Chet: Making 'Made in America' a lifestyle
COLUMBUS _ We've been slow
to get in the wood this year, and
fall has been quick to cool. The logs
need stacking, splitting and some
need culling because they're old
and punky, but everything from oilchanging
to dry-walling to kid-taxiing
has cut in line.
- Tom Grace
The future of news: video on the Internet
COLUMBUS _ "Well, I'm going to do it, retire tomorrow," I told Uncle Chet last Thursday, then pulled on the thick braided wire that ran up and down the chimney.
Uncle Chet advises little miscreant
COLUMBUS _ The little miscreant is off to college this month, and we had a dinner in her honor at Uncle Chet and Aunt Alice's log cabin Sunday.
Here's to everyone paying their fair share
COLUMBUS _ Buddy and I were working on the woodpile at Uncle Chet's house, stacking about 10 face cord of pungent ash, maple and cherry. The sun was beating down, and the pine needles crackled underfoot. Everything around us was tinder dry, that is, except the wood we were moving.
Easy fixes for education, drilling debate
COLUMBUS _ "I know how to resolve this fracking controversy," Uncle Chet said, then sipped his second glass of red wine.
Handicapping the 2012 race in a dust cloud
COLUMBUS _ The little miscreant was graduating from high school, going to college. We were having a party here in just four days, but we were power-sanding in the kitchen, making a dust cloud that filled the room, coating everything as it sank to the floor.
- Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Spackle can only do so much to fix problems
COLUMBUS _ "This ceiling reminds me of my face," Uncle Chet said, standing on the eight-foot stepladder, cutting in with a sash brush.
- Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The rich are getting richer, more powerful
COLUMBUS _ "You know, there's only one thing wrong with the world," Uncle Chet paused, then dropped a log onto the stack.
- Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Facing down the dreaded colonoscopy
Colonoscopy. Cousin Bruce talked me into it. He's a decade younger and if he was doing it, then coming from the same gene pool, so should I, I reasoned in February and made an appointment.
- Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Wounds left by Osama still healing
COLUMBUS _ We were lying down, reading, ready for lights out when the phone rang late Sunday night. I looked at the caller I.D. before answering, "You're too old to be up at this hour."
- Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The rich are thriving in country's class warfare
We sat in the basement cafeteria Friday night, eating off sectioned plastic trays, as students have done for generations.
- Tuesday, April 5, 2011
There's still one job we haven't shipped overseas
"Where are the French?" Uncle Chet asked from across the table where we were having coffee.
- Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Obama strikes oil with assault on Libya
We were on our way to the dump Saturday, three across the bench seat, when we heard the news.
- Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Caught between tanking dollar, rising oil prices
COLUMBUS _ "Got to get some wood in; it's gonna snow," I said as I rose from the couch Saturday afternoon.
- Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Conversation on the trail to rock stardom
SCRANTON, PA. _ It was a cool, sunny morning in late February, and we were tooling down Interstate 81 in the silver pickup.
- Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Cheney's chum about to get his walking papers
The snow piles were becoming tall white walls and the paths between them were narrowing as we cleared the driveway again Sunday morning.
- Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Taxing wealthy would give us rich future
COLUMBUS _ "The state of the union is deplorable, and I hope he says so, because we ought to do something about it," Uncle Chet said, then lowered an armful of logs into the wood box.
- Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Poll will show what people are thinking
COLUMBUS _ "I have to go, but I want to do it myself," Buddy announced from the recliner.
- Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Target within sight; summit within reach
It was snowing and windy, and the road was icy, running between desolate, snow-covered fields in the town of Plainfield. We were climbing a long hill, up in God's country, looking for a microwave tower.
- Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tax deal will help rich get richer
"Dear Mr. President: "Your tax deal with the Republicans is an abomination.
- Tuesday, November 30, 2010
GOP's denial is all about bottom line
COLUMBUS _ The little chair was a blessing to the back, but the pipe at the front of the canvas seat pressed under my knees, and my legs were numbing.
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Managing Irrigation for Optimum Efficiency
Almond growers in California have been relying on irrigation for more than 60 years. The Almond Board of California has supported University of California research on irrigation scheduling and management in a range of both high and low volume irrigation systems to determine the optimal use of irrigation water to enhance yields and quality, extend orchard longevity, suppress diseases and insects, reduce energy and optimize available water use.
Optimizing available water became a focal point during years of reduced water supplies. Funded by the Almond Board of California, University of California irrigation specialists have developed management tools for almond growers to optimize water use under various water availability scenarios.
Currently a variety of irrigation systems can be used by almond growers including drip, micro-sprinklers, sub-surface drip, solid set sprinklers and flood irrigation. The choice of an irrigation system depends on a number of factors including the types of soils, the variety of almonds grown, the disease and pest pressures, frost potential and protection, as well as the cost and availability of water.
To ensure that almond trees are neither over-, nor under-watered requires constant monitoring of a number of variables. The timing, frequency and amount of irrigation will depend on several factors, including weather conditions, the amount of water stored in the soil from winter rains, the stage of development of the trees and the orchard, the soil type(s), and the irrigation system type and efficiency.
Comprehensive scheduling should be keyed to three factors: (1) weather conditions driving evapotranspiration (Evapo-transpiration [ET] Scheduling) and use of a water budget approach with data provided by the California Department of Water Resources CIMIS program, (2) soil-based monitoring which can use a variety of techniques and equipment, and(3) monitoring tree water status using a pressure chamber (pressure bomb). Good, overall summaries can be found at the UC Drought Management website and the Irrigation Management module of the California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP).
Western Farm Press, July 2012, Irrigation Management and Scheduling, a Balancing Act
Western Farm Press, September 2007, Late-Season Irrigation Affects Almond Yields, Pests
2008 Almond Conference Presentation "Irrigation Scheduling - Putting It All Together For Efficiency and Production"
UC Davis Drought Management
Irrigation Training and Research Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University Fresno (Wateright)
Website ofDr. Larry Schwankl, University of California Cooperative Extension Irrigation Specialist
NRCS Web Soil Survey (information about an orchard's water holding capacity)
California State University-Fresno Center for Irrigation Technology Agricultural Pumping Efficiency Program offers subsidized testing through a PG&E program
California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS)
Irrigation Management, Terry Prichard, UCCE Emeritus Water Management Specialist, San Joaquin County
Kern County Irrigation Management, Blake Sanden, UCCE Kern County
Irrigation and Water Resources, Allan Fulton, UCCE Tehama County
Using the Pressure Chamber to Monitor Tree Water Status Using Midday Stem water Potential to Refine Irrigation Scheduling in Almond
Measuring Crop Water Status in Orchard Crops
Tentative Guidelines for Interpreting Pressure Chamber Readings
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The Ed-Flex Partnership Act of 1999, as amended, requires that Ed-Flex States annually submit to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) a report that contains data on the waivers States granted under the Ed-Flex progam. This report also describes the result of State oversight of Ed-Flex waiver activities, and provides information on the impact of waivers on school and student performance.
2010-11 Reports
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Data Tables
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In April 1999 Congress passed, and the President signed, the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999, better known as Ed-Flex (Public Law 106-25). This legislation transferred authority for granting waivers of certain federal statutes and regulations from the U.S. Department of Education to state agencies that met certain requirements. North Carolina applied for and was granted authority to be an Ed-Flex state, and North Carolina's authority was extended in January 2006. Local education agencies wishing to waive certain federal statutes and regulations must apply to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Procedures and timelines follow.
The purpose of providing flexibility is to improve the academic achievement of all students. Waiver requests should be designed to provide instructional opportunities to ensure that all students meet North Carolina's challenging state standards on state assessments.
Ed-Flex Waiver Applications may be submitted at any time; however, it is recommended that local education agencies or public charter schools submit requests as early in the school year as possible. This will allow the Department of Public Instruction staff adequate time to review waivers and request additional information if needed. Please ensure that you allow sufficient time to complete the public notice and comment requirement. For information, contact Dr. Ken Kitch at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Application for Ed-Flex Waiver of Federal Requirements
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- Procedures for Granting Waivers
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Programs Covered by Ex-flex Legislation
- Title I, Part A of the No Child Left Behind Act (other than sections 1111 and 1116) (Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged Children)
- Title I, Part B, Subpart 3 of the No Child Left Behind Act (Even Start Family Literacy Programs) (NOTE: Ed-Flex states may not waive requirements of the new Reading First or Early Reading First Programs (subparts 1 and 2 of Part B of Title I)
- Title I, Part C of the No Child Left Behind Act (Education of Migratory Children)
- Title I, Part D of the No Child Left Behind Act (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk)
- Title I, Part F of the No Child Left Behind Act (Comprehensive School Reform)
- Title II, Part A, Subparts 2 and 3 of the No Child Left Behind Act (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting)
- Title II, Part D, Subpart 1 of the No Child Left Behind Act (Enhancing Education through Technology)
- Title III, Part B, Subpart 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act (Emergency Immigrant Education, if this program is funded)
- Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 of the No Child Left Behind Act (Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities)
- Title V, Part A of the No Child Left Behind Act (Innovative Programs)
- The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act
Requirements That Cannot Be Waived:
- Maintenance of effort
- Comparability of services
- Equitable participation of students and staff in private schools
- Parental participation and involvement
- Distribution of funds to states or to local education agencies
- Serving eligible school attendance areas in rank order under section 1113(a) (3) of the ESEA
- The selection of a school attendance area or school under subsections (a) and (b) of section 1113 of the ESEA, except that a state education agency may grant a waiver to allow a school attendance area or school to participate in activities under Part A of Title I of such Act if the percentage of children from low-income families in the attendance area of such school or who attend such school is not less than 10 percentage points below the lowest percentage of such children for any school attendance area or school of the local education agency that meets the requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
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- Applicable civil rights requirements
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Revenue did rise from a year ago, with the gain driven by strong enterprise demand and its Windows 8 operating system that was launched in late October, Microsoft said in a statement. The company said it's sold more than 60 million licenses for Windows 8.Read more about Microsoft's results.
Profit was $6.38 billion, or 76 cents a share, whereas Wall Street had expected 75 cents a share. A year ago, Microsoft earned $6.62 billion or 78 cents a share on sales of $20.89 billion.
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October 7-13 is Fire Prevention Week. Fire Prevention Week gives the fire service the opportunity to reach out to the community and empower its citizens to prevent home fires and protect their families. This year's theme, "Have 2 Ways Out!" reminds us how important it is to have two ways out of every building we're in – especially our homes, where most fires take place.
No one thinks fire will happen to them, yet according to data from the Massachusetts Fire Incident Reporting System (MFIRS), there were 29,110 fires reported in Massachusetts during 2011 causing 54 civilian deaths, 2 fire service deaths, 323 civilian injuries, 422 fire service injuries and an estimated $217 million in property damage. That's why it is so important to practice good fire safety by staying in the kitchen when cooking, not overloaded electrical outlets and taking care of our heating systems. It's also important to be prepared by installing smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, which give you time to escape, and to make and practice a home escape plan, so everyone will know what to do in an emergency.
It is important to have a home fire escape plan that prepares your family to think fast and get out quickly when the smoke alarm sounds. What if your first escape route is blocked by smoke or flames? That's why having two ways out is such a key part of your plan. This year's theme,"Have 2 Ways Out!", focuses on the importance of fire escape planning and practice.
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Are you familiar with Pinterest? It's my favorite social media platform. I love it because it adds value to my life. It's inspirational and I learn little tips that can make big changes in my life. For those of you still sleeping on it, I'll be sharing my favorite tips. Here are 10 organizing tips, see more at http://pinterest.com/maneandchic/organizing-tips/.
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1. Organize your shoes including your boots with bookshelves.
2. Add a dress rail to the corner of a room to plan outfits for the week.
3. Organize your bags with shower rings.
4. Create a laundry dresser/sorter with plywood and laundry baskets. This is also a good way to organize some of your hair stuff and even stuff you need to purge from your home.
5. Organize your refrigerator with cheap plastic bins.
6. Use drawer dividers in a drawer to make your makeup more accessible.
7. A tip from yours truly, organize your hair stuff with clear plastic boxes and/or recycled glass jars. If you find a big enough jar, like a gallon pickle jar, you can store your rollers in a pretty glass jar instead of the plastic boxes.
8. Use file boxes to organize the stuff you need to purge from your home. You can also use the laundry dresser/sorter idea for something like this.
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This accessible introduction to the history and evolution of attachment theory mixes personal anecdotes from the author's experience of being supervised by John Bowlby, the creator of attachment theory, with clear explanations of Bowlby's ideas and how they have been expanded up to the present day. more »2014, Paperback: £25.00/ $40.00
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The COMSOL Conference 2012 will take place on October 3-5 at:
Boston Marriott Newton
2345 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, Massachusetts 02466
Phone: 1-617-969-1000
Fax: 1-617-527-6914
Web: Boston Marriott Newton
We recommend that Conference attendees stay at the Conference venue hotel during the event. We have arranged for a special reduced room rate at the Boston Newton Marriott for attendees of the COMSOL Conference.
To reserve a room at the reduced Conference rate of $179/night, you must book by September 11, 2012 here.
The number of discounted rooms is limited, so please make your reservation early.
Travel to Boston
Boston has one international airport:
Most American airline companies have flights to this airport and you will find direct connections to all major cities.
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Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is located less than fifty miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. This airport has several low-fare airlines that fly in and out of Manchester.
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By Public Transportation
From Boston Logan Airport: Take the Blue Line Inbound from
Airport Station to Government Center Station. Get off at Government
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to the Riverside Station. Get off at the Riverside Subway station, which
is 2 miles from the Newton Marriott hotel.
The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service from the station.
By Car
From Boston Logan airport(12 miles): Follow signs to Ted Williams Tunnel/Route 90 W (Mass Pike). Continue on Route 90 W to Exit 15. Follow signs to Route 30 East. Hotel is 1/2 mile on the left.
From Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (58 miles): Depart on local road(s) (West). Turn right(North) onto Airport Rd. Keep straight onto SR-3A [Brown Ave]. Take the ramp(right) into I-293[SR-101]. Take the ramp(right) onto I-93. At exit 37B, take the ramp (right) onto I-95[SR-128]. At exit 24, take the ramp(right) onto SR 30E[South Ave]. Bear right(east) onto SR-30[Commonwealth Ave]. In less than a mile make a right on Melrose St and make a slight right at Ash Street both less than 0.1 mile each. Take a left at [Commonwealth Ave/RT 30] and the hotel will be on your right in 1/2 a mile.
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Extend your stay in Boston after the Conference and explore what this historical city has to offer.
More information for tourists can be found at: City of Boston
We can also recommend a visit to the beautiful Charles River. Guests of the Newton Marriott receive a 20% discount off rental prices from its neighbors at Charles River Canoe & Kayak, located just steps from the Boston Marriott Newton hotel.
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A student's grades in English courses and/or math courses are compared with the grades of students who took the same courses and passed the exit exam. This option is available to students in their 12th-grade year who have an overall grade-point average of 3.2. Students must attempt an exit exam at least once before attempting this CAA option.
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Southern Tier Youth for Christ and Houghton College welcome award-wining national touring Christian rock group Seventh Day Slumber for a free concert in Wellsville, New York on Thursday, July 17.
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The Wellsville, New York airport will be the site of the first ever free Rock the Tarmac music festival featuring national-touring and multi-award winning rock group Seventh Day Slumber as the headliner, with special guest bands, Scarlet White and Backstage Royalty. This event is free and will take place on Thursday, July 17. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Seventh Day Slumber has achieved five No. 1 singles, fourteen Top Ten singles and has sold a combined total of nearly 500,000 albums worldwide.
How lucky are we to have Seventh Day Slumber performing in Wellsville? Extremely, said Keith Chase, Executive Director of Southern Tier Youth for Christ. To have performers of this caliber and popularity coming to our little corner of the world is in many ways a once in a lifetime opportunity. In fact, I believe that this is a God thing for sure.
This past May, Seventh Day Slumber released their tenth studio album entitled, We Are the Broken, which acquired quick success as it debuted at No. 24 on Billboard magazines Christian Albums Chart and also achieved ranking on Billboards Top 200 Chart.
The performance venue will be on the tarmac of the Wellsville Municipal Airport located at 2600 Tarantine Road, Wellsville, N.Y. There will also be an array of food and merchandise vendors. In the event of inclement weather, the performance will take place inside the airport hangar, which can accommodate very large crowds.
[Seventh Day Slumber is] rocking with a definite sense of purpose a healing message and head-banging rhythms," commented CCM Magazine.
"The words of each of the songs share a powerful message that reaches out to all different ages, commented CM Addict about Seventh Day Slumber.
When asked why YFC led the charge to bring such an acclaimed rock group to Wellsville, Chase replied, We want to provide opportunities for people in our area to experience top level acts without going hours away. We want people to say why not here rather than nothing ever happens here."
Rock the Tarmac is brought to Wellsville by Southern Tier Youth for Christ (YFC), Houghton College, the Family Life Network, and the Wellsville Area Ministerial Association.
Seventh Day Slumber has long been heralded as a band that refuses to sugarcoat the struggles of real life. Honesty and candor have been trademarks of the bands front man, Joseph Rojas. Rojas path has taken him from the depths of a cocaine-fueled suicide attempt through miraculous salvation in the back of an ambulance to the top of the Christian music charts. As the band has matured over the last 15 years, their relevancy is as strong as ever, and their anthems of praise are even more profound.
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After tackling health care in his first term, it looks like President Barack Obama has set his sights on waging another big battle in his second term in office – immigration reform.
The president is expected to discuss his plans for reform on Tuesday during a trip to Nevada, but a bi-partisan group of Senators intends to beat him to the punch. The group of eight Senators includes Florida's own Republican Marco Rubio, according to the Huffington Post.
Their plan, which will be more fully announced today, Jan. 28, calls for a multifaceted approach to reform with such prongs as:
- Border security
- Workplace enforcement
- A pathway to citizenship
The Senate group, however, wants to make sure the first two points are adequately addressed by the country before the pathway opens.
"Once the enforcement measures have been completed, individuals with probationary legal status will be required to go to the back of the line of prospective immigrants, pass an additional background check, pay taxes, learn English and civics, demonstrate a history of work in the United States, and current employment, among other requirements, in order to earn the opportunity to apply for lawful permanent residency," their draft agreement reads. "Those individuals who successfully complete these requirements can eventually earn a green card."
Americans seem to be warming to the idea of creating a pathway for undocumented immigrants to become citizens. According to the Huffington Post, a recent poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies showed that 77 percent of voters now favor an immigration package that includes a path to citizenship.
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TERRE HAUTE — Even though Jackson Bertoli lost to an Indiana runner for the first time this season Saturday in the prestigious FlashRock Invitational at Carmel, the Terre Haute South junior is considered one of the top contenders for the 2012 IHSAA boys championship in cross country.
Hamilton Southeastern senior Troy Reeder, No. 3 in the state finals last season, finished first Saturday in 15 minutes, 19.8 seconds. Bertoli placed second in a personal-best time of 15:24.5.
The only other 2012 meet that Bertoli came in second was the Terre Haute Savings Bank Invitational on Sept. 1 at LaVern Gibson Championship Course. That's where he finished 5.5 seconds behind winner Jacob Thompson of Louisville (Ky.) Holy Cross — 15:39.0 to 15:44.5.
There's no denying that Bertoli has been climbing the ladder to success in this summer/fall sport and the best may be to come.
As a freshman in 2010, he was 183rd in the state finals with a time of 18:25.0. As a sophomore in 2011, he improved to 34th in 16:09.7.
In 2012, the 6-foot-2 Bertoli is running noticeably faster.
"The whole season has been phenomenal, just going through it day by day and not worrying too much about the meets ahead, taking practice every single day and working on getting better," he said last week. "I try to keep the big picture in mind, even though it's still somewhat early in the season."
Bertoli has been dominant locally, winning the Vigo County boys title last Wednesday at Rea Park. He took it relatively easy, checking in at only 16:44.5. But by slowing down slightly, he helped boost the performance of sophomore teammate Spencer Danielson, who crossed he finish line right behind him in a personal-best 16:45.3.
"Jackson, he's a great teammate," Danielson said after his second-place county finish. "He's super motivational. He helps you every way that he can … We cross-trained a lot together over the summer. He would always motivate me."
"This summer made a huge difference for [Bertoli]," South boys coach Kyle Walsh added. "He came to a couple of my running camps and one of the things I challenged him on is the mental side of the sport. So he's kinda made a conscious effort to take the team under his wing and bring the guys in to teach them what's helped him be successful, outside of just everyday practice time… He's taken that challenge to heart and it's exciting to watch what he's doing with these young guys."
Walsh described Bertoli as "a dream athlete to coach.
"He's the type who does everything you ask and more," the Braves' coach explained. "He meets me before school to get in the pool for a pool workout. That way, we can get an extra cardio workout in without having to add extra miles on his legs.
"He runs every workout specifically as we have planned. He runs every race to the exact strategy that we set beforehand. He's also very good at accepting feedback. We have good communication. He understands what I want, I understand what he wants and we work well together that way."
Looking ahead, Bertoli and Walsh believe a top-10 finish for No. 15-ranked South at the state finals — Oct. 27 at the Gibson course — is realistic.
"Team-wise, the highest finish South's ever had in the state meet is 11th," Bertoli mentioned. "So beating that is a big team goal for us. We want to get 10 guys under 17 minutes and seven guys under 16:40.
"Individually, I'm not too worried about time. I just want to place as high as I can in as many meets as possible and try to lead the team to our best finish in history."
Still, Bertoli admits crossing the finish line before every other runner in his hometown Oct. 27 wouldn't be a bad thing.
"That's definitely a goal," he said with a grin. "I try to block it out a little bit. I just want to focus on each meet as it comes. Then once the state meet gets here, I know coach Walsh and my team will have me ready and we'll see how I compete on that day."
The indianarunner.com website certainly takes Bertoli seriously as a threat to win the boys state title. On Sept. 5, it ran an article with the headline "Is Jackson Bertoli the Favorite to Win State?" That came out a few days after the Terre Haute Savings Bank Invitational, where Reeder placed fifth in 15:58.3, almost 14 seconds behind runner-up Bertoli.
"Jackson was all-state in track his sophomore year [finishing eighth in the boys 3,200-meter run] and he was 34th in the state for cross country," Walsh pointed out. "Now he's a junior and we'd be happy with a top-five finish in state, but we really think he's got a chance to be a state champion. That would be the ultimate goal this year … but we realize there's a ton of talent in this state."
Down the road, Bertoli realizes he will need to choose a college, but he's in no hurry to make that decision.
"He has a lot of room to grow [heading into college]," Walsh noted. "His training has been strong, but he has a lot more that he has to give. He's nowhere near his peak of potential. I see the upside for him as limitless. I think he can be a really competitive runner at the [NCAA] Division I level."
"I'm pretty much open to anywhere right now," Bertoli said, mentioning that one of his older brothers (Anthony) went to Indiana State and the other (Ben) went to the University of Indianapolis. Both competed in track and field.
Anthony currently works as an assistant track coach for the University of Northern Iowa and Ben is an assistant track and cross country coach at Danville High School.
Jackson Bertoli's father, former ISU volleyball coach Jim Bertoli, thinks having two older brothers so involved in running when Jackson was younger proved influential in his development.
"They both were in track and field and cross country," Jim Bertoli recalled. "When Jack was younger, they were constantly giving him input and encouragement. Having the opportunity to look up to his older brothers motivated him. It just put him in the environment where he was familiar with cross country and track [at a young age]."
Interestingly, Jackson Bertoli didn't run cross country while in middle school at Honey Creek a few years ago, choosing instead to play tennis and run track. Then someone convinced him to enter the annual "Run Through the Jungle 5K" at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Clay County in May 2010.
Only 14 at the time, Bertoli finished second overall in his first 5-kilometer race.
Back to the present and immediate future, South's boys are scheduled to compete today against Sullivan at Rea Park, although Walsh said he'll probably rest Bertoli. The sectional will be Oct. 9 at the Gibson course.


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ASHTABULA — Pearl M. Book, age 98, of Ashtabula, Ohio, passed away Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
She was born Nov. 19, 1914, in Sheffield Township, Ohio, to Maude M. (Price) and Thomas Edward Mills and married Buell Burton Book in Ripley, N.Y., on Dec. 23, 1933.
Pearl worked for JC Penney Department Store in both Ashtabula and Mentor for many years.
A wonderful seamstress, she was devoted to her faith, active in her church teaching Sunday school at Plymouth United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her son, Paul Book of Madison; daughter, Beverly R. Drew of North Kingsville; brothers, Gordon Mills of Oklahoma and Burton Mills of Kingsville, Ohio.
Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, Buell Book; her parents; and sisters, Mable Book, Esther Shoff and Goldie Parsons.
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There's a good reason for that characterization, though. On the field, Morgan may have been the Moneyball ideal; he may have even been the smartest player of all time. But on the air, or at his keyboard, he has shown an unwavering ignorance of statistics and their application, and, more damningly, a complete lack of curiosity about the revolution for which his career is a sort of standard. "I've read excerpts of things from Bill James," Morgan says. "I've read excerpts of Moneyball. But I don't read either one of those books, because I don't think statistics are what The Game is about, and so I'm never gonna agree with it, and I don't care -- I'm not saying it's wrong. You can look at it that way. I don't look at The Game that way.
"I playedThe Game," he says. "You're reading it from a book. I played. I watched. I see everything. I know what happens out there. ... My baseball knowledge is accumulated over 20 years of playing, 20 years of watching The Game, so that's what I care about. I can't care if next week somebody comes up with a new way to evaluate The Game. Am I supposed to say, 'Aw, that's good. I'll go that way now'?"
It's not just the "new ways" that confound Morgan. He has never been very good with numbers. One egregious example will suffice: He once wrote that a hitter's value is best measured by runs scored and runs batted in (statistics entirely dependent on the performance of the player's teammates and therefore mostly worthless as an individual metric), and a pitcher's by wins and losses (similarly dependent, similarly worthless). "Run production is how you measure hitters," he wrote with the patness of Scripture. "Wins and losses are how you measure pitchers. Batting averages and ERAs are personal stats." This bit was published in a book Morgan co-wrote. Its title: Baseball for Dummies.
Could Joe Morgan be the joke?
Socratic exchange with Joe Morgan No. 3, on the subject of on-base percentage and whether I'm saying the A's "invented" it:
Me:No, I'm not.
Joe:Yes, you are.
Our conversation has continued into the bowels of SBC Park -- an appropriate place, after all -- pulling pretty much anyone in the vicinity into its vortex. "He's a Moneyball guy," Joe informs the elevator as we ride up to the press box. "He wants to know why I don't like it."
Alas, I realize, Morgan will never get it. The only comfort is that this sort of argument will be a relic within a matter of years. Morgan is in the middle of a paradigm shift in baseball, and he doesn't know it. It's how baseball evolves. Every decade has its great debates and controversies, and they all play out in roughly the same fashion. There's much fretting about the state of the game; there's a book or two; there's an ESPN Outside the Lines special; and at some point, inevitably, George Will is summoned from whatever coffin he happens to be inhabiting and deposited in front of a TV camera. But baseball marches on. "This is not something anybody's going to turn around," ESPN.com's Neyer says. "I was just talking to a friend yesterday, and we compared it to the fight over teaching evolution or intelligent design or creationism. We'll always have rear-guard actions, but if something is undeniable, eventually it's going to take over. That's going to happen with sabermetrics."
"And all I'm telling you," Morgan says to me as we approach the broadcast booth, sounding very much like an assembly worker arguing against his own obsolescence, "is that a computer can't tell you what I know about The Game."
It's inevitable: One day, The Game will welcome the nerds; they will use stats like VORP and WARP and BABIP on SportsCenter; there will be new metrics that are as pretty and precisely turned as a 6-4-3 double play, and they will be cheered in similar fashion; Bobby Grich will be in the Hall of Fame; Joe Morgan will be institutionalized, and his roommate will be Tim McCarver (and McCarver's partner, Joe Buck, will simply be neutered); baseball's furious mythmaking will continue apace, but this time they'll be telling half-truths and exaggerations about Bill James' eureka moments in a Stokely-Van Camp pork-and-beans plant. Until then, the nerds will watch Sunday Night Baseball with a finger hovering just above the mute button. They will read Joe Morgan's chats with disgust, then chuckle at him on blogs and in chat rooms and over games of Stratomatic Baseball.
And I'll remember Joe as I see him now, just an hour before the game, tucked into a chair in a booth high above the field, a barber's smock around his neck. Next to him is the inane patter of a former ballplayer carrying on what seems like a radio interview. "You know," Joe begins to say, as a makeup brush is dabbed along his forehead, "why don't you read the --" He catches himself. I'm pretty sure he's going to plug Tony La Russa's book. But Morgan, noticing the interview nearby, just closes his mouth and his eyes and submits to the makeup brush, and for the next few minutes, in this corner of the room, there's a strange and blessed sound: silence.


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Some iPhone games you can't avoid.
For instance, there's "Tiny Thief" (iOS; $1.99; Rated 4+), a stealth game you've probably heard of if you've played any of the "Angry Birds" games in the last few weeks. "Tiny Thief" is the latest from Rovio, creators of "Angry Birds," and there are lots of "Tiny Thief" advertisements sprinkled throughout that hugely popular game.
So chances are, based on market saturation alone, "Tiny Thief" is selling more than a few copies.
Those sales are not undeserved. The stealth genre is one that's largely unexplored on mobile devices, perhaps because there's a perception that the genre is complicated and decidedly adult. It wouldn't make sense for Rovio to willingly limit the audience for their big iPhone follow-up, though, "Tiny Thief" is, of course, stealth for everybody.
The first element that Rovio uses to make this work is a control scheme that is simple almost to a fault. Simple taps of the screen control everything from movement to environmental interaction, which includes swiping the various treasures, climbing objects and so on. As the Tiny Thief moves around, little indicators pop up, alerting the player to environmental objects that can be interacted with at any given time. The learning curve is extremely gentle, and while mastering it takes some concentration, it's clear that the team wanted four-year-olds, 100-year-olds and everyone in between to be able to play it.
The other thing that Rovio does is separate the player from the little thief onscreen by giving the player a second role – that of an agent of good fortune. There are myriad cases where objects in the environment can be manipulated by a simple tap, whether the thief is near them or not. A bucket can be knocked onto the head of an unsuspecting guard, or perhaps the wick of a cannon can be lit. These are things that help the thief accomplish goals in a variety of stages, but can't be directly attributed to the thief, only the player. It adds an element of hidden object-finding to the game, which mitigates some of the stress of making sure the thief is out of the sight lines of the bad guys.
"Futuridium EP" (iOS; $1.99; Rated 4+), on the other hand, doesn't benefit from a 'Tiny Thief'-type marketing push. Chances are, you've never heard of it.
The EP stands for "Extended Play," a reference to the game's origins as PC freeware. Visually, it resides in the same neighborhood as the Super Nintendo classic "Starfox," a polygon-filled space shooter with a camera that lives just behind the player's ship. There's no story here; you simply fly your ship around, shooting down cubes until they're all gone and a "core" cube pops up, and then you shoot that.
As with "Tiny Thief," it's a control scheme that sets "Futuridium EP" apart from other flight games you can play on your phone. It's essentially a virtual control pad, but the directional "pad" part resets itself every time you lift your thumb. As a result, you spend a lot of time sliding your thumb in the direction you want to go, rather than trying to push a predefined spot to travel in a certain direction. It takes some getting used to, but once you do get used to it, flying in and out of the polygonal obstacles becomes a heart-pounding, thrilling experience.
A difficult learning curve means you'll have to practice quite a bit to get far, but the dubstep-influenced soundtrack is just enough to keep you motivated.
"Tiny Thief" and "Futuridium EP" come from utterly different origins, with disparate budgets and prospective audiences. Still, the two games are just some of the most recent examples of the variety of experiences available on mobile devices.
Both are worth checking out.
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By Anne Stanton
---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Lakes Community Mental Health's top official failed to immediately protect profoundly impaired clients who ride on public buses, a state investigation found.
Gregory Paffhouse's month-long delay in the fall of 2011 to respond to complaints of injured clients put other clients at risk and resulted in physical harm, according to a Michigan Department of Community Mental Health finding issued this week.
Paffhouse, Northern Lakes' chief executive officer, knew as early as October 25, 2011, that impaired clients urgently needed supervision when they rode public buses or required alternative transportation, the report stated.
No evidence exists that Paffhouse took of action until officials from the Department of Human Services interceded on Nov. 29., the report said.
The next day, Northern Lakes' staff rode the buses and aides were assigned thereafter.
Northern Lakes CMH pays Bay Area Transportation Authority to transport developmentally disabled clients to and from training and work sites.
In August 2011, a profoundly disabled woman, unable to cry out, repeatedly was beaten and choked by another Northern Lakes client during a 90-minute bus ride.
The beating triggered an investigation by Jon Bennett, who worked for Northern Lakes until his firing in October 2012.
Bennett's job was to advocate for the rights of Northern Lakes clients. He found 67 agency clients rode buses without supervision despite diagnoses ranging from mental retardation, serious medical conditions, and mental illness, including some with a history of violence. There were about two dozen incidents of physical violence, self harm, and inappropriate sexual behavior over 18 months. BATA officials defended their drivers, saying their priority was to drive, not supervise.
Even after the August 2011 incident appeared on Northern Lakes' radar, several more incidents occurred, one that resulted in physical injury.
Bennett filed a whistle-blower lawsuit that contends he was fired in retaliation for his BATA bus investigation. Paffhouse blamed it on Bennett's longstanding history of conflicts with staff and adult foster care homes.
"The ability to do our jobs was being compromised and would be increasingly compromised," Paffhouse told the Record-Eagle in an interview for a previous story.
State and consultant reports last year revealed profound tensions between Bennett and his coworkers, some of whom said Bennett didn't respect their own rights and feared talking to him about problems. Investigators faulted Paffhouse for not following through on staff complaints and resolving conflicts.
Bennett's attorney, Jay Zelenock, said the report validates the lawsuit, scheduled for a November trial.
"We are really proud to be representing a client who stood up for what's right," Zelenock said.
At a Northern Lakes CMH meeting on Thursday, Bennett's replacement said she and other staff members are "clicking well together" and working as a team.
"I think we're on a good path," said Tracy Andrews, the new ORR director.
Northern Lakes Board President Melissa Fournier said a meeting will be scheduled to discuss the state report.
Bill Rossbach, a guardian who holds Bennett in high regard, filed the original complaint and an appeal for a re-investigation.
He said a question remains: Why were clearly vulnerable people allowed to ride side-by-side with only a driver's "vague supervision." His profoundly disabled stepson, Michael Hauler, was among the bus riders.
"Michael can't talk and there were many like Michael on the buses, and nothing was done," he said.
This weeks finding was the state's second decision against Paffhouse. The state also faulted him for inadequately disciplining staff workers in the BATA case. This report recommended an appropriate penalty for Paffhouse, ranging from official reprimand to dismissal.


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From children to teenagers and college students to older adults, there was someone from every age group taking part in Tuesday's opening of the ice rink outside Oklahoma State University's Student Union.
Kristen Hadley brought her two children to the rink, which measured approximately 30 feet by 50 feet.
"My daughter loves ice skating, so any opportunity at all around here to skate we'll do it," she said.
Her son, Garrett, had also skated previously at the ice rink in downtown Stillwater for two years.
However, it took a while for Garrett to get used to the artificial ice surface.
"It's not that grippy," he said. "You can't really push yourself on it like you can on ice."
While he almost fell, he said he was doing well so far.
"I just like going around," he said. "It's a lot of fun."
12-year-old Samantha Williamson also was getting used to being back on a pair of ice skates. She hadn't had the opportunity since she was much younger.
"No, we went when I was 6 and I chickened out," she said. "We were really cold and we left our gloves and scarves at home and I just got really scared and just watched."
But six years later, Williamson was prepared and ready.
"I've been roller blading before and got used to that," she said. "It's kind of scary because I'm afraid I'm going to fall but that's how it was with roller blading."
Williamson said it was likely she would return to skate again and practice.
"I think once I do get used to it, I'll probably like it," she said.
As for Kristen Hadley, she said she would like to see the rink or any new activity return.
"We really need more children's activities in Stillwater besides sports," she said. "If it's not sports-related, it's not in Stillwater, it seems like. There's no regular skating rink. We're pretty limited to bowling."
She said anything different and fun would draw her and her family back.
"I think the fact that it's campus, but they've opened it up to the public is really great," she said. "The more activities and events that they can do for families, the better for us."
The skating rink at the OSU Student Union will be open from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Admission and skate rental are free.


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Yammer Starter [Instant]
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Book DetailsLanguage : English
eBook : 62 pages
Release Date : October 2012
Author(s) : Ralph Roberts
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Other, Enterprise
Table of ContentsYammer Starter
- Yammer Starter
- So, what is Yammer?
- Installation
- Step 1 – what do I need?
- Step 2 – downloading Yammer
- Step 3 – signing up
- Step 4 – setting your password
- Step 5 – editing your profile
- Step 6 – inviting coworkers
- Step 7 – adding handy apps
- Step 8 – putting Yammer on your smartphone
- And that's it!
- Quick start – creating a group
- Step 1 – creating a group
- Step 2 – inviting others to join the group
- Step 3 – adding initial content
- To join or leave a group
- Deleting groups
- Tapping into your company's collective brain
- Obtaining a consensus
- Management strategies
- Top features you'll want to know about
- Connecting with people across the company
- Step 1 – posting an update
- Step 2 – posting a photo or other graphics
- Step 3 – commenting and complimenting
- Step 4 – yes we LIKE that
- Step 5 – learning more
- Step 6 – exploring the layout of Yammer's main screen
- Step 7 – receiving notifications
- Step 8 – searching
- Step 9 – using the bottom line
- Creating and sharing content
- Step 1 – entering information for posting
- Step 2 – attaching files
- Step 3 – including media
- Step 4 – viewing attached media
- Step 5 – accessing uploaded files
- Step 6 – deleting files
- Adding apps
- Sending content to specific groups
- Making networks for clients and partners
- Step 1 – creating external networks
- Step 2 – configuring a new external network
- Step 3 – going live
- Step 4 – adding groups
- Step 5 – inviting customers, vendors, and others outside the company
- Step 6 – deleting an external network
- Why have external networks?
- Who can be invited to join external networks?
- Can I create a private external network?
- Collaborating with important business contacts
- Accessing your company or groups via mobile devices
- Step 1 – getting the right Yammer mobile app
- Step 2 – navigating and receiving notifications
- Step 3 – posting a message
- Step 4 – replying to a message
- Step 5 – receiving SMS or e-mail from your networks
- Integrating with other applications
- Other apps
- Yammer Embed to access older data
- Universal search
- Other connections
- People and places you should get to know
- Official sites
- Articles and tutorials
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Yammer is the private and fun way to collaborate, plan, and keep up with co-workers.
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The "Yammer Starter" reveals Yammer, the private and enjoyable way to collaborate, plan, and keep up with co-workers. No matter where you go, your company-wide "intercomm" is right there, and you'll know how to use it to the best advantage to both the company and your own career!
Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is an introduction to Yammer which uses simple but enjoyable terms, informing you how to get the best out of Yammer while enjoying the process.
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The "Yammer Starter" and Yammer itself requires very little advance knowledge. Most of us have already posted something, sometime on the Internet. Most of us have already used Facebook or one of the other many social media networks, or seen someone using them, and so on. Yammer is that simple. The "Yammer Starter Guide" builds on this basic familiarity, getting you up to speed in using Yammer quickly and easily.


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LOS ANGELES — When Washington coach Lorenzo Romar was growing up in Compton, Calif., he and his crew preferred to hop in a car and cruise for places to play hoop rather than attend the usual weekend parties.
Ironically, with his team back in Los Angeles, he would be pleased if today's game against USC turned into a coming-out party.
Despite a 13-10 overall record and a 5-5 mark in the Pacific-12 conference, Romar still thinks an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament can be achieved. He concedes the conference title – Washington is three games behind leader Arizona with eight to play – is likely out of reach.
"Our goal is to try to win enough games here so we can get an at-large bid without the (Pac-12) tournament (title)," Romar said. "I definitely think that's possible. It's going to be difficult, but I think that's possible. That's what we're looking at regardless of what place we're in in the league."
Two disconcerting trends, turnovers and poor 3-point shooting, has lately dogged Washington, which has lost five of its past six games. The Huskies are down to ninth (31.8 percent) in conference 3-point shooting and they're 11th in assist-to-turnover ratio.
Again Saturday, Romar bellowed during practice about the importance of taking care of
the ball.
Much of it is due to lack of communication, of which Romar cited some examples: " 'Ah, thought you were going to cut that way. My fault'; 'I thought he was going to step up'; and 'I should have thrown it higher.' "
"Like we told our team, in the game they (officials) don't say, 'Nope, he thought he was going to throw it higher so you guys get the ball back. Doesn't count as a turnover.' (But) Those are turnovers! It's just kind of an attitude where, ah, (we think) get it next time. … So, we're trying to do a better job. I'm trying to do a better job of pointing those things out. It is a big deal."
The Huskies also continue to manage C.J. Wilcox's irritated left foot. Wilcox was limited in practice Saturday, as he has been all week. Washington plans to reduce his practice repetitions next week, too, so the situation doesn't worsen. Romar said flatly that Wilcox is not injured, but that the Huskies are trying to protect him from becoming so.
Tonight Wilcox and the Huskies will play a more free-wheeling version of USC. Since interim coach Bob Cantu took over for fired Kevin O'Neill on Jan. 14, the Trojans have discarded their deliberate offensive style and allowed players such as J.T. Terrell much more freedom.
Romar thinks the Huskies can keep USC's attack in check by not turning over the ball so much.
"It is our No. 1 key for the SC game, take care of the ball," Romar said.
Just like finding a weekend pickup game with his buddies was a top priority many years ago.
Washington (13-10 overall, 5-5 Pacific-12 Conference) at SOUTHERN CAL (10-13, 5-5)
7 p.m., Galen Center, Los Angeles
TV: Root. Radio: 950-AM, 102.9-FM.
All-time series: Tied, 68-68.
Probable starters
Abdul GaddyPG11.23.04.042.567.6
C.J. WilcoxG126.96.36.199.776.4
Scott SuggsF126.96.36.1998.989.4
Shawn Kemp Jr.F220.127.116.11 50.062.5
Aziz N'DiayeC10.79.70.3 63.045.7
Jio FontanPG9.51.75.033.372.0
Eric WiseG184.108.40.2069.871.4
J.T. TerrellG10.31.80.733.372.0
Byron WesleyF10.44.62.0 47.665.7
Dewayne DedmonC188.8.131.52 46.075.0
Scouting report: Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said 6-foot-3, 185-pound guard J.T. Terrell, who played at Peninsula College in Port Angeles last season, could go for 40 points or 7-for-21. He's streaky and has been given his chance by interim coach Bob Cantu after he was benched by ex-coach Kevin O'Neill. Jio Fontan has struggled from the field, but distributes well. Dewayne Dedmon (7-foot, 255 pounds) is as legit a counter to Aziz N'Diaye as there is in the conference, at least based on firstname.lastname@example.com blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports @Todd_Dybas firstname.lastname@example.com